When I try to encode some movies, like Harry Potter 2, or Fast and The furious, very nice quality, I put it in tmpgenc and when i select the vcd or svcd original templates that came with tmpgenc. When I click next all is good but when I get to the file output size it says its 2 gigs. The .avi file I downloaded was only 670 mb. Any help would be nice. Thx.

I don"t understand what the Problem is...The Size of the Source File has NOTHING to Do with the Size of the resulting Mpeg file, so it doesn"t matter that your Movie is only 670mb what Matters is How long the AVI movie is..I did a DVD Rip of Harry Potter a While Back and encoded it to SVCD and I had to put it on 3 CD-R"s..SVCD takes about 20mb per minute of AVI file so if you have an AVI file that is 2 hours long and you encoded it to a Standard SVCD the Size of the SVCD will Be 2.4GB, which you would Have to Cut into 3 pieces and Put on to 3 CD-R"s at 800MB per Part.(you can get 800mb on a 700mb CD-R in SVCD/VCD format)..Tou Can Cut the SVCD into Parts by going to "File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "Merge & Cut"...

I have had this same problem before and I'm having it again. I'm trying to enode LOTR and others and they're coming out to 2 gigs plus for just half of the movie. I recently had to reinstall WIN XP pro and that's when this problem started.

I went back and checked another avi that i've previously encoded and something is definitely messed up. I've tried several different versions and I'm getting the same problem. A 50 min avi should not be 2 gb. I think it's something in my OS but have no idea where to even start looking.
Stan

I can never get any audio when making anything. I do not even see a green line! Is there any way to be able to make MPEGs with audio? I have found that if I increase the priority of "Direct Show" i can get a green line, but still no sound. Can someone please help me solve my problem?

Thanks in advance

I can never get any audio when making anything. I do not even see a green line! Is there any way to be able to make MPEGs with audio? I have found that if I increase the priority of "Direct Show" i can get a green line, but still no sound. Can someone please help me solve my problem?

Thanks in advance

In a Lot of cases you Have to Extract the audio from the Source file to a WAV audio file with something like "Virtual Dub" then use the WAV file as the audio source ...You either Din"t have the correct codecs or filters to decode the audio or the audio in the file is of a Format that is not supported By Tmpgenc....

I had a file which had no sound when input in Tmpgenc. I solved it by increasing
the priority of directshow (to 3) and the rest were set to 2 or less.

After splitting a recently coneverted Mpeg, I can play the first half of the vcd, but the when I attempt to play the second half, it appears that it is in fast worward, both audio and video. Do you have any ideas what could be wrong with the file...In dont think it is anything Iam doing wrong cause the first part plays fine.

Thanx.

I'm experimenting with DriveCrypt to see if I can encrypt video data before burning a DVD-R(RW). Obviously, having a highly encrypted DVD-R provides greater security should the DVDs fall into other hands.

My goal is to launch the encrypted drive as a new logical drive and then play it from my computer using, say, PowerDVD. So far, I seem to be bumping up against one or more limitations of the software that I'm using.

Has anyone gone this path before?

MPEG tool: TMPGenc
Authoring Tool: Nero - or - MovieFactory
Encryption Tool: DriveCrypt with fast Blowfish or Rijndeal. DriveCrypt is a very good product that mounts encrypted data as a new logocal drive with encrypted file sizes up to 70 GB.
Burning Tool: Nero - or - B's Recorder Gold

Process is 1) create .mpg, 2) either use raw .mpg or author to Video DVD standard, 3) encrypt (create a new single encrypted file on the computer, 4) burn the file to DVD-R, 5: insert the DVD-R and mount the single file as new logical drive.

Steps 4 and 5 are the trouble areas. 4: Nero and B's have an upper limit on the size of a single file, ranging from 4.0 GB to 4.3GB. 5: The mounted (decrypted) logical drive is reported as being a read-only, removable media drive; Windows Explorer cannot show the contents of the mouted drive. Note: the expected behavior is a FIXED logical drive that is READABLE.

Won't somebody pleeease help me?

I don"t think this Question Has anything to Do with Tmpgenc ?? I"m more adept at Breaking copy Protection Not Creating it....

Hi, I've tried decoding an AVI file to an MPEG file, but whenever I try to start it, an error occurs "An error occured when audio is decoded". What shoukd I do? Please, help me out here!

use virtual dub to extract the audio to wav and use that as the audio source.....

Hi, I've tried decoding an AVI file to an MPEG file, but whenever I try to start it, an error occurs "An error occured when audio is decoded". What shoukd I do? Please, help me out here!

Hello

I would just want make it official that installing Windows Media Player 9 on a WinXP system causes TMPGEnc not to accept MPEG2 files in the program. This is fixed by going back to a restore point where WMP9 is not installed.

This I would like to get fixed since I want WMP9.

regards

Kris

Gee, that is sure nice of Uncle Bill to implement that new feature.

Can you describe what you observed/found? I am experiencing issues with XP & TMPGENC however I am still on WM8, not WM9.

This is Not a Tmpgenc Problem But a Media Player Problem seing that Tmpgenc Came out Long before Media Player 9...Media Player 9 Causes a Lot more Problems that Just with Tmpgenc, it can Make a Whole Bunch of Programs not Run Correctly, Maybe They will have a Fix for Media Player9 in the Future...

Thanks for answering all my questions. I've used the old, old version or Tmpg and haven't upgraded for awhile and I appreciate all the help you've given me!

What's the max bit rate for SVCD. For VCD's I think it is 1150/kbs.
For example: If I had a 1 minute MPEG and wanted to put that file onto a SVCD by itself encoding it at 10,000/kbs would not be possible (I don't think that the DVD player can spin that fast) So what would you say is the max speed?

As an example, when using the template, the Maximum bit rate for any encoding formula is 2520. Any significant reason for this?

2520kbs is the Standard Max bitrate for SVCD Video,But some Player chan Go Quite a Bit higher and some even have Problem at this Bitrate..I usually Try to keep the Bitrate between 2000kbs and 3000kbs...

What am I doing wrong? I have two side by side boxes. Both are running 2.59. Box #1 reads, encodes mpegs without error. Box #2 states that all files are not supported.

As they both are the same os, same dvd player and such, what am I missing? I have removed TMPGENC and reinstalled it without effect.

maybe you don't have all the proper codec like DivX Nemo, Xvid, etc

To Open Mpeg2 files in Tmpgenc you Need to have certain Mpeg2 decoders installed on your Computer Like the "Cyberlink Mpeg2 decoder" and the "Ligos Mpeg2 decoder" But the Best and fastest way to Encode Mpeg2 files with Tmpgenc is to Frame serve them with DVD2AVI...

Both machines have identical software configurations. Both have DVD players, editors on them (same brands, versions). I am able to play the .mpegs on BOTH machines. I can play the pre-TMPGENC (Studio 8 output) as well as the post TMPGENC generated MPEGS.

Here is a list of VFAPI plug-ins listed on my machines:

1) AVI2(OpenDML) File Reader 0
2) BMP/PPM/TGA/JPG File Reader 0
3) Ligos MPEG-2 Decoder 0*****
4) CyberLink MPEG-2 Decoder 0
5) Microsoft MPEG-1 Decoder 0
6) Wave File Reader 0
7) TMPGenc Project File Reader 2.510 0
8) DirectShow Multimedia File Reader -1
9) AVI VFW Compatibility Reader -2

It is my understanding that the registered TMPGENC "plus" version contains a built in decoder as well. On the machine that works, the list is exactly the same as above EXCEPT the LIGOS decoder is not present. All other lines and priorities are the same. I have tried unchecking or reducing the priorty of the Ligos item (on the machine that does NOT work) without success.

No the Pluss Version Does Not Come with any Mpeg2 decoders, Did you try Raiseing the Priority of the Mpeg2 decoders to "2" then trying it???? Because you have the same configuration on Both computers Doesn"t nescessarily mean that Both computers should work the Same or react the same in Simular situations ...Well I guess you Know this By Now..DVD2AVI is still a Much better way to Encode Mpeg2 files with Tmpgenc...

By bettter, what do you mean? I have been using CQ to encode AVI's generated by Studio Eight into MPEG's. I have also used CQ to encode MPEGS to MPEGS (on the box that works).

What does DVD2AVI do? Rip the contents of a DVD to a AVI file? I am working with Video tapes I am capturing/editing.

What do you mean "does not include a mpeg decoder"? I believe the documentation states that a trial version exists in the current download. It is usable for 14 days unless you register it.

Well you First Question States "XYZ.mpg Can not open or unsupported" this Gives me the Impression that you are Trying to Load a Mpeg File into Tmpgenc,Right??? and if you are Trying to Load a Mpeg file into Tmpgenc and you get that error you can use DVD2AVI to Decode and FrameServe the Mpeg2 Video to Tmpgenc..Now you are Saying that you are trying to Load an AVI file into Tmpgenc, So was it just a Typo??? As for Tmpgenc Not Comeing with a Mpeg2 decoder I thingk you Don"t understand What a Mpeg2 decoder is...You can Not Load Mpeg2 files Into Tmpgenc Without a Mpeg2 decoder installed, the Decoder Decodes the Mpeg2 file so Tmpgenc Can read the Mpeg2 file and encode it to What ever you want eg:AVI/Mpeg1/2..To "Decode" and "Encode" are 2 Very Differant things and Has Nothing at all to do with the 30 or 14 day Trials..DVD2AVI "Decodes" so Tmpgenc does not have to and it Frame Serves the "Decoded" Mpeg2 video to Tmpgenc so tmpgenc can "Encode" the "Decoded" Mpeg2 file...If you Have Problems Loading the AVI Files into Tmpgenc then try Raiseing the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2"...

Ah, I suspect I have the wrong word. I am encoding files then. I.E., I am using TMPGENC to reduce/change the bit rates to fit more data onto a given DVD.

Machine #1 encodes the data without a problem. Machine #2 will not "load" (or read) the data that machine #1 does. I have tried raising the various priorities without success.

If your files are Encoded useing the Pinnacle Proprietary DV Codec then that could be why you are haveing problems, it seems the Pinnacle AVI files can only be decoded By Pinnacle software this Is why Pinnacle Sucks the Big one..I have Probably a Dozzen Different Pinnacle Programs and Have allways Had problem with avi Files encoded With the Pinnacle Codecs..

Well, that still does not answer my question.

Both machines have identical Studio 8 environments. Both machines have identical codecs. (Or so I believe) I just completed running 10 x 1.5 hours of Studio generated MPG's through TMPGENC. These processed on one machine and not the other.

The files pre-encoding or post encoding were playable on BOTH machines. TMPGENC was unable to open it on one of my two machines. This of course prevented the machine from being used to encode the items.

TMPGENC reduced the filesizes from 3.94GB to roughly 1.1GB in size.

If I knew why TMPGENC worked on one machine and not the other, I could increase my productivity by using both machines!

I allready stated that Haveing the same exact set up on Both computers doesn"t mean that both computers will run exactly the same..There are so many factors that can cause one thing to work on one machine and not the other even if both machines are the same...There are allways ways to get around problem with Tmpgenc not Loading Files ..I allready told you how to do it if you are trying to encode a Mpeg2 file to Mpeg1 or 2 with Tmpgenc By useing DVD2AVI to frame serve the Mpeg2 file to Tmpgenc...If you want to Load an AVI File into Tmpgenc and can not get it to load you can allways try to Frame serve the AVI to tmpgenc with AVISynth or Virtual dub .....

Thanks I guess for your attempts at answering my questions.

I disagree that "so many variables" exist that prevent the program from loading your file. Given the fact my environments are the same, a check by the programmer of his source code should reveal what the source of the message is. I.E. a specific set of circumstances exist that generate the message. Given those conditions a resonable check can be performed. (I am a programmer by profession)

My question still stands. Based upon other messages it seems that I am not the only one having this issue!

.... and for sure you aren't, not quite the same but a very similar problem, I reinstalled the os on my machine with all the codec's but ther is a diffrent in Os now I am running XP SP1 it works before (loading mpeg2 or m2v files into tmpeg 2.59) now .....or unsupported...

and the answer ... then do it another way, is quite no answer ...

so maybe someone can solve this problem, I'm up with it after 5h of unsucssesfully try and error.

FYI to anyone interested in some tests I've been running...

I just completed a 50 part test (I'm glad TMPG has batch mode) to see the effect on quality and file size by varying CQ_VBR & bitrate.

Source is an excelent quality 2.33 minute low-to-high action 640 x 272 DivX clip. I started with a target of CVD (352 x 480),CQ_VBR 50, 5kbs max, 0kbs min. I lowered the max bitrate in 1kbs steps from 5kbs to 1kbs. Then I repeated the process for for CQ_VBR 40 to 10 in steps of 10. Then I did the whole thing again but for SVCD size (480 x 480). This gave me 50 clips that were viewed on an Apex 1100W with 36" 4:3 TV and ranked by a few people visually over several nights.

Anyway, the conclusions are surprising: The highest CQ_VBR & bitrate don't always give the best quality; It appears that as CQ_VBR goes down so does file size but this effect is not linear; As bitrate is varied from 5kbs to 1kbs the file size actually increases up to a point (based on the CQ_VBR) then it starts to fall off again.

Any comments or suggestion are welcome.