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I have encoded a DVD using a capture from my DV500 card (SVideo and L/R Audio channels), edited in Premiere and encoded in Tmpgenc. Everything looks great and when authored the menu is perfect and plays in my stand alone player. The only issue is the audio on the DVD does not play when my receiver is set to auto. I have to switch my receiver to Analog mode to hear the sound. Funny thing is the the audio (WAV file) I put on the menu plays perfect in Auto (PCM) mode. Once the movie plays, it's silent until switched to Analog.
I believe it's something to do with the audio in the Mpeg file itself. When I encoded the file in Tmpgenc, I left the Audio Mode to Sereo, should it have been dual channel or is there something else I have to do to the audio?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm so close t finally understanding this long process and making a functional disc.
Whenever I try to convert my AVI file from a Sony TRV530 digital camcorder to Mpeg 2, I get horizontal lines in all of my frames, please let me know how to fix this.
A frame with no motion should have no "horizontal lines". Look for that before doing anything drastic.
VirtualDub has a great selection of de-interlacers. Load the AVI into VirtualDub and frameserve to TMPGEnc. For clean video, the standard deinterlacer set to blend, followed by "sharpen, 10-20" produces good results.
Some say that deinterlacing is no good if you are creating a DVD for viewing on a TV. In my tests, "blend" deinterlacing looks fine because is creates a motion blur effect.
Interpolated deinterlacing (needed for extreme motion) would probably look jerky on a TV (30fps, no motion blur). Extreme motion cases require a tough decision: it can look good on a TV (in motion) or a computer (frame by frame), but not both.
What do you mean ,did you buy the last version and want to upgrade to the new version???If thats all you want to know you just go and download the new plus version from the banner below and it will register itself if you are intitled to a free upgrade......
I tried to download the TMPGENC free version and the TMPGENC Plus trial version but when I try to unzip or open the files I get error messages. Please Help!
First off, I'm new to the world of DVD ripping and video converting...
I recently downloaded the free version of 2.56 and while using it, I noticed that it has placed (or encoded) a logo or watermark (consisting of 9 small blocks in the upper right corner) into EVERY mpeg video I have on my computer, regardless of whether I used the TMPEnc program on it or not.
To say the least, I'm not please with this. How can I remove these watermarks / logos? I have removed the program from my computer, but the watermarks / logos remain.
Thanks for the fast response. I've done a search on my computer for 'elecard' but the search turned up nothing. How do I locate this file for deletion? What folder would it be in or name is used for it?
I my old computer I had the same Elcard mpeg2 codec and it doesn"t put the watermark on your file it just displays the watermark when you are useing the codec to decode the file for viewing so when you burn the mpeg to a cd-r or dvd the watermark shouldn"t be there but is a bit anoying seeing that thing in the corner when you want to watch your mpeg files.......
Minion is right it doesn't actully affect the file itself. The watermark is just overlayed when the file is played back.
As for the instructions above. I have just realised it won't work without actually running it in the Elecard MPEG2 folder itself.
Some where on your PC you must have folder which maybe named EMpgDec. In this folder is a file called unregister.bat. Run this and the codec will be removed.
If you can't find the folder, do a search for ' mpgdec.ax '. This file will be contained in the Elecard folder.
However, since it's manual setting it doesn't look to see that it's selecting the correct frames all the time (unlike the auto setting for example). Anyone knows if there is any way to allow TMPGENC to monitor it?
I wouldn't have thought it would have possible to use the IVTC for this. Firstly because it is primarily used for removing 3:2 pulldown and is used for removing frames not adding as you are trying to do.
The only way I know to do this and is the correct way as far as I know is to simply speed up the movie so it has a framerate of 25 fps.
The way to do this is to load the MPEG( if it's MPEG1) into Virtualdub and change the framerate there then frameserve that to TMPG.
You will also have to extract the audio from the file to a wav and use cool edit or sound forge to shrink the file, so it matches the length of the re-encoded movie.
If the source is MPEG2 then you would have to load the file into TMPG, make a project file then convert that to a dummy AVI with the VFAPI converter and then load that into Virtualdub and frameserve it back to TMPG.
Well, I don't add frames I actually remove each 25th field...
As I said, In this "24fps PAL" each 12th frame is shown for 3 fields which makes a delay when you play the video... After doing the above You get 25fps (now already sped up by 4%) where all frames are actualy progressive (or seem to be progressive anyway). The results I achive are very good, but the only disadvantage is that it's done manually so I have to move frame by frame to see it allways drops the correct fields...
Unless I would drop that extra field I would have to speed up the film to an odd 26.041 fps so internally it would be 25... And that's a problem on it's own...
Wait a minute youv'e got me quite confused here. Are you trying to convert 25 fps to 24 fps or 24 fps to 25 fps.
I don't understand how adding extra fields can create a movie with less frames per second.
This all seems back to front.
As far as I'm aware the reason for adding an extra field every 12th frame would be to create an extra frame every 24 frames. This gives a movie with the same length, but with an increased framerate thus giving 25 fps and what's known as 24:1 pulldown.
It is only the same as 3:2 pulldown, but in a modified way. 3:2 pulldown uses an alternating pattern to overlay 1 frame on to 3 fields, these extra fields are which turn a 24 fps movie into a 30 fps movie not the other way around. When using IVTC these fields are then removed to return the movie back to a 24 fps progressive state.
As far as I was aware adding fields is a way to increase the framerate not reduce it. I have never come across such a thing as a 24 fps PAL movie and it wouldn't make sense to create one. Film rate is 24 fps progressive anyway and could be directly transferred.
Also it was my understanding that IVTC removes these extra fields thus returning a 25 fps PAL movie back to it's original 24 fps progressive state.
Everything you have said is back to front, the way you have descibed it would turn a 25 fps PAL movie into a progressive 24 fps movie.
Wait a minute youv'e got me quite confused here. Are you trying to convert 25 fps to 24 fps or 24 fps to 25 fps.
I don't understand how adding extra fields can create a movie with less frames per second.
This all seems back to front.
As far as I'm aware the reason for adding an extra field every 12th frame would be to create an extra frame every 24 frames. This gives a movie with the same length, but with an increased framerate thus giving 25 fps and what's known as 24:1 pulldown.
It is only the same as 3:2 pulldown, but in a modified way. 3:2 pulldown uses an alternating pattern to overlay 1 frame on to 3 fields, these extra fields are which turn a 24 fps movie into a 30 fps movie not the other way around. When using IVTC these fields are then removed to return the movie back to a 24 fps progressive state.
As far as I was aware adding fields is a way to increase the framerate not reduce it. I have never come across such a thing as a 24 fps PAL movie and it wouldn't make sense to create one. Film rate is 24 fps progressive anyway and could be directly transferred.
Also it was my understanding that IVTC removes these extra fields thus returning a 25 fps PAL movie back to it's original 24 fps progressive state.
Everything you have said is back to front, the way you have described it would turn a 25 fps PAL movie into a progressive 24 fps movie.
Sorry about the double post,just an accident.
Regarding the 4% speed up you mentioned this is only used for 2:2 pulldown where a progressive movie has each frame telecined into 2 fields to create the proper interlacing for the PAL format and is then speeded up by 4% and then has a time correction and pitch correction added to the audio to sync it with the movie which is what I was saying in my original suggestion for turning a 24 fps movie into a 25 fps movie.
It sounds like you are trying to use the program straight from the zip file, you must extract the exe folder to a seperate folder/location, this will put the program files/dll package etc in the same location so the dll package can load, hope this helps!!
can somebody tell me what the last person just said in plain english? cause umm i moved all the tmpg stuff into my C drive..and if that don't work how can i uninstall this? i've been searching for a way to uninstall it and try to re-install it and so far no success..
Being new to this stuff I tried to look in the FAQ's first. I'm sure this has been asked countless times before (it probably should be in the FAQ's).
How do I get rid of those square blocks of motion edges. I have a high quality avi and have moved the bit rate around but they still appear.
The higher the bitrate the less blocks you will see. I you want no blocks, and providing they are not there in the original movie, you will have to raise the bitrate high enough until they disappear.
Try raiseing the priority of the direct show filter, you do this by going to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the direct show file reader" to "2", and make sure you have the proper codecs to decode the avi file........
I don't think there is really much in it, but I have always believed in the reliabilty of Intel. I have never had any issues, software or hardware wise with any Intel processor, but I have quite a few friends who experience non stop problems with AMD processors.
One thing about AMD processors is that they run quite hot when compared to a similar speed Intel processor and bearing in mind that encoding is processor intensive, it is going to push the processor to it's limits, further increasing the heat and heat means less performance.
I have a P4 1.7 which runs at a temperature of around 40-45 degrees when encoding, a friend has an AMD 1.4 which has a temperature of the same when its idle.
So make your own mind up, I suppose it all depends on your budget.
The AMD processors can run hot, but it's usually because they're being overclocked. I run an AMD 1.4 Athlon at work, it's on 24/7 and flat out for very long periods - no reliability problems.
You get more bang for your bucks from AMD, but if price is not important..
There is a real improvement in performance $ for $ by using the AMD chip. I bought a XP system at the start of 2002 with the Xp2000 chip - works great and no problems. Faster than what I could have bought with a P4.
My son uses a slightly earlier Xp1900 chip - also very stable XP system.
Only problem now is that I want the XP2200 !!!...2300....2400...
I am trying to convert DV footage from Sony TRV30E into VCD.
TRV30E->Dazzle->DV format->Adobe Premiere -> Frame Server -> TMPGEnc
I was able to get quite good quality DVD by VCD is very ugly.(Not Visible)
After making many trials (Settings) little bit improved. Again I
changed the Canapus DV Codec parameters 4:1:1 - > 4:4:4 and color
space to YUV and I notied that movie got little more smoother.
But Still It is not even 10% of the other VCDs which I watched.
Hope that VCD should be at least VHS quality.
Can You Please guide me Where I am wrong. Already I have played all the
parameters in the encoding process.
As long as your source avi files are as good quality as you want the vcd to be, The best thing and easiest thing to do to increase the quality is to raise the bitrate cuz the standard vcd bitrate isn"t set high enough to get the best quality ,Try raiseing it to between 1500-2000kbs and see if that looks better and since you are encodeing captured avi/dv files use the Noise Filter..
Just now I started to create VCD by changing the bitrate limits.
If I am doing so, Will it be compatiable to Normal VCD standards ?
Basicall I want to create VCDs which is compatiable to stand alone
DVD / VCD players.
Strictly speaking it will not be a fully compliant vcd but i don"t know of a player that won"t play vcd"s with higher bitrates ,most dvd/vcd players can handle bitrates up to at least 2000kbs on mine I can put the bitrate up to 5000kbs with out a problem........
I think you are correct. After the VCD creation I was trying to
create the VCD with ULead's Movie Factory. This software say's
it is not a VCD format. Let me try with some other writing software
like VCDEasy.
Nero or vcdeasy doesn"t have problems with them but if you want to do menu"s and chapters you can use the "ulead dvd pluging" cuz it lets you do XVCD"s and does chapters and menu"s.......
I do agree with you 100%. I created a VCD with VBR Min 1150 and Max 5000
and created vcd with VCDEasy. It played well in my office DVD Player. I have
to try at my home. The only draw back is the menus and chapters cration.
Meanwhile you told me "ulead dvd pluging cuz it lets you do XVCDs and does chapters and menu"s.......
Can you please tell me how to create XVCD and "ULead DVD Pluging"
I was going through VCDHELP.COM. I understood how to make XVCD.
Also I was trying with ULead to create XVCD , but I couldn't.
Just on a trial basis I tried to make VCD and Immediately system
asked me whether I want XVCD ? I sais Yes. On top I was able to
see XVCD. Then I continued next steps.
I didn't write CD/ (No CD Stock) . I will try later and Inform
you the results. I hope I can get quality pictures than VCDs.
I created XVCD successfully. But when I am playing the DVD player
showing the play time twice and picture and audio is jerky and slow.
How can I reduce the time to the actual time ?
I think your problem is that you are not creating an XVCD at all. It seems as though you are simply creating a normal MPEG with a modified bitrate.
You must make sure that once you create an MPEG that you attach VCD headers to the file or you will have the playback problems you describe.
To correct this MPEG run it through the simple multiplex option in TMPG and choose 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard)' as the stream type.
If that doesn't work it is likely your DVD player doesn't support the maximum bitrate you have chosen.
Reduce the bitrate, some players will have problems with anything above 2600 kb/s.
You can check out VCDhelp.com and have a look at the DVD player list. Look for your player it should give you info as to what bitrates it can handle.
You are 100% correct. I simply created MPEG file and created XVCD
by using Ulead without changing the header information as you
explained.
I will try as follows in TMPGEnc:
- MPEGTool -> Simple Multiplex
- Open the generated MPEG file.
. Automatically the Type apperaed as MPEG1 System (Automatic)
. Found the audio/video stream (input files)
- I changed the Type to MPEG1 VideoCD (Non Standard)
- New output file name is given.
- Pressed Run
I got the new file with slightly lower than the original file size.
I played in the WinDVD and found that running without any problem.
Since I don't have the media later I will create the XVCD, Try in the
stand alone DVD player and Let you know the status.
If any of the steps I am wrong please guide me before burning the CD
It seems as though you have done things correctly, so hopefully it will work in your player. If not then as I say it could be the bitrates you are using and in particular the maximum bitrate.
I got fed up with VCD and MPEG1. Since I don't have the DVD writer,
I was trying for XVCD. Finally I purchased DVD writer and created
my first DVD and the result is excellent. I really love it.
Still I don't want to leave XVCD creation. I followed all the
directions from you, www.kvcd.net and others. But I failed. Could you
please advise me the steps How Can I create XVCD for PAL. like
1. MPEG type.
2. Data Tranfer Type
3. Bytes/Sec.
I am sure that somewhere commiting some mistakes.
Finally I realized that I am doing 100% correct in creating the XVCD.
The only problem is my DVD player is not compatiable for different
bitrate. if it is VCD it just take 1150 Kbps that is why the movie
plays slowly and the playing time shows double in the DVD front panel
(since I was using a bit rate of 2300).
I worked with KVCD templates and almost all problems are solved for the
time being. Thank you all who supported me during this lengthy job.
1) Current "TMPGEnc" software can't directly read from " DV500 pro" created AVI files produced by "PINNACLE" company. I'd like to know, is there any alternative which could be used to enable "TEPGEnc" read directly from DV500 files.
2) I'd like to know what's the differece between the shared software "TEMPGEnc" vs the purchased one , in terms of speed, and functionalities ?
3) If I'd like to purchase the "TEPGEnc" software, would you please advise the way of purchasing it.
If you can"t get Tmpgenc to read the files useing the DV500 try captureing to a codec that Tmpgenc does support, you can read sequential files in Tmpgenc with the Canopus DV codec,But I don"t know if you get a choice of codecs to capture to with DV500 but you do with studio 7DV,As for the differance between the demo and the registered version The registered version has fewer bugs and it is a bit faster and has a better 2 pass mode but over all it isn"t that much different than the demo but you do get a help manual, you can download it for a 14 day test run at the site you link to when you click the banner below and that is where you purchase the registration code when you decide to buy it, you need a credit card..