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I'm trying to encode an avi for a convention and they recommend using MPEG-2 with
Variable Bit Rate encoding with 12 megabits per second as the maximum. However, I can't seem to push it beyond 8 megabits per second. Is there a cap on the bit rate that was recently introduced?
There is a Cap on the Bitrate if you are Makeing a DVD, the Maximum Bitrate that DVD Standards allow is a Max of 9800KBS includeing all the Audio and other tracks combined, so if you are makeing a DVD then you Can NOT use 12000kbs as the Max bitrate, even if the settings did alow it (They actually do) the Disk would not play Properly on your DVD Player..But if you are Not makeing a DVD then you can Raise the Bitrate to Pretty Much anything you want But you will first have to load the "Unlock.mfc" Template from the "Extra" folder, Or you can simply click the word "Bitrate" in the setting dialog and choose "Unlock", it will Probably give you a warning saying that the File will be out of DVD Specs...
Can anyone help i am trying to convert an avi to vcd using Dvd2vcd and Tmpgne. When Tmpgne log says encoding test clip it does so by playing entire avi in window then starts again saying wanted kbs....... predicted kbs......... using CQ value it generates a higher CQ value and starts again this process continues over and over again. What am i doing wrong?
I create my vob's and I play the files using Power DVD software on my computer. I have both audio and video. I burn to a dvd-r and I have video but no audio when I put it in my stand-alone dvd player. I have burned other movies onto dvd-r and they play audio on my stand alone just fine. What is the problem here? By the way, this program is not creating any files in the default video_ts folder, only video_ts folder has the vob files and the .ifo's and .bup's. Please help.
I'm still evaluating TMPGEnc Author software but found out program is always trying to access the internet even when it's loaded. I took care of that via NOrton Internet Security. Why TMPGEnc need to spy on us?
I sure hope so that's why I took the time to anwser your on-line survey. I hope you keep improving the program as I'm planning to buy it at the end of trial.
I have been trying to get TMPGenc to take the output of my ATI AllInWonder Radeon TV Capture card. The output looks good in Media Player but when I burn it to the DVD the result is dramatically less resolution than the original VCR (composite) or Replay TV (tuner) input.
DVD should have a much higher resolution than the off-the-air stuff I'm trying to save. All I want to do is capture my video tapes and replaytv shows to DVD without losing the original NTSC sharpness.
I've tried capturing at 720x480 but I think that I'm capturing at a resolution higher than the original source.
Can someone tell me what the original resolution of a VCR tape and a channel 4 (NTSC) replay TV would be and what I should be capturing the source at?
Specifically I know not to de-interlace and to use the maximum motion estimation but should I use 640x480? 352x480?
For the Highest Quality you should Capture at the Highest Resolution and Bitrate you Possibly Can..NTSC TV Broadcasts uses 525 Lines of Vertical Resolution..so if you Can capture at the Highest Possible Resolution(720+480) and the Highest Data rate you can..You do not want to capture any Lower than that if you are going to Make a DVD out of it Because Up-Sizeing the Resolution will Degrade the Quality of the Image and as you Know standard NTSC DVD uses 720+480...your Movies will allways look beter on your Monitor than on TV because you watch movies on TV in a Much smaller Window that a TV and a Smaller window has a Crisper image because the Flaws in the Image are smaller also, you should probably encode at the Highest Bitrate you can (within DVD Specs) and use a Couple Filters to clean up the Image like a Noise Filter and maybe a Sharpen Filter and maybe a the "Soften Block Noise" filter, I use AVISynth Filter cuz they seem better than Tmpgenc filters and after I have encoded My Captures they look better than they did before I encoded them..I use a Simular Card as you But I use the "AIW Radeon 8500DV" and My Movies usually look Pretty Good after a Lot of Trial and error getting the Filters right and I Probably use a Different Capture Program than you also, MMC doesn"t give the Best Quality compared to some other Programs but it is a Good Tool anyways.....Good Luck
Am capturing tv input using ATI and saving it as a MPEG1 file (This gives me less frame drop). All (sound and video) works well and is synchronized on the original file. I then split the file into smaller (1 hour )segments using the TMPGEnc Project Wizard / Video NTSC. Sound becomes un-synchronized. I have added 500 mscs on the Audio Gap Correction. This seems to do nothing.
How are you spliting the File with the Wizard?? as the editor is Not in the Wizard it is in the "Mpeg Tools", and if you are useing the Wizard then that meant that you are Probably re-encodeing the File??Why if it is allready a Mpeg1 file??
is it possible to allow other resolutions like 480x576, its very annoying to patch my dvb files before importing and patch them back again.
especially because this program is so useful for dvb captures because you can cut out the commercials with it.
I agree fully. I use Ulead Movie Factory 2 because I can "fool" it by patching the first MPEG header resolution entry. Doing so with Tmpgenc Author will result in a GOP error, using 480x576 (unpatched) will generate an error also at last step.
So it will be a very good idea to give the user an option like "Ignore resolution entries" or similar.
I recently upgraded to Premiere 6.5 has anyone tried using Avisynth frameserver to TMPGEnc. I was using this with Premiere 6.0 and it was working really well. Do i use the same Avisynth file to use for Premiere 6.5.
What should my VFAPI settings be for encoding an AVI file made with the Microsoft Movie Maker 2 application on Windows XP? I'm having problems with my VBR audio track coming out choppy and I'm trying to narrow down the problem...
Tmpgenc does not Support VBR Audio as the Source audio so that is why you are Haveing Problems, You will need to use something else to Proscess the audio...
That is strange I have been useing Tmpgenc since it came out and on this BBS Forever and Have Never seen a Setting in or even heard of a Setting in Tmpgenc that Makes VBR audio..Can you please Tell me were the VBR audio setting is??? ThanX
I'm just trying to make VBR video and the PCM .wav file that results is choppy and I can't figure out why. Last night I encoded the same .avi file in CBR mode, and the .wav file was still messed up in the same way, so it has nothing to do with VBR.
What VFAPI plug-in should be used for Microsoft Movie Maker? What are the optimal settings for the VFAPI plugins?
OHhhh the VBR you are Talking about Has absolutly Nothing to Do with the Audio, I guess when you said "Haveing Problems with my VBR audio Track" was some Sort of Typo?? Because the Video is VBR will have absolutly No effect on the Audio, and either will the VFAPI Plugin settings Accept for the "Wav File reader" and that only affects Wav audio as the Source audio..If you are Getting Choppy audio when Playing on your Computer then That could be from Poor Sample Rate Conversion, that is if you are Doing any Sample Rate conversion, if so then go to "Options" to "Enviromental settings" to "Audio engine" and Check the "High Quality" setting under "Sample frequency Converter"..The Built in Audio encoder in Tmpgenc is Not that good so you would Get better results if you Used one of Tmpgenc"s External Audio encoders like "Toolame" or SCMPX" or use a Total seperate audio encoder, the External audio encoder can be downloaded off of the Net for free and you can find them by doing a Search on Google for them and you install then in the "Audio Engine" tab in the "Enviromental settings"..The VFAPI Plugins that effect the decodeing of DV AVI files are the "AVI VFW Compatibility Reader" and the "AVI(OpenDML)File reader" depending on if the DV File is Type 1 or Type 2, if the Audio in the DV AVI File is DV audio then one of these Vfapi Plugins Might have an effect on the audio but if you are Getting Audio But it is Just Bad Quality then it Probably is Not a VFAPI Problem..Have you tried Loading in your DV File then going to "File" to "Output to " then "Wav" and extracting the audio before you encode the Video and see if the Audio Quality is any Different(Beter/Worse)??
Hi- Thanks for understanding and sorry for being unclear. I tried the File menu option to convert the .avi to a .wav and it worked well. This is a good workaround because now I can just replace the .wav that came when I did the video conversion. I was unaware of the menu option to be able to rip the audio without doing the video. For experiment sake, I'll try to turn up the audio quality and see if it works during a video conversion...
Guys, I cannot get the video to stream to a single finished mpeg file
when using the tmpg wizard to convert mpg or avi files to DVD quality.
The box that you uncheck on the last stage of the wizard is grayed out
and I cannot unselect it.
What exectly do you mean?? Are you saying that you are Getting a M2v and a Wav audio file instead of a Mpeg file after encodeing??? If this is the Case then that is Normal, You are supposed to use your DVD authoring Program to Join the Audio and Video together and Format the Files so they can be burned to a DVD, You will only get a Single Mpeg file if you choose Mpeg1 Layer 2 audio as the Output audio format...
Mov files have allways been supported in Tmpgenc, You need the QT Mov vfapi Plugin for Tmpgenc to accept the Mov files, you can download the Plugin in the "Tools" section at "www.dvdrhelp.com"...
I use the latest version of TmpgEnc DVD Author.
I am Importing 2 video streams (vcd format)and
than create a dvd folder.
When bruning it to DVD, the audio and video are out of sync.
I tried this with other DVD authoring software and no problems occured
i can confirm this, the resampling from 44.1 to 48 khz causes desyncronisation.
if i convert the sound before with tmpegenc and then import it the sync is ok.