I am trying to merge two .mpg files from a SVCD so that I can burn the final file to a DVD. When I play the files by themselves, there is no sync issue, but when I merge them, the audio goes out of sync near where the merge happens. I noticed that in the merge dialog , I can "edit" the files and alter where the merge occurs. When I play the tracks back there (before I merge them), they are already out of sync. So TMPEG is having a problem with the audio for those tracks - even though they play fine normally. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Do I need to fix the multiplexing?

Read my question a couple lines down and you will see instructions for how to seperate audio and video for merging.

Tmpgenc"s Merger doesn"t support Editing or Mergeing files that are VBR cuz of sync issues ,try a different mpeg editor merger..

For encoding video for a DVD, I want to set the YUV format to 444 (i.e. no color downsampling). I have some thin red lines I want to keep perfect quality. However, I can never change the YUV format (the GUI control is ghosted and set on 4:2:0). Is there a way to change this?

The best you can do with TMPGenc is 4:2:2 (422P@ML in the profile box).

However this will violate the DVD standard which is 4:2:0 (MP@ML) and even if you can get DVD authoring software to accept a file encoded at 422P@ML, it is pretty doubtful that any set top DVD player will play it.

Richard

Sorry TMPG does not have this option. The closest you can have is 4:2:2. Be aware though that neither setting is DVD compatible.

ASHY

Oops. Looks like we posted at same time.

ASHY

Use 4:2:2 for an archival copy and then re-encode for DVD authoring.

Use DVD2AVI to decode the 4:2:2 when re-encoding.

This preserves the higher quality source for future formats that might accept it.

I am in the process of trying to create a DVD Project in DVDMaestro. Up until this point, I have succesfully created and burned two DVD's made in DVDMaestro. The process I go through to make my media DVDMaestro compatible is as follows:
Using these programs:
TMPGEnc:De-Multiplex all .MPG files into seperate audio(.MP2) and video(.M2V)
Power Tools MP3 Merger:Merge seperate .MP2 files into one audio file.
TMPGEnc:Edit the .MP2 file to 48K
DVDPatch:Patch the .M2V files to a DVD compliant resolution
DVDMaestro:Load patched .M2V and 48K .MP2 files into DVDMaestro

Although there are two more steps after these to complete my process, it is at the last step that my error is occuring. The first patched .M2V and 48K .MP2 file load into Maestro flawlessly. When I attempt to load up my second and last patched .M2V file into DVDMaestro I get the following error:

'Temporal References in a GOP are out of sequence.'(0xc1070034)
Now for the solution... =]

BTW, if this question has already been covered somewhere else in the forum, a link would be just as great as a repeated answer. I couldnt find anything through my own search, but a solution is a solution.

Ever since instaling Windows Media 9, I get a crash on opening TmpgEnc Plus. The crash says it is in module mp43dmod.dll. If I rename the file, TmpgEnc will open normally. Is anyone else experiencing this problem and is there a solution.

This is a Problem with You Installing Media Player 9, the solution is to Get rid of Media Player 9....

I'm trying to encode an avi in xvid format, but i keep getting an error msg
'write arror occurred at address 77fcb9ae of module ntdll.dll with 00000000'.

any suggestions would be greatley appreciated. thanks

Hi,
my encoder dropps Frames in the encoding Prozess.
The source is OK, but the mpg-video is jerky.
It is a type of source i have encoded several times.
Its all the same if i encode it to vbr,cbr SVCD or VCD.
Has anybody a solution for my Problem ?

Tmpgenc Does Not Drop frames while encodeing Unless Maybe they are corrupted But tmpgenc would usually Crash on corrupted frames, the Jerkyness has to do with something else, It could be that you are encodeing to the wrong Frame rate, you have to encode to the same frame rate as the source file...Or you Could have the Wrong Field order set Which can give the Mpeg a Jumpy look..

I have been attempting to get TMPGEnc to work under Linux using WINE.
Everything above version 2.56 locks up several minutes into the rendering.
It locks up TMPGenc and the wineserver and only a reboot will get rid of the wineserver.

I also noticed the addition of a resample.dll file in the later versions.

Can the ones here that have made TMPGenc work successfully under WINE report
what versions are working for them, and what extra steps you've might have taken
to make it work. Also, what purpose does the extra resample.dll serve in the later versions of TMPGEnc?

BTW, DVD2AVI works great as does Smartripper.

Thanks,
LeXus

I have this avi file i've been trying to convert to an mpeg, but whenever i do all i get is a white video with no sound. Anyone know whats going on?

And also, the file will not play in windows media player(i have 7.0).

If the File will Not play in Media Player then there is something wrong with the file and if media Player can"t play it Tmpgenc can"t encode it...

Do u have the right codec installed for the AVI?

Find out what format the AVI is and download the required codec.

ASHY

It plays on my other comp that has media player 9.0 beta, but i've heard tmpgenc has problems with that...

Where can i download codecs?

It depends on What codecs you Need..Just download a codec pack Like Nemo or Tsunami ...http://www.divx-digest.com/software/nimo_pack.html

I'm just starting to burn MPEGs from AVIs using TMPGenc, but I get no audio inside the new MPEG. Suggestions, Please??

Thanks!!

You have to extract the audio from the AVI file to a WAV file with something like "Virtual dub" and use the WAV file as the audio source in tmpgenc...

Ashy, I took your suggestions about better quality and tested it out. The quality did improve a lot but something is wrong with the sound. It keeps on pausing and is not smooth. The source video is not DVD-ripped and on the computer, the converted file plays successfully. Here are the stats I used for converting in TMPGEnc:

The size is 352x240 pixels.
4:3 525 line (NTSC)
Frame rate: 29.97 fps
Rate Control Mode: Constant Quality
-Quality: 80
-Max. Bitrate: 3000
-Min. Bitrate: 300
VBV Buffer Size: 112
Motion Search Precision: High quality (slow)
Video Source Type: Non-interlace (progressive)
Field Order: Top Field First (Field A)
Source Aspect Ratio: 1:1 (VGA)
Video Arrange Method: Full Screen (keep aspect ratio)
Stream Type: MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
Sampling Frequency: 44100Hz
Channel Mode: Stereo
Bitrate: 128

I have multiplexed it into non-standard VCD. Unfortunately, I do not know what my DVD Player's maximum bitrate is, does that affect anything? Is there a place where I can find out?

Actually, I just used VDub to open the source files. I found out that the source files have 48000Hz. I think I switched it to 44100Hz in TMPGEnc.

If you Didn"t set the audio to 44100hz then that could be your problem...

I did, I had one converted file that was set to 44100Hz, and the rest of the converted files were left at 48000Hz.All of them had sound problems.

Now that I rechecked it, in VDub, the converted file that I supposedly set to 44100Hz says 44KHz and the ones I left at 48000Hz are 48KHz. The 44KHz one went through in Nero while the 48KHz ones had this message that popped up saying it's not standard so I turned off the standard thing.

Well A Lot of Players will Not play audio that is at 48000hz Cuz that is Not Part of the VCD or SVCD Standard, I know if I leave the audio at 48000hz the audio Cuts in and out so the audio should ALLWAYS be at 44100hz..

I used source range to select a small video clip to convert. I also lowered the maximum bitrate to 2520 but I left the quality setting at 80. It still has the problems! You might want to know that the source file uses 48000Hz but this time around, I did change it to 44100 in TMPGEnc.

Well what it could be is that you are getting Bitrate spikes Cuz your DVD Player Can"t handle the Bitrate above the VCD Standard of 1150kbs, I know if the Bitrate gets to high on my DVD Player then The audio cuts out on the DVD Player But not on my Computer, and Tmpgenc is notorius for Bad Bitrate controll which lets the bitrate go Far above what you set it at...

My DVD Player can handle the somewhat normal 1150kbs in the past. It plays successfully! But the current one has some problems. Maybe I will need to lower the quality setting that's set currently at 80 and maybe the VBV Buffer? Normally, that buffer is set at 40 but Ashy said to change it to 112...

Yout problem is most likely the bitrate setting if you can play standard VCD ok.
Your player cannot handle higher bitrates it seems. You may find the max bitrate your player can handle on the DVD players list at VCDhelp.com

ASHY

Actually, I went and set the VBV Buffer from 112 back to 40 and the sound was okay! I'm guessing this is also part of the problem that SVCDs I make seems to be stuttering but the video is still trashed. Thanks!

I have a suspicion that you did not change the tream setting to 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard)' when you created these MPEGs.

If that is the case then it could be part of your problem. The muxing rate is tied to the bitrate setting and VBV buffer size.

Standard VCD uses a buffer size of 40 and the standard musing rate.

Your files are not standard, therefore you should use the non standard setting.

You may have been lucky with the audio by setting the buffer back down to 40, but you may find other playback problems. 40 is usually to low for the bitrate settings you are using and affects the quality of the image. I.E blockiness.
If you don't believe me try it. Set your buffer size to 10 and look at the quality difference.

80 is probably more appropiate looking at your bitrates. This tied with the 'Non standard VCD' setting should create playable disks without a problem.

ASHY

Sorry about the silly typo's above. Crap keyboard.

i'm new to this, but am attempting to burn dvd's to cd-r via mpeg-2, this is my scenario; ripping the dvd to harddrive with SmartRipper, using Flask as encoder, then Tmpgenc fot compiling and cutting to size, then EZ CD Platinum 5.02 to burn. My problems occur as Flask is finishing the encode- it sits on 100% yet never indicates that it's completed the task. i manually close the program and re-open for cutting to size. when i do so i get 'illegal video stream' errors during the cutting process (usually at the very endo of the process). If i open EZ CD to verify the integrity of these mpeg's it tells me the video bitrate is incorrect, and the packet size is incorrect.... any ideas? haven't seen where i can select these options.

thanks!
chillydog

Most Poeple Don"t use the Flask method of Makeing VCD"s anymore..It is Easier to Do it your self, all you need is SmartRipper-2.41 ,DVD2AVI 1.76, and Tmpgenc...and it is Totally easy to do , just load the Vob files ripped with SmartRipper into DVD2AVI then set "Audio" to track "1" then go to "audio" to "Dolby Digital" and set to "decode" and go to "file" to "save Project" and it will make a file with "D2V" at the end and a Wav audio file, you load the D2V file in to Tmpgenc as the video load the Wav file as the audio and load your VCD or SVCD Template and encode it to a Mpeg file that you can edit with the "Mpeg Tools" and Burn with anything accept RoXio EZ CD, RoXio sucks really bad and does not accept Tmpgenc files as VCD Compliant, Download Nero or VCDEasy to burn it to CD-R and you shouldn"t have any Problems...

I am comparing TMPGEnc Plus demo with Canopus ProCoder and have run into the following problems with TMPGEnc Plus:

1. The letters in rolling titles jitter.

2. Slow or fast moving subjects such as turtles swimming in the ocean blur.

3. It takes TMPGenc Plus 38 hours, 54 minutes and 11 seconds to process a 57 minute video transcoded to QuickTime REF movie. Is this normal?

Any solutions to these problems would be appreciated.

Don R.

Sounds Like Interlaceing Artifacts Try reverseing the Field order or Useing the Deinterlace filter..and it can take 38 hours if you have a Really slow computer or use a Bunch of filters and use the "Highest" setting in the Motion search precition ..It takes me about 2-3 hours to encode an hour of full resolution AVI file to mpeg2 on a 1.7ghz ...

My CPU is an Intel 1.7GHz.

Well That is exactly what I have And I don"t have Much of a Problem with encodeing speed though I usually use a Faster encoder,Maybe it is so slow cuz you are encodeing Quicktime files and Tmpgenc Normally doesn"t encode them without a Plugin...

Note that field order (top or bottom first) can be fixed without re-encoding.

Use Bitrate to confirm how it currently is set and change to the opposite. Several MPEG fixing tools can do this, like PULLDOWN.EXE.