I have saved a project that I was coverting to vcd. But when I go to open the project then I hit the start button to continue it says that the file already exists do I want to overwrite. No, I don't want to overwrite it took hours to get it to the point where I am at. How do I continue from where I left off?

What exactly do you mean by "How do I continue Were I left Off"???? if you started to encode a File and you stopped encodeing for some reason you have to start over again...Once you start a encodeing Project you can not stop it and start were you left off......

That was exactly what I wondering.

I downloaded a compressed AVI, When I tried to convert AVI into a VCD format (MPEG-1) the video was choppy and not fluid. I found that breaking it into both Video and Audio and converting those files into a VCD format (MPEG-1) works a little better than direct convertion. The problem I'm running into is the video is still not fluid... its choppy (not as bad as before). I'm still hacking my way through TMPGEN, does anyone out there have any ideas or tricks to correct this. Any help would be great. Thanks in Advance for any help.

ROB

the frame rate of the output mpg must be the same as the avi (source)....

I have a movie called "The Gift". It is 700mb and the video is Divx3 Low-Motion, and the sound is MPEG-1 Layer3. The movie is 112min long.

Problem 1 - TMPGEnc will not convert the sound. The picture converts to a vcd file fine, but no sound. No error, just no sound.

Problem 2 - I used VirtualDub to get a wav of the sound but when using TMPGEnc to combine the sound with the original avi file the sound was out of sync and I can't find an easy way to correct this.

Problem 3 - In Environmental Setting (VFAPI plug-in), the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader is set to priority -1. If I make this any higher TMPGEnc will freeze immediately.

Problem 4 - I choose a bitrate of 750kbs so that I could fit the entire movie on one 80min CDR and TMPGEnc indicated the output file would be 790mb, however it came out over 1gig. I have tried samples with various bitrates and they all come out the same size no matter what bitrate I use (?). It's as though TMPGEnc ignores my choice of bitrate. I am using MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard) as the Stream type.

Any suggestions?

1. Yeah, that's nearly normal if you convert some AVIs with VBR encodet Sound.
Try a modified Version of VirtualDub to extract the Sound (VirtualDubMOD).

2. See 1

3. Maybe you have a conflict between some Codecs. If all is correct, TMPGEnc will not freeze.

4. That's a Problem with TMPGEnc 2.59. Use an older or newer Version for Multiplexing Non-Standard VCD.


> Any suggestions?

Yes! Read the Board! None of your Questions is new.

Problem 2 solved. I extracted the wave from virtualdub in a different way than I had been and it now is in sync with the video when combined with it.

Problem 4 solved. I was using version 2.59 of TMPGEnc.

Never mind about Problem 1 & 3 because with the other two problems solved I can at least get the final result I'm looking for.

Thanks.

P.S. I read the board extensively before posting my questions but there are A LOT of posts to go through, 99.9999% of which are bs.

My source files are subtitled and it goes below the TV screen. Is there a way to display the whole video on the TV without cropping anything?

Try useing the "Clip Frame" and "Video Arrange method" settings in the "Advanced settings" ,You can add Boarders to the Top and bottom of the screen so the Frame doesn"t get Cut off By the TV Screen....

Isn't that sort of like widescreen? And doesn't the picture quality in the middle get squished and look weird?

Actually, when you clip the frame, the frame doesn't get clipped. How do I make it so I don't clip anything? Also, TMPGEnc is acting very strange. First, when I clicked on the AVI file for video/audio source, it says it was unsupported! It worked in the past and I can play the source files. When I tried again, it only worked for the video source while the audio source is blank and the output is a m1v file. Argh! When I finally get it to work after a few tries, TMPGEnc closes automatically, or it freezes or it just won't encode or, it encodes the first frame and the rest are black leaving only the audio!!!

I forgot to mention, I'm using version 2.5! But please help me on the overscan first! Thanks a lot Minion!

Well it seems that you are asking the Impossible ,You want to change the image so you can see the Subtitles But not change the image ,this Just can not be done you have to take the good with the bad...You can use the "Video arange Method" to add boarders without squishing the Image it just makes the image a little smaller with Boarders on the top and bottom..You can"t Move the subtitles so they are higher on the screen or anything like that, it just can not be done....as for the "Unsupported" message you can usually fix this By raiseing the Priority of the "Direct Show File Reader" in the "Vfapi Plugins" to "2"...

Yes, how do I add borders to the bottom (and maybe left and right)? I tried selecting "center" but then the characters in the video seemed squashed. Same with "center (keep aspect ratio)". I'm making an SVCD for my friend so it is 480x480. I hope it works on her player. Is making an SVCD/VCD for a friend allowed?

You seem to be going about things wrongly here. Surely the subtitles can't have been added so far below the T.V screen area so that you can't actually see them. This would be a TV set problem with a severe overscan setting not a problem with the movie.

I take it this movie is full screen in the 4:3 ratio.
If so make sure you set the input aspect ratio to 4:3 525line(NTSC) and the output ratio to 4:3.
Select 'Full screen (keep aspect ratio)' as the 'Video arrange method'

If this still causes the subs to be below the Screen area of a known good working TV then shoot the guy that made this Movie cuz he obviously did not know what he was doing.

If this is the case then select 'center(custom size)' as the 'Video arrange method' using the 'Arrange setting' button in the 'Clip frame' filter and adjust the image as required.

ASHY

By the way if you are making a SVCD. You will have to set the output frame size as 720x480 first so you can adjust the image without the aspect ratio distortion of SVCD.
Once you are happy with the image simply set it back to 480x480.

ASHY

Where can I find the diffrences or bug report for NT2000 and Win98. I have noticed that there are things that I can do in the 98 os that I can't do in 2000, when using TMPGenc. An example, when I Simple De-multiplex in 2000 I don't get the whole video however I get it in 98.

hey i'm sort of new to this, but i'm learning fairly quickly. i have ran into one problem, however. after encoding an asf file to mpeg (for vcd)the sound only works about 30 min or so into the movie then stops completely. any help would be appreciated.

Tmpgenc sometimes has Problems with ASF/WMV audio, so you have to extract the audio to a WAV file then use the wav file as the audio source in tmpgenc..To do this you will need a Audio encoder that can extract ASF/WMV audio and decode it to WAV audio...one Good Program for this is called "DB Power AMP", you can download it for free at " http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ " you have to Download the Main Program and the WMA audio codecs,once the program is installed and the Codecs are properly installed you just have to right click on the ASF file and go to "Convert" then choose "Wav" from the conversion menu..this is a Very good audio encoder and there are many codecs that you can download to convert many different formats, just read the instructions carefully on how to install the WMA codecs....

I am newbie but have figured this stuff out pretty good so far I have 2 small questions and hope you are able to help since you know just about everything on this subject. What size do I want to make the picture for best tv viewing, and does increasing the bitrate sharpen the picture, or is there a way to sharpen picture? Also would you recommend i encode to vcd or dvd? I am capable of recording both formats but am not sure what program to use once i have encoded to mpeg, for dvd, in order to transfer to dvd. Thanks for any insight you may be able to share.

Well the Resolution you use is Not really up to you it is Up to the Standard you are useing, Meaning if you want to make a VCD then you have to Use the VCD standard Resolution of 352+240 for NTSC and 352+288 for Pal, unless you want to make a XVCD which you get a Few More options like 352+480 or 704+480 NTSC, but there is No Gaurantee that it will play in your DVD Player, and you would have to use a Much higher bitrate when useing these higher resolutions and Bitrates your DVD Player Might not be able to handle them ...As to if you should choose to make a VCD or a DVD that is basicly up to your Source AVI File, If you have a Lower Quality AVI file then I would make a VCD and if you have a Low resolution AVI file then I would Make a VCD Cuz Up-sizeing the Resolution of an AVI file to DVD Resolutions will Greatly degrade the Quality of the resulting Mpeg file..But if you have a Really good Quality AVI file with a High Resolution then it would be suitable for DVD, But most AVI Files downloaded off the Net are not going to be suitabe for DVD Authoring Cuz of the Low resolutions and Quality ..as to how you would burn a DVD you would have to have a DVD Authoring Program, there are Many such Programs and they vary in Quality and Price..I use "Ulead DVD Workshop 1.3" for Basic stuff and it runs about $250 But for More complex stuff I use "Sonic DVD producer 3.1.1" which runs about $4500, it can make DVD"s with all the features of Retail DVD"s that is Probably why it is so Expensive, there are ones that are more expensive like "Sonic Scenerest" which runs about $20,000....So I would stick with something easier like "Ulead DVD Workshop" which a 30 day trial can be downloaded off there site at " http://www.ulead.com "..........

Im having a strange problem when trying to convert an avi to MPG1. I set the bitrate to 128, and when the conversion is done, the file size is about 200 megs(video is about ~20 min.), and real1player says, that the bitrate is 1395Kbps?
Is this a bug in TMPGEnc, or am I missing something?

Well a Bitrate of 128kbs is WAY WAY WAY WAY TOO LOW for a Mpeg file unless the Resolution is Really low like 36+24 and that is a Really small image...and if you are useing the 2.59 version there is a Bug in it that if you are encodeing to VCD then it will not let you lower the Bitrate lower than the VCD Standard of 1150kbs...and if you are useing a Different version and makeing a VCD then you have to set the "System" setting to "Video-CD Non-Standard" or it will pad the stream to make it VCD Compliant.....

Hi,
i would like to combine two avi files. Wich program is the best for this ( because the video should be good quality).
Is it possible with tmpgenc ?
Thanks.
Greet¡­s
Videofreakazoid

If you Just want to Take 2 AVI files and Turn them into 1 Big AVI file then this isn"t the Software you want..You need something like "Virtual Dub"....

i am getting error

File"c:Program FilesKazaaMy Shared Folder[tmd]empire.(eso).proper.ts.(1of2)real deal.avi" can not open, or unsupported.

but am able to watch movie. Every time I try to open an avi. file I get this error.

search the forum......

I am using version 2.59 and encoding AVIs from kino 0.6 (linux) to DVD format.
The AVI seems to be fine, but the .m2v file and the multiplexed
.mpg files that result occasionally repeat a frame. The files seem
to have the same number of frames as the original, but the playback
is jerky when the frames repeat. Otherwise, the encoding is excellent.

Source DV camcorder NTSC 29.97 Video 8000 CBR, 48000 audio.

I have tried encoding with many different options, with both type 1 and 2
AVIs, on two different machines under Win98, Athlons one with sse, one not.

Also, it seems to not be able to read a sequence of files zzzz001.avi,
zzzz002.avi, ... that exceed 2 GB. It only sees the first 2 GB of files.

Does any one have any suggestions? I was about to purchase the package, but
these are problems. I can get around the 2 GB limit, but the repeating frames
seem to always happen, just at different times depending on the options.

Thanks.

Further info:

If I select the .avi file and go into a filter window, say, sharpen image,
and use the scroll bar to get to the area where the frames seem to repeat,
it can get into a mode where clicking the right and left arrows at the end
of the scroll bar cause the frame number to change at the top of the screen,
but the same frame is displayed. This only happens for one frame. Clicking
the arrow twice changes the frame number twice and the frame only once.
Clicking again counts up frames and images correctly. This is using the
directshow multimedia file reader. It is the same in the latest version.
It also seem to think that there are two more frames in the file than
there are. If I uncheck the directshow file reader no other standard plugin can
read the file. Is there a better plugin to use?

This sounds like a field order problem.
Reverse the field order to the one you have set.

ASHY

The file is interlaced and I would easily see if the field order was wrong.
(I have made that mistake before!) It seems to have something to do with
the machine it is run on. It does work correctly on another machine that
has had directx updated for games. The problem is on a machine that runs
win98 under Linux using win4lin. It also works in wine, and, almost always,
wine is much worse than win4lin, as the latter runs real win98 in a virtual
machine with real Microsoft code. I have posted on a win4lin mailing list,
as someone has apparently gotten it to run there. I think it is not a bug
in Tmpgenc, but in the directshow support in win4lin.

Thanks for the reply.

I have the latest version of tmpgenc and when i tried to enode an avi file into mpeg, the video is there but there is no sound. I know what the problem is, it's that there is no audio source. When i went to add the .avi file as the audio source, it wouldn't allow me to use that file as the audio because it was "not supported" by tmpgenc. This doesn't make any sense because I tried it once before, and yes, it did work, the sound and video both came out perfectly. I've tried to rip the sound off the avi file as a .wav and then use that as the source usin tmpgenc itself, and virtual nub as well, but that didnt work out as well. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

What do you mean "It Didn"t work Out well"??? If the audio in the AVI File you are trying to encode is AC3 then tmpgenc will not encode it, so you would have to extract it to a WAV file, you can use Virtual Dub But Virtual Dub Just de-muxes the AC3 audio and Puts a WAV extention and a WAV header on the AC3 file so it really isn"t a WAV file it is an AC3 file with a Wav header and extention so what you have to do is re-name the WAV that was extracted by Virtual Dub Back to AC3 then use a Command Line Program called "AC3 Fix" it will Mave the AC3 file a Real AC3 file then after that you have to load the AC3 file into a Audio encoder that Supports AC3 audio Like "Headac3he" and encode the AC3 to either wav that you can encode in Tmpgenc or to MP2 that you can mux with the encoded Mpeg Video File...This is a Bit of a Bitch to do But that is what you get for Useing Files with AC3 audio ,That is if the audio format in your AVI file is AC3, if you load the AVI file into "Virtual Dub" then go to "File" to "File Information" and if it says that the audio format is "Unknown" then it is AC3.....

I tried opening the ac3fix file, but it opens the command line window, then closes it really quickly. How can i fix it? Im running WinXP Pro. Thanks again!.

Seeing as it is a Command line Program you need to open a Command prompt, then type in the Path to were the AC3Fix.exe file is, then it will give you instructions on How to open the AC3 file in it...I think?

I tried opening the ac3fix file, but it opens the command line window, then closes it really quickly. How can i fix it? Im running WinXP Pro. Thanks again!.

No such luck, i type in the path, and this is what appears...

E:/Documents and Settings/New>Desktop/ac3_fix03/ac3fix.exe
ac3fix V0 3

Removes bad frames from .AC3 files
Usage: ac3fix <infile> <outfile>
Error level returned:
0: No bad frames found
1: One or more bad frames found and removed
2: Error in execution

Then i tried entering the path of the .ac3 file, and it said that it could not open the file.

I tried to get it to work also and Didn"t have any luck either..I don"t work with AC3 audio much cuz Of these Problems, It is easy to do if the AC3 is in VOB files from DVD"s But in AVI files it is Much more difficult..The Only other thing that I can think of is supposedly if you Install the the "Tsunami Filter Pack" then you can encode AC3 files with Tmpgenc But I have tried it and it did not work, another thing is to try to demux the audio with "VirtualDub_Mod" they say it can handle AC3 audio But It still didn"t work for me, and another thing that is supposed to work is to Demux the audio from the avi with a Program called "AVI-Mux" it is supposed to be able to demux and decompress the ac3 in an AVI file to a WAV file But I haven"t been able to get it to work..Then I guess you can use an Dolby Digital Encoder/Decoder like "Digigram" But it is Hard to find , But if you e-mail me I"ll send it to you, I don"t know if it will work on the AC3 file that you extracted with Virtual Dub But it might..Sory that it is so Difficult But AC3 is just a Hard format to work with and I hate it with a Passion and One of the Many Reasons why I don"t use files downloaded off the net.....

AVImux can easily handle this as long as you use it correctly. Why someone should have a problem getting it to work I don't know because it is so easy to use. Search this BBS for 'AVImux' for info how to use it.

If that doesn't work then you can download Goldwave and load the AVI file into that then extract to a wav file. You will need to install this Ac3 filter first.
http://pkmovie.com/jsboard/data/tip/files/20020605104138/AC3filters.exe

ASHY