I have a 23.976 (NTSC - 720x480) progressive cartoon avi file. I would like to MPEG-2 and later author it to DVD.

I would like the DVD to playback:
1 - Interlaced on a regular TV (To avoid the flicker)
2 - Progressive on a HDTV

From my research, I found this is what the movie studios do. A typical DVD movie will play back progressive on an HDTV and interlaced on a regulat TV.

What settings in TMPGEnc would I use to encode?

I was thinking I should set the Encode Mode to "3:2 pulldown when playback" with a Frame Rate set to "23.976 (internally 29.97)". Is this correct?

Many thanks for any help.

Useing the "23.97fps(29.97 internally setting)" should add 3:2 Pulldown to the header of the file so that your DVD Player Plays it as Interlaced 29.97fps, But I wouldn"t know what HDTV would do as I know very little about it, You can also encode it as 23.97fps and use a Little Program called "Pulldown.exe" to add the 3:2 Pulldown, This is how a Lot of Poeple ass 3:2 pulldown instead of useing the "23.97fps(29.97 internally setting)".....

I want to convert a karaoke video, but I DO NOT want to omit the vocals part. The original video have the vocals, but once I convert it to MPEG, the vocals are gone. Any solutions?

Thanks.

You have to Rip and Convert the Subtitles of the DVD.
Ripping can be done by SubRip. Subtitling the Video can be done by VirtualDub and VOBSub or Subtitler (Filters).
Guides can be found on vcdhelp.com or doom9.org.

Thank you.

I was able to convert it once, though, using TMPGENC only and the vocals were intact. I then tried doing it again, and I can't. What could I be doing wrong (or right)?

Normally I use avi2svcd to resize with bicubic resize option. Now I'd like to use just avisynth script and tmpgenc to encode.

Here is my question.

If I have 608x320 avi file and I want to keep same screen rate, I have to resize vertical resolution to 252(so 480:252) and pad up and down margin 114 each.(I did this way)

So this is my avisynth script resulted.

Import("C:PROGRA~1DVD2SVCDMovieRESAMP~1.AVS")
LoadPlugin("C:PROGRA~1DVD2SVCDAVISYN~1Mpeg2decmpeg2dec.dll")
AVISource("C:Download****.avi",False)
ConvertToYUY2()
BicubicResize(480,252,0.0,0.6)
AddBorders(0,114,0,114)

But....
When I look at the analog 29 inches TV screen, it looks like that it lost more vertical pixel or lines. So lt looks more flat than expected.

Am I using wrong mathematics?

Thanks.

Kisoo

Try this:

BicubicResize(480,384,0,0.6,0,0,600,320)
AddBorders(0,48,0,48)

or this:

BicubicResize(480,352,0,0.6,0,0,596,320)
AddBorders(0,64,0,64)

Or this:

BicubicResize(480,336,0,0.6,0,0,608,320)
AddBorders(0,72,0,72)

One of these 3 Part-Scripts will do it right. Which one depants on the Source which has an incorrect Aspect Ratio.

I personally use the "SimpleResize.dll" because it is a very Fast resizer and it is easy to use you just have to use " simpleresize(480,252) ...But you can allways do this in Tmpgenc by going to "Video arrande Method" and set it to "Center custom size" and to "480+252", This would be much faster than useing AVISynth to resize because it seems that your Source is a AVS file so you are sort of Double frameserveing...

>If I have 608x320 avi file and I want to keep same screen rate, I have to resize vertical resolution to 252(so 480:252) and pad up and down margin 114 each.(I did this way)

This calculation is wrong.
The easiest way would be to load the original AVI into Gordian Knot and use it's resizer to adjust the size to compatible SVCD format then just load the .Avs file it creates into TMPG.

Also your source is not true 16:9 it's a few pixels short.
trues 16:9 would be 608x304 NTSC or 608x336 PAL.

Secondly the calcultion you are making for the vertical resolution is using 480 as the horizontal resolution. With SVCD the horizontal resolution will be stretched to 704 so you should use 704 when calculating your vertical resolution.
This would mean to create a correctly sized aspect ratio you would use a resolution of 480x352 for NTSC and 480x384 for PAL with the rest being padded up to 480(NTSC) or 576(PAL) by borders. Which means in your case you should resize to 480x352 and have 2 borders which are 64.

Like KIKA says your source has an incorrect aspect ratio but the settings he gave in the middle should be close enough however you could correct this by altering the vertical resolution to 320 and then adjusting the borders accordingly to give you the correct frame size.

I have been using TMPGEnc for about 9 months now, and for the first 7 didn't have any problems. In the last 2 however, when I convert an MPG to AVI it will run fine until the very end (under 3 sec. to go, maybe when trying to close the file). This happens about 3/4 the time. I've tried to encode to Divx5, MS MPEG-4, Huffyuv, and Divx :) MPEG4-fast (or slow) motion, all with the same results.

I have a P4 2GHZ, 512Meg, using WinXP and TMPGenc 2.59 through 2.511
These crashes have caused a total lock-up of the system and on restart system is can be unstable. Once my HD lost all file structure and partion info.

I'm not sure where to look for the problem, any help would be provided.

If there is any more info you need just let me know

Thank you.

I asked this recently but didnt receive any replies, so I'm trying again. It's certainly one of the stranger TMPGEnc problems I've seen.

I've been using TMPGEnc for a long time, this is the first time I've seen something like this. I'm converting an average quality MPG to NTSC VCD MPG.

When the conversion was complete, both files showed the same length (20 minutes) and had the same beginning and end scenes. BUT, the VCD file was smaller than the average quality original, making me suspicious. It turns out a huge chunk of the middle of the video was MISSING from the VCD version.

I checked in settings to confirm that I hadnt set TMPGEnc to only encode a certain time frame. Everything is fine there, it's set to encode the entire video.

I'm lost, any suggestions will be appreciated.

Well I don"t know what it can be, But through a Little bit of Deductive reasoning you can find out if the Problem lies in Tmpgenc or in your AVI file, If this is the Only file that behaves like this then it would seem that the Problem is just with this File, and if it is then there is Probably something wrong with it, which is Probably the case especially if it is a Downloaded file, as Downloaded files are easilly corrupted...You can try useing "Virtual Dub" to make a Copy of the file and see if that helps or use It to "Frameserve" the File to Tmpgenc which would be your Best bet to try...

I'll try that, thank you.

Minion, that worked, thank you again for the suggestion.

How do I make a divx movie into a mpeg for adobe premiere? I tried to do it on the tmpgenc and it says 100% complete but then i can't find it on my computer. It makes it .mcf file not mpeg. What do I do, I have no idea? please help

What do you mean "For Adobe Premier"?? All you have to do Is Follow the steps in the Wizard and when you get the the last stage of the wizard remember were your file is going to be...OR, You can just load in your File then click the "Load" button and navigate to the VCD Template of your Choice and Double ckick it..Now just Press "Start" and it should encode, The "MCF" File is a Template file, you would only get one of these if you Saved a Template...

When I use the Merge & Cut function to divide a large MPEG file into two, the first one comes out fine, but when I go the second part, an error message comes out "Illegal MPEG video stream". I try to change the Range for the second part but this message still pops out and stops the operation. Can the expert help me out? Thanks a lot!!!

William

Well there are no Magic settings in the "Merge & Cut" that will make it work Properly when it doesn"t want to so the Only other option is to use a Totally Different Mpeg editor as the One in Tmpgenc can be Pretty Buggy at times, If you are Editing Mpeg2 files there are a couple of freeware Mpeg2 editors Like "Chopper XP" and "Mpeg2Cut" but for mpeg1/VCD"s I can"t think of a Freeware one right now But I do have one I can send you if you e-mail me..

Thanks a lot. I have emailed you separately.

Hi Minion, manage to get all the files you suggested and things worked pretty fine. But then think a file's audio is sort of out of hand.

When i used ac3 fix and after the encoding is done. It says the file has error of -2bytes. So is there any remedy for it. Cos simple multiplex it through tmpegenc had some message stating the file will not play well.

Well All I can sugest is to use a Different Muxer to Mux the AC3 file to the Video, I have had good results with "BBMpeg" and it is Freeware...

One more problem is that, after going through ac3 fix, there is an error of -2 bytes. And after i encode it to mp2 using heachac3e, the mp2 file has no sound at all. Cos it is quite puzzling to me. So i wonder if the -2 bytes error that is costing the problem.

One more problem is that, after going through ac3 fix, there is an error of -2 bytes. And after i encode it to mp2 using heachac3e, the mp2 file has no sound at all. Cos it is quite puzzling to me. So i wonder if the -2 bytes error that is costing the problem.

After reinstalling my computer I cannot longer open any type of movie files in TMPGEnc v.2.510.49.157.

I have another computer running the exact version of TMPGEnc and here I can without any problems open the files that will not open on the other PC.

I have read people talking about plug-ins and have checked that the priority on the two machines are the same.

Does anybody have any idea why this is happening?


Regards,

Thunderthumbs

Make sure you have all the Correct Codecs installed, If you install the "FFDShow Decoder" it will Decode allmost all Formats so it is better to install it than a Bunch of codecs...And Make sure the "Direct Show File reader" is set to "1" or "2" in the "Vfapi Plugins"....

Hi,

Thanks for reading this.

After I convert avi's using TMPGn and nero,I seem to be getting Still Imagaes roughly about every 20-30 seconds when i play on my dvd player the picture seems to Pause but the sounds seems to carry on fine. Then a sec later the picture and the sounds are normal and everything back together.

Does any1 know why this is happening. ? pleasse

thanks
Destiny

Well Maybe tell us the Specs of the AVI file you are encodeing and the settings you are useing to encode the file, and are you just Burning with Nero?? No encodeing with Nero??

Can someone tell me the process used to split the mpeg file so it can be recorded on to two CDs when the file is too large for a single CD. Thanks.

It is simple ,Go to "File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "merge & Cut" and the Choose "Video-CD" from the DropDown menu, then Click "Edit" and then use the Slider and the Mark In and Mark Out buttons to Choose the Begining and end of each Part you want to save, and from here I"m sure you can Figure it out...

Thank you very much.

I want to convert a PAL formatted file to NTSC with DVFilm's Atlantis however I only have mpeg2 files and I need avi. I've tried DVD2AVI v.1.77.3 to try and get to avi however the quality is horrible. I'm not sure if it's a codec problem, setting problem or if im trying to create the impossible. I'm using the MPEG-4 Fast motion compressor to create the avi but the file comes out like garbage. Any suggestions? TIA

The Best way would be to Frame serve the Mpeg file to the "NTSC/Pal converter", But I"m pretty Sure that the "Atlantis DV Film Converter" will only accept DV Files and will only output DV Files and encodeing your AVI to DV will Totally Ruin the Quality of your Movie..You would be best to either Use an encoder Like "ProCoder" Cuz it can do Proper NTSC/Pal conversion directly to AVI or to Exelent Quality Mpeg1/2..Or if you know how to use "AVISynth" it can do it while Frameserveing..Other High end editing Programs can do it also like Premier and Vegas Video 4..But if Atlantis does accept Regular AVI files you can Use DVD2AVI to make a D2V project file out of the Mpeg file, then use the "VFAPI Converter" to Convert the D2V into a Dummy AVI file that you can load into Atlantis to convert to NTSC then you can use something like AVI-Mux to Mux the audio to the NTSC AVI file....