Hi, I bought a registration code, and it says to enter it on the splash screen; but there is no option there, just the trial version countdown. Does the option to register come up once the trial period is over?

Thanks.

You need to go to the Pegasus site by clicking the link below and download the Plus version. If you have the serial I can't understand how you wouldn't know this unless you came by the serial from some other means.

ASHY

Sheesh, NO, I bought it fair & square. Maybe there was an instruction in the email that said I had to download Plus for it to work, but I assumed the only difference was whether or not you had entered the registration number.... and the program itself was the same.

I have several divx videos which I now wish to transfer to DVD via a Pioneer drive. I have been playing with TMPEGEnc the last few days to produce mpeg2 videos ready for burning but have come across one issue I cannot get around. The resulting video streams screen ratio has become distorted, its always too tall and not wide enough even though I have tried many varied settings !! *exasperated*

I have listed a few details below of the video streams, could someone advise me of the ratios I should be using? Am I missing a step somewhere?

640x304 23fps

352x240 20fps

704x384 25fps

640x380 23fps

Any and all help really appreciated, I cannot get anywhere with this by myself..

The distortion you are seeing is correct for MPEG2 SVCD. Load one of the SVCD templates either SVCD PAL or SVCD NTSC depending on you TV system the framesize will be 480x480(NTSC) or 480x576(PAL).

Your DVD software or hardware player will automatically adjust the ratio to the correct size. Just make sure you choose Full screen(keep aspect ratio) as the Video arrange method and choose the correct source aspect ratio for the file you are encoding.

ASHY

I just looked at your post again and I see you are transferring to DVD. Just simply choose the DVD template and encode making sure you have selected Full screen(keep aspect ratio) as the Video arrange method.

ASHY

I chose the DVD choice from the wizard when starting tmpegenc, is this the template to which u refer? or am I missing something.....

When you say the DVD player will autosize the ratio does this mean i can ignore the results of the preview in tmpeg? This shows the distorted picture,is this irrelevant then?

Thanks for the reply.

If you are choosing the DVD template then as long as you choose the correct source aspect ratio and vdideo arrange method every thing should look ok in the preview.
You are obviously leaving a vital step out.
Post the steps you are taking and the original aspect ratio of your AVI file.

ASHY

>Just choosing the DVD option under TMPGEnc won't work with Divx avi's; the resultant file will still not comply to DVD standards and will be rejected by the authoring/burning software. You will have to go into the settings option and manually change the aspect ratio to 704x512 (for PAL).


I don't believe this statement is true at all as the aspect ratio you have quoted is totally wrong for DVD.
DVD aspect ratios are either 720x576 for PAL or 720x480 for NTSC and The TMPG template WILL select the correct output aspect ratio depending on the DVD template chosen.

If you are talking about the input aspect ratio then how can you automatically determine that it is going to be 704x512? It may be 352x288 or some other resolution so neither of those statements are true.

I suppose I can forgive you because from some of your other posts I can tell you seem relatively new to encoding MPEGs.

ASHY

Like I said it's obvious you are new to encoding. Let me correct you once again and this time I'll give you proof.
>Clearly you have never encoded a DVD. If you had, and you knew anything about the DVD standard, you would know that 704x512 and 720x512 are BOTH legal DVD resolutions for PAL, with 704x480 and 720x480 BOTH being legal resolution for NTSC.

Wrong again, according to the specs legal resolutions are 704x576 and 720x576 for PAL and 704x480 and 720x480. No where does it state 704x512 is a legal resolution.
Take a look at the specs below.
http://www.discusa.com/dvd/dvdvideo/dvdv_vid2.htm

Next I still have a hard time believing that you say TMPG changes the resolution once a Divx is selected even after loading a template.
The DVD templates are locked and cannot be changed until they are unlocked. The only way that they would change after selecting a template is if the template was created by yourself. In this case the template wouldn't be locked and the resolution would indeed change after selecting the Divx if it's resolution is different.

You are correct that I don't have much experience encoding DVD, yet I have been encoding MPEGs for nearly 3 years now and Iam much accomplished at it.
I am also aware of the program IFOEDIT and you are right it is favourable to use this program rather than transcode and lose quality.

Having said this it still seems I am more knowledgable with respect to encoding and the DVD specs and nothing I have said has actuaually been wrong whereas your statements are clearly wrong and proved so by the evidence above.

So like I said you still seem like a newbie.

Once again you are forgiven.

ASHY

Ok let me correct you ONCE again (I can't beleive I have to do this).

First of all it was YOU who brought up the subject of experience and how much you actually had with encoding. All I did was add that I also had much experience and as for the typo, twice you have quoted the same resolution in 2 different posts.

Secondly, nowhere in any of my posts have I advised transcoding DVD's.
If you read the original post it actually states that the movies are DIVX and the person wants to transfer them to DVD. Now forgive me, maybe I'm missing something here, but I think I'm right in assuming that IFOEDIT can't do this with DIVX files and the only way is to transcode to MPEG.

You may have more experience with IFOEDIT than myself, but I'm more or less sure I have greater knowledge as far as encoding is concerned and all my answers are based on research and my own experience.

In conclusion before you decide to retort with some clever comment, do yourself a favour and look at the previous posts, so you know what you are talking about, because to be honest this is now getting quite boring.

The expert,
ASHY

I don't claim to be any sort of GURU, but I do know irrelevant and incorrect advice when I see it.
Unlike yourself I don't have to make claims of being some sort of well educated genius to gain some respect on this BBS. The advice I have given in the past on this board already speaks for itself.

Following up on your point of 'expert opinion', so now you claim to be some sort of expert. I would rather call MY opinons experienced advice.
Also as far as giving helpful advice is concerned, that is pricisely my intention. I think I have reasonable enough knowledge and experience which could benefit other people who use this BBS, maybe not all my advice will suit everyone and there will be instances where it may not be correct for that particular situation, but as you say, it is up to the user to decide.

One thing I do know is that my presence on this board is appreciated by those I have helped. It is not about 'hierarchy' it is about knowing that the experience and knowledge I have gained can help someone else and that is why I attend this board.

As for fretting about feeling threatened by my 'posistion' on this board by anyone with an expert opinion. All I can say is that certainly isn't you and what exactly is my position on this board may I ask?

ASHY

>I think I have reasonable enough knowledge and experience which could benefit other people who use this BBS, maybe not all my advice will suit everyone and there will be instances where it may not be correct for that particular situation, but as you say, it is up to the user to decide.

Well, I'll agree with you on that.

>Unlike yourself I don't have to make claims of being some sort of well educated genius to gain some respect on this BBS. The advice I have given in the past on this board already speaks for itself.

I'm a professional researcher and take my job seriously - I know how to research whatever I turn to.

I don't however slag other people's opinion, and you wouldn't be doing so either if you didn't feel threatened. As for respect, I'm not looking for it, although clearly you are.

I question your egalitarian motives and suspect you have a somewhat limited academic background and are trying to "prove" yourself on this, and maybe other, bulletin boards.

Griff

LOL, limited academic background you say. I'm not even going to take you up on that one.
Now I see you're getting rattled and resorting to cheap comments in an effort to undermine my self worth.
For someone who claims to have a proffesional background you have a childish attitude when it comes to having a disagreement about something.

Anyway your comments are beginning to become tiresome and I don't want to waste any more of my precious time corresponding with a deviant such as your self.

Reply if you choose, but it is unlikely I will bother checking back again. Maybe you could throw a few of those long words in you keep using in an attempt to prove your intelligence supersedes mine.

Regards,
ASHY

>LOL, limited academic background you say. I'm not even going to take you up on that one.

I bet you arn't.

This bulletin board is starting to become a source of entertainment.

Griff

go Greif go! i support you

Hi
Ive made a few movies and all worked out great but then now they havnt been.
im pretty sure i used mpeg tools to join some more bits on the end.(1 more little mpg), well the original file was avi so i convert it into mpeg with tmpgenc. after that i joined it by using the tools under the file menu. after burning it unto a disk, it plays well on my computer, but when i played it on my dvd, the person isn't speaking at the right time, as if the audio is a little bit too fast for the video,and sometimes the video goes really fast for a second or so, but then sometimes it comes together again and then BOOM it's back to you know.... what is wrong??? ... can anyone help me. can someone help me please.

i think i might have a very similar, probably the same problem as jasmine a bit further down....if anyone could help plz. THx

did you use standard NTSC VCD specs? or PAL specs settings when you encoded?

I have found this is actually a problem with certain dvd players reacting to buffer under and over flows, one thing that seems to help is to turn the VBV buffer down to like 40-60, and burn your vcd"s on the slowest speed you can, my 24 time cd-rw will only let be burn at 8 times so I"ve been useing slow burning disks and burning at 4 times and the problem has dissapeared...

Thx for all the help...
but im pretty sure its got nothing to do with my dvd player because all my other vcds' and svcd's that ive made have worked great....im now pretty sure its because of tmpgenc's cut and join tools.......If someone good still help with my problem thx...it was in ntsc film format and the other that didnt work was pal...

After rebuilding the index of a Divx file with DivxFix, TMPGEnc often don't see the video. When I try to preview it using Source Range, the preview is just a black screen. Does DivxFix create an incompatible index that is unreadable by TMPGEnc?

Can we have in future versions a size output display as the film is encoding.
As i hate having to do 1 min runs just to see the size of the file.
IE: 1min = 22mg x by 80mins = 1760mb Estimate.

Many Regards
Pacman:D

This is the one feature that would make encodeing a much better experience,I sometimes have to encode a movie 5 times cuz the file edns up either to big or to small, Cinema Craft has this feature and have come to rely on it when useing that program.....

Thxs 4 Backing Me Up...
Lets Hope We See This Implamented In A Near Future Version..:)

Regards
Pacman:)

Hi,

I try to convert the trailer of startrek nemesis from MOV to Video-CD to look at it on my TV. With tMPEGenc : to produced file has no sound !
(you can try getting the file at http://www.startrek.com/

I will try to extract the sound from the MOV file and to mix them,

garzol

I downloaded TMPGEnc Plus for a 30 day trial...I tried using it to produce Mpeg2 files for DVD authoring with DVD-IT PE......I am able to tweak the TMPGEnc parameters to produce Mpeg-2 files of magnificent quality, better than any other encoder I've tried, but when I try to use these files in DVD-IT PE, I get an error message that the files don't have one Sequence Header per GOP.....Now, I know that they do, because I've been through all the settings and have set the GOP parameters accordingly, but still get this error message....I am encoding in PAL, so the total GOP limit is 15 frames....with 1 Sequence Header every GOP....

can anyone tell me what is going on...is this happening because its just an evaluation version....? I am convinced that Tsunami is unbeatable so really want to use it, but can't until I find out what I'm doing wrong...

Brian...

If you are loading your file as a program stream then don't. Most DVD authoring systems prefer separate Video and audio streams, so demultiplex your MPEG to a separate Video and Audio stream.

ASHY

If you read the post properly it already states that the GOP length is 15 and that he has added a sequence header.
The actual GOP structure you quote is irrelevant.

ASHY

I had a similar GOP (Group Of Picture) problem in My DVD (a watered down versin of DVD-IT). The simple way of fixing the problem was to load the file to be encoded using the DVD template; this method doesn't always work,however, and is, I suspect, version dependent.

Tmpg which worked great for me for a long time now locks up and freezes durng conversion.I have deleted and reinstalled it many times with no help.This happens on all movies that I try and convert. It happens at different times even on the same movie.It locks my computer up hard.No other problems with any other programs I run.
p3 1000
384 ram
Running xp.
Any advice?
And thanks in advance.
Kerzon

The same thing just started happening to me. I've been doing standard SVCD settings with a bitrate of 1900 for months without problem. Now (after installing v2.54) I'm getting hard lockups during encoding. I may try to drop back to a previous version of TMPGEnc.
Athlon TB 900
256M
ATI AIW 128

Let me know if this works. I've tried about everything I can think of and am bummed out.
Kerzon

i downloaded a movie that is like an hour long and it's also split into 11 parts. well the original files are asx (i think) so i convert it into mpeg with tmpgenc. after that i joined it by using the tools under the file menu. after burning it unto a disk, it plays well on my computer, but when i played it on my dvd, the person isn't speaking at the right time, as if the audio is a little bit too fast for the video, but then sometimes it comes together again and then BOOM it's back to you know.... what is wrong??? i thought that it could be the cd brand that i'm using, but i guess it isn't... can anyone help me. i just don't understand how it would play perfect on the computer and all messed up in my dvd player...

That can happen if you encoded to a frame rate different than your avi files frame rate,and useing the merge and cut to join many files there can be an audio de-sync problems,files allways play better and smoother on a computer cuz the computer sort of compinsates for any flaws in the movie where a dvd player is VERY sensitive with what it will read, what I would advise is to use a different joining and editing program cause the mpeg tools just cause problems.......

Ok, so your sure it DOES play fine on your PC. If this is the case then it's not the encoding method, but the burning method and is usually down to the burning software.

What are you using to burn the movie? If you are using Nero then I would advise you to upgrade to the latest version as there is a bug in earlier versions which causes this in some players.
If that doesn't cure it try another software such as VCDeasy or one that has been known to correct this problem is Instant CD/DVD.

Also don't burn your disk any higher than 4x or it can and usually does cause problems in many hardware DVD players.

One other note on the files you downloaded, those files where obviously split purposely so they could be downloaded easier. You should have then used the original program to join the files back together. Where they winrar files with extensions such as .rar .01 .02 ? If not you should have used a proper file joining problem to re-combine them back together as joining so many MPEG files like you did is not advisable and can cause problems.

ASHY

I am using nero, but how do I upgrade it??




>Ok, so your sure it DOES play fine on your PC. If this is the case then it's not the encoding method, but the burning method and is usually down to the burning software.
>
>What are you using to burn the movie? If you are using Nero then I would advise you to upgrade to the latest version as there is a bug in earlier versions which causes this in some players.
>If that doesn't cure it try another software such as VCDeasy or one that has been known to correct this problem is Instant CD/DVD.
>
>Also don't burn your disk any higher than 4x or it can and usually does cause problems in many hardware DVD players.
>
>One other note on the files you downloaded, those files where obviously split purposely so they could be downloaded easier. You should have then used the original program to join the files back together. Where they winrar files with extensions such as .rar .01 .02 ? If not you should have used a proper file joining problem to re-combine them back together as joining so many MPEG files like you did is not advisable and can cause problems.
>
>ASHY

Hello, I am having a problem when i convert an avi or mpg to avi.. if i got an avi and i want to make changes to it, and i edit it and i want to save it in avi format, i have selected the divx low-motion codec... and i use regular sound..and when i get the output avi file.. it has green little splotches like when you mix up codecs if you have AngelPotion (i have had the same problem, but it was pink then).. but now it is green when i convert to avi.. can someone please answer my question? I really want to get back to converting my movies.. Thanks :)

If you are makeing avi files out of avi files or avi files out of mpeg files then try useing "virtualdub" that is what it is designed for, and if you want to make an avi out of an mpeg then I use dvd2avi cuz it is really fast like allmost real time on my slow machine.....

Thanks alot minion.. your a big help.. :)

The Divx codec you are using is now oudated. Use a later improved codec such as 4.12 or Divx 5. You will get better results than using the older Divx low and fast motion codecs and increase your bitrate.

The other thing is why are you saving it again as AVI at all. This is unecessary and will decrease the quality of the movie. You should be using Virtualdub to edit the file and then frameserve that file to TMPG rather than creating another AVI which is not only preserving the quality of the original AVI, but will also speed things up as you are not creating another unecessary AVI.
Go to www.vcdhelp.com for info how to frameserve from Virtualdub to TMPG.

ASHY

Or your file maybe corrupted, check for errors using DivxFix.

Thanks for all ya'lls help.. Thanks :)

I tried using Tmpgenc to cut and merge my mpg files but it never works for me. Anyone know of better editors?

Hey, the only software i know of to do cutting is Camels Mpeg Joiner.. its alot faster! :)

There are lots of them , one is "mpeg2vcr" and "m2-edit pro" and power vcr edits mpeg"s and joines them..there are literally dozzens of them, but if you are just doing mpeg1/vcd then you can use vcd cutter it is freeware......

Enabling the padding option in the 2xpass VBR bitrate window causes packet errors when trying to multiplex with bbmpeg. It claims that there is no user data and halts without finishing the segment's scan data or the rest of the multiplex. These streams also cause other multiplexors to halt and packet error problems with VCD-Easy/Imager. In fact, the only fix I have found (without re-encoding without the padding option) is the mpeg->mpeg fix option with VCDGear.

I have since stopped using this padding option and the errors have ceased. There are quite a few others who have experienced the same problems per the doom9 boards.

mGuru

Adding padding seems sort of useless it is just adding empty space inyour file when you need all the space you got.....

I agree with minion adding the padding seems pointless to me. Do you really need to add it. Is your DVD player that critical when it comes to playing DVD's.
Also the reason why that bag of shite called VCDgear fixed your file is because it removed the padding from the MPEG file.

If you need to remove padding from any more movies I suggest you not use VCDgear and just load the file into the MPEGtools multiplexer. You will see the padding stream there and it will allow you to remove it.

ASHY

I was just noting the bug report because a lot of people are getting this error, including myself, and I just recently figured out what was causing all the problems.......

BTW, do you have a link for that MPEGtools multiplexer please?

Thanks,
mGuru

The MPEGtools Multiplexer is part of TMPGenc.
Click File>MPEGtools

ASHY

Load the file into the MPEGtools de-multiplexer and you should see three streams, one of these will be the padding stream.

ASHY

Load the file into the MPEGtools de-multiplexer and you should see three streams, one of these will be the padding stream.

ASHY