Hi All,
Which will have better quality when I do the final VCD... If I encode in NTSC Film or NTSC?
Thanks, Lis

There is no quality difference. The difference is the frame rate. NTSC Film is 23.976 fps and NTSC is 29.97 fps.
Which one you use depends on the frame rate of the source.

ASHY

Hi Ashy thanks. It's just an AVI I downloaded off the internet. Is there a way to tell what the FPS is so when I encode it I select the correct one?
Lisa

you can go through windows explorer to the folder with the file in and then right click on the files icon. Click properties and where it tells you what codecs it is encoded with it will also tell you the framerate. If you have virtualdub you can also just open the avi and click the video tab and then framerate. It will ask you if you want to keep it the same and show the current framerate in brackets.

Or just load the file into Virtualdub and click File>File information.
A box will pop up telling you everything you need to know about the AVI.

ASHY

Thanks! You guys will have to excuse my ignorance. This is the first time I'm trying to make a VCD. I do have Virtual Dub so I'll check it out.
Thanks Much! Lisa

I've used TMPGenc some times, and it's a pretty good mpeg encoder, nice work.

BUT the MPEG Tools are somewhat buggy, one thing in particular. I'll try to explain here.
When I use the Merge & Cut feature and do the following it's all ok.
1. Add mpeg file
2. Select the mpeg I want to edit
3. Edit - set the range of the output
4. Browse for destination
5. Run

BUT the if I then want to edit the same/other mpeg, I have to exit TMPGenc first, before I get to point 3 again, or TMPGenc will simply crash. :-((

Would it be possible to fix that bug? Pretty please. :-)

Seems like it's a bug in your system. Never have that problem on my system.

ASHY

Please more Information on "Stream read/write error" and a resume-Button on this error!!!

'Stream read' error means there is a problem with your file. 'Stream write' error means your target drive or your Temp drive doesn't have enough space.

ASHY

Also the 'Stream read' error is caused by a bug in V2.57 when encoding or multiplexing to SVCD.

ASHY

I have a number of anime, cartoons etc....wich i wish to encode to MPEG-1 or vcd, but the templates for VCD are 25fps (PAL), PAL is the format i prefer (i am Aussie!, or the NTSC wich is either 30fps or 24fps......

Can i encode these 15fps avi files to vcd?? if so how??

Thanx

what format are they in?

You will need to Frameserve from AVisynth if you want PAL 25fps.
Avisynth can convert the frame rate to 25 fps correctly. TMPG doesn't do correct frame rate conversion as the playback will be jerky.

If you want to keep it simple you can convert to NTSC 30fps.
Follow the steps below:

Load your file and set TMPG up for NTSC encoding as normal then under the 'Video tab' where it says 'Frame rate' click the 'setting' button and type in these values: 30 / 2 = 15 now click 'Ok'
The frame rate should say '15fps (internally 30 fps)'

Go ahead and encode as normal, your file will playback normally at 30fps and will be compatible for NTSC VCD.


ASHY

Thanx Ashy!
I am willing to give avisynth a go and convert the original 15.00fps avi file into a 25.00 avi file whilst still keeping the PAL format. I downloaded avisynth but the core file is a .dll, as avisynth is not a stand alone program and just a .dll file, which program do i run avisynth in??

Read the AviSynth documentation. Basically, you write a script stating what you want to happen, and save this as a .avs file. Then you open this .avs file in the application of your choice (e.g. TMPGEnc) as you would do for an .avi file.

Behind the scenes, the .avs file is associated with the AviSynth DLL, which appears to the application as a codec, and feeds processed AVI frames to it.

Hope that helps!

Thanx

Hi,
I'm making an MPEG-1 for a VCD and when I encode to MPEG1 I get weird purple colors in in parts of the new MPEG-1 file that were not there in the original AVI. I tried several different settings and get the same thing every time!
Can anyone help??
Thanks,
Lisa

Check to see if you have the angel potion codec installed. This is a bad codec and is known to cause this.

run a search for "angel" and read minions reply

Yes I do have Angel Potion. Should I uninstall it???
Lis......

Slippy I just encode a small 10 second piece in the middle of the clip where the purple is pretty bad and It looks like it's encoding it right into the video??
Lisa

YES.....uninstall it :-)

Angel potion = bad, bad codec.
Get rid.

ASHY

Yep, yep, and yep again. Follow these good peoples advice and you will do no wrong.

Running TMPGEnc Version 2.59 on NT 4 SP 6a with 128 MB memory.

I am trying to convert a 15 minute Windows Media Format V8 to MPEG1, but it will only encode the first 30 seconds or so... then it stops with either "out of memory" or "cannot read video". Task manager shows a steady increase of memory usage for tmpgenc.exe while encoding until max is reached. Is this a bug in Windows Media codec or TMPGenc?

check the file for errors using asftools 3.1 http://www.geocities.com/myasftools/ and decode the audio to wav first using dbpoweramp http://www.dbpoweramp.com/...make sure u install the vma audio codec

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ hehe

Sorry, ASFTools finds no errors and only extracts the sould stream (not convert it), and dbpoweramp refuses to convert the sound stream as well. The codecs refuse to install under NT4. Strange, because the V8 Audio codec alreay is available under Media Player.

I need another solution. I feel much better if TMPGEnc fixes it's memory leak.

DB Power amp will encode the audio But you have to rename the WMV file to WMA, after you have encoded the audio you can re-name it back to WMV...

When trying to merge mpeg files under merge & cut in mpeg tools mpeg files with ac3 audio have the audio truncated.

Your Question has allready been answered...

I've converted AN AVI movie to mpeg1 w/TMPGEnc video is great but no audio
i'm a newbie so i have no idea where to go from here - also idon't understand the settings on the audio tab any help would be greatly appreciated

I've also got this problem trying to convert divx or xvid files...

The audio in your AVI Files is Not Supported in Tmpgenc..You need to extract the audio to a WAV file with something like "Virtual Dub" or "AVI-MuX" then use the wav file as the audio source...

I'm trying to create an XVCD from a DVD (NTSC film) source with nonstop action. Even with stationary subjects, the camera is in constant motion. I'll be playing the XVCD on a Panasonic RV32 DVD player, which has a maximum data rate of about 2500 Kb/s for a CD-R/CD-RW source. What would be the best TMPGEnc settings to minimize motion artifacts? I'm willing to accept a standard VCD pixel resolution if necessary. The program only runs about 30 minutes so the final file size isn't too much of a consideration. Thanks in advance.

Hi,

You may want to try the 'High Quality (slow)' setting for that.

Regards,
Fess

When trying to merge mpeg files under merge & cut in mpeg tools mpeg files with ac3 audio have the audio truncated.

TMPG doesn't support Ac3 when cutting or merging.

ASHY

I've done some DivX to DVD-format conversions on my server (PIII-500, 256, W2K srv) without any problems. Now, to speed the process up a little, I want to do the same on my WKS (P4-1700, 512, Xp Pro).

When I try to do this I get "filename.avi can not open or unsupported."

Why? What shall I do to fix this? I can see the divX's on my Wks so I don't think it means that I don't have the right codecs installed.

'amo

I've done some DivX to DVD-format conversions on my server (PIII-500, 256, W2K srv) without any problems. Now, to speed the process up a little, I want to do the same on my WKS (P4-1700, 512, Xp Pro).

When I try to do this I get "filename.avi can not open or unsupported."

Why? What shall I do to fix this? I can see the divX's on my Wks so I don't think it means that I don't have the right codecs installed.

'amo

Go to "Options" to "Enviromental settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "Direct Show" to "2"....