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ok I dowloaded tmpg a while ago and i went to use it today and it said that my time has expired and that i should buy it if i need to use it.. is there anyway i can get a new trial period?
30 Days after you have originally downloaded and installed tmpgenc the Mpeg2 Function will run out and the only legal way arround it is to Buy the Full Plus version...No one would probably ever buy tmpgenc if You could download a New demo every month.....
I try to convert an divx4 avi into SVCD MPG2. The movie is about 136min.
I startet the Project wizard using SVCD with CBR and at Bit Rate Settings window a movie length of 394min is displayed and the filesize of the Mpg would be about 6 GB !!!! I tried VBR.... but nothing helps!!! Oh, I tried the latest TMPGEnc Version
I have an Apex ad1200 dvd player that plays raw mpgs. However, I've been having difficulties with a few and someone told me it's because the mpgs are compressed. Is there anyway I can 'uncompress' the original avi so I can convert it, burn it and play it? Will Tmpgenc do this? If so, how? Sorry, I'm kind of new at this.
What do you mean 'original AVI'? You don't have the original AVI do you? just the MPEG.
The problem is probably because you are trying to play raw MPEG files.
You should add a VCD header to these files to make them more compatible with your player and most others.
You can do this by running the MPEG you have (assuming it is MPEG1) through the 'simple multiplex' option in the MPEGtools in TMPG.
Choose the stream setting 'MPEG1 VCD' if it's encoded at standard VCD bitrate or 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard) if not.
Rename your output and click run.
Now use Nero with the VCD burning option to burn your MPEG to disk.
Thanks for the suggestion, but won't I have to split the movie between 2 discs? From what I understand, converting to VCD only allows 80 minutes per disc. I've never tried making vcds for this very reason. Thus, I was hoping I could leave the file in mpg. I have several that are close to 2 hours in length but easily fit on 1 disc. The picture and audio also play fine. Is there something I can do to the original avi or the converted mpg? I was told they won't work because they are compressed. Is it possible to uncompress them?
If you are Makeing Disks with 2 hours of Mpeg movie on them then that could be the problem...With 2 hours on a Disk the bitrate has to be about 700-800kbs which is way to low to have any sort of Quality at all and your DVD Player Might not be able to Read Mpeg files with a Bitrate that low..You actually get More Mpeg on a Disk in VCD/SVCD format then you will get burning it as a Data Disk..Burning Data on a Disk you only get 700mb on a 700mb 80minute disk But in VCD/SVCD format you get 800mb on a Cd-r..And I"m sure there are certain Standards to the Mpeg files the DVD player will play,Like they have to have certain Resolutions and frame rates and Bitrates just like DVD"s and every other standard...
I have several files that I have converted with bitrates lower than 700. I did this to specifically fit the files on 1 cd and they ended up working fine in my player. Sure, the video was not DVD quality, but it was more than good enough for what I need.
That's my whole problem. I can't seem to figure out why some mpgs will play while others will not. All of the settings in tmpgenc seem to be the same for each file.
>Is there something I can do to the original avi or the converted mpg? I was told they won't work because they are compressed. Is it possible to uncompress them?
Who the hell is giving you this info? Tell them they don't know what they are talking about.
Ofcourse MPEGs and AVI are compressed! This is the whole point of MPEG.
To create a compressed movie which has high quality and small file size.
If you did decompress the MPEG to uncompressed frames it would be absolutely huge in size. Uncompressed frames can take up to 1Gb a minute. How many disks do you think you would need to fit a regular uncompressed movie on to disk?
>Thanks for the suggestion, but won't I have to split the movie between 2 discs? From what I understand, converting to VCD only allows 80 minutes per disc. I've never tried making vcds for this very reason. Thus, I was hoping I could leave the file in mpg. I have several that are close to 2 hours in length but easily fit on 1 disc. The picture and audio also play fine.
I didn't advise you to re-encode your MPEGs, but I simply told you to add the VCD header required by most DVD players. This will *NOT* change the size of your file. The process is quick as no re-encoding is taking place.
Once you have added a VCD header to your raw MPEG they will then be compatible for burning as VCD using Nero or other VCD burning program.
As for lowering the bitrate to fit a movie on to one CD. The quality must absolutely awful. Standard VCD is bad enough, but lowering even further creates, in my opinion, unwatchable crap.
Do yourself a favour and split to 2 disks. The quality will be much higher and better appreciated by others and make the disks compatibl with other players.
Take it from me, as you become more experienced, in time you will probably look back at these first disks you have created and be embarrassed by the quality and will probably never want to show thwm or watch them again.
Having problems opening mpeg2 files after a system re-install.
The "Ligos MPEG-2 Decoder" always seems to fail on the file I want to open.
And the "Cyberlink MPEG-2 Decoder" open the file as half height! (720*288 instead of 720*576)
As ideas? What else could I try? It worked fine before the system re-install but i couldn't say which codec was used before! Does the ATI DVD player install a useable codec? If so that could be it as I fucked up and installed DX9 before I tried to install the ATI DVD player and thus the ATI DVD player refuses as it keeps on moaning about DX8 not being insrtalled ;-).
You should not use any MPEG2-DirectShow-Filters for Converting MPEG2 because they are all working in 16 Bit-Color-Space, what drops the possible Quality of the Video. Use DVD2AVI to create an .d2v-Project. That will give you the best possible Quality.
Yes, use DVD2AVI for source when encoding but it is still handy to have a decoder for working with MPEG files on the merge/cut tool.
There are different versions of the Ligos filter floating around. You system re-install might have enabled an old or incompatible version. Search the file system (and web) for other copies to try.
When using pre-2.57 TMPG, Directshow sometimes selects video/audio filter combinations that do not work. Use graphedit to make sure Ligos is both the video and audio decoder by default. Create .bat files to unregister offending filters until Ligos comes up. Example:
:: Unregister (/U option) a video filter
regsvr32 /U /S etxvdec.ax
thank,i have used DVDx for subtitle with video server package to connect tmpgenc,i have a subtitles but the quality of vcd is low more than encoding with dvd2avi and pursuit encoding with tmpgenc.can i do to inflate the subtitles in dvd2avi and subsequently encoding with tmpgenc video and audio separately?with the sub ripper can i do insert subtitles in a mpeg file(VCD)or i dont for the problem of synchronisation of audio and video subtitles?
PLEASE HELP ME
I have some files I encoded in DVD format for my DVD burner and I wanted to know if there's any way I can trim off some of it to fit onto my blank DVD? I checked out mpeg tools and all it has is formats for SVCD and VCD...but nothing for DVDs! isn't there a way I can get around this situation?? Please reply ASAP.....I need to know right away please!
When ever I load a avisynth script into tmpgn I get the following error " tmpgn performed and illegal operation, tmpgnec caused an invalid fault at kernel 32.dll" and the program shuts down. I have the readavi.dll properly loaded and even adjusted the vfpai values several times, but no luck.
This just started happening and I was able to load /encode them before.. I can load a avi with no problem. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the program twice, but still no luck. Im using v 2.59 plus.
Thanks
John
I have downloaded Smartripper, DVD2AVI and TMPGENC to rip DVD to VCD. Trouble is I cannot unzip the TMPGENC. I know that you have to previously have the VFAPI plug in installed, but for the life of me, I cannot find it on the site. Please Help
Not haveing the "VFAPI Plugins" installed Won"t prevent you from Un-Zipping the File...Maybe the Zip File is Corrupted?? You can download the VFAPI Plugins from here: http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_vfapi.html ...
Hey I got the same problem. I think that it's because they gave us the wrong archive to download, or because they forgot to fill the archive with the program. It gotta be one of those two things. Maybe we should wait until they undate the site.
I used to like TMPGEnc, but since today I keep getting an error "Read error occurred at address .... of module 'KERNEL32.DLL' with ......
The error occurs at quasi-random moments, but always before an encoding job has started. Anybody know what's going on? It can't be a codec-issue, and re-installing Windows (ME in this case) doesn't correct it.
Does it do this Just with this File or with every file...The Problem could be that the File is Corrupted in some way which is Probably the case if the movie is a Downloaded movie...
The error occurs before opening any file most of the time. When lucky enough to start encoding, the program just hangs after about 30 secs. This happens with every file, so not only with downloaded files.
There is a bug in TMPGEnc. Some players have problems with VCD's encoded with TMPGEnc. The problem ist, that TMPGEnc wrong calculates the VBV delay in dark scenes with only few motion. I tested such movie with some encoders and a VCD standard. The great tool MPEGRepair delivered the results.
You can see the results in:
i downloaded an avi file who seems out of sync (images are a few seconds late) i check it with gspot and it says:
for the video format: 4CC: DX50 Name:DIVX5.0 (codec not installed)
for the audio format: 64kb/s Sample rate44100 hz.
Can that codec be the problem?
I installed the last version of DIVX but it didn't change anything.
Is there something i can do to correct my file before converting it?
If the Original AVI file is Out of Sync then the Mpeg file will be out of sync, and Correcting Sync problems can be very difficult or even impossible depending on the Type of De-sync you have..If the File is the same amount out of sync the whole way through the movie then it is possible to fix it By useing the "Audio Gap Correct" or Muxing the Mpeg together with a Muxer that supports adjusting the audio Gap like "Mpeg2VCR"...But if the Audio gets progressively out of sync as the Movie goes on then it is very difficult to fix...
Thank you for taking the time and trouble to answer. :)
Finally, out of frustration i just tried to convert it without changing anything. And, don't ask me how or why because i have noooooo idea, but the mpg file resulting is in sync.
And yes, i swear! i wasn't drunk when i tried the avi file! it was really out of sync! ;)
Have you looked in the "Vfapi Plugins" to see if the Mpeg2 decoders are listed there???In the Newer versions you should have either the "Cyberlink" Ligos" or Sony" Mpeg2 decoders listed and in the Older versions there will be a Plugin called "Mpeg2 Codec" or something like that...But if you still cant get it to load Mpeg2 files and you have the proper codecs installed there is only one other thing I can think of that might work is to De-Mux the Mpeg file and just load in the Mpeg video and see if that works...I have found the Tmpgenc decodes Mpeg2 files Quite slowly so you should get Faster Mpeg2 decodeing if you use DVD2AVI to decode the Mpeg2 file....
hi, yes I look in the afavi plugin, i saw only direct show that could read mpg files but i still cannot read it. I know i have cyberlink codec install somewhere in the system but did not show in the tmpenc. The mpeg tool working ok but when i use multiplex function the sound is out of sync.