Hey, I have a couple Real Media Files that won't open, when I try to open them I get the error message, "Invalid MetaFile" Or "Unsupported Document" I have tried to open them in a whole bunch of different programs, but none of them work. Is there anyway to fix this problem?

Thanks

Real media is not supported in tmpgenc , you will need to convert the RM file to avi with something like "Trina"(I think thats what it is called)..You can find it on any search engine....

I get the error when i try to open them in RealPlayer, when I try to convert them to AVI it wont work, which is probably related to the errors that I receive.

Hi there!!

Is there any way of resizing a mpeg-1 file from 16:9 to 4:3 without having to re-encode?....

Depends on where you wish to play the file. If you only intend to play it on the PC then DVMPEG has a tool which can change the aspect ratio of an MPEG without re-encoding.

ASHY

Ok ive been messing with alot of programs. i can make a perfect svcd film with tmpgenc plus. but want to put the svcd to dvd-r. i know its possible, but need to know how, and what programs are needed. ive tryed mydvd and it sucks

plz help

There is no differance between dvd and svcd formats accept the resolution and the headers, so what you can try is to take your svcd file and remove the svcd headers by loading it into the "merge and cut" and chooseing the "mpeg2/vbr"setting and then choose your output then click run ,it will then make a copy of your file but with out the svcd headers, then you can burn it in "Nero" useing the dvd option...I don"t see why this would not work, accept that the audio might not work cuz i think that dvd audio has to be 48000hz...

Ok ive redone the svcd file as you said, but what options do i use in nero(dvd) to burn to the dvd-r. Surely i cant just drag and drop the mpeg2 file. does it not all need converted into .vob files and stuff. Is there a good program that will convert a mpeg2 file to audio_ts and video_ts that seems to be what it asks for. Please help with some detailed explantaion of how to put svcd to dvd-r with out having to encode the mpeg using a dvd template in tmpgenc. Spruceup sort of worked. but there must be a better way to do it.

TIA

http://www.vcdhelp.com/svcddvdr.htm

The best walkthrough you'll find for what you want to do

I was wondering what ISO meant when it says "CD-R 700MB (ISO)" in the Unknown Media function. I chose the 700MB ISO version when I decided to encode the avi into an mpg. I've had some burning trouble because the minutes on the movie was over 80 minutes and the burning program would not burn it. I've had other questions posted regarding this problem, so if someone could help me on that I would really appreciate it. I believe it's titled "Please help!!! Big burning problem!!!" Was it correct to choose this function (700MB ISO)?

system: 900MHz Athlon AMD-751 256MB W2K-sp2 tmpgenc 2.54

Tried to transcode 2 hour wmv stream (WMV: V7 YUY2 352x480 3Mb/s, WMA: V8 44,1Kb/s stereo 96Kb/s) to mpeg-2 (DVD-NTSC template). [Also tried more reasonable mpeg-2 templates with same outcome].

Used the admin. counters to monitor paging and memory use. It seems to me that memory is consumed fast. At 8% (10% using RamBooster) already ~1GB of swap-file space was used. The end result is always an "out of memory" message.

Q:
1) Am I the only one observing this phenomenon?
2) Am I doing something wrong?
3) Are there any fixes/patches or work-arounds?

thanks

--- amm

I have never heard of this problem but this is just a thought ,maybe cuz you are encodeing wmv files,Tmpgenc does not seem to fully support wmv files when ever I try to encode wmv files after about 10 or 15 minutes of encoded wmv it would either freeze up on me or I would get any number of errors, have you tried to encode a different format? like avi files? see if it works fine with avi files on your system then it could be because of the wmv format, just a thought.....

Increasing the virtual memory to maximum should help.

ASHY

To Minion:
Yes, I tried other formats (like avi) and they work fine. It is definitely a problem of importing wmv files into tmpgenc.

To Ashy:
Yes, increasing virtual memory will prevent --- sometimes --- "out of memory" messages: For the previous example I would have to increase the swap-file in theory to ~10GB --- + some extra to prevent any weird system crashes ---. The problem is that ix86 architectures have an address space of 32b (4GB).
Not to mention, that increased disk access leads to slower transcoding.

thanks

There may be a limit of 4096 gb as you say but nothing is stopping you from creating more than swap file. In theory it could be as large as you want it.

ASHY

That should be 4096 mb not gb.

ASHY

Ugnore the daft typos above and read this instead, it may make more sense.

There may be a limit of 4096 mb as you say but nothing is stopping you from creating more than one swap file. In theory it could be as large as you need it.

ASHY

You may have noticed I have a new keyboard it is one of those ergonomic types with the keys at a weird angle. I think I'll go back to my old one so people can then understand my posts.

ASHY

converted the file OK, but when i play the movie in media player, the picture is upside down?

That could be media player , Do NOT use media player to view mpeg files cuz it sucks for mpeg files and you will allways think you have problems with your files cuz media player does not play them correctly, use dvd playing software like "power dvd" and you will probably find that it is fine..

There is a program that can make Adobe Premiere work on TMPGEnc, dos anybody know this program? I have seen a link on the BBS, but now I can't find it!

Do you want to use tmpgenc as a plugin for premier? or do you just want to encode files made by premier?

i use: Premiere Video Server Plugin v0.93(with installer) Download [1318K]
http://www.videotools.net (this might be known -> sorry then)

I've been creating VCD's from .avi files frequently lately, and I've come across a new movie that will have sound in .avi format, but not when it's encoded to mpeg. The audio format is MPEG layer-3. I've tried de-multiplexing the file, and converting the audio file to wav and mp3, but I still can't hear any sound when i play the converted files in winamp. Can you help me find an audio format that will play in a vcd-compatible dvd player?
Thanks.
Chris

The only audio format that is compatible with vcd players is mp2, you can either extract your audio to wav and then encode it with your video with tmpgenc or you can extract the audio from your avi and encode it to mp2 then multiplex it to your mpeg video file,"db power amp" encodes to mp2 and it is free....

Hello,
i've got the same problem but i detected the reason... sorry Minion, but you didn't answer the question of doja_01, because the question was 'why is there no audio after converting any AVI with MP3 audio source to MPG'... But back to the problem. TMPGENC can not convert MP3 audio streams which are encoded with VBR. Because of the missing time scale (the base for calculating the output stream) TMPGENC simply does not know how to handle this situation and just does not encode audio at all. Maybe including an external MP3 encoder (such as LAME) may solve the problem, but i didn't try myself (maybe this weekend, i'll let you know what happened).
I hope this will help a little bit...

Greetings

Hello Everybody,

I've had considerable problems getting audio and video to sync coming from DVD's. The sound is delayed a second or two so what you see is the person's mouth move and then a sec or so later, words come. How do I fix this?

Thanks in advance.

All I do is dvd rips and i have never had sync problems , well not never when I preview my files in "media player" then the sound is out of sync, but in "power dvd" they are in perfect sync so if you use media player to watch or preview your mpeg files then try dvd playing software cuz media pplayer is notorius for giveing incorrect playback of mpeg files especialy sync problems. but if it turns out that your files are really out of sync then you can use sortware like "bbmpeg" or "mpeg2vcr" it has a multiplexor that will allow you to sync up the audio to your video while multiplexing......

ok here goes. Ive bought myself a dvd-rw burner. What i want to do is, i have a large selection of .avi films, and i want to use TMPGENc Plus to make a mpeg2 file that i can put to DVD-RW media. Basically i know how to make a perfect svcd from an .avi file that will fit onto 2 cd-r media,with perfect sync (thanks to Ashy) and thats using a modified svcd template, and a few other programs. Ive also tryed putting the svcd file to the dvd-rw with nero, which worked but the picture was messed at the start for about 5 seconds, and there was an audio click at the start also which lasted about 10 seconds.
Ive noticed DVD templates in TMPGENc plus, should i be using 1 of those ? If so in what way? and will they make the conversion better quality.

So a few questions
1) Is it possible to put a perfect svcd to dvd-rw.
2) Would i be better to use the DVD templates.
3) DVD audio should be 48Hz yes ?
4) What way should i burn the finished file to te dvd-rw?
Nero ? or make a image of the finished file and burn it to the dvd-rw in some way ?
5) If i use the dvd templates in TMPGENc what extra settings should i select after unlocking the loaded template?
6) Do i need any other software?

Ive probably missed alot of questions. But if anyone can please help it would be great.

OK, what model DVD-RW unit di u get? I assume it also does DVD-R?

1. Yes
2. Yes, u need to convert to dvd standard, with the DVD templates
3. dvd audio is 48khz
4. I use Ulead DVD Workshop to burn my files, becuase i like to
make fancy menus, motion buttons, backing music, etc.
5. check this link, for info on settings you can adjust in TmpGenc,
when making DVd titles. http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0165394101/TMPGEnc_Template.html

6. Nope, you dont 'NEED' anything else, but it would be nice to get
something else, if u intend to make menus, etc.

Winston

Ok ive tryed all that but to get a high quality picture, it seems there is not enough room on the dvd-r. and if i select a lower quality the picture looks crap.
So onto a new question. I used spruceup to put a svcd to a dvd-r, the film was 1hour 40mins long and there was loads of room left on the dvd-r, but spruceup is not very user frienly and a few bugs appeared at the start if the dvd-r, but the quality was very high. Is it possible to use ulead dvd workshop to put a svcd to dvd-r. or what program would be best to use.

Ok, so I lied... I actually have 2 questions..

First is: I have gotten my DVD players to play VCD files that I have burned (thanks to TMPGEnc!) but I'v noticed that despite the VCD video format being 352 X 240, the display on my TV screen appears zoomed and cropped, thus losing the edges. I have been forced to compensate for this and have determined the video screen size that actually displays on the TV is more closer to an off-center 306 X 213. (Which is a little less resolution but I'd rather have the full 352 X 240) Is this normal or are my DVD players being stupid? (that's my technical term for the day)

Second magical question!: I have burned SVCDs and tried playing them in my DVD players, but they don't work. (I will surely give my DVD players a beating!) Do most or any of today's DVD players support the SVCD format, or is this format something that never really caught on or what? I can't find a DVD player (within my puny reach) that will play SVCDs. I will explode with happiness to be able to burn video for my DVD players at a much nicer 480 X 480. Bliss! (until I get a DVD-R drive!) Sorry if this is too long! I tried to make it entertaining! Oh no.. I'm making it even longer with these sentences!! I must stop! ...so much for my "lil' question"

-Kringo (The Magnificant!)

PS: Any help would be greatly appreciated

If your player plays vcd"s try encodeing a full resolution vcd(xvcd), the ones I do are 704 by 480 and they play fine in my dvd player, and for svcd"s the player has to state that it supports svcd, the one I have does ,it is a "Electrohome" and cost $149 canadian and it plays anything I put in it, but if your dvd player does not support svcd"s there is a way to fool your player into thinking that the svcd it a vcd, it doesn"t work on all players but it does in a lot of them, what you do it encode your svcd then after it is encoded you put your svcd file in the "merge & cut" but set the drop down menu to mpeg1/vcd non-standard, then choose your output directory then click "run" it will then make a copy of your svcd file but with vcd headers to fool your dvd player, you burn it as a vcd....hope this helps and it is worth a try cuz if it don"t work you only loose a 50 cent cd-r.......

I'm new to this whole burning thing, but I'm learning something new everyday. The reason your picture may be zoomed and cropped is because you have chosen the "1:1 (VGA)" mode in the "Aspect Ratio" part of the "Project Wizard (2/5)". The Aspect Ratio may be changed by scrolling to find the one you want. I usually pick "4:3 525 line (NTSC)" for American movies. Further down is step 3 or 5 in the Project Wizard, I go down to "Other Settings" and click on it. Now I click on "Advanced" and then go down to "Video Arrange Method" and scroll down to "Full Screen (keep aspect ratio)". It is usually on Full Screen and this stretches out the picture and zooms it. Or it may be on any of the other options there that might spoil your picture. Then click "OK". Then click "Next" for the next step, to make other changes. Then in step 5 of 5, click on "Start Encoding Immediately" because this box is usually already checked and you don't want it to start encoding immediately because you want to preview the file before you start encoding it. That way you don't waste time hoping you got it right, but find out later that you didn't. Click "OK". Now it will take you to TMPGEnc with a black box in the middle of the program. To view the file before you "Start", click on "File" and then "Preview". Use the scroll bar and move it to find a good spot in the movie to see whether it will encode it in Widescreen. Or you can hit the play button. If it's not the way you want it, then hit "Close" and go down to "Setting" and try messing around with the aspect ratio some more and repeat the whole process until you find what you are looking for. I hope this helps you.

Anybody know type of hardware or sofware can over come 2GB limits. My AVI., MPEG2 or movie file is split at 2GB limits. Is there any stiching MPEG2 program available in the market.

I think if you partition your hard drive in a fat32 system as opposed to a fat16 you will have a 4gb limit,or you can frame serve your avi files with "virtuadub" so you end up with 1 mpeg file as opposed to many that you have to edit together, is it your capture software that has a 2gb limit or your hard drive configuration? cuz I believe the capture function in virtua dub has a 4gb limit but I"m not sure....