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Hello, everytime I try to code a movie into svcd 1/3 or more into it freezes or seems very very sluggish and I look at it and its no longer moving. Im just wondering why this tmpge 2.5 is locking up on me and stops coding. I have the vf plugin and um Im running xp1800,256ram on win2k I have all codecs loaded as well. Id like to start coding all my divx movies to svcd soon so I wish I could find a solution thx
ps. I tried last night to do asf to svcd it did the same thing as when I tried the divx.
get a newer version and you wont have as many problems,and if you are trying to encode divx5 to mpeg you will have problems,I dont know why but the new divx 5 sux big doodoo......
I have similar problems when converting asf or non-compliant mpeg to vcd with 2.53. I checked the CPU usage and it showed spikes of 30-50% usage intermittently although when the encoding became sluggish (18 frames per minute or so).
But what I wish to know is, if i burn the converted .mpg to CD using Adaptec VCD Creator, will there be no video when i wish to watch the film on a DVD player.
You say DiVx films are not really supported - My .avi's are sourced from KaZaA - are they DiVx, i am unsure.
I'm using version 2.53.35 under Windows XP. This could be because of the particular AVI file I was trying to convert, I'm not sure, but even extracting
the audio into a seperate file and reencoding that way didn't help me. It was
always out of sync.
Same thing happened under Win2K so I started wondering, 'Maybe this version of
tmpgenc isn't totally compatible with the Win2K OSs. So I just went into the tmpgenc's main executable properties and set it into win98se/winme compatibility mode and so far I haven't had any problems.
Even using the avi file as my audio source instead of extracting it didn't yield any sync problems.
Not sure if this was really my problem or really the issue with everyone's sync problems and tmpenc, but it may help you.
I have used Virtual Dub 1.48 to create the wav file for audio. When I used TMPG to do the conversion I used the Divx file for Video and the Wav file for audio. The sound is much further ahead than the video. What I am doing wrong. By the way I did change the settings to 44100hz as I have seen suggested. Any ideas what to do next.
I have converted an avi fil to mpg and after that made a vcd out of it. But i have a problem: the sound runs with normal speed, but the picture sometime moves slower and gets behind the sound, for then later to catch up with it. There doesn't seem to be any problem with the mpg-fil, and i have used NTI CD-maker to make the vcd. I burned i with 4x speed (HP cd-burner 4*2*32). What have i done wrong? Would it f.x. fix it if i burned with only 1x speed?
I have had the same problem,what works for me is to choose the highest quality setting(very slow) and multi-plex it,then de-multiplex,this works for me,and uping the bit rate helps to ,I can play vcd"s with 2250kbs fine on my player,and the quality is as good as svcd,but a little faster to encode than svcd.if you haven"t figured out how to up the bitrate on mpeg 1,you can e-mail me.......sherlock
your right techno,tmpgenc does have better quality cuz it has good filters,for me if I have a really good quality avi. I use "cinema Craft" cuz it is 10 times faster,but tmpgenc is more versitile and less complicated, so "victor" if you want the best quality with "tmpgenc" under "motion precition search" choose the best quality"very slow" and the higher the bitrate the better the quality...
I will agree that TMPG is the best encoder by far for MPEG1 but Cinemacraft has the edge on it as far as quality in MPEG2 is concerned.
I have done many tests with both programs. Encoding at different bitrates and comparing to see which one gives the best picture and file size.
I can conclude that Cinemacraft does definitely give a better picture quality for MPEG2. For example there seems to be less visible macro blocks at a given bitrate than TPMG produces.
This program should give better quality too as even though it can do MPEG1 it is primarily designed for commercial production of MPEG2 and at a cost of $2000 dollars you would expect this.
The advantage TMPG has is it's versatility, i.e being able to change the frame size and use certain filters, but these filters can be applied to Cinecraft by using TMPG as a frame server.
The way I do it is to set everything up as if I was going to use TMPG to encode then save it as a project.
Then use the VFAPI converter to create a valid AVI for Cinemacraft.
Open the AVI in Cinecraft, change the settings in Cinecraft to however you want the movie encoded and then set it going.
Cinecraft will then encode using the filters from TMPG which will give you a movie with the correct frame size which can be burnt as SVCD and as a plus point is usually a bit quicker than TMPG.
Like I say for MPEG1 you won't find a better encoder than TMPG and I've used most of them, but the proof is in pudding so give the above a shot (including you Techno if you already haven't because I'd like to know what YOUR opinion is of this method).
TMPGenc rocks for DIVX encoding. :o) Hay question do you know when the author is going to fix the display problem with AVI output selection buttons for Video and Audio codec selection? They barely show up in XP I can just see the outer edge which is enough to click on any way. Which settings do choose when you make your DIVX movie for video and MP3? ~best regards NewtronX
This used to work but no longer.. When I try to open the AVI files it says it is unsupported. I have already have the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader as the highest priority. I am able to open these files in media player with no problem, I am also able to open them if I install the Morgan MJPG codec. BUT this used to work without the morgan codec. Any help will be greatly appreciated