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I am new to all this. I picked up a Divx avi and I used TMPG (for the first
time) to create an mpeg-2 file that I could burn to an svcd so I could view it on my dvd player. I chose the various options not knowing exactly what I should be specifying, but managed to create a high quality video mpg file (it took up 1.6 GB where the original avi took 160 MB!!) but there was no audio. I tried burning this to 2 cds and it was the same with my dvd player. I checked the audio codec and it shows mpeg-3 (Fraunhofer IIS) which TMPG apparently couldn't handle with its default setup. I obviously have this codec installed for playing because I can use the Divx player to play it with no problem. What do I need to do to get the audio in the final mpg? Also, even with a "state-of-the-art" system, it took 10 hours to render the mpg from the avi. Is this normal or should I have done something else? The quality is identical to the original as far as the video goes, but should it take this long? I did use 2 pass so that probably doubled my time, but even 5 hours seems excessive? Any help anybody can give me would be great. As you tell I have no clue about this stuff.
tmpgenc doesnt decode audio so well.....try using virtual dub to extract the audio from the avi as a uncompressed wav file and then add this to tmpgenc as the audio source.Also, if a movie isn;t playing right on your pc why burn it to cd? your're just wasting cd-rs
Thanks. I'll give this a try. The reason I tried burning the CDs was to see if maybe my external DVD player would play the audio when PowerDVD would not. The things only cost a few cents and long before my burner gives out it will be obsolete - actually it already is and still going strong :-). I regularly burn and toss CD-Rs when checking out bin/cue image svcd files rather than write to the hard drive first. They aren't really too good as coasters with that hole in the middle - better as frisbees. I find most DL'd flicks aren't even worth viewing once, much less keeping. Each to his own. Is it normal to have all those hours of time for converting? I was using an AMD XP 2400+/KT-400/512MB DDR400/Win2000 Pro SP-3 with nothing in the background that wasn't req'd.
WOW, It sure is Takeing a Long time to encode a Single Movie!!!I have a 1.7ghz and a 2 hour movie takes about 2.5 hours when useing Tmpgenc, when useing CCE a 2 hour movie is less than 1 hour.....
Alright, so does anyone just want to explain how to use this program at all? The more detail the better :). Converting from .avi to DVD Playable (MPEG 1). Just basically how to do it.
Hey ho,
It sounds funny, but after I ripped a DivX Movie successfully I have no sound. Although the quality and everything else workes fine I never get a sound.
Not on Power DVD, my DVD Player or somewhere else!
Please help me ;o))
Bye
This Is Probably because the Audio in your DivX file is Not supported in Tmpgenc, it is Probably AC3 audio..You need to extract the audio to a WAV audio file and use the Wav file as the audio source...You can use "AVI-Mux" to de-mux and uncompress the audio to a Wav file and use that as the audio source...Use Google to Search for AVI-Mux.....
1. install Dvix Pro 5.02
2. Install Tsunami Filter pack (Nimo will not work)
3. Install ffcshow and Xvid codecs (incase they are using Xvid codecs)
4. set the eviromental settings for VFAPI-plugin as follows
this has allowed me to encode all avi's even with AC3 with out any problems.
Be sure that you start a new project and after loading the video source check the lower bar to be sure you get the correct frame rate of the avi or else you will have a sync problem. So far all my avis have been 30fps and I use the 29.97 NTSC settings. Setting the plug-in variables took me a couple of tries so after setting them go back in and check that they have stayed.
Well I used to extract them using virtual dub I think but it's been a while. I've set up 3 systems this way and when downloading Dvix from the newsgroups we've yet to have any problems. Maybe I've been licky since doing it this way and haven't ran into any AC3 but I don't think so.
Installing an AC3 codec will no longer work with the new version of TMPG and thus will not decode the audio in any AC3 AVI's.
The easiest way is to extract the audio to a wav with AVImux.
Load the AVI into AVImux. Highlight the audio the right click it. Choose 'Select compression' from the menu and select PCM. In the next box choose the default which should be 44.100khz, 16bit, stereo.
Click 'Output AVI' and name your output with a wav extension then click 'Go'
If you have audio problems such as the sound breaking up in the extracted wav set the 'Pre-roll' and 'Interleave' settings to 100ms.
This means that you don"t have all the Tmpgenc files in the same folder...All the Tmpgenc Files have to be in the same folder and one of those files has to be the "P3P Package.dll"...
AVISynth has a Feature to do this..There are a Few programs that will turn NTSC to Pal and Visa Versa, like "Canopus ProCoder" or "Advanced NTSC/Pal Converter", Both of these Programs will take a NTSC or Pal AVI file and convert them to a Pal or NTSC AVI file...Avisynth will Do it while Frame serveing...
I convert edited DV footage to mpeg-2 with 2-pass VBR. Then burn it on CD-R and play on my Daewoo DVD player. DVD player shows each of my mpeg files as devided into several chapters, some of them just 3-4 sec long.
I am using 2.59. I had this problem with version 2.56 also but did not have this problem with version 2.52
I convert to DVD NTSC. It creates a mpg file. Then I just copy this file to a CD-R using Adaptec Direct CD. Some players like Daewoo 3000N can play an mpeg file from a CD-R.
I convert to DVD NTSC. It creates a mpg file. Then I just copy this file to a CD-R using Adaptec Direct CD. Some players like Daewoo 3000N can play an mpeg file from a CD-R.
Chapter information is not something that is saved within the MPEG files.... Maybe your DVD player recognizes closed GOPs as chapters or something... Can't think of something else...
Is there a way to find out wether GOP is closed or not in a mpeg file. I have some old files created by version 2.52 and these are treated as one single chapter in my DVD player.
>I convert to DVD NTSC. It creates a mpg file. Then I just copy this file to a CD-R using Adaptec Direct CD. Some players like Daewoo 3000N can play an mpeg file from a CD-R.
Why are you using the DVD template if you are writing to CDR? These settings are NOT correct for SVCD.
Secondly what do you mean you are using 'Direct CD'. You can't possibly be using 'direct cd' as this is packet writing program and is not using a file system compatible for SVCD or VCD burning.
Do you mean you are using EasyCD creator? If so your first job should be to dump this crap and use Nero or VCDeasy for burning your MPEGs.
It's not a good idea to burn raw MPEGs to CDR even if your player supports it.
The main reason is that the disk is incompatible with 99% of the worlds players. By simply using the VCD or SVCD burning option in any burning program your disk will become compatible for play in other players.
If your player develops a fault and you decide to purchase a new one. The new player may not support raw MPEGs leaving you with a stack of movies on disk you can't play.
I solved my chapter problem. I used HP MyCD instead Adaptec Direct CD, for writing the mpeg file. I have no idea why this makes any difference.
I know this makes my CD-R incompatible with most of the DVD players but I am creating mini DVD so that I have my movies stored in the best format until I am able get hold of a DVD writer.
Hi!
I've got a problem by opening an .avi-File. Everytime I try to, TMPEG shows me the message "*.avi can not open, or unsupported". All other avi-Files can be opened without any problems. I arleady changed the priority of the avi-Files, but it didn't help.
Now, the question: Is there a plugin or something like that, which could help?
If somebody's got an idea I would be very grateful.
the original mpeg play well but after encode video scrambles at certain frame.
i'm using the standard setting provided by tmpgenc. my os is winxp+sp1. i wonder what's the problem.
If 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)? (I mean did I miss something ?)
Or is there a commandline option to shutdown ?
(If this is important: Tmpeg Free Version 2.58.44.152 - Core 1.90.140 )
I've been using TMPGEnc to convert an .avi to .mpg in order to make a VCD, but the file is just over 80 mins long, so it is unable to fit on one CD. I tried to make the avi into a mpeg-2 for a SVCD, but the bitrate will not go below 1600 kb/sec, and again the file won't fit onto one CD. I am aware that the film will be lower quality but I would prefer to have it on one SVCD rather than in two parts with higher quality. Is there some technical reason why the bitrate is unable to go below 1600, or is it just too bad quality?
There is No way in Hell you will get 80 minutes on a CD-R in SVCD Format, you will Only get 80 minutes in VCD format and the Quality will Be really Bad, and This version of Tmpgenc has a Bug in it that will not let you use a Bitrate lower than Standard for VCD..The Most you can get on a CD-r in SVCD Format would Be 50-60 and that would be pushing it...In allmost ALL Cases you will Have to use at least 2 CD-R"s to Put a whole 1.5-2 hour Movie...To lower the Bitrate you have to load the "Unlock.mcf" template from the "Extra" Folder...
Thanks Minion, I guess it was pretty stupid to try to get the quality that low anyway. It was just me being too lazy to copy the avis all onto atleast two cds.
What is the purpose of the Simple De-Multiplex option in TMPGEnc? I read the conversion tutorial at Doom9.org and it says to go do that option after it finishes converting and go to bbMPEG to paste it together. But after it finishes converting, isn't the audio and video already together? Is this really necessary? I don't find much difference.
De-Multiplex means that you take a file with audio and video and make two files from it, one audio only and one video only.
If you converted a source file that has audio and video then they are multiplexed into one file (togather) by deafult, unless you have chosen specifically to make a video only or audio only file.
What BBMpeg does is to multiplex audio and video streams togather. It has more options then TMPGEnc does so it can increase the file's competability with some programs. I use it very rarely in very specific cases, as 99.9% of the time TMPGEnc does a fine job for me...
What kind of conversion have you done? To VCD? Or SVCD?
I did normal VCD this time and I didn't have to do the source range because it said if the video file was under 80 minutes (for VCD), then you don't have to do the source range. The conversion finished successfully! Should I do the Simple De-Multiplex?
I just found out, the finished MPG is 1.30GB! How can I make it smaller? Will I have to cut it after all? I'm hoping to use only one CDR. The CDR I'm using is 700MB and 80MIN. Please help! I didn't De-Multiplex it yet.
Hehe...I wanted better quality so I set the VCD(PAL) template first (because it was 25fps) then I went to unlock and went to the bitrate to set it to Automatic VBR, quality is 50 and the maximum bitrate is 2520 and the minimum bitrate is 0. But, there was not one single error!
If you change the bitrate, under "System" you have to change the stream type to "VCD Non standard". If you didn't while encoding then go to "File->Mpeg tools->Multiplex" add your converted file, and under the type list select "VCD Non standard".
You now have only one option: Split it to two discs, each having 40min, or what ever will fit on one disc.
No other alternatives unfortunatly. Only other way is to reduce the bitrate to the standard (of a normal VCD): that is- 1150kbps, where every 1min of video equels 1min of space on a CD.
Also, 2520kbps is quite high, at some point it gets to be a waste of space, I got perfect results at 1820-1900, and are you sure your DVD player can play such high bitrate MPEG1? (Fact that it can play very high bitrat of MPEG-2 doesn't allways mean it can play high bitrate of MPEG-1)
So if I don't want to split it to 2 discs, I'll have to re-encode again and have a smaller bitrate? I'm wondering why it takes me so long to convert one movie, about 15 hours! Thanks for the help.
How do I work the Merge & Cut option? I added my movie file and then double-clicked on the file name. Then an error occurred saying "Could not initialize DirectShow". But you can still press the up and down buttons for Range. Do I select "00:00:00" for the first box?
When I can"t get the Merge & Cut to Work which is Quite often ,I use BBMpeg"s Multiplexor to Cut the File and set it to Cut the File at every 750-795mb,,this works really well ....
I agree with Minion, using bbmpeg could be better cause you can select to split not only by time, but also by file size.
you can find it here http://www.doom9.org
look for it in the download section.