Ok, I'm using the latest TMPGENC version, trial version, and I am trying to convert some MiniDV footage into DVD.

I used WinDV to capture from my Sony MiniDV camcorder. I now have Type2 DV AVI files, full 720x480 NTSC interlaced with 48KHz 16bit audio.

I am using TMPGENC at the highest quality settings - tried both CQ_100 and 2-Pass VBR, both set near the 8000kbps limit for video, and using PCM audio Elementary Streams. I am using TMPGENC DVD Author to author the disc. All speed options under CPU are checked. Motion Search is set to Highest Quality. I also chose I-frames only, no P or B frames, for the absolute in highest quality.

I am using a P4 2.4GHz (not Celeron), 1.5GB of RAID0+1 storage, 1GB RAM. WinXP.

I was shocked when I saw the output file on my TV - pixelated and blocks everywhere. Disgusting quality. Far worse than what I remembered with TMPGENC B12a - I know there must be something wrong with my quality settings. First off, it encoded too fast - about 30 frames per second.

Can someone please help? I can submit screen shots if interested.

Thanks!

You Can not use all I Frames for makeing a DVD, It is Not DVD Compliant, Pluss the File sizes will be huge..How do this File Look When Watching on your PC before authoring?? If it looks good on your PC before authoring then it could be that your Player just doesn"t like I Frame only Mpeg files....Try it useing the Compliant DVD Gop Pattern or even a 12 frame gop will give a bit better compression ,But becides this I do not know what the Problem could be as I get Pristene Looking Encodes useing Half the Bitrate you are useing....Good Luck

I have been trying to convert AVI(DV) file into PAL DVD MPEG-2 file but I can not do it using the latest TMPGEnc Plus Trial version. When the progress reaches 50% it crashes or just freezes if I use 2-pass VBR. As far as I understand, it happens right when it is supposed to start actual encoding. Everything works fine in case of CBR. I tried VBR with different settings but it did not help. What can be the root cause of the problem?

I don"t know what the Problem is But I can tell you that Tmpgenc"s 2-Pass encodeing isn"t any Better than it"s "Constant Quality" Encodeing Accept that 2-pass takes twice as Long...You will be able to Achieve the Same Quality with smaller File sizes if you use the "Constant Quality" setting instead but it will be allmost impossible to Predict the Final file size.....Cheers

Hi all, hope you can help

I'm having problems with TMPGEnc, until the other day when i converted files from divx'ed .Avi to .mpeg i had no problems.

But now whenever I try and convert/encode a file, it adds around 2-3 hours of blank data at the end, making the files almost double the size

Any ideas?

Thanks for any help

If you look at the page numbers of this BBS you will see there are 350 pages, some of them containing your answer many times.
Just above the page numbers you will see the search button. I'm sure you can work the rest out for yourself.

Erm, any chance of being pointed in the right direction?

Pionted in the Right direction?? Well that would be UP!! "Up" would be the direction were you would find the "Search" Button....

You can cut the Blanc Video off of the file with the "Merge & Cut" feature and to avoid this Problem in the Future you can use the "Source range" function to set the In and out points of the File, and Raiseing the Priority of the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2" Might fix this Problem also....

thank you sir

thank you sir

Is it possible to make a track first play and then not display this track in the menu? I could not find it in the programm.... Now also the intro will be selectable in the menu and this is not what I would like..

transcoding normal mpeg2 movie to mpg1 VCD, setting are all ok, but the source has some litte errors in some frames anywhere, all work, but when the progress is at 45% then stops the preview on an frame and then software don´t work with the same frames only the same for 35000 times.

Know anyone an trick that the software ignore so some bad frames?

thanks very much from germany

sorry for my bad engl.

If there are Bad Frames in the Source File then there isn"t much you can do..You can try loading the Source Mpeg2 File into "Virtual-Dub-Mpeg2"
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/stable/VirtualDub-MPEG2.zip
Then use the "Scan For errors" option then Frameserve the File to Tmpgenc ,Virtual dub should Mask any Bad Frames By replaceing the Bad frame with the last Good Frame...good luck

I was wondering about the Motion Search Precision. Usually, I set it at normal when converting this series. It usually takes me 4 and a half hours (slow computer) to complete it. When I set it at "motion estimate search", it took 7 hours. The video is the same length. I also have source range on. So which option would be recommended if I want faster speed, normal or motion estimate search? I know it says it's faster, but still...it's taking me 2 extra hours..

Normal is actually faster that Motion Estimate Search. They just ran out of ways to say faster, fastest, most fastest, more fasterer...

Really? Then I guess I should use Normal?

You will get the Best quality by useing the "High Quality" setting as the "Highest quality" setting doesn"t seem to improove the Quality But it does double the Time it takes to encode...Cheers

Since the quality doesn't improve by much over all the options, I guess I will take the option that takes the shortest amount of time. So I guess it would be "normal"?

The audio of the original file is:

Audio : 31 MB, 96 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, 0x0 = RealAudio 8,cook-25, Supported

Converted is:

Audio : 72 MB, 224 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, 0x51 = Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0], Supported

How come when I converted this file with TMPGEnc the sound doesn't work? When played there audio for 1 sec and then it's gone throughout the show... please help

O yeah, I tried using virtualdub but it says that it cannot detect the file
I also used Goldwave and it says cannot determine format of file

it asks to specify the format, attributes, and rate, but I can't find those info..

Please reply

Thanks

No encoding program is going to support real audio.
Real audio and real media files should be banished from the earth forever. They are just a pain and a now a pretty useless format.

You will have to download something like Dbpoweramp or the program below to convert the audio to a wav.
http://www.mp3-converter.biz/wisecroft-ripper/

Thanks

i think a program like tinra will convert all real media formats back to a normal avi. you then convert that avi with tmpenc

Hi to all,
my problem is a dixv avi that won't encode to either vcd,svcd,dvd, tried everything sugested on the bbs & read all i can about converting avi to DVD, still no go. Have made many vcd & svcd with no probs, but just having a go at dvd. First time i tried encoding this file though!
It seems to be a problem with the file itself or a codec issue i think.
The avi is conmpressed with divx mpeg4 (low motion). checked for frame faults in vdub, vdub crashed saying error with divxc32.dll. I installed ffshow in tmpeg and increased direct show to 2, still no luck!Tmpgenc crashes and whole pc freezes have to re-boot, the thing is that this film plays all the way though in wmp! so wouldn't have thought there was a fault with it, is there something I'm not doing?

used all standard templates for vcd ,svcd and dvd.
Altered dvd .mcf to cq (70 or 80) 6000 max bitrate (5000 + 4000 too)non worked.
set DC component to 10, set matrix to mpeg standard, but nothing worked!

Any help would be appreciated. thanx

Is there a way to set all the font sizes? I am happy the all color feature was created but I have a dvd with nearly 100 chapters and its a real pain to change all the font sizes. I even created a theme with the correct size but it wont change the font size from default when I apply it.

I encoded 2 files for a 16/9 pal system. I want to make a dvd with tmpgenc dvd author.
The menu I get is always 4/3 and not 16/9. I have a 16/9 tv. So I have black borders on the sides or i loose the top and bottom of the menu.
Did i do something wrong?

The LSX encoder that comes with ULEAD Mediastudio 7 has almost no options, whatsoever...

Does anybody know what it is set for internally, so I can set TMPGEnc to mimic it and then tweak TMPGEnc. Currently DVDs burned with DVD compliant Mpeg2 video from ULEAD are the only ones that work in my DVD settop. Ones burned with TMPGEnc NTSC DVD template freeze and resume at certain parts in video or don't play at all.

I'm using VBR 8000kbps, field order a, DV-type1, interlaced, 4:3, 720x480, 29.97fps and have the NTSC-DVD field in Ulead's Mpeg2 settings picked, instead of standard MPEG2, although DVDs worked with standard MPEG2 selected, as well.

I think I need a bitrate analyzer.

This is the TMPG BBS not the Ulead forum and you are still making multiple posts on the same subject, you have at least 9 on this page.
I for one am fed up with your willy nilly posting all over the place.
If you continue to multiple post I will request to have your IP banned.

Gotcha.

I'll just steer all my questions through Pegasys Inc now. Are they as knowledgeable as the people at this BBS or am I gonna get the run around?

Here's a tip for you.
Download bitrate viewer http://www.tecoltd.com/bitratev.htm then create a short clip with Ulead and create another with TMPG.
Load each one into bitrate viewer then copy and paste the properties of both of the files here, so I can compare them.
This way it may be possible to determine what the actual difference is between them both.

Thank you ashy. I'm sorry you and Minion are out numbered by newbies. I will try to catch up and pitch-in one of these days...

Hi there is it possible to pause encoding a file to re-start at a later point?

It is not possible to pause the program and then close it, but you can pause it and just move the program out of the way to the edge of your screen by simply clicking the stop button. When you wish to resume just cancel the abort and it will continue.

If you wish to shut your PC down then put it into hibernation. When you restart you can continue where you left off.