When I run TMGEnc my computer SHUTS DOWN completely. No warning sign no crash it just turns off. This seems to happen when it encodes to about 10% and I cant figure it out what is going on and if you dont know pleas just tell me what you might think it is becuase I have no idea what to do. Thanks!

I was having similar problems today after changing my motherboard and CPU. I have temporarily solved it by changing the CPU settings in Option/Environment and unchecking everything.

I got a random selection of reboots, blue screen crashes and total lock ups so it seems that there is a problem with the way TMPGenc talks directly to the CPU.

Tomorrow I'll find out exactly what the problem was.

Bob.

I just encoded 30 mins of avi to vcd without a problem after unchecking 3DNow!

If you have an Athlon XP processor, that's your answer.

Bob.

Ok thanks I'll try doing what you said but I have an Intel processor but I'll see if it works regardless. Thanks.

Where is this 3DNow option?

Nevermind I found them.

Ok I tried what you said and no luck. It still shuts down. I'm completely stumped.

We have had stablity problems with an Athlon processor. Where is 3DNow and how do I uncheck it? Words of one syllable please!

3DNOW! is in the option menu under Environmental Setting.

My solution unchecking 3DNOW! was a temporary one and the PC still locks up occasionally in tmpgenc and anything else it feels like. I've just discovered that both my memory modules are corrupt and that I only get about 200MB out of 512. As soon as something hits the first corrupt bit the system does something peculiar. AMDs seem to be prone to problems and there are various solutions posted around the web. The most common problem, apparently, is overheating and I notice that the CPU temperature tends to rocket when doing a long encode at high priority on tmpgenc presumably because of the large amount of work it has to do (and it uses quite a bit of memory which is where my problem is). Make sure the CPU is a cool as possible. If it rises much above 60*c you are likely to suffer a crash.

Cheers,

Bob.

Thanks but I have an Intel. My computer must overheat fast cuz when i start it up cold in the morning it still crashes pretty quick.

I have solved all my crashing problems and to prove it have just encoded 2GBs worth of MPEG-2 in TMPGenc pretty fast without a hiccup.

I don't know exactly what the problem was. Either the memory was faulty or the wrong type of memory. My local guru reckons it was the wrong tye of memory which worked fine doing stuff like internet access, writing documents and so forth but couldn't deliver the goods when asked to do something more cpu and memory intensive like TMPGenc.

There is a free download available all over the web by the name of memtest-86. This requires you to create a bootable floppy which does nothing more than test the memory (and it's ability to function properly). This pointed me in the right direction and I have changed the old stuff for a different (slower, actually) type which now works perfectly.

Incidentally, to be on the safe side I have also installed a fairly powerful fan in the back of the box to keep the temperature down

Cheers,

Bob.

Thanks a lot. That all sounds pretty good but darn it, im not in the best spot money wise now to be buying new memory and such but we'll see. Thanks a ton for your help!

At least if you tested your memory with memtest-86 you'd know whether this was the problem and whether it was worth looking further into the problem.

Bob.

how fo you use the dvd writing software, without opening the project and having to rewrite it to the file. i just want to write the project and that is all

Hi, I am new to converting files to VCD but enjoying myself. I have several music videos that are very snowy when converted but perfect on the computer.
The files are all about 30mb each. I did some that were even smaller files and they came out perfectly. Not sure what settings to use on advanced.
I want to play them on a PAL TV . The source files are generally ripped from widescreen DVD. Sorry but instructions need to be for a total beginner. ]
Thanks carole

for some reason i keep losing my codecs
its kinda hard to explain,....but if i try and encode certain movie files
tmpg doesnt recognise them...were as before it did rcognise them.
as an example...if i open virtual dub...and choose video compression....most of my codecs are missing and now i only have 9 codecs to choose from were as before i had loads like.. divx codecs an such...which makes me think tmpg is looking for the ones that are now missing.
Also now if i try an encode with main concept ...it encodes half way then freezes

i had this problem before and i had to do a repair of windows to retreive the codecs which appeared back in virtual dub library.

is there something disabled thats not allowing me to use the codecs or has some software altered them

i have klite codec pack installed ...have tried reinstalling them but no joy.

any ideas appreciated.

Problem: klite codec pack

Solution: get rid of these ridiculous codec packs, which only cause nothing but problems, and only download and install each codec you need.

Since I'm thinking of converting an AVI movie to MPEG-2 for DVD, I was wondering what settings to use so that it can fit on a normal DVD-R (4.7GB; 120 minutes)? I am also thinking of including a still menu that I create in Photoshop, 4 small trailers in MPEG-1 format, 1 set of English subtitles, and chapter selections.

So what size should I set it to convert to so that it can fit on that DVD-R along with all of those other small things? By the way, I'm converting it to m2v because the audio is AC3.

And I forgot to add that the AVI file is in Xvid and the bitrate is 1468 kb/s. The movie is around 101 minutes long.

And why don't I ask this here too. For the subtitles, how do I make it so that they don't run off the screen (overscan)? They're currently in SSA format. When I made SVCDs with hard subs, I had to minus a 30 pixel border. So the SVCD size is 480x480 but I used a custom center size of 420x420. Now, what number should I position the removable subtitles for DVD so that they don't run off the screen? Thanks for any help!

To be on the safe side, use an Overscan-Area of 40 Pixels for the Subs.

For your Bitrate-Problem, don't use the Wizard, give Fit2Disc a try, the best Bitrate calculator for DVD and SVCD.

I have two MPEG-2 files created by TMPGenc at the same time and have identical size, aspect, bitrate and fps. The audio is identical. However merge/cut claims the videos are incompatible. Clearly something is wrong, any explanation?

Sorry, I should have added that I can't see a way to find out exactly what it thinks is different about the two files. Is there a way of logging what the problem is?

Maybe one is interlaced and one is progressive.

You can find out what the properties of each one is and therefore find what the difference is with 'Bitrate viewer'
http://www.tecoltd.com/bitratev.htm

Ashy, thanks.

That was exactly the difference. Now all I have to do is understand what that means and to find out how to ensure that TMPGenc is consistent.

Cheers,

Bob.

I see that different AVI codecs produce a different default MPEG encoding which is where my problem came from.

This begs two questions:

Question 1 is: How will it affect video quality if I choose a different encode mode and,
Question 2 is what is the best way of encoding, Interlace or Progressive?

Many Thanks,

Bob.

hi.
it is my first time, i want to create a vcd movie with tmpgenc, but I cant,when I open the program this ask me that i chose the option , I chose video movie then it ask me the file that i want to convert a mpeg file, I select the original movie (dvd drive d.) and in the screen appears many files video ts, audio ts and others, I dont know what I must to do.
could you somebody explain me, how this programm works
and if is possible to copy dvd and convert them a vcd with tmepg and vcdeasy

what i must do first

thanks.

TMPG is NOT an all in one DVD to VCD solution. It is simply an encoder. You will need some other programs to do this.

You can find guides how to do this with TMPG at DVDrhelp.com

Hello there!

I'm using TMPGEnc to demux an mpeg2 stream that I have on a DVD.

I am using the Demultiplex function, and navigate to my VOB, and then begin the process.

I have gotton the full .ac3 file (5 minutes) but only the first of 3 video files. (All the audio is there, just no video).

Any idea what I can do to get the complete video file?

Thanks,

Megan

If you want to demux VOBs you should use VOBEDIT.
This program will either demux individual VOBs or the whole set to complete seperate files.
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/vobedit.html

Hi all

Maybe do you know why a have "classFactory could not found the codec" to read an avi file. I did this avi file with vfapi. its a fake avi made from a d2v file made by dvd2avi.

What i need to read this avi file?

thanx

I have made several projects with Author but for some reason now when I go to edit a clip in a project I get an error message "cannot initialize DirectSound"
and when I click ok and go into the edit screen all the options are greyed out and I cannot do anything. I have never had any problem before, any ideas what could cause this?

I just downloaded TMPGEnc and I tried to convert a .avi to a .mpg file and when I played it the sound worked fine but the video is just black (and sometimes flickers green) so I can't see the picture. Did I do something wrong?

Hello there!

I'm using TMPGEnc to demux an mpeg2 stream that I have on a DVD.

I am using the Demultiplex function, and navigate to my VOB, and then begin the process.

I have gotton the full .ac3 file (5 minutes) but only the first of 3 video files. (All the audio is there, just no video).

Any idea what I can do to get the complete video file?

Thanks,

Megan