i know that this really don't have anything to do with tmpgenc but cannot anyone recommend a program that can convert your dvd to xvid?

thanks in advance guys!!

Yeh, TMPG can do it.

thanks for your reply back, i did not know that you could convert dvd to xvid with tmpgenc. would you mind explaing how? to start i guess you would convert your vob files to an mpeg file?

TMPG can open VOB files, but it's not advisable as it doesn't allow audio track selection.
You will need DVD2AVI to create a .d2v project file from the VOBs (takes a few minutes) then load the .d2v into TMPG.
Set up the file as you want it created, I.E. ouput size, filters e.t.c. then go to File>Output to file>AVI file. Next just select the codecs you want to encode with and choose to save the file somewhere.

P.S. you can use just DVD2AVI to create the AVI, but I find you have more control over the output if you let TMPG do it.

thanks a lot for your n4 ashy!! i will try and let ya know how it works, again thanks for the n4!!

Is there a way in TMPGEnc DVD Author to have an MP3 playing in the background when the main menu is displayed? I plan to have a standard image displayed in the background of the main menu as well (I've figured this one out already)...

Howie

Unfortunately, although DVDAuthor will do everything else you need, to do this, you actually have to use "motion menus" and make your picture/sound file into a movie to use it as a background. This program does not mix or render well.

You have to have some video editing software of some kind (if you are running windows, the movie maker will work fine). Set up a project to do either a slide show or just a still image with background music. Figure out how long the song is and set the delay for the picture to that value. Render the project and add to your DVDA project as the menu background. They will probably address this problem in the future, but for now, that is it.

Hi
Does anbody know if DVD Author 1.6 is compatable with windows 64x

I have used the old version of TMPGEnc for several years converting to VCD but decide to finally start converting AVI to DVD and all the video is reversed and upside down like a mirror image. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? I have never had anything like this happen before.

Which codec are you using, Xvid?

Several ways to deal with this. Go onto the BFAPI settings in TMPG and put the 'OenDML' or 'VFW file reader' filter as top priority in the list

or

Download and install FFDSHOW, that should sort the problem. If not then go into FFDSHOW configuration and put a check in the 'flip picture' option under 'Output' in the menu.

Sorry that should say 'VFAPI' not 'BFAPI'. You can find it in the 'Enviromental settings'

Hello,

I am having the same problem. I am attempting to convert .mpg files to a smaller size for playing on a portable device, with PocketTV. The video comes out backwards and upside-down. I tried all 3 things that you said, and it is still the same. Any other ideas? Thanks.

sticman

Hello. I'm very happy with this encoder but i could be more happy if it would have an integrated blur effect (normal, circular or Gaussian).Little blurring is very usefull in VHS encoding for better quality, not the same as noise reduction and third part utility, like avisynth, are not so good if you use mpeg2 files as source materials. Is it possible to have this effect in some next release of TMPG Express?

Hi!

I'm new to all this Video stuff and I hope that you guys can accept that, so please don't bite my head of...;)...

I have one of those new gadgets in my hand, it's a MP4 player and I wonder how to convert let's say a mpeg, avi or mov to the format used in this device. The file extension it uses is *.mpv. I have tried to follow your discussions on this board but a lot of it is above my head I’m afraid.

So If some of you guys can give me a hint on how to use TMPGEnc to convert a simple mpeg to *.mpv I would be very thankful, If it's possible at all..:)

Best Regards
Kennet

PS. Please, keep it simple...

Will it play any MPEG4 format?
If so then use Virtualdub for creating your MPEG 4's which is designed for AVI.

You can use TMPG if you wish, but you need an MPEG4 codec installed such as XVID then you can encode to MPEG4.

No I'm sorry to say that it only works with the *.mpv format. I have one
working video file, a file that comes with the player default. I've tried to
play it using different software's in my PC but nothing outside the
MP4-player can read the file format, It seems.

I have found people at several places asking the same questions about how to
convert a more commend file format into this strange *.mpv format. It seems
as if it's not possible to find any converter at all on the net. I've been around
everywhere to try and find something.

Should this really be so extremely difficult, or is it me who have been
looking in the wrong places.

I'm more then thankful for all tips I can get....
Best regards

Kennet

PS.
Here you have the device I'm trying to figure out...
http://www.etoy.se/default.asp?var1=DI-18&visit=DI-18

Can you send me a portion of this file or upload it somewhere, say a couple of megs and I'll find out what it is?

That would be great if you could take a look at the file. I don't see your mail address here at the BBS, but you can send a mail to my address and I'll zip the file and I’ll send it to you in a replay-mail.

The zipped file is 5.18 MB in size, I hope that's okay. It's difficult to take a smaller piece since I have no means of edit or even to view the video outside the MP4-player.

Finally I only want to say that I’m very thankful that you are prepared take some of your time to look at this problem.

Best Regards.
Kennet Carlsen

You have mail.

You should have the mpv-file by now I guess.

Thanks in advane

Kennet

Check your mail you have some news.

Hey Ashy,
Could you post the solution to Kennet's problem for the rest of us? Please?
The only converter that I could find on the web was: http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/iball/iball_7.htm
Thank-you

When I join mpg files, about 75% of the time I get this high pitched kind of click sound where the 1st file ends and the 2nd starts.

How can I stop that annoying sound from showing up in my joined mpgs?

try cutting 1 sec off the beginning and end of each clip then join them, the click might me the sound couuting off then on at the end of each clip.

Hi

Can anyone tell me how to do the following in TDA:

1) first play a track #1 with copyright warnings etc, disable track skipping, plays for 30 sec or so upon inserting disc in player

2) next show menus for track #2's chapters

3) optionally cause track #2 to automatically start playing if no menu is selected for 1 minute

My problem seems to be that I cant see a way to have track #1 have no menu.

Any tips MUCH appreciated.

fone

I am trying to convert Quicktime .MOV file into .mpg file using tmpgenc version 2.524.63.181, free version I downloaded. I got qt plugin and I can open Quicktime file and run transfer and make .MPG file but .MPG I make has no sound. Original Quicktime .MOV file has sound but it does not convert. Please help

Use quicktime or graphedit to convert the audio to a wav first.

I don't have ful version of Quicktime only trial version. Version that I have does not have save option so I can not export sound from .mov file. I tried downloading this graphic software but that does not allow me to export audion either. Do you have any other suggestions?

Use dBpowerAMP Music Converter R11.5 and the appropriate plugins for Quicktime to convert the Quicktime .MOV file to a Windows .WAV file. Use the Quicktime .MOV file as your Video Source and the Windows .WAV file as your Audio Source when using TMPGenc. This should solve your problem.

You can find Use dBpowerAMP Music Converter (and a variety of plug-ins) for free at: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

dBpowerAMP Music Converter is also an invaluable free application for converting any audio format that you can think of including .MP2 files in VCD and DVD formats.

I've used TMPGEnc 2.5 with Tmpegbatchlist to encode loads of .mov files to mpeg with no problems with sound however recently the sound has stopped encoding for no apparent reason. I suspect it followed an update to my quicktime software. I've tried reinstalling but no luck. This is a real pain as I need to re-encode from .mov to mpeg to put my camera movies on dvd. It may end up being better to just buy another camera that doesn't use .mov format!

PLEASE spefify the version of tmpeg you are using so i can better help you , there are major diffrences in howto get things done beetween 2.5 and 3 so if you tell me you version , i will better gear your answer

I have the same problem but a little bit different. Trying the trial version of tmpgenc xpress is impossible to load any xvid file.
The codec by koepy is regularry installed on the system.
Now i try to unistall the software and xvid codec in safe mode and reinstall again in safe mode.
This promev never i had use other software as mainconcept or CCE
No support from pegasys for solving this problem.

I had a problem with tmpgenc 3.0 xpress..... even though i had the following codecs installed: ffdshow, xvid, divx - I could not open ANY xvid AVI into the program. It was extremely frustrating as I had the same setup on my old PC and everything worked.

After some tinkering about I realised it may be FFDShow causing the problem. What I actually did to fix it was to uninstall all of the codecs mentioned above, reboot, and then re-install ONLY the xvid codec - this appears to work fine in tmpgenc xpress now.

hope this helps.

Yetiman

hi there - i urgently need to buy this product but dont know where i can get it from! I am based in London, UK. Please can anyone help??
Thanks.

try this:

http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/shopping/index.html