This board seems to be filled with sound problems when converting from Avi to (S)VCD. I posted my solution a few days back and people responded with posts stating that it did not work. Well I just finished the entire Band Of Brothers which was posted on Alt.binaries.movies.dvix. It worked just fine and has Ac3 audio. Now I'm not doing this to trash anyone just trying to help since there seems to be some misconceptions about this process and I can remember pulling my hair out when I started to do this kind of stuff. Here again is my required software and setting foe TMPGEnc.

1. install Dvix Pro 5.02
2. Install Tsunami Filter pack (Nimo will not work)
3. Install ffcshow and Xvid codecs (incase they are using Xvid codecs)
4. set the eviromental settings for VFAPI-plugin as follows

DirectShow Multimedia File Reader-----Priority 3
AVI2(OpenDML) File Reader-------------Priority 1
Microsoft MPEG-1 Decoder--------------Priority 0
Wave File Reader----------------------Priority 0
AVI VFW Compatability Reader----------Priority 0
BMP/PPM/TGA/JPG File Reader-----------Priority -2
TMPGEnc Project File Reader 2.59------Priority -2

I'm currently using TMPGEnc 2.59 plus. If anyone would like to try this and has problems reply to this post and I'll try to help you out. I've set up 3 systems now all running XP one a P4, one a PIII and one a Celeron, all intels.

Rick

Sounds good.

What's ffcshow, though? And which XviD codec would you recommend for Windows encoding (if any)?

Best regards.
/geddeth

You need to install both the Xvid codec and ffcshow to work with the video in TMPGEnc. Just get the latest versions available that should be fine.

Rick

I'm having a problem with a movie I'm trying to encode.....it's ok during playing of the movie until about the middle of the movie....then it goes WACKO OUT OF SYNC!! I've even re-encoded the movie in AVI format with virtual dub, THEN encoded it with TMPGEnc and it STILL goes out of sync at that particular spot. How can I fix this problem? I really want to have this movie so I can put it on DVD disk to play on my DVD player. By the way, I'm encoding it from AVI to MPEG-2 (for DVD format).I thought about frame serving, but I dunno whether that'll do the trick. Somebody PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Is the AVI out of sync???? If so then you should Fix the AVI sync before you encode it...If you can find the exact spot were it goes out of sync you can Cut the file at the exact spot it goes "Wacky" then use Virtual Dub(if it is AVI) to Sync up the bad part of the movie then join the 2 parts together after fixing it..But It is Really Hard to fix Files that suddenly go out of sync at a Sertain spot ....

I have a pentium Celeron @700mhz and runny a crappy windows ME. When i try to convert a file to VCD format, it works good for about 6 min of the video, but after that it slows down almost to a stop. Is there anything i can do fix that? or is it just cuz i have a crappy computer?

Hello! I am trying to copy my Jrock (Japanese rock) DVDs into VCDs. So far I ahve done ok, but when I want to merge and cut the MPEG1 file with TMPGE when it starts with audio it says illegal video something and it won't let me do it>.< I was wondering if anyone an help. Any help at all would be greatly apprecaited! thanks! arigatou gozaimasu!

Well it would help if you posted the actual error and not "Illegal Video something" ...When Joining Files each file has to have the exact same Specs, so this can be the Problem...

Hi all! Happy Holidays,

When using TMPEnc for the VCD Header trick, is there a difference between using "Merge & Cut", "Simple Multiplex", or "Multiplex"?

A subset of this question also pertains to selecting "MPEG-1 Video CD" vs. "MPEG-1 Video CD(nonstandard)"

I've seen permutations of these selections recommened for the VCD Header Trick on several sites, but this seems to be the site with the most knowledge (OK, enough kissing up.... :) ).

I had random success playing with these selections, and I'm wondering if there is a preferred choice. I have enough coasters.

- Jim

If you use the "Multiplex" to do the "Header Trick" you can get "Buffer Underflow" errors But if you use the "Merge & Cut" then you will not get the error..And you should allways use the "Video-CD(Non-Standard)" setting Cuz the other setting might add Padding to the file to Make it a Standard VCD which it is not Standard...

- Makes perfect sense....Thanks for clearing that up.

(in Subject)

Get a Calculator and do the Math, If there is No frames displayed then this is how you do it...

Hello!
I tried to encode a DivX-Video with Tmpgenc, but when I tried to set the avi as audio-source an error message appears!
Knows somebody help?
cya Maddin

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

Hello...
i got a 80 min movie/mpeg , i need to cut it to go on disc, but
when i do it thru TMPG, after 58 mins there is NO sound??

also i tryed it thru Virtual Dub but it will not even let me save as
avi....so PLEASE help me as i really want this film on disc!!

Happy New Year too

Although this did not work for me (see my current post),
people seem to recommend AVIMUX if VirtualDub doesnt work.

Try searching on avimux in these boards for more info such
as the possibility of AC3 format being the culprit.

dave

I have an NTSC mpg file where I want to convert to PAL.
How show I setup in TMPGENC to do this ???

You Can"t Convert NTSC to PAL or Pal to NTSC with Tmpgenc, Well you Can But tmpgenc does not do it Properly and the r4esulting file will Play very Choppy in your DVD Player...There are Programs that can convert NTSC to PAL like "Advanced NTSC/Pal Converter" or "Canopus ProCoder" and AVISynth has a Command for this also But Tmpgenc Can not do this.....

I want my option back to work with all decoders. I am a REGISTERED USER I DEMAND THIS! V2.59 IS GREAT IF ALL THAT YOU DO IS CREATE DVD OR VCD CONTENT, BUT YOUR PROGRAM WAS A GREAT FORMAT CONVERTER AS WELL. The versions after this change seem to not even check the format of the file but only the extension of the file in selecting a decoder.

It also seemed that 2.54 and earlier versions actually checked the format of the file, not just the extension, before saying that it could not do anything with it. In working with all the decoders on your system it was a unique tool that had not blocks nor restrictions. If something didn't work ok it just doesn't work but sometimes you were able to do some surprising things such as asf -> mpeg2.

But I guess they gave into the pressure. But they should have at least given an unsupported option to enable promisciuos decoder mode!!!
The reason for this is they received to many support requests and etc.

I am purchased the Plus version and things went downhill big time since 2.5.4.
I almost wish that I had saved my money but I dream of the good ole days and hope they will bring it back and not just turn this into another piece of crap like DVDit (programmed to crash by people that do not know how to program correctly).
This is a tool. Just like a hammer you can use it for many purposes but they trust you not to wack someone in the head with it or hit your finger.

I just don't think that they trust the Plus or non plus users of the tool to be smart enough to realise they will have problems with some decoders. They could have just listed their supported decoders on paper as supported they did not have to cripple their software. If they want to coddle users release TMPGEnc Wizard mode only or something. I just think it was a stupid overhanded shortsighted descision.

I don"t Know what you are Talking about..Nothing has Changed as of Version 2.54, the Only Change that there has Been is that Tmpgenc Now Supports More Mpeg2 decoders, and this change was Made in the 2.57 version..You can still encode ASF files and WMV files and any format that it has allways encoded...I capture Video to WMV and ASF sometimes and encode it to Mpeg and Tmpgenc Handles them Without a Problem...I think it is Your System that has Changed and not Tmpgenc...You wouldn"t By Chance have Downloaded the Media Player 9 version??? Cuz this can cause the Windows Media Codecs to Not work and make other codecs Not work properly.....

Sorry, for my Rant.
You sound like a resonable person.

I only have exp. with 2.54 and lower because they do not link downloads of the 2.57 version. I have tried various other places on the net but no luck in another non-site link for downloading this version for plus. They should have links to the older versions??

I was using the 2.54 version to create mpeg files.
I then was able to open the mpeg files again using browse.
(Note I did not do this using the mpeg tools because it would give me mpeg video and mpeg audio and not the wave export that I was expecting.
Both video and audio would be availible. I would then use the export audio to wav option to export to wave so that I can encode this to ac3.

I upgraded straight to the 2.59 version.
The good thing is that I can generate pcm/wav audio right from the get go. (Cool saves me a step.)
The bad thing is that I still had quite a few mpeg files to do the above process on.
I tried to load the mpeg files created with 2.5.4 through browse with this version and 2.5.9 told me that these were no longer valid files!
Using Mpeg-tools again was not a option because it only allows me to split the stream not export to wav.

I know you will prob. say that I can use some other tool to do this but I ask why? 2.5.4 did this fine and 2.5.7 might (I do not have this version)

I loaded the old 2.5.4 version alongside in another directory and tested quite a few different files and there were a few that could load in 2.5.4 which 2.5.9 seemed to out of hand reject.

So considering the changes involving decoding it seems to me the problem ...:)

As far as danilkadan's problem, it is the similar situation as being described here.

*I have not installed Media Player 9.
*I have tested the above on each of my 5 systems.

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Hi all,

I am new to this DVD to DVD¡ÞR/W ripping methods. I followed the instructions IFOEdit Guides using ReMPEG2 from vchelp.com to reencode a DVD movie that has over 4.7 gb size that I would like to fit in 1 DVR+RW.
The original mpeg play well but after encode video scrambles or has some sort of static when playing with WinDVD. I'm using the standard setting provided by tmpgenc and Iam using win98 se and video card from ATI.

I appreciate any help I can get.

OK...Your Question Doesn"t really Make Very Much sence...If you are useing the ReMpeg method of transcodeing your DVD then Where does Tmpgenc come in???ReMpeg is a Mpeg Transcoder so if you are useing Rempeg to transcode what are you useing Tmpgenc for??? and You said you are useing a Video Card by ATI, What does this have to do with Ripping a DVD??? or are you Captureing Video Through the ATI Card???as you can see your Question is a Bit confuseing, so Can you be a LOT more detailed in your Question and what you are doing...

How do you get the audio and movie to burn together, if you need to use an editor which one do you recommend?

Stupid questions are the only ones I can answer ;)

So the layering of audio and video is one of the central
capabilities of tmpgenc. As soon as you begin the process
(either with the project wizard or manually), the first
thing you need to do is tell tmpgenc where to find your
audio and video files. That's it. When you have selected
whatever options you want, the software will "burn" them
together automatically. Just be aware that tmpgnc does not
handle all audio formats, and you may need to do some conversions
if you have problems. Check these boards for answers to these
questions.

For an editor, it depends on what you want to do exactly.
If you have basic stuff you need now (like fades, trims,
and simple effects), you might try Cool Edit 96 which is
free. Then if you need to upgrade to a more complete package
like Cool Edit 2000, it is an easy transition since the interface
is simple.

best luck,
dave

I mean on to a dvd after you've already encoded and the video file have been separated into mpg and wav files.

I think that tempgenc does this step. it should create
one mpeg file containing the embedded audio that you can simply
burn to dvd with sumthing like Nero. Anyone please correct me as I
am having some audio problems myself.

dave