Hi,

I've encoded short AVI clip to MPEG-2. When I playback the clip in WinDVD, it goes very fast (fast forward speed) for a couple of seconds, then slows to a crawl (a couple of frames/sec), then back to fast-forward-like speeds. It seems like frames are skipped when it's playing slowly. The overall quality of the video looks great.

The encoding process worked flawlessy producing a 16MB MPG2 from a 98MB AVI. I used the settings provided on this website: http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0165394101/Compression.html.

The source video is DV NTSC progressive scan.

My PC has 256MB DDR RAM, Athlon XP 1600+, and a Nvidia Gforce 3 Ti 200 video card.

What am I missing here? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I messed up the link above...there shouldn't be a period after the "html". Here's the correct link, I hope:

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0165394101/Compression.html

Anyways, I seemed to have partially solve this problem. I was encode with the "ES (Video Only)" option before. I figured I'd try "ES (Video + Audio)", and now it works. So, I guess my question now is why can't the MPEG2 without the audio stream playback correctly, and is there any way to view video-only streams?

Thanks.

It should But I guess Just not with You...

Is it possible to convert avi's or other formats to better or higher quality mpeg when you convert the files on this program?

Is it possible to convert other type video files to mpeg other than avi files to mpeg? I was thinking maybe a wmv file or any other file if possible or is it jus for avi conversion?

Well Of Cource..Tmpgenc Supports WMV/ASF/Asx/Mov/Mpeg1/2/AVI.....

I am trying to set a VCD from DivX format, so I can view it on my DVD player. The problem I have is when Iam trying to frameserve from VirtualDub to a TMPGenC. Is this possible and how?
Thanks.
Tadi.

Don"t double post!!!!!

When I export a video from my Creative Labs Digital VCR (hardware MPEG-2 encoder), TMPEG will not load it. It says that the MPEG is invalid. However, if I use DVD2AVI to convert the file to AVI with DivX 4, it will accept it...

Is there a work around this without having to go to DVD2AVI?

Lauren

OK..What you do is Load the Mpeg2 file into DVD2AVI but Don"t make an AVI File, instead go to "File" to "Save Project" and save a D2V project File, Now load the "D2V" file into Tmpgenc and encode it..This is the Proper way to encode Mpeg2 files with Tmpgenc...DVD2AVI will also Demux the audio from the Mpeg file and you just Mux this audio file with the Encoded mpeg file after the encodeing is Finnished...

I am trying to set a VCD from DivX format, so I can view it on my DVD player. The problem I have is when Iam trying to frameserve from VirtualDub to a TMPGenC. Is this possible and how?
Thanks.
Tadi.

You don"t have to Frameserve it , you should just be able to load the DivX file directly into Tmpgenc, But if for some reason you have to Frame serve you First Have to Install the "Handler"..Run the "AuxSetup.exe" file in the V-Dub folder, then go to "Install Handler"....after the Handler is installed run Virtual Dub load in your File add any filters then go to "File" to "Run Frameserver" and give the Frameserver file a name with a "vdr" extention, then load that into Tmpgenc.....That is Basicly it....

Hi there:

I'm in trouble when converting MPEG II streams to MPEG I from vob files because TMPGEnc only recognize the first half of the file. Is that to say, if the stream is 30 minutes long, TPMGEnc works ok until the 15th minute and the remain 15 minutes are filled with the last frame.

some suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

You shouldn't be loading VOBs dirtectly into TMPG. TMPG cannot parse the streams correctly.
You should be using DVD2AVI to create a project file then load that into TMPG.

ASHY

I see you are still here helping people out ... good work fellas
Happy New Year

Olli

(Still watching DivX on TV via laptop and Svideo ...might start converting again though when I get a DVD burner)

Happy New Year Olli.

ASHY

Hi

Happy New Year All!

I captured dv file from my sony dcr pc-7 dv camcorder using premiere 6.0. When I try to encode original capture file, there is no problem.

But after I add more audio tracks for background music and export to microsoft dv-avi file, tmpgenc can't read up the file.

What is the problem? Do I have to install some additional codec?

Thnaks.

Kisoo

I think the audio may be your problem. I seems TMPG cannot handle more than 1 audio stream at a time.

Your best bet is to re-encode the audio with Virtualdub to a wav then use this as your audio source for TMPG.

ASHY

Whenever I try to open an SVCD file to encode, it says cannot open or unsupported. Is there a fix to this?

Why do you need to encode a SVCD file???If it is allready a SVCD then you can just Burn it, But if you are trying to say make it into a VCD or a DVD it is a Bit of a Waste of Time and effort Cuz the Movie will loose Quality from Re-Encodeing it and will Never look as Good as the Original especially if you are makeing a DVD Out of it...But if you for some reason have to do it then there are better ways than loading the File directly into Tmpgenc and encodeing...The best way to encode Mpeg2 files with Tmpgenc is to Use DVD2AVI to Make a D2V project file and demux the audio, then just encode the D2V file to Mpeg and Mux the Audio with it...To load Mpeg files directly into Tmpgenc you need to have a certain Mpeg2 decoder Installed on your Computer and it has to show up in your VFAPI Plugins..You need either the "Cyberlink Mpeg2 decoder" the "Ligos Mpeg2 decoder" or the "Sony Mpeg2 decoder", if you have Power DVD Installed then you should have the Cyberlink Decoder and if you install the "Nemo" or "Tsunami" Codec pack then you will Have the "Ligos Mpeg2 decoder"...

what exactly is tmpgenc for?, what purpose does it serve?, i called my hp and the guy recommended this to make the movie fit on one dvd, and now i don't understand what exactly to do. I have run the avi through tmpgenc and it is separated into two files mpg and wav, now what?

It seems that you Really don"t have a Clue what you are doing...Tmpgenc is For encodeing AVI/ASF/Mpeg/WMV/Mov/ Files to Mpeg1/2 format to be Used in the Creation of VCD/SVCD/DVD"s..Once you have the Mpeg Video file and the Audio file it needs to Be authored to DVD/CD-R with an Authoring Program..An authoring Program will Help you add Chapters and Menu"s and Titles and the other stuff you see on DVD"s and it will Format the Mpeg and audio file to a Video-TS Folder and Burn it to DVD-R..There is Much Much more to Makeing a DVD/VCD/SVCD than just makeing a Mpeg file and Burning it to a Disk, You will Need to do Quite a Bit of Learning and Trial and error Before you will be able to Watch your Movie on your DVD Player...Go here "www.doom9.net/" and here: www.vcdhelp.com and read up on some stuff and take a Look at some guides...

Very helpful Minion. Once again the more I thought I new,
the less I can actually do. I am nearly as clueless, but
have read everything I can find on the topic. Could you please
help me with my problem below.

I am using Nero 5.5.9 and oddly, it will only allow my tmpgenc encoded
m2v video file in the AUDIO_TS folder (not the VIDEO_TS folder), and
will not accept my .wav file at all (requests other formats such as VOB). I dont need any menus, chapters, or further editing. I just want to burn my
m2v file with my wav file to DVD-R and my deadline grows ever nearer.

Any help?
Dave

You will need a DVD Authoring program before you can burn with Nero.What other software did you get with your DVD burner?

whenever i try to encode a dvd rip ive downloaded the video encodes fine but theres no audio i tried to encode the audio only (a sample) BUT IT STILL WONT PLAY.

I guess you are Talking about a DivX Copy of a DVD Rip..The Reason why there is No audio is Because the Audio in the DivX file is either VBR MP3 or AC3 and Tmpgenc Doesn"t handle these Audio Formats very well...The audio needs to be Extracted to a WAV file with Virtual Dub or AVI-Mux, then use the Extracted WAV file as the audio source...