Haveing problem with video that has static overlay text. After compression the video is fine, but the overlay text comes out block, like some alias effect even though this doesn't exist at the source... I'm encodeing to VCD-Film from a 352x240 23.976fps uncompressed AVI...

are u encoding the text into your avi file first? or frameserving direct to tmpgenc?

Text is encoded into the avi. I just noticed however, that if I use Text with color similar to the surroundings (but not same brightness of curse!) that the block effect is much less noticable.... Is there any way to avoid this without changing the color of the text? I can change anything in the text because I'm adding it in an editing program and still have the clean source...

use the subtitler plugin from the virtualdub site created by the same author....its good

when i go to start i get an error

reslution of the video illigal

windows size needs to be set between 8x8 and 4088x4088

the width and height of windows needs to be nultiple of 8

what does that mean and what do i do

please help

thank you

What is teh size/resolution of your video?

means exactly what it says.....input video resolution (say 352x240) must be multiples of 8 ie 352/8=44 exactly and 240/8=30 exactly..u must have an illegal resolution for your input video.....what is it? (ps resolution is the number of pixels horizontally and vertically.....ie 352 horizontal and 240 vertical..this determines the size of the picture). what file type is the input video? sounds like u'l have to resize it somehow

frame size 348x240, 29,971
# of frames (time) 53349 (29.39)
does that help

348 is not a multiple of 8. Resize it

It's probably not the input video which is giving you this error, but your output resolution. When you load a movie source into TMPG the output resolution will be set to the same as the input unless you are using a template.
Seeing as your input resolution is not in multiples of 8 TMPG will therfore give an error warning. Simply change the output resolution under Setting>Video to something like 352x240 and everthing should work fine.

ASHY

Could anyone tell me what is the difference between the VCDs that we bought from the stores and the one we burn with CD-rewriter. They seem to be having the same filing system. Is there a way we can create those "Commercial" VCD with our CD burner.

Thanks....Daniel

What do you mean "commercial"?
VCD is a standart, so the video structure and other files on the CD should be the same whether you burn one or buy one...

the only difference is that bought vcds are probably not cd-r. The issue with burnt ones is weather your player can read cd-r or cd-rw.Almost all dvd players can read cd-r and many can read cd-rw too.

All of the VCDs I have burned are set to NTSC standard size 352X240. However, every commercial VCD I have bought or seen has been in PAL format 352X288. I haven't burned a PAL format. Maybe the resolution is slightly better.

Chuck

Good point! I still have the following questions (I know my DVD player does not support CD-R):

If "bought VCDs" and CD-R are the same, how come my player can play "bought VCDs) and not CD-Rs?

If "bought VCDs" are not CD-R, what kind of media they are on? Could we get those media?

How could I tell the "bought VCDs" are PAL?

These questions have been bugging me for a long time, I really hope someone could share their knowledge on this.

Thanks for the reply!

Daniel.....

ok...bought cds and vcds are not burned with a laser like cd-rs...the information is stored on bought cds as pits, small indentaions on the cd surface. They are all stamped out from a master. when they are played the laser is reflected differently where the pits are as opposed to where they arn't. In this way the information is stored as 1s and 0s which is binary..thats how all computer inforamtion is stored...as base 2.Obviously to make your own cd-r u can't stamp it out cuz u don't have a factory at home.Cd-rs work a little differently. They have a laser senstive dye on them....hence thier color. When we burn a cd-r we change the color of the dye becuase the burn laser is strong and kinda burns the dye,The idea is to simulate the pits of normal cds because a read laser will be reflected differently where the dye has been burned. However its not quite the same and old players may not be able to read them..most new players can read cd-r. (unlucky u!).Cd-r is the only way u can make your own cds or vcds at home. What actually makes a vcd is not the media type they are on but the files and folders that are put on the cd. U MUST burn a cd-r as a vcd disk in your burning sofware if u want it to play in your dvd or vcd player.There are a special set of folders that must be present. In one of those folders is the movie file called something.dat. What ever its name it has .dat on the end. In windows explorer u can right click that file with shift held down and choose 'open with..' and choose windows media player to open it.Look under properties in wmp 6.4 to check if it is PAL. PAL has resolution of 352x288 with a frame rate of 25 fps and bit rate of 1.15 Mbps.
ok having said that u need a new dvd player if u r sure it can't read cd-r
If u get a new one make sure it can read cd-rw too and mp3! Cd-rw is different again!

Thanks a lot, Luppy! This is the information I have been looking for a long time. Really, thanks for clarifing my issue. Is audio Cd the same, I can burn Audio CD and play it in a regular stereo.

Thanks...Daniel

Before you go rushing out and buy a new DVD player. I mostly agree with what Lupy has said, but I will make an addition or correction if you like.
It is not the actual pits that are the problem, but more to do with the wavelength and intensity of light reflectd.

The wavelength of light from a CDR is different to that of CD and less intense therefore a mutiread or dual laser pickup is required by your DVD player. If it does not have this then it is most likely your machine will not play CDR.
However all is not lost as CDRW differs yet again. The wavelength of light reflected fron a CDRW is close to that of an original DVD, but less intense.

If your laser is sensitive enough to read this light then it may play the disk.
Even then certain brands will work and certain others won't, you may even find a CDR brand which will work.

Go to VCDhelp.com and look at the DVD player list. You will find a list of brands that do and some that don't work with certain players. Yours maybe listed.

ASHY

It seems that for an HDTV compliant stream, I need to use MP@HL settings.

However, my file is 1920x1080. It is 16:9. Is it correct to set the settings as 16:9 display, and source at 16:9, or should it be set to VGA 1:1 (either on source or display)? I want the output file to still be 1920x1080

The aspect Ratio will not Change the Resolution,but if it is a 16:9 file then set it to 16:9, in the "Plus" version you can set the profile to MP@HL....

If this movie is to be played on an ordinary 4:3 TV then set the input to 16:9 and the output to 4:3
To set the profile to MP@HL you need to encode to MPEG2. The profile can be changed by selecting the Video tab under settings.

ASHY

>If this movie is to be played on an ordinary 4:3 TV then set the input to 16:9 and the output to 4:3
>To set the profile to MP@HL you need to encode to MPEG2. The profile can be changed by selecting the Video tab under settings.
>
>ASHY

Under my "Profile & Level" selections, I don't get a MP@HL option.
(only MP@LL and MP@ML) I am running Version 2.58.44.152, Core version
1.90.140. Is there some plugin or something I'm missing?

help me!

I'm trying to encode some tmd avi's and when I encode all I get is a black screen... what am I doing wrong? I get sound but see nothing.. the avi I can see all but can't encode to a format I can burn...

any help would be appreciated.

Joe

go to "options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "VFAPI Plugins" and raise the "Direct Show" to "2"..

I am encoding and authoring on the same machine winXP
dual proc athlon 1800+
canopus rexRT hardware for creating .AVI files
tmpgenc to create the mpg2 files (which play back fine in win media player)
authoring with Sonic MyDVD 3.51

So when I bring the files into Sonic MyDVD, 4 of the 5 mpeg2 files all around 500megs in size only load for the first 16 frames. There is one in the batch that actually loads properly.

Any Ideas?!? I've recreated the .AVI's twice now, and the mpegs 3 seperate times.

My DVD is not a very good authoring program, that is why they Bundle it with DVD-Writers.The problem is that you need to have a sequence header in front of each GOP..Under "settings" to "GOP" "Interval of sequence header" to "1"...Maybe try something like "Ulead DVD Workshop" it is not nearly as picky as "My DVD".

forget mydvd i went for unlead movie maker, it works far better than the sonic stuff

Okay i use tmpg with my avi movie joy ride. I need to play on a vcd player but it was too jerky so then i selected very fast with lower quality in tmpg, it converted in 2 hours but the thing said there were 6 hours left, after converting the whole video it was up to 36% and i got an error saying some tmpg error. the mpeg file that was converted had all of the video but not the audio? how can i get audio? thnx
suny

when you bring up tmpg on the right side do you have video and audio check on the right bottom corner under stream type

Try re-encoding with just the audio option selected at the bottom right hand corner and then multiplex it under file>mpeg tools.

demux (seperate the audio and video) of your avi. Use virtual dub to save audio as wav (file/save wav...with audio on full processing mode and compression set to none). Play the audio wav first to make sure it has no errors.Add the avi video to tmpgenc and the wav and encode.

well do u want me to simple demultiplex or demultiplex?
and where i can i find virutal dub, and for the ppl that said is audio and video selected on bottom right hand side, yes it is but i can't unselect it, its greyed out.
and i can't demultiplex an avi file???
plz help thnx
sunny

get virtual dub here http://www.virtualdub.org/ and read this video guide http://nickyguides.digital-digest.com/ and also read through the Q and As of this forum. To demux the avi use save wav as to get the audio. U arn't really removing the audio from the avi just making a copy of it but as a wav. load the wave for audio in tmpgenc

what does it mean illegal stream format and how do i get around it

when i click on the file to use this is the error report i get

When ever I try to convert avi to mpeg, the program shuts down. I've changed the direct show to 2 and the file was downloaded, but works on Media Player without interruption.
I was wondering if you have had this error, and if so can you tell me how to fix it?

Sincerly,
spitfire_53

P.S. Does the answer lie within Virtual Dub?

You movie is probably corrupted at some point in the file...You can Try to Frame serve it with Virtual Dub or you can try to make a Copy of the file with Virtual dub and use that as your source...Remembe you need to extract the audio to a wav file before you start encodeing...

I tried encoding a portion of an avi clip using the "Range" in the advance settings. However, after encoding to MPEG1,the start and end of the MPEG1 clip is not the same with the one showing in the preview window in the "Range" options. I have to add a few more seconds of the clip and do a trial and error encoding until i get to the right spot. Is there any way out of this? Encoding takes a lot of time.

Thanks

i think tmpgenc moves to the nearest keyframe of your avi to start encoding. There is no guarantee that the start point u selected starts on a keyframe. Cut the avi in virtual dub..it has buttons that jump to the nearest keyframe

ok i did what i was told and it still doesnt work ........... i dont know what else to do it still says not supported

more details.....did u get the dvd2avi reader to show up in the VFAPI plug in list? if so what priority is it set at? u load the d2v for video and the wav for audio. No other combination is right. Keep in mind that the d2v is not a video file...only a pointer to your vob file - keep your vob where it is. However the wav is real.

Hi there fooks

I got a question and that's:
If i try to load a Divx avi, tmpgenc opens the movie.
But tells me that there is no sound to encode.
But in the original avi there is audio (Used in avi is Frauenhofer mp3 codec at 192kbs).
If i try to make a wav file of the audio first and then try to encode it whith the divx movie to a Svcd Mpeg file it's out of sync :-(
What can i do about it ??
Remember that i don't like to make a seperate sound file, cause they always result in a out of sync movie.
And that movie's made whith the Xvid or the 3.11 divx codec whith mp3 sound work o.k. with tmpgenc.

Biggy thanks for helping out

Well you have to Evtract the audio with Virtual Dub, there is No way arround it, Because Tmpgenc will is not going to encode the Mp3 audio..