Hi,

I used DVD Author to make a DVD of several short 10 minute video clips. I created a menu screen that contains a chapter for each clip. There were a total of 3 menu screens, each containing 4 chapters.

The menus work fine but if I am playing a particular clip and hit the menu button on my remote to get back to the menu screen, I am always put back at the first menu screen and not the menu screen that had the particular clip I was playing. Any way to correct or change this?

Also, when a clip is finished playing, the next clip starts to play automatically. How can I configure DVD Author so that it will return to the menu screen after it finsihed playing a clip?

Thanks.

Please use the "Display menu settings"-button on the "Create menu"-dialog, and all your wishes will come true...

Hi,

I looked under the options you indicated but there is nothing there that lets you control what exactly DVD Author does after it plays a certain track or when the menu button on the remote is pressed. It only gives you the option to go back to the main menu after the last track has finished playing and to display the main menu when the disk is first inserted.

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Well First off DivX is AVI, so if you have an AVI file that you downloaded off the net it is allready Probably in DivX Mpeg-4 format...As for WMV/ASF files a Good Program for converting them to AVI/DivX is to use a Freeware Program called "Stoik Video Converter" you can find it to download if you do a Search on Google, It can also convert AVI/ASF/WMV/Mpeg1/2 files to AVI/DivX, But Virtual Dub is Probably better at AVI to AVI/DivX encodes.....Cheers

Why in the hell would you want to recompress an already compressed format like WMV or AVI into another compressed format such as DIVX which is in fact AVI?!

What a completely pointless waste of time and quality that would be.

For a start off you will NOT acheive any increase in quality infact you will reduce the quality, second you will NOT gain anything in file size because WMV is a more compressed format than DIVX, so you will end up with a larger AVI than the original source.

I can understand if you wanted to convert to MPEG as you could then play the file on your set top, but recompressing to another AVI is in my opinion absolutely bonkers.
Maybe you have some reason for it, so please enlighten me as to why you would want to do this?

Hello to all!
I've a big problem with tmpgenc. I've 2 avi files with strange framerates. the firt is 24.991 fps and the second is 25.195 fps.
The problem is that I choose on tmpgenc PAL settings (so 25 fps) but the the result is a vcd that isn't fluid. Why? How can I resolve?
Tnx

You are going to have Problems with these Files because of the Non-Standard Frame rates, and if you use Tmpgenc to try to convert the frame rates you will get Choppy playback..The Only way I know of to encode these Types of Files useing Tmpgenc is Very tricky and will will need a Good Audio editor Like Cool Edit or Sound Forge, I actually use the Audio editor in Vegas Video..What you can do is Load your File into tmpgenc and encode it like a normal Pal file accept under the "Advanced settings" check the "do not Frame rate convert" Box..Now after encodeing you should have a File that Plays Smoothly but the Audio will be out of Sync Because of the Frame Rate difference..So you will need to de-mux the audio from your Mpeg file useing "File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "Simple Demultiplex" this will leave you with a Video and an audio file you will now have you load the Audio into a Audio editor Like the ones I mentioned and then Stretch/Shrink the Audio length to the "Exact" same Length as the Mpeg video file, the Render the new audio as a Mpeg 1 layer 2 audio file that you "Multiplex" with the Mpeg video file..Now god willing the Audio and Video should be in sync...This can be a Very Tricky method but it can work..You can also convert the Frame rate useing AVISynth and this way you wouldn"t need to do anything with the audio but if you don"t know how to use AVISynth then this method might be easier....Good Luck

Here is an alternative method. May be slightly easier.

Download Goldwave 5 and AVIfrate here: http://www.goldwave.com/gwave505.exe
http://www.am-softhome.com/avifrate.zip

1. Load the AVI into AVIfrate then change the frame rate to 25 fps then apply it. Note the length in seconds and write it down somewhere.

2. Start goldwave and load your AVI
(If your AVI contains Ac3 audio, as many do, then you will need to install this filter http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/ )

3. Go to Effect>Timewarp, make sure the Algorithm is set to 'Rate' then select length and type in the exact figure you got from AVIfrate then click OK.

4. When done click File>Save as and save as a PCM, 16 bit, stereo wav

5. Now load the AVI and the wav in to TMPG and encode as normal.

Hi,

I used DVD Author to make a DVD of several short 10 minute video clips. I created a menu screen that contains a chapter for each clip. There were a total of 3 menu screens, each containing 4 chapters.

The menus work fine but if I am playing a particular clip and hit the menu button on my remote to get back to the menu screen, I am always put back at the first menu screen and not the menu screen that had the particular clip I was playing. Any way to correct or change this?

Also, when a clip is finished playing, the next clip starts to play automatically. How can I configure DVD Author so that it will return to the menu screen after it finsihed playing a clip?

Thanks.

You should post this Question in the "DVD Author" Forum as this Formum deals with Mostly Tmpgenc Issues....Cheers

Hi!
I've been trying to comvert a SVCD file to DVD. I have used TMPGEnc with standard settings, and even tried to follow some guides at DVDRhelp.com. The encoding seems to go along fine, but when I try to author the DVD usibg DVDIt, I always get the same error message; "Each GOP header must be preceeded by a sequence header".
I have tried changing the GOP-settings, but I really don't know too much about that, so that didn't help.
Anybody had the same problem, or know what to do?

Leif-Erik

Well You know that if you re-encode the SVCD File to DVD Specs you will loose Quite a Bit of the Quality, So you Might consider Putting the SVCD on to DVD as a Non-Standard DVD, I haven"t come across a DVD Player yet that will Not play there Non-Standard DVD"s, I backed up My Whole SVCD Collection this way to DVD and they Turned out Great...But Not many DVD authoring Programs will let you author DVD"s of this sort, One that will is called "DVD-Lab" you can download a 30 Day demo at http://www.mediachance.com/download.htm ..It isn"t as Complex to use as DVDit But it does make good Quality DVD"s and it is very easy to use and it will author SVCD"s to DVD without Re-encodeing the Video...But if you really want to re-encode the SVCD to DVD Specs what should get rid of the Error you are getting in DVDit is to go to the "Gop" settings and set the "Output Interval of Sequence Header" to "1"...This will Put a Sequence header Before every GOP....Cheers

Some of the SVCDs that I've encoded seem to be skipping a frame every 2-3 seconds. Sound isn't out of sink during such skips. I've had a number of movies with such 'skips' and I've tried encoding them in simple VCD and there are no skips in the very same movies. I think it could be the fact that there's a 23.9 frame convertion - mind you 80% of the movies I've encoded are fine. How can I fix this? - I'm trying to encode a standard NTSC Film SVCD [right from the Wizard]

What do you mean theres's a 23.97 conversion. Are you saying you are converting to 23.976 from a different frame rate?
You can't do frame rate conversion with TMPG properly and this WILL cause jerky playback and you can't encode to 23.976 in MPEG2 unless you are using 2:3 pulldown.
What is the frame rate of the source?

It's like 29 frames/sec and I am using a 2:3 pulldown. So that's the problem? TMPGEnc can't handle pulldowns?

Let me clarify... I always used a standard SVCD straight from the Wizard. In 'frame rate' it always says 23.976 fps (internally 29.97) and there's a 2:3 pulldown. Should I not use that?

I think you Got the Wrong Idea here, The Frame rate you have to use is related to the frame rate of your AVI file, you Can Not use 23.97fps unless your AVI file is 23.97fps, so you have to encode to the Frame rate of your AVI file...If your AVI file is 23.97fps then your CAN use the "23.97fps(29.97fps Interlally)" setting..But if your AVI file is say 25fps then you either have to encode it as a Pal 25fps File to Use some External method for converting the 25fps file to 23.97 or 29.97fps Cuz Tmpgenc can not do it...

Ok, step by step then how would you encode a sample DivX file into SVCD. Because I always simply used the Wizard 'NTSC Film SVCD' and it worked great except for these 2-3 movies where I used the same exact settings, but the playback is messed up.

Look we are not mind readers, if you want help seriously then start giving us some serious answers.

First and most importantly as I have already asked is, what is the frame rate of the AVI?
Just right click the AVI and select properties and windows should tell you.

Sorry, for this particular DivX framerate is 25 [I looked that up in VirtualDub].

Ok, well that is your problem.
You CANNOT convert an PAL 25fps file to NTSC with TMPG. This is what is causing the playback problem.

You have 3 options.

1. Leave it at 25 fps and encode as PAL. Most DVD players will play it OK as long as it can output a PAL signal and you have a multiformat TV.

2. Use AVIsynth to alter the frame rate.

3. Use the method outlined in this post:

Question - Framerate problems
http://bbs.pegasys-inc.com/bbscgi/ebbs/board.cgi?board=tmpgenc#topic24980

The frame rate is different, but the principle is the same. Just follow the instructions and change the frame rate to 23.976 then encode the MPEG as NTSC FILM SVCD.

Well if the AVI is 25fps then you can NOT encode it as 23,97 or 29.97 cuz the File is a Pal file and 23.97 and 29.97fps are NTSC frame rates this is why you are getting Choppy Playback, if your DVD Player and TV set can handle Pal then you can encode it as Pal but not all DVD Players or TV sets can Play Pal Video, In which case you will have to Convert the File to NTSC useing some other method...The Method I use is an easy one but you will need some Pretty expensive software, i use something like Premier Pro or Vegas Video 4 to Convert the 25fps Pal File into a 29,97fps NTSC AVI file useing the HuffyUV Codec, then I just encode the AVI file to mpeg like you normaly would..There are Of cource other Methods, If you look through some very rescent posts I explain another way to do it and so does Ashy useing software that is easy to get....Good Luck....Cheers

Thanx for the help

Can anyone help with this question
i have an avi movie that when i try to encode
it comes out as though it is running in 12fps ie slow motion

i have tried in tmpg :
different templates ie ntsc 23fps...ntsc 29fps...pal formats
interlacing and non interlacing
bottom field and top field

rencoding with vdub in :
Divx format
direct stream
uncompressed

every time the resulted mpg comes out in slow motion....as if the cpu struggles to run it

Thanx in advance

What is the frame rate of the original?

Also does this happen on your PC or DVD player?

its 23.98 fps and it happens on pc

might be worth mentioning the filename ends with -wrd.avi

have been using hauppauge's winpvr 250, and while it's not perfect, it does seem to be a fairly decent "ripper"... at the same time, we're using tmpgenc plus (on the trial basis) and would like to purchase it, except for two things:

.1. it loves to crash on what i believe are "probably" bad frames (i have no way of checking this, but it's most likely option) and, once crashed, i have to re-enter the data one more time. if i hit that frame again (bloody likely, as they are usually at the setpoints), i crash again... frustrating... this only happens when the previewed file is NOT moving (paused). if the file is moving (playing), the frames are either un-noticed or handled differently; in either case, setting a setpoint while the target is moving is quite annoying and any miss that hits those frames makes the program go kaboom...

.2. we cannot convert successfully from the hauppauge format (fair ntsc mpeg 2) to any other format except mpeg 2 vbr. tmpgenc says it does the conversion, but what we get is audio only, no video. place the file into gspot, and gspot says everything rendered fine, all codecs are in place, no worries...

is there a way around the bad frames issue? i've spent as much as an hour attempting to refine my setpoints to where i am getting data on either side of the real setpoint (irritatingly annoying) because the program will crash completely if it so much as touches the setpoint when the program isn't playing the file (preview)...

someone else suggested that tmpgenc keep the setpoints around for later editing. i think this is an excellent idea, and should be easily implemented...

considering purchase of plus,
sincerely,

00 caren

Your Post is Quite Confuseing as your Terminoligy does not make much sence..But From what I understand you are Haveing Problems encodeing mpeg files that you have Captured from your WinTV PVR.. I am also assumeing most of these Files are Mpeg2 files that you are Trying to encode with Tmpgenc?? The Best method For encodeing Mpeg2 files in Tmpgenc is to Frame serve the Mpeg2 files to Tmpgenc with a Program called "DVD2AVI"(Freeware)..You Load your Mpeg2 file into DVD2AVI and then go to "File" to "Save Project" and it will leave you with a D2V file and a Mpa audio file..You then Load the D2V file into Tmpgenc as the Video source, and if you are Makeing a Vcd or a SVCD then you do not have to encode the audio as it is allready in the correct format for VCD or SVCD and re-encodeing it would just lower the audio Quality..Now just encode the D2v file to the Mpeg format that you want and after encodeing you can Multiplex the Video file with the Audio file useing the "Mpeg Tools" "Simple Multiplex"..This method is the Most reliable and fastest encodeing method for encodeing you captured Mpeg2 files to Mpeg....

PS: if there are "Bad Frames" in your Mpeg2 file DVD2AVI will not make a D2V file and in that case there is Probably nothing that can be done with your Captured files...

For many weeks i've never had any problem using Cladvd and tmpgenc to convert a DVD in VCD.
Since i've downloaded cladvd .xp and tmpgenc 2.511 nothing works.
Even reconverting old "ripped" films doesnt work : tmpgenc says it doesnt recognize the video format.
Hint : in the first dialog of tmpgenc it is written in red : "MPGEG 2 trial period has expired"

Could any one give me the exact list of things to do ?

Thank you for your help.

Daniel

How are you Encodeing these Files to VCD?? are you just loading the Vob files into Tmpgenc and encodeing them to VCD??? if so this is not the best way, it is best to use "DVD2AVI to extract the correct audio stream and to make a D2V project file that you can encode in Tmpgenc to VCD..This method is faster as DVD2AVI has a Faster Mpeg2 deocder than Tmpgenc ..But since You didn"t explain how you were makeing your VCD"s I can"t tell you what is wrong...Cheers

CladDVD XP uses DVD2AVI to frame serve to TMPG. This will be the source of the problem.
Try re-installing CLadDVD first. If that doesn't work download and install the latest DVD2AVI then copy the DVD2AVI.vfp from the DVD2AVI folder in to the TMPGENC folder.
Check in the VFAPI plugins to see if the DVD2AVI project file reader is listed and if necessary raise it's priority.

If you still have problems you may need to download an earlier version of DVD2AVI v1.76 and follow the steps above again.

Will RM (RealPlayer Movie) format be supported in future release?

Well I doubt it,Probably due to Liscencing matters, or to the fact that RM is a Crappy format, But if you want to encode Rm files there is One Encoder I know of that encodes RM Files to Mpeg and that is called "EO_Video".....cheers

Come on get with it. RM is more or less a dead format, so what would be the point?

>Well I doubt it,Probably due to Liscencing matters, or to the fact that RM is a Crappy format, But if you want to encode Rm files there is One Encoder I know of that encodes RM Files to Mpeg and that is called "EO_Video".....cheers


Thanks for the suggestion, I've used EO Video, but it is slow and produces low quality video. Do you know any other SW tool(s) can convert RM to MPEG?

>Come on get with it. RM is more or less a dead format, so what would be the point?

The point is there are million of RMs available online, and I don't want to watch them on a small computer 21" monitor; I prefer to convert &burn them on DVD, to watch on my 50" plasma TV.

>The point is there are million of RMs available online, and I don't want to watch them on a small computer 21" monitor; I prefer to convert &burn them on DVD, to watch on my 50" plasma TV.

The point is these RM's just look just crap when played on anything bigger than a 17" monitor and even worse on a 50" inch TV such as a high definition Plasma, so why bother?

Don't tell me you have actual movies in this format. Anybody that uses RM for proper movies needs a check up from the neck up.

>>The point is there are million of RMs available online, and I don't want to watch them on a small computer 21" monitor; I prefer to convert &burn them on DVD, to watch on my 50" plasma TV.
>
>The point is these RM's just look just crap when played on anything bigger than a 17" monitor and even worse on a 50" inch TV such as a high definition Plasma, so why bother?
>
>Don't tell me you have actual movies in this format. Anybody that uses RM for proper movies needs a check up from the neck up.


Like I said before, million of RM movies can not be ignored, moreover since some of the movies are currently avaiable only in RM format.

Ok, lets just put this one to rest once and for all.
>Will RM (RealPlayer Movie) format be supported in future release?

Answer : NO, it's not going to be supported in future releases.

Ok, lets just put this one to rest once and for all.
>Will RM (RealPlayer Movie) format be supported in future release?

Answer : NO, it's not going to be supported in future releases.



>Big deal! Minion's response sounds more pleasing. Learn from him/her.

Better Manner, I think most of forum users would agree with you.


>Big deal! Minion's response sounds more pleasing. Learn from him/her.

LOL....why are you posting to your self xjlcool?

Do you often talk to yourself?

Hello, I record from a Super VHS VCR to my Panasonic DVD Recorder onto a DVD-RAM disc. I then take the DVD-RAM disc and put it into my Toshiba DVD-ROM in my computer to copy the video file (.VRO) to my hard-drive. I then use TMPGENC DVD Author to edit, create, and compile my DVD project. A random problem I'm encountering is that when I'm editing the .VRO, some parts of the video file appear with as a half screen on the editing screen. This happens randomly with different videos. When compiling my final project, the motion chapters appear as a split screen as well. What exactly is causing this and is there a solution to this problem? It is very irritating seeing my final project come out this way. Please let me know if anyone else has been able to resolve this problem. Is there a future fix coming out?

blade22

Try switching "Hybrid VBR Resolution" on your Panasonic recorder from Automatic to Fixed when recording RAMs for PC editing. That should solve your problem. See also:
bbs.pegasys-inc.com/bbscgi/ebbs/board.cgi?board=tda&page=0#topic206

What is a good bitrate to set for a non-standard mpeg file? This must be based on the CD speed but how do they relate, is it 150K per speed of cd eg 16 speed is 16*150k 2400K

Does anyone know

What the heck are you talking about?
Why are you concerned about the speed of your CDROM drive (I assume this is to what you refer)?