When I convert an avi to mpeg, I end up with the audio and a black screen. What did I do wrong.

This comes up quite often lately, but there doesn't seem to be a correct answer in any of the messages (I searched over 1255 messages). The answer involving moving the directshow priority is close, but it doesn't always work on all systems.
It should be added into the help file of TMPEG 2.5+ that this is a problem.

"When converting an avi to mpg, the mpg shows no video, but, has audio."

Here goes....

Open TMPEG, select the Option menu
Select Enviromental settings
Select the VFAPI tab
Move the DirectShow Multimedia file reader to the #2 priority position
Move the AVI VFW compatbility Reader to the LAST priority positiion.
(on some systems) move the BMP/PPM/TGA/JPG File Reader to the #1 position
Select the OK button
Quit TMPEG

If you are converting a DVIX avi, you will need to convert the avi audio from mp3 to pcm format, or add in an decent mp3 decoder to the TMPEG Audio engine in the enviromental option.

Now when you run TMPEG again you should be able to convert the avi to mpg with no more problems.

JFYI...
This happens alot with the Video Card Upgrades to the ATI and nVida cards. I guess it is due to the new copyright protection schemes included in all the new cards. (just a guess)
It happened to me a few weeks ago when I upgraded my Video card to an ATI 9800 all in wonder card. TMPEG was just fine with the default settings for years, when I upgraded the card TMPEG stopped working.

Bump.
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