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.

is there any multiple processor or parallel processing support...

is there a possiblity of a pc cluster version...

i have several pcs and i am concidering a win2k pc cluster to utilize all of the resources...

it would be nice to have a tmpgenc encoder that would take advantage of this setup for faster encoding...

thanks,
Chris

It is possible, you need win 2k advanced server, not the standard win 2k.

You might also want to look into win 2003 server. (I'm not sure of the edition you need.) Do a google search.

If you configure it correctly, the server would then split the process and it would "emulate" a multi-processor system.

However, if you use two computers don't expect to encode twice as fast. There is some overhead.

I record TV programms with Virtual VCR and use the Huffyuff encoder. Audio is recorded in PCM and the output is an avi file. When I use the TMPGEnc wizard, a window comes up that says "judging field order". For a 45 min tv-programm it takes about 90 min to "judge field order". After that another 2h 40min to encode it into an apropriate mpeg dvd file.
Question: are these converting times normal?

I am using a AMD XP 3000, 512 MB

NO. It should only take minutes to judge the field order. The encoding time is OK.

There is either a problem with the file or TMPG has a problem and needs re-installing.

First try raising the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to 2 or 3 in the VFAPI plugins.

I'll try, thank you.

However, last night before reading your reply I tried without any change and a 45 min program took 6h 10min to encode. I did not use the wizard.

Now, how can I deinstall TMPGEnc properly before reinstalling it? Do I have to watch out for something special? Just delete the file?

There also was a message which said:

"read error occured at address 019029C4 of module 'Resample.dll' with 0000001C"

What about it?

Resample.dll is being used to convert the audio frequency. If you are having problems, download SSRC and specify you want to use it in the "environmental options".

VCD uses 44.1 kHz
DVD uses 48 kHz

You do not specify what format mpeg you are conveting to.

I always try to advoid the conversion.

If I want to make a VCD, I set my capture card software to capture the audio in 44.1. If I want a DVD I set it to 48.

Video Guy

Thanks, but where do I get SSRC? And what is it?

My avi-files are already in PCM mode and as I understand it in 48khz. What I do in converting is depending on the recorded program to set the bitrate for audio to normally 224 or in case of speech only to 160. Both modes are offered by TMPG, so there should not be any problem. But .....

A DVD Ram disk was made using a panasonic DMR-E100H recorder, of home movies from a SVHS Video recorder(sony HI8 Camera source)the resultant DVD_RTAV file is opened into the TMPGEnc Author program as to edit and encode to Mpeg2.
My problem is, TMPGEnc DVD has encountered a problem. The program is a mix of different video formats mpeg1-mpeg2, or 4:3-16:9, 704x576-352x576, ??
If I open the same VR Movie VRO file into Power DVD and play the video file, Power DVD video properties dislays a diferent story, All the video content is 720x576 Pal at 4:3 aspect ratio.??? My question is ,where is the problem? why does Power DVD see the file ok but TMPGEnc does not?? By creating 2 projects I was able to seperate some of the video 704x576 and 352x576. I can't understand where the change has come from? All my video was recorded with a Sony Hi8 Camera, to a JVC Super VHS Recorder the to the Panasonic recorder to it's Hard
drive then high speed dub to the Ram Disk.

I hope some one can help here as the program seems to work well, other than my problem.

Hans

> Sony Hi8 Camera, to a JVC Super VHS Recorder the to the Panasonic recorder

What a loss in quality. Why not directly from Hi8 to the DVD Recorder?

> My problem is, TMPGEnc DVD has encountered a problem. The program is a mix of different video formats mpeg1-mpeg2, or 4:3-16:9, 704x576-352x576

Looks like you used different Recording Modes on your DVD Recorder.

> Power DVD video properties dislays a diferent story

Never trust PowerDVD!

You can use Project X to separate the Sequences with different Resolutions, but it's hard to use.

Thanks for the reply.

The Hi8 Camera work was done a long time ago, the SVHS tapes I am using are Library tapes tha I want to transfer to DVD.
One other way is to Hook up the SVHS Recorder to my DV Camera via SVHS cable and then DV out of the Camera via firewire.
It would have been more convenient the other way.

Thanks again for the reply.
Hans