i have tried to change the bitrate to reduce the size of the vcd file. I am doing the following:
1.Open the avi file
2.load vcd pal template
3.load unlock in extras
4.change bitrate to 1000 kbps
5.encode 2 minutes sample vcdm and the size remains the same as if i use 1150 kbps HELP!!!

You need to change the stream setting to 'Non standard VCD'
This doesn't work in v2.59 so use an earlier version.

ASHY

Please explain me where to find wizard folder. I have tried in template folder, but it isn't there.

There is no wizard folder any more. What r u attempting to do? Create your own wizard template?

If so just save the template in the template folder and it will be shown in the wizard under 'Other'

ASHY

Can not encode Audio in Tmpg Enc, the Audiofile is in a Xvid avifile, the Video source works fine but i get "can not open, unsupported" when i try the Audio source.
In Panasonic enc it works fine whith Avi and Audio, but not so good quality as the Tmpg Enc.
Is there any other solutions than convert the Audio to Wave?

Peek

Not That I know of..extracting the audio to a wav file only takes a couple minutes and it is easy ....

I'm using TMPGEnc Version 2.59.47.155 Core version 1.92.142 on a 512 MB Windows 2000 AMD 1GHz PC.

When I try to load in a file generated from my Adaptec VideOH DVD box, which is supposed to be in MPEG2 format, I get the following error:

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The exception Floating-point invalid operation.
(0xc0000090) occurred in the application at location 0x03875dd9
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I can successfully load in this file into other video programs and it plays fine. Any ideas what the problem might be? Anything you want me to try? Any more information you need?

Hi,
I am trying to convert an Indeo media file(*.ivf) to mpg or avi I was told that TMPGEnc could do it but when I try I get the following error

error occured when ACM was initialized

Does anybody have any ideas, or other programs that can actually convert *.ivf files?

Thanks
Mac

Whenever I try opening a file to encode it there is an error message. Saying that the avi cannot be played or unsupported. I have already tried raising the priority of the Direct show file reader.

Hi,
I am trying to convert an Indeo media file(*.ivf) to mpg or avi I was told that TMPGEnc could do it but when I try I get the following error

error occured when ACM was initialized

Does anybody have any ideas, or other programs that can actually convert *.ivf files?

Thanks
Mac

After converting from divx to mpeg-2 I get no sound. The video works in dvd player but i get no sound. Can anyone help ?

You need to extract the audio from the source file to a WAV file with something like "Virtual Dub" then use the WAV file as the audio source...

Hey guys. I have an avi file (712mb) that I'm trying to convert to an mpg but the estimated file size is huge (over 1400mb). I attempted to convert it anyways, but the actual output file would have been this big. Why is this? Is there any way to lower it without losing significant quality? For some reason, this only occurs with a small number of avis that I have tried.

Thanks for the help.

It doesn't matter one tiny bit what size your AVI is, what DOES matter is the length. MPEG1 VCD encodes at a rate of 10MB a minute, simply multiply that by the length of your AVI and you will have your final size.

You don't have a problem anyway because your file will split between 2 disks which is what you should always do for a regular sized movie otherwise the quality will be absolutely cr.a.a.a.a.p.

ASHY

That sounds about right, MPG files are considerably larger than AVI files. Once the MPEG has been created you can then easily split it onto 2 disks using TMPGEncs Mpeg Tools (File>Mpeg Tools>Merge & Cut). The majority of films will need to split onto 2 disks.

tiring_day

or you try vbr instead of cbr.... (so you can choose a different bitrate)

it works fine with dvd players, but not in vcd players
just set to non-standard vcd

and you can fit a movie on a single cd-r

but don't lower the bitrates too much
if a movie has 2 hours than you shgould decide for 2 cds
maybe with higher bitrates

take a look at www.vcdhelp.com

I have 2 avi files I want to convert but I keep getting a "(filename) cannot be open, or unsupported" error everytime I attempt to open it. Why would this be? I've never had any trouble with files before.

Thanks, Dereck

Have you tried Raiseing the Priority if the "Direct show File Reader"??Go to "options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise the "Direct show" to "2"...

Thanks, that worked.

I am having the same issue with avi files not being supported... I tried this fix but it didn't work for me .... any other thoughts?

I converted a divx to svcd. I plays but there is no sound? And sometimes it is choppy. Can anyone help with the sound thing.

The Audio format in the Source file Might not be Supported in Tmpgenc...Try extracting the audio to a WAV file with Virtual Dub or Sound Forge then use that as the audio source...Your jumpy playback can be caused by a Few things, like Encodeing to a different frame rate than the source file, You must encode to the same frame rate as the source file..Haveing the Field order improperly set can cause Jerky Playback also...And sometimes you can get Bitrate spikes which will give an effect like the video slows down then speeds up to catch up with the audio, this is because the CD-R has to suddenly speed up to catch up with the Bitrate spike...

hi,

is it possible that....since newer versions
the bitrate for vcd video is set back to 1150 ?

i try to encode with vbr max. 1050 or 900
the result is the same like standard vcd 1150 kbit

i can find no mistakes i made

Yes, yes,yes for the millionth time the new version has a bug in it's muxer which means no matter what bitrate you set it will use the standard muxing rate which will add padding to non standard VCD.

Re-multiplex the MPEG with the earlier version using the 'Non standard VCD' setting and it will renove the padding.

ASHY