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

Hello, I am new to the world of dvd authoring but I have managed to successfully create episodic dvds with new menus using TMPGEnc Authoring program. My question is, what exactly is this plug-in used for? My free trial period is ending and I intend to purchase the authoring program but I have noticed a special price for buying both. In layman terms, can someone explain to me the benefit for the AC-3 plug-in. Thanks.

AC-3 sound is Dolby Digital 2.0 (stereo) and is the most universal sound system in use.

Alternatives are:

LPCM (Linear Pulse Code Modulation) which is also recognised by all players as part of the DVD standard, but not being compressed takes up a lot more space than an equivalent AC-3 file would.

MP2 (Mpeg layer 2) which is only standard on European players, though many US players can also handle it (not to be confused with MP3 files which are different again).

The reason it costs for an AC-3 plug in is that the authors have to pay Dolby Labs for a license to use their name and compression algorithm.

Finally, the reason you would want it, is that because you can derive sound files of the same quality, but much smaller in size, you can then devote more space on your target DVD to video, for example by increasing its sampling rate to get better quality.

Regards

Mark

I would like to be able to add a second audio track to my home vides. This way I could make commentary tracks that are included in my home videos that will expand on whatÃÔ going on in the videos I take at parks and parties. I would defiantly purchase a copy of TMPGEnc DVD if it supported a second audio track. Are there any plans to incorporate this feature anytime soon?

Thank You
Jim

Hello.. everybody say use file serving to fix problem with ntdll.dll but what is that.. I have VirtuaDub but i dont know how to do fileserving

It is called frame serving....

To do frame serving in virtual dub, go into the virtual dub folder and open auxsetup.exe
Here is a link that explains it:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/virtualdubframeserve.htm

I prefer to frame serve using AviSynth rather then virtual dub. Head over to www.avisynth.org to download it. It comes with much ducumentaion to explain how to use it.

Video Guy

What's the difference?

Hi TMPGEnc-User!

I start TMpeg with the options /batch and /close it will display the result log after encoding and waits for me to OK it.

After that it will close as expected.

I think if you want it to close you don't want to say OK before, do you ?

Is there an option to skip this log (as Tmpeg does when selecting "shutdown" manually)?

Or is there a commandline option to shutdown?

- i use the TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 Version 2.521.58.169-Plus-EN (buyed & regged)

Regards

Roland

Using tmpg (trail version), i've built the dvd video and menu. When i play the files (via laptop/powerDVD) the menu has large noisy horizontal stripes through it! I can still access/see the chapters and film ok, and they view/play cleanly as expected .... (The background has an image from the mpeg and has replaced the original on the template) ....any ideas anyone ??

Maybe your Background is from a interlaced Movie?

i have since found out thar the problem is also occuring with original menu templates....mmmmm

i was the powerDVD causing the problems, i solved it by changing one of the settings !

>Using tmpg (trail version), i've built the dvd video and menu. When i play the files (via laptop/powerDVD) the menu has large noisy horizontal stripes through it! I can still access/see the chapters and film ok, and they view/play cleanly as expected .... (The background has an image from the mpeg and has replaced the original on the template) ....any ideas anyone ??

I had this problem on the DVD I burned that had the sync issues, but it appeared during the video playback. See the recent "sync" thread for details about my setup and the source file.

Hi i am new at this but i used TMPGEnc few times and now i cant use it because i am getting all the time same error with ntdll.dll before converting..

ok hold on i am trying to find it first in this huge posting database

1: Ok i just found that i should serve that file with VirtuaDub to TMPGEnc.
2: I found that every thought that problem is in XviD videos. I dont think so bacause.. i have this problem with DivX video
3: And what is strange i have this problem with same videos that i already converted before (so it was working yesterday) But not today.
4: I think this is very IMPORTANT PROBLEM. so i think you should Put it to FAQ

You could try to install ffdshow and use it to decode your divx and xvid files. Using it seems to fix the ntdll.dll error.

Video Guy

using tmpg (trail version), i've built the dvd video and menu. when i play the files (via laptop/powerDVD) the menu has large noisy horizontal stripes through it ! I can still access/see the chapters and films ok, and they view/play cleanly as expected .... (The background has an image from the mpeg and has replaced the original on the template) ....any ideas anyone ??

ps this problem does not occur with an original template, only with a new image!)

You have posted in the wrong forum. This is not the dvd authoring forum.

using tmpg (trail version), i've built the dvd video and menu. when i play the files (via laptop/powerDVD) the menu has large noisy horizontal stripes through it ! I can still access/see the chapters and films ok, and they view/play cleanly as expected .... (The background has an image from the mpeg and has replaced the original on the template) ....any ideas anyone ??

ps this problem does not occur with an original template, only with a new image!)

I think youve got the wrong forum you need the TMPGdvd author forum this is the TMPG encoding forum.

I've had that problem at times too on different authoring tools.
I have found that a field encoded file plays back as you have noticed, on computer monitors: which are progressive scan. They play fine on ntsc monitors.


However, if you re-encode the file with frame based encoding, that may solve your problem.

Also, whatever software you use on your computer will effect playback. Different decoders react differently.

Hope that helps.

I'm trying to use TMPGEnc to encode a file that is an AVI in the MS-MPEG4 V2 format to DVD. I've pulled out the audio stream using VirtualDub, so my source video is the AVI and my source audio is a wav file. Every time I try to encode it to DVD, it stops encoding at exactly 1 hour and 30 minutes into the movie.

Any ideas why?

Thanks in advance.