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i have just started converting xvid files to dvd but do not know the correct settings i need to imply to get best results no blocks etc. please help i would be so greatful if someone could email the best settings. thanx mandy
Getting No Blocks Might be Impossible Depending on your XviD file, If your XviD AVI file has a Low Resolution and/or it is From a Low Quality source which would be about 90% of all Downloaded Movies then you Will Have a Low Quality DVD Mpeg2 file...Most Downloaded movies will Use a Low Resolution and Bitrate and even Frame rate so the Files are as small as Possible so they are Faster and easier to download, But that also makes the Files have a Much Lower Quality than they would if they were Made Properly..When you take a Low Resolution XviD file and you resize it to a High Resolution DVD File you loose a Lot of the detail and all of the Small Blocks that you can"t see in the Original get resized to Big blocks in the DVD Mpeg2 file, That is why Downloaded Movies are the Worst movies to Make into a Standard DVD...But there are Other DVD Standards that use a Lower resolution so you would do less resizeing and the Quality would be degraded less so you might get a Better Quality DVD..You can make DVD"s useing 352+480/576-Pal and 352+240/288-Pal which Might produce better Quality when useing a Low Resolution Source File..And make sure you use a High enough Bitrate and set the "Motion Precition Search" to "High Quality" But becides this there isn"t much you can do if you have a Low Resolution XviD File....Good Luck
All you need to Decode allmost any Format is One Codec, It is called "FFDshow Decoder" it will decode all DivX/XviD/Mpeg4/DV/Mjpeg/ECT. so there is Basicly no need for other codecs to decode in Most cases...
>hi there folks get yourself to kazaa lite offical website and download kazaalite codec pack this will solve all.
No, not unless you like to mess up your machine.
You should NEVER install these crazy codec packs, most of them cause more problems than they solve.
You don't need every codec under the sun installed on your PC and these codec packs just create problems and cause conflicts on your system leading to errors.
It's like saying to make your car run better just pour every type of oil, brake fluid and gas into it and it'll run great. Wrong.
Well you would need to Have the XviD codec installed to decode your File But the XviD codec has Problems with Tmpgenc so it is better to Install the "FFdshow Decoder" instead..But if you allready have it installed then go to "options" to "Enviromental Settings" to Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "direct show" to "2"....
I captured several short avi clips from my DV cam. The individual clips will load and encode using TMPGEnc. However, I combined several clips using Premiere 6.5, saved as an avi, and then tried to encode with TMPGEnc but got error message of "unsupported format". The exported avi would open in Win Media Player. What do I do? Thanks
If you are Useing a Direct Show DV codec then you should go to "options" to Enviromental Settings" to "vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "Direct show" to "2"...This should get rid of the Unsupported error...Tmpgenc seems to work best with the Microsoft DV Codec so if you have a Choice then choose this codec...Cheers
Thanks - raising the setting to 2 worked. But how do I know which codec I am using and how do I change to the Microsoft codec if not already being used?
Love the free encoder, but I have a question. I encode my movies at 320 x 240 in Tmpeg. When I play them with QuickTime, they get played at 288 x 320. All other players are correct. Any ideas?
I have an mpeg-2 file which is 790mb. Nero reads it as 80 minutes and around 30 seconds. I wish to put this as an svcd, but nero reads it as too large (it says medium inserted is too small to burn etc. ) What is the quickest way to solve this problem? ie cropping a few seconds off the end of the mpeg file etc... can someone tell me how to do this (im not familiar with tmpg so a detailde guide would be nice)
Go to the menu an select "MPEG Tools". Find the tab that allows you to cut the video. You will see a preview window with a slide bar. Simply slide the bar to where you want to cut it and select that frame as the end. TMPEnc will then generate a new MPEG file. If you want a more detailed guide read the manual. You can find it in the menu under help.
You can also set Nero up for Overburning, you can usually get an extra 10-20mb on a CD-R..In nero go to "File" to "Prefrances" to "Expert Features" and Check the Overburning Box....
Ive set the nero overburner to 82 mins and it still says the medium is too small :( is there anything else im meant to do? or just check the enable overburner option..
Also, when cropping, which mpeg format should I use. I tried the one which they call vcd, and nero claims its not a valid vcd file.
If you have set checked the Overburn option and have set it at 82 mins then Nero should allow you to burn it.
If it doesn't then your MPEG is larger than your overburn disk sizem which is unlikely at only 790mb.
You must use an 80min disk not a 74min disk for burning this MPEG.
If Nero is just simply giving you warning messages then just continue with the burn anyway.
>Also, when cropping, which mpeg format should I use. I tried the one which they call vcd, and nero claims its not a valid vcd file.
I don't understand what you mean by this, do you mean cutting?
You have to use the 'MPEG2 SVCD (VBR)' setting for MPEG2 not 'MPEG1 VCD' and then burn the MPEG in nero as a SVCD not a VCD.
More problmes with this. I recently recorded several episoied of Dr WHo onto my Panasoni DMR-E100H, dubbed to -RAM from the recorderd HDD and then copied to the HDD on my PC from -RAM. Trying to import the titles, I get the error message "mixed 4:3 and 16:9 fatal error" any suggestions ?
Maybe this is a 1.5.13.44 error ? I never had it occur in the prvious version :( Any tips ?
I seem to have "solved" the problem. It must be a bug ? If I have the protection bit set ie on the Pansonic set top recorder I tell it to protect the program, it comes up wuth the mixed 4:3 16:9 settings error when I try and import it from the -RAM disk, if I turn that protection off, it works fine.
'This program is a mix of different video formats'
I got this annoying error many times and finally found out itÃÔ given by the settings on Panny recorders: default setting for Hybrid VBR resolution is Å¢utomaticE which means the machine is allowed to automatically drop from the standard DVD resolution to a lower one in the middle of a recording. If you switch it to ŧixedE picture quality will be equally good and TMPGEnc DVD Author will import each clip of the .vro properly. I was successful this way.
Cheers.
For VCD, just drop the AVI into TMPGEnc (not DVD Author), then choose the template for VCD NTSC (or PAL, if that's what they use where you live) under Setting, then make sure System (Video + Audio) is checked. The audio should be there after it is done encoding.
If you have trouble, check out VirtualDub. You can use that program to save a wav file of the video's audio (file -> save wav) and you can use it to mess around with the video compression. If you save a wav from VirtualDub, you can stick it back onto the video in TMPGEnc by pointing the Audio soucrce to the wav file and the Video source to the video file.
Is there a place where I can find more menu choices? I am not impressed with the ones that come with TMPGEnc DVD Author. I have not been able to figure out how to customize them and add additional text boxes. Also, I can't seem to move the text boxes around like I would like.
Is there a way to create and save my own menus? I would be willng to share if there is a place to upload/download.
Hello!
I've 2 MPEG2 file representing 2 parts of the same AVI, encoded with TMPGEnc usign VBR and CQ = 80 by the DVD2SVCD utility.
If I make VCDEasy analyze them it says there's non need for padding.
Next, I've joined the 2 files with MPEG Tools (section cut&merge) of TMPGEnc, but when I make VCDEasy analyze this new file it says that there is need for padding...a lot of "padding"
Why? How can I set the muxer of TMPGEnc (if possible) to avoid this situation? I think about something like re-multiplexing a MPEG1 file with system MPEG1 Video-CD (non standard).
Try to frameserve the streams using AviSynth; I've seen a lot of guys asking what frameserving is good for, and who needs it... Well... it is the ultimate soution, sometimes...
>Try to frameserve the streams using AviSynth; I've seen a lot of guys asking what frameserving is good for, and who needs it... Well... it is the ultimate soution, sometimes...
I don't think you understand the problem or what frame serving is.
Frame serving won't solve the problem as it has nothing to do with it at all.
The problem is caused by wrong headers in the MPEG because of not selecting the correct stream type when multiplexing or cutting.
It is solved by using the directions as I gave above.
The only true way to get two audio streams for MPEG-2 is if you author it for DVD. Some programs will let you mux two streams but I've seen players that will not recognize the second stream or go out of sync.
If you don't want to author it for DVD you could encode a "dual stero" audio file. Basically this will put one audio file in the left channel and the other file in the right channel. For example, you could put English in the left and Spanish in the right. Some players will detect a dual stero and prompt you which one you want. For other players you have to mute one side of your speakers. The downside to this is that it makes each stream mono. You would have to use another program besides TMPGEnc to get each stream in the proper channel.