I have encoded many AVI files with TMPGEnc and always got one file to author with Ulead Workshop and burn DVD.
Now I get 2 files, one video and another with audio only.
What am I doing wrong? Did TMPGEnc changed?
Can I author DVD with the 2 generated files?
Thnaks in advance for any help.

You can use these 2 files to author the DVD. Most DVD authoring programs will accept them. The .M2v is the Video and the .Wav is the audio
If you want one file then next time choose 'CBR MPEG-1 Layer II audio (MP2)' in the wizard and not 'CBR Linear PCM audio'

Thanks a lot for the quick response. It sounds so simple now.

Abusing your patience I dare to ask if there is any significant difference between CBR Linear PCM Audio and CBR MPEG-1 Layer II Audio (MP2)?

There is a Big Differance between PCM audio and Mpeg audio, PCM is the same as Wav audio and this is a Uncompressed Audio format so the File sizes are Huge and they take up a Lot of Disk space so it is better to use a Compressed audio source, But Mpeg audio is Not DVD Compliant for NTSC DVD"s unless there is an AC3 or Wav audio track present also, But most DVD players will Play Mpeg audio in DVD without a Problem..What I do is encode the Wav file to AC3 audio and Use that in My DVD authoring Program But the Cheapo Low end DVD authoring Program you are useing(DVD Workshop) will Not accept AC3 audio (Unless you have the AC3 version) and it will Not accept Seperate Audio and Video Streams so you have no choice but to Encode the Wav audio to Mpeg audio and Multiplex it with the M2V file and Load it into your DVD Authoring Program, Or you can get a Real Authoring Program that accept DVD compliant audio formats and seperate audio and Video streams..The One I have been useing for Makeing Basic DVD"s is called "DVD-Lab" which will also let you Put VCD"s and SVCD"s on to DVD Pluss it is really easy to use and it is cheaper than those Ulead Programs....Cheers

Minion,
I learned a lot with your reply. Many thanks.

Now when you say Ulead Workshop is a cheapo low end authoring program I disagree, the son-of-a-gun software costed me over $250 a year ago. The DVD-Lab you refered to probably is out of reach ($$$) for me.

But again I sincerely appreciated you taking the time to teach me about 'CBR MPEG-1 Layer II audio (MP2)' and 'CBR Linear PCM audio'.

DVD-Lab is well Under $100 ,When I said cheapo I meant as a Program not in Price..DVD Workshop is way over priced along with most other ulead Software that is Probably why Ulead software is Pirated so often and can be found for free all over the net..There are No Ulead DVD authoring programs that make Fully compliant NTSC DVD"s accept for the AC3 version of DVDWS, and none accept seperate audio and Video streams, that is what I meant By "Cheap", You can download a 30 Day Demo version of DVD Lab on the Net, Just do a search on Google and you will find the site, It is a Basic DVD authoring Program and doesn"t have anything Fancy but it does accept AC3 audio and it accepts Seperate audio and Video streams and it can even Put SVCD"s on to DVD, another good One is "Spruce UP" which has simular features But it can be found for free Cuz they do not make it anymore, and there are many others that are Better than DVDWS ..If you want to try something different then Email me and I"ll try to hook you up with something....Cheers

On the subject of free authoring programs, you can use IFOEDIT and is one of the best for backing up DVD.
IFOEDIT is an invaluable program for backing up DVD's once you get the hang of it.
It only has basic authoring features, but it will accept any audio stream and also has many other features you will not find in any other program.
http://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/derrow/

Here's a guide how to author with IFOedit:
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/ifoedit-dvdauthor.htm

Hi There,

I have a collection of 10 mpeg-1 video's and I want to extract say 100 segments out of this collection. For each segment I have a startframe, endframe and movie name. Can this be done with TMPGEnc?
I noticed a batch mode that allows to split and merge, but I don't want to merge. I want to write the smaller mpeg-1 segments to separate files.

Does anybody know whether this can be done with TMPGEnc or maybe some other tool?

Thanks,

-Cees

I personally Do not Know of any Tool that lets you edit in Batch Mode...Sory

Hi, I'm very new to this so please forgive my ignorance. I have a tv tuner card(AVER TV Studio) that can capture video in MPEGII. I tried to use TMPGenc to convert it into SVCD, but the program cannot read my file. Even when I set TMPGenc to read MPEGII the program still says "unsupported". Did I do something wrong? Currently I'm using ver. 2.53.35.130.
Also, let's pretend I did converted the MPEG II file into SVCD do I need to get a cd burning software like NERO to make a SVCD disk or can I just burn that SVCD file directly onto a CD. I hope the 2 questions make sense to you. Thanks.

Well you should download the newest Plus version as it comes with it"s own Mpeg2 decoder so you can load Mpeg2 files into it, and Yes you will need a Program that specificly supports Burning of SVCD"s like Nero if you want But I personally liked to add Menu"s and Chapters to my SVCD"s Like DVD"s Have and for this you would need a Real Authoring Program but Nero will Work for Basic SVCD Burning....

Thank you. I downloaded the new version of TMPGEnc and I can convert movies to SVCD!! Now, I need to copy it to CD, what software would you suggest I can use to do that? Thanks again!

Well Nero is better than Most for Plain SVCD Burning but the new Nero 6 is a Bit Buggy on some systems, another good One is VCDEasy which used to be free But not anymore but you might be able to find an old version somewere..Then there are Real Authoring Programs that you can use to Add Chapters and Menu"s and Titles Like Ulead DVD workshop or DVD Movie Factory, you can download Full working 30 day demo"s at the Ulead Web site...Cheers

What is the best settings to use to make the highest quality VCD movie? Currently I'm using TMPGenc 2.35.35.130

There are no settings to make the Best quality VCD, the Quality is Dependant mostly on the Quality of your Source file, so if your source file is low Quality so will your VCD....VCD is a Low Quality Format anyways and it follows a Strict standard that has to be followed so anything to do to Make the Quality better can make the VCD non Compliant, Like Raiseing the Bitrate will Give you better Quality But this will make it Non-Compliant, and Raiseing the Resolution would give you better Quality But this will also make it Non compliant ,so You can either Make a Non-Compliant VCD (XVCD) or you can try makeing a SVCD...The only setting you should make sure you set is the "Motion Search Precition" set it to "High Quality" as this will produce the best Quality, and if your Source file is Really low Quality you can try cleaning it up with some filters....Good Luck...Cheers

Just came back for a quick visit to say hello - I see you two are still keeping up the good work helping others out on this BBS


I don't do much conversion these days anymore, but it's good to see that there's a place I can come to if I need help ;)

On a side note - the DVD players that support DivX/Xvid seem pretty interesting. Do either of you have any experience of them ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000B0A4H/ref%3Dase%5Fenevacom04/026-6439834-5686810

Olli

Hi, Long time no See!! Nope I haven"t used one of these Players But they do not seem to be Catching on very Much, there are Only a Couple of Brands of DVD Player that Will Support Mpeg-4 Compression and these are Pretty Much Small companies that are supporting them....

Hello Olli, nice to hear from you again.
Don't know why they aren't catching on yet, maybe it's licensing issue?
Would be a good thing though, but may put encoders like TMPG out of business if they do or at least take a chunk out of the sales especially seeing as most DIVX encoding programs are free.

Hi,

I agree that MPEG4 is not widely implemented in standalone players but I think that will change. I even saw a new philips introduction of a MPEG4 compatible DVD player. I'm sure other big brands will follow. A nice feature is that the player is easy upgradeble.

I would love to see more MPEG4 players coming onto the market. Saves me a lot of time converting to MPEG1/2 (beside from putting some subtitles into the movie)

Hello, from Ger.!


I have a problem I try to encode a avi file into a VCDflie but it dont work the file can not be open or is unsupported is the warning what is my mistake!?


Thank ya, for help!


Niko

I have this same issue. Sound is no issue, but as soon as I try to open the video source an error message appears: 'File xxxx cannot open, or unsupported'.

Anyone ideas?

Thanks!

Download http://new.softnews.ro/public/cat/11/2/7/11-2-7-13.shtml and run TMPGEnc again. I did work for me after installing this.

For this Error all you Usually have to do is go to "options" to "enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the Priority of the "Direct show File Reader" to "2" ...This will Usually get Most AVI/Mpeg4 formats to load in Tmpgenc....Cheers

Hi all,
Ive captured a homemade movie using Firewire and Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7.0, thus creating an avi. Checked that avi using Windows MediaPlayer and it is okay.
Then created an mpeg2-file with tmpgenc (wizard). Checked it again in WMP and no problems. Created an dvd with Ulead DVD Moviefactory 2 and burned a DVD+RW with Nero.

The problem now is that, when playing the DVD on my standalone DVD-player downstairs, all seems te be ok. Exept for one thing: when in de movie there is a camera-movement (filming from the left to the right) or zooming, the picture is faulty. The lines in the screen all appear as blocks. No straight line e.g. for a curtain, but blocks are seen. When the camera is steady, everything looks fine.

Anyone have an idea what the problem could be?? I created the mpeg2-file using the wizard. Did not change a lot... What could i do to help this..?

Any suggestion would be appreciated. If needed, ill post my settings here..

thanks

edso

In addition:
ive encoded the mpeg2 with a bitrate of 8000.
Ive read that i have what they call masterblocks... How can i exterminate those?
thanks

They Are Called "Macro Blocks" and if your AVI file is Clean Meaning there is No Noise then the Bitrate you used would Sure be high enough to Get rid of any Macro Blocks..There are a Few Things you can Try ,After setting up your File in the WIzard cloce the Wizard and go to "Settings" to "Video" and set the "Motion Search Precition" to "High Quality" if it isn"t allready, This should help with the Macro Blocks but if there is any Noise in your Source file you should first Try to Filter it out cuz if there is Noise in your File the encoder will Use a LOT of Bits trying to encode the Noise, There are Noise Filters in tmpgenc But they will make the Encodeing take up to 5 times as long as Usual so it is Better to Clean up any Noise in your Editing Program before you render the file to AVI, or if you Know how to Frameserve with AVISynth or Virtual Dub you can use there Noise Filters and other filters to clean up the Image as they are Much faster and better than the Tmpgenc Filters...With a Clean Source file you should be able to Achieve Good Quality without Macro Blocks useing Half the Bitrate that you used to encode this File...Good Luck...Cheers

I used PowerVCR.II v3.0 to capture mpeg-1 video from my TV card.
After I cut/merge or demux/mux with MPEG tools the video has sync problem.
Is it a bug of PowerVCR.II or TMPGenc ?


Reference cases:
http://bbs.pegasys-inc.com/bbscgi/search/docs/en/tmpgenc/box12/tmpgenc_post_6855.html
http://bbs.pegasys-inc.com/bbscgi/search/docs/en/tmpgenc/box03/tmpgenc_post_3470.html

Well it could be a Little Bit of Both...Some Mpeg capture Programs use Padding to Make up for Dropped Frames and when you de-Mux the files the Padding gets removed which can cause Sync Problems, But the "Merge & Cut" can also Cause Desync and besides the Merge & Cut is officially supposed to be only for files that have been Encoded By Tmpgenc..I would sugest you use a Real Mpeg editor like Mpeg2VCR ..And For Mpeg Capture Programs the best one Is WinDVR 3.0 ,If you have a Fast enough PC you should try captureing to Mpeg2 as you will get Better Quality...What I do is Capture to Mpeg2 at 720+480 and at 20,000Kbs then I re-encode the File adding Filters to clean up any Noise and Resize if Nescessary and use a Much Lower Bitrate and the Final File looks better than the Original File I captured, this Method Works Like a Charm....cheers

This is another ashy question or to anyone who knows:

Given, a newly authored TS_VIDEO created with, say, TMPGENC and its author tool, is it possible to launch a TS_VIDEO (or TS_AUDIO) from files on the harddrive? I have not found any viewer (such as PowerDVD) that recognizes and launches the grouped files. No problem launching them from a burned DVD but what about other media? If this is an ISO standard, is there a workaround? Thanks and Danke.

I think you got it Backwords, It isn"t "TS_Video folder" it is a "Video_TS Folder" and you can Run a Video_TS Folder from the Hard drive useing PowerDVD or WinDVD, There is a Button in Power DVD that lets you Choose "Open DVD Folders on your Hard drive" or "Open Media Files on your Hard Drive" if you choose "Open DVD Folders on your Hard drive" then you navigate to the "Video_TS Folder" Then PowerDVD will Play the Video_TS Folder like it were a DVD But WinDVD seems better at Playing Video_TS folders...Cheers

As long as the VIDEO_TS folder has all the required files contained I.E (VTS_01_0.IFO, VIDEO_TS.IFO and VOBS E.T.C) then you can play it directly from the folder with WinDVD or you can just directly load the VOBS into the playlist in the order you want them played.

If the folder isn't in the correct format you can use IFOedit to create a VIDEO_TS folder from the VOBS which will play no problem in WinDVD.

You should also be able to load the VOBS into the playlist on PowerDVD, I can't tell you how because I don't have it on my system at the moment.

That's my problem, I'm dyslexic. TS_VIDEO --> VIDEO_TS :}

No, seriously though, The starting point for this question was PowerDVD but the general question was about the standard for Video_TS. What is the STANDARD that requires me to make special adjustments and in only certain devices in order to launch a menued VOB set.


Let's say I want to watch a DVD stored on a non-DVD Media with, say, the Sigma Designs XCard (which is what I do now). That was my main goal.

Thanks.

Sory But I don"t Really understand this Question...For PowerDVD to Play a Video_TS Folder the Folder has to be a Compliant DVD Folder...This I don"t understand :<What is the STANDARD that requires me to make special adjustments and in only certain devices in order to launch a menued VOB set> ?? Are you trying to do something like use your Sigma Designs card as the Mpeg decoder for the Vob/Video_TS folders??? If this is what you are Trying to Do then I can"t help you as Hardware Mpeg Decoders aren"t used that Much anymore as Software decoders can use very little CPU and Still Produce a Good Decoded Image....

I don't uderstand either what you mean by:
>Let's say I want to watch a DVD stored on a non-DVD Media
How can you store a DVD on non DVD media it just wouldn't fit on any other media and what would be the point anyway even if it was small enough fit?

I can't really understand what your goal is, there is no point in storing VOB folders on any other media.
If you need to know what's the standard for a VIDEO_TS folder then just look at any DVD.

Tested DVD Author now and it works great for fast and simple menus!

Just want you to know that the DVD-writing tool also works with Pioneer DVR-106/A06. I have tested DVD-R at 4x and DVD+RW sofar.

Also, burning in Nero 6 with DVD-Video template seems to have some issues when playing the dvd on a PC (in PowerDVD). I can play the first menu's and tracks but halfway through it gives me an error about "scratched disc".

Using the DVD Authors writing tool fixes this and it plays fine in PowerDVD.

The reports about chapter points causing skips in a movie is a bit troubling though... I hope you can fix this!

The menus for this iw worthless (never worked right) but the editing is great. Is there a way to export just the edited mpeg video so I can write the menus with a different program that works?

Sure, create a TitleSet without Men27Ô. Put the VOBs together as MPEG2-Files (Smartripper can do this).

From "Source setup" select "Add DVD video".
Scroll to the VIDEO_TS folder and highlight it.
When Wizard appears click "Next".
Uncheck "Reading chapter information" and check "Copy the clip video data to HDD".
Select a folder to save the file in and click "Ok".
After TMPGEnc DVD Author has finished copying the MPG file to HD close it down.
Open up your favourite Authoring program - load in the MPG created by TDA and create your menu's.

There are still some errors in authoring with TDA.

If I set chapter-points TDA compiles layer breaks. This is terrible, cause many DVD-Players stop seamless playback at layer-breaks, search for new entrypoint and playback again. There is a pause of about one or two seconds.

Chapters must be compiled as cell-breaks.

The Menustructur in the ifo-files every time is compiled as NTSC. In europe we have PAL-sources and menus. This entry is to be compiled the same way as the source by the way.

Menues always compiled as panscan and letterboxed. So i Have tu manually unset them.

For the Moment TDA is un anproduktive tool, because I have to recompile the layoutet DVD with ifo-edit in the right way.

I see no way to spend my money for such an unproduktive tool.