Hi!

First of all: TMPGEnc is a very great tool.

But wouldn't it be nice to have a multiple file input for the wizard?

I want to build a kind of index of my DV-Tapes. I captured all scenes with e.g. Scenalyzer, every scene is a separate avi-file. Instead of selecting one file only it would be nice to select all files in one directory. The following settings can be used for each file. After burning a VCD with all MPEG-files you can navigate through the scenes at a DVD-TV-set, without PC or DV-Camcorder.

Thanks a lot,
Jens

Name the avi files properly and select load avi segmented in options.

Tmpgenc DOES have this feature, just name the files "movie 0001.avi & movie 0002.avi ECT... then it will load the files in Sequentially...

Except that it only loads up to 20 files at a time. It would be nice if it could load hundreds at a time (e.g. many of my DV projects are split into one scene per AVI file).

I have added subtitles to an avi file using virtualdub. Having completed this process, I start frameserving and open up TMPG v2.58 and attempt to open the .vdr file. I then get an error message saying that the file is not supported, can anyone help me solve it please ?

Have to set up the "Frame server Client" correctly??? try opening up another instance of V-Dub and try to open up the VDR file with it and if it doesn"t open then you haven"t set up the frame server correctly or there is some other problem with V-Dub..but if you can open it with V-Dub then there is some problem with tmpgenc...

on the same lines as the previous question, is it possible to convert a low frame rate such as 12 or 14fps into something that will give a decent result when converted to a mpeg.
thanx again

Well you can use the "15fps/30fps internal" setting But I have tried these settings many times and they still get a Very jumpy look to them...

is it possible to change the frame rate of an avi file (ie from 23.9 to 25),and is there a program to do this.
thanx for any help u can give

Yes it is possible But Not with Tmpgenc, you have to use something like "Advanced NtSC/Pal converter" or "Procoder" will do it but you can"t do it properly with Tmpgenc..There is a AVSynth command that will do it also...

AVIfrate will change the framerate of an AVI, but bear in mind this will de-sync the audio which you will then have to shrink or stretch with Cooledit to make it the same length as the AVI.

ASHY

How can I add a subtitle to an Mpeg 2 film. I've got a movie (DivX)
and a hungarian subtitle for it (.sub, .srt). I can watch it on PC with
MicroDVD but I cant add this file to an encoding. The main thing is : I want
to make a VCD with a subtitle on it, encoded on the video.

Another question: I started to encode a (.asf) movie and the estimated time was
29:35:12 and lenght of the movie is 20 minutes. why does it take so long

You will have to use something like "Virtual Dub" to FrameServe the File and the Subs to Tmpgenc....ASF Files are notoriusly full of errors so if you use something like "ASF Fix" to fix the file and maybe it will encode faster...

hi?
I had today download TMPGEnc 2.59.
I want make s-vcd format mpeg-2.
but I get the error in less than a day : "mpeg-2 encoding function has expired."
where is the problem ?
Thanks for your reply.
thanks.

You have to purchase the programm to use MPEG2 for more than 30 days.

You are only allowed to use the Demo Version Once and when it runs out you Have to Buy the program...You can"t just download a new demo when ever yours runs out...

Hallo,
if i open an avi file,
tmpgenc will bring me a massage
"...can not open, or unsupported"
What should i do?

Go to "options" to "Enviromental settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise the "Direct show" to "2"...

usually I use the frame server fonction of virtual dub to re-encode XVID files into divx 5.02 before encode them in TMPGenc to MPEG2 format.

But recently Tmpgenc send me a "unsupported file" message, and I can't use this methode anymore.The frameserver looks working fine, I can encode the XVID with VDUB in a 5.02 avi file. Then I can transform the 5.02 avi in MPEG 2 with TMPG. To be clear :

* XVID --> Divx 5.02 via frame server (VDUB) --> MPEG2 (TMPGenc) : not working
* XVID --> Divx 5.02 in avi file (VDUB), avi --> MPEG2 (TMPG) : working
* Divx 3 or 4 --> Divx 5.02 via frame server (VDUB) --> MPEG2 (TMPG) : working

where is the problem ?

Why are you doing it this way????Besides degradeing the Quality by re-encodeing the XViD to DivX you are wasteing a lot of time by doing it this way....And XVid and DivX are both Mpeg-4 formats and they should be close in Quality well not after you re-encode it to divx...I would sudgest doing it the Correct way and Not encode to DivX cuz you WILL Loose Quality this way...

Thanks to NOT answer to my question. The quality is absolutly not the problem. Some XVID files produce error in TMPGEnc, and reencoding it in Divx can solve the problem. With the Frame server I don't loose any time.
And the reencoding isn't the only problem. If I want to include subtitle inside the video, I have to use the Subtitler filter of Virtual Dub, with the frame server again. With a XVID, it fails : "unsupported format".
So, you can keep your all-in-one opinion, and only take your keyboard if you have a real solution...

What are you talking about??? Don't be so disrespectful to someone who is trying to help you.
Minion has just given you some sound advice which you have shunned.

I too don't see the point of re-encoding to Divx 5 and what do you mean by via the Virtualdub frameserver?
Are you saying you are frameserving to TMPG and using IT to encode to Divx 5 and then using TMPG again to encode the Divx file....

....what a waste of time.

If you are having problems with XVID files in TMPG then simply load them into Virtualdub and Frameserve them as they are straight to TMPG and encode directly to MPEG. This DIVX 5 step is totally unecessary.

If you are having problems loading XVID files into Virtualdub then it must be a codec problem so you probably need to re-install the XVID codec.

ASHY

Ashy, thanks to answer to my question, but when I frameserve XVID in virtual Dub, it's make a unsuported format in TMPG. Like I said before : I can open XVID files in virtualdub, I can convert them or use filter on them in virtual dub, I only can't frameserve them ! It's the only point.

Create a frameserver file with Virtualdub and then open 'another' instance of Virtualdub and let me know if the file loads into it ok.

If it doesn't load into Virtualdub then the frameserver isn't installed correctly.

ASHY

What a great idea !

I have done the test with a XVID film (frameserve in VDUB 1 ,and open .vdr file in VDUB 2) : "can't determinate the file format"...

same test with a DIVX film : all is ok.

So the frameserver is working but not with the XVID codec... I have test it with the last "stable" codec and the last koepi's release. Same error...

Try this program. It can do almost exactly the same as Virtualdub and some things it can't. It can create project files which can be opened in TMPG.
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/aviutl.html

ASHY

thanks a lot again !

But, can you explain to me shortly how to frameserve with this program (the 0.98 release) ? I haven't find any fonction like this in it.

Thanks in advance

Hi,

The flicker and general quality is real bad and hard on the eyes.
I've tried all possible settings.
If I take a ripped .dat file from a commercial VCD and convert it to .mpg with TMPG and then burn that, the quality is identical to the original - very good.
So the problem is not with burning or DVD player. The problem must be with the encoding from the DV camera's captured .AVI file to the .mpg file.
Perhaps it's the DV codec.
Has anyone had this problem ?

Cheers Jimbo

I don"t really Know what you mean By "Flicker"...But it sounds like you are encodeing your source file to a different frame rate as the source file...You have to encode the Mpeg file to the same frame rate as the AVI file you are encodeing...But if not then try to explain the problem a bit more...

I do agree with Jimbo that when encoding from DV file the quality drop so much when compare with the same footage but capture in RGB24.Perhaps,the conversion from YUY2 to RGB is the real problem.Any suggestion?

Hi,

By "Flicker" I mean that when there is a camera pan, the picture is blurred and flickers horizontally.
This only happens with DV camera AVI files. ie. PAL 720 X 576 25FPS.
I've tried rendering AVI file to PAL 352 X 288 25FPS first and then converting that to MPG. I've also tried deinterlacing and upper/lower frame first and also progressive scan. Still no good !
Commercially ripped VCD(.dat)files that have been re-burnt to CDR/CDRW are fine with good quality. 25FPS is maintained throughout, by the way.
Ive tried the different VFAPI codecs too.
How are other users of TMPG getting on with DV camera AVI files ?

Cheers Jimbo

Hi Jimbo
Did you try Procoder with DV Pal? Quality is excellent and much much better than TMPGEnc espectially in PAN/ZOOM area.

I live in PAL area and dealing with DV and TMPGEnc still big headache for me.
I have tried every possiblity to inprove my VCD(from DV file) with TMPGEnc but
no luck.

Hi All,

I am having a problem when I try to convert an AVI to MPEG for DVD on the new 2.59 version. I would also like to point out that this is NOT a problem with the 2.58 version. I want to produce a single MPEG file which I get the error : "File xxxx can not open, or unsupported"

However, if I change the environmental settings under general and uncheck enable multiplex, TMPGEnc will encode happily to two seperate files. Is this the correct place to select whether to create a single MPG file or am I possibly using an incorrect parameter?

Any thoughts/ideas on this would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Vin.

I have the commercial plus version and have installed the version 2.59

I found that the Wizard has a problem.

When you select your file to encode and leave the "System (video and audio)" selected as soon as you start the encode the Stream type kicks to ES (video and audio)

This does not happen if you cancel the wizard and simply select the appropriate profile to load e.g. PAL DVD.

On that note what are best settings for highest quality for PAL DVD encoding? i.e. CQ or VBR and what bit rate settings amongst other choices available?

Thanks

Useing the CQ method is the best for time and Quality if you have a Good source file...Multi-Pass might be better if you don"t have a Clean source file..

I captured DTV(MPEG TS) with DTV capture board.

This DTV capture board captures DTV Stream(.tp).

TMPGEnc does not read MPEG2 TS(Transport Stream) file.

How can TMPGEnc read this TS file ?

What kind of VFAPI can be used to read TS file.

You CANT encode "Transport Streams" with Tmpgenc you need to use something like "PV Strumento" or even "Mpeg2VCR" can turn transport streams to System streams...then you can use tmpgenc...