I got a problem when ripping DVD. I use SmartRipper then DVD2AVI. After that I use TMPGEnc to convert it into NTSC-VCD format. However, for some songs in the CD, the program, TMPGEnc, suddenly closed by itself when the encoding get around 98-99%. Can anyone help?

Thanks

i get the same problem ri...uh...making backups of my dvds too. if your visual and audio is outta sync then u got the same problem i do. someone help us!!!

when trying to encode a avi file into vcd mpeg format I get an error "can't load p3package.dll" can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

You have to go into your "tmpgenc" folder and copy the "p3p package.dll" file into your "system and system32" folder.....

hi there..can i run two tmpgenc programs at the same time....cause it takes at least an hour to extract one part of the movie...so i was wondering if i run both...will it take even longer....help me out...

You can try it, but i think it would run way slower than useing one.....

I Have been trying to make an SVCD From a DivX File that I have. The DivX File is NTSC, 16:9 aspect ratio at 23.97 fps. When I encode the SVCD File to 4:3 aspect ratio it plays fine on my computer. However, when I play the SVCD on my TV the video goes off the edges of the screen slighty. Is there a way that I can make the video so it doesn't go off the edges of the TV screen?

That is because your original file probably had a resolution of "720 by 480" or something like that, and the svcd resolution is "480 by 480" so a total of 240 pixels are being chopped,so you will allways loose a little at the edges,but you could do an experiment that i just did to find out if my dvd player would play full resolution svcd"s, so I encoded a mpeg2/svcd movie at 720 by 480 resolution and burnt it to a disk as a svcd . and my dvd player played it better than it played svcd"s or vcd"s because I would allways get a shakeing on the screen and I didn"t have that with the full res svcd, so now all my svcd"s are like that.....

I think it must be my DVD player because I tried that and it still cut a small part of the edges off. It seems to play VCDs and SVCDs slighty bigger than the TV screen. My DVD player is a Philips DVD711.

It doesn't make a difference what the output aspect ratio is and you aren't losing 240 pixels of information, the original movie is just squeezed into this frame size. If what you were saying was true then creating a standard VCD would mean you would be losing 368 pixels of information when converting from 720x480 which just doesn't happen.

Your problem is not TMPGenc or your DVD player it is your TV. It needs the overscan adjusting slightly so you can see more of the frame.
Call out a technician and get it adjusted.

If what you are saying is true I would have this problem with everything on my TV. However this is not the case. It only happens with VCDs and SVCDs! Not DVDs, VHS or even normal television. In fact, I had the same VCD/SVCD problem on my old TV as well.

i'm not sure if mpegs can be split.
i have a 1.2 gig mpeg that i need to sl=plit.
thanks

"File" to "mpeg tools" to "merge & cut"!!!

When I try to convert an .avi (DIVX) file into VCD, there is sound but no video. I used virtualdub to convert the sound in the original .avi. The file i'm trying to convert to VCD plays fine in WMP. Why no video on the conversion?

I successfully made a rounders vcd, but unfortunately it ended up full screen for some reason, so the video was stretched, how do i make it so it is a widescreen version, like the way its supposed to be?

I successfully made a rounders vcd, but unfortunately it ended up full screen for some reason, so the video was stretched, how do i make it so it is a widescreen version, like the way its supposed to be?

You cannot. You must reencode or see it on a 16:9 TV like the anamorphic DVDs.

my encoding stoped at 23 percent and tmpg said illegal floating decimal point calculation order.what does that mean how can i fix the problem because now i have to restart from all over.

This means that your avi file is corrupted or has some corrupted frames in it, most movies downloaded off the net have some sort of errors in them..to get rid of the error first go to your "advanced settings" then to "cpu" then un-check the "use SSE" then go to the "quantize matrix" tab and "un-check" the "use floating point" box and this should stop the error, but you can get this error if you do anything with your computer while encodeing accept encode.....

hi,
can someone tell me what settings are required to encode a 16:9 movie into anamorph? or are there always the black stripes on top and bottom? i want my 16:9 tv to stretch it to the sides, not to delete the stripes for better quality. whats the difference between "aspect ratio" and "source aspect ratio"? and what effects does a change at "video arrange method" have? i'm asking because my english isn't that good and i didn't find any instruction booklet.
if someone told me where i can find that (perfect would be in german) that would be very nice.
thanx
sascha

You can cut the black strips off with the "clip frame "option in the "advanced settings" .But it seems to stretch the movie so poeple look taller...the "source aspect ratio" is the aspect ratio of the avi file you are encodeing, it is set automaticly when you load in your file to "tmpgenc" so don"t change it..The "video arange method" sets the way the movie will look in the frame, the best one to use is "fullscreen(keep aspect ratio)"...if you get the "plus" version there in a manual on the program in there......

I know of no standalone player that will recognize anamorph encoded (S)VCD streams. Either you can force your TV Set to 16:9 or you see coneheads. DVD compilant streams should work(no guarantee since I never tested it cause of the lack of an DVD burner)
There might be some more to do for an anamorph stream but you sure have to unlock your template and set the output format from 4:3 to 16:9

thanx for the answers, just wanna know if i understood it right:
if i got a 16:9 source, tmpgenc will automaticly change "aspect ratio" to 16:9 625 lines (pal), then i choose the same at "source aspect ratio" and get a movie with the stripes which i can delete with "clip frame". then it should be 4:3 and my tv can stretch it to the sides for original size (i know it can, i question the result)? right?
but what means "video arrange method"?
thats my last question, really! (-:
sascha

This is from memory so If someone sees an error please correct it.

To make an anamorphic stream do the following:

Load the approviate template and then unlock it(with loading extra/unlock.mcf).
Under Video change Aspect Ratio to 16:9

If your source is also anamorphic: Go to advanced and set source aspect ratio to 16:9 Display and Video arrange method to Full screen (keep aspect ratio)

If your source is 4:3 with black bars: Select source aspect ratio 4:3 Display and Video arrange method Center (custom size). Edit the Y axis of the clipping area until you get rid of the bars(I always let an 8 pixels black border around cause my standalone player 'oversizes' the stream)

And ... it cant be said to often. Make some 1 minute samples and see if all is ok. Noting is more frustrating to waste 10+ hours encoding time.

I wouldn't choose custom size just leave it at full screen(keep aspect ratio) and then clip the black bars out or you may end up with the wrong aspect ratio.

Hy ... maybe someone has the answer to this question ...
I encoded (with TMPGenc) a (DiVX) .avi file to MPEG1 (VCD) ... but when I play the MPEG1 file .. there is no sound !! What did I do wrong ?? Or is it not possible ??

Thank you for taking the time answering my question ! ;)
Greetz.

I am having the exact same problem. I have a DivX encoded movie, I use TMPGEnc to convert it to MPG, it works great, but it has no sound. I've tried playing the MPG in both Windows Media Player and WinDVD...

Your "divx" probably has a in-compatible audio format.. you have to extract the audio with "virtua dub" and convert it to "wav" then use that as your audio source, but if your audio is "ac3" you will need a "ac3 decoder" to extract the audio and convert it to wav......

I've been trying to encode avi to vcd/mpeg-1 and was wondering which is more compatible and plays through without jerks CQ or VBR. I have checked through the posts and haven't found all the info i need, yet.

Thanks

The "vcd standard" does not support any of those settings..The "vcd standard" only supports "CBR"..but the encodeing method doesn"t seem to have anything to do with the "jerking" effect..you have to make sure that your avi has the same frame rate as the "mpeg" file, this is a major cause of that "jerky" effect..but besides that some movies just have that look and there isn"t much you can do about it accept try a different dvd player or encoder, this is one of the reasons that i don"t use tmpgenc for mpeg2 encodeing.....

Next to all players will accept VBR encoded VCD streams. I settled with 600/1350/1750 2Pass VBR VCDs an I yet have to encounter an player that chokes on that.
Since 2Pass VBR takes ages even on my dual box im inclined to try around with CQ since Ashy mentioned in some former thread that with the right settings the quality/compression is close enough to 2pass but alot faster.

All jerkyness that I encountered so far was either introduced by wrong settings or an poor encoding source.
Since there are so many diffrent reasons for jerkyness we need a bit more information how and where that happens.(eg. fast camera turns or at the end/in still scenes)
Double check that you dont have encoded an NTSC source to PAL aso.
Use the source range to select some seconds of an typical 'jerky scene' and try around with some settings.