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I can't encode AVI files that I downloaded, they play in windows media player but when I try to set them as the source file in TMPGEnc, it has an error saything that it is not support.
Go to your "enviromental settings" then to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show" to "2" and everything else at "0". this should get your file loaded.....
>Go to your "enviromental settings" then to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show" to "2" and everything else at "0". this should get your file loaded.....
I also tried this.
The file will open under the MPG tools menu, and it went through the entire 'encoding' process when I ran the file through the merge option.
When I try to edit merge item it gives me the following error: Could not open this file with Direct Show (0x80040200)
Detail: gibberish characters =<, a small o with a caret over it, and a square.
Whenever I try to merge two MPGs together using MPEG Tools -> Merge and Cut, I get a split-second loud squeak or shriek at the point where the two files are joined. Exporting the audio and loading it with GOldwave reveals a brief spike in the audio at that point. Is there any way to avoid this, or fix it?
Demultiplexing, converting .mp2 to .wav, reducing that point to 0db in the .wav, converting to .mp3, and re-multiplexing causes the audio to get out of sync badly.
Both MPGs were captured with the exact same specs in VirtualDub and encoded separately with the exact same specs in TMPGEnc.
I have a problem with the newset tmpgenc. The output SVCD FILM mpg file works fine but it has not APS. VCD EAsy 1.09 (latest) simply states that i can only make 1 chapter. How can i fix this?
What do you mean it hasn't APS? I know what Access Point Sectors are, but I don't understand as it must have APS otherwise it wouldn't be a SVCD.
What settings did you use in TMPG.
How have you tried to create the chapters? Have you entered them manually or have you pasted them in from another program?
i have created them maually with vcdeasy...vcdeasy sez that it can only have 1 chapter in a 42 minute file. i can make more only if i relax the APS constraints...this screws stuff up. I dont get it... my phillips dvd 711 could skip chapters before but now it dont.
All I can suggest on this one is remultiplexing with BBMPEG, but is it really that necessary to have the chapter points anyway.
You will still be able search through the movie even though you wont be able to skip.
Hi,
I am trying to use LAME with Tmpgenc by putting it in the external tools in enviromental settings. When I click start to begin the encode about a minute or two after i click a box comes up saying -
external encoder lame.exe was not properly run.-
does anybody know what i can do?
it might be something with the way i set up lame and the .exe file where it should be. I don't know.
Thanks
breathe
or does anybody know a good site to get lame so i can try it with a different download
you mean "toolame" if not that is your problem,try a different external encoder look for"SCMPX" it is a great external encoder for mp2-3 and has a frequency converter,you can find it on any search engine.....
Ashy the site that you showed me, is that the newest version of lame. I think that the newest is v3.92. Is that the one. Thanks for help. also do i need the rest of the files to make it work.
thanks
Your getting yourself confused here.
The file you are talking about Lame 3.92 is a .dll file which must be used with another program as a front end to encode to MP3.
The file you need to use with TMPG is a binary which can be run from the command line, the lame_enc.dll can not.
TMPG can use the binary by sending commands to it, but it can't do this with the .dll
This is why I said they are not the same.
And yes as far as I know this version 0.2i is the latest command line version.
What do you mean the rest of the files? There is only one file and thats it.
just put that in your TMPG directory.
I think that comes from the dvd player ,cuz on my player they sometimes jump in and out of sync,but on my friends player they work fine...I have had some sucess lowering the size of the vbv buffer,cuz I think the jumping has to do with buffer underflow and overflow,but i"m still trying to figure it out...
Keep your burning speed low.
Usually anything above 4x will give jerking problems on most players.
If you do burn at this speed try 2x.
Watch your bitrate settings check with a program like Bitrate viewer to see if the jumps or jerks happen at high bitrate spikes. Your player may not be able to handle these spikes.
Do a search on the net for compatibility problems for your player.
VCDhelp have a good guide on DVD players.
Don't use cheap crappy media.
This makes a world of difference on my player, usually anything made by the Ritek company (Arita, BASF, Samsung, Memorex, Targa, Rimax, Traxdata, FujiFilm & Ricoh) is crap and so are Prodisc. The best I have found are any disk made by the TAIO YUDEN company, (Sony, Philips & Imation) and so are TDK and KODAK.
I decided to burn a avi to xvcd but was having problems with file size not being able to fit on 2 cds...so I instead burned my avi to svcd and lowered the bitrate to 1400kbps to be able to fit 62 min on 1 cd, but now that I have burned it my dvd player (hitachi sd-2800) will not play it. It plays vcd's no problem...was there something in nero I should have done...all I did was pick the svcd and dragged the file and started to burn. I like the quality of the svcd to vcd and I am hopping there is workaround for this!!
Please Help!!!!!!
What version of NERO are you using? I had same issue with latest version 5.5.8.0. Was using 5.5.7.2 ok before update. Changed back to 5.5.7.2 and all ok now again.
I got many original DIVX movies, but I couldn't watch them.
I downloaded DIVX 5 Codecs and the lastest version of DIVX player. When I loaded the disc into my DVD player, It said my DVD player (Poneer S106) does not equipped with DIVX features. After that, I tried to load the movie either to play in DIVX player program or Windows Media Player, and those ways were failed too.
If your divx movies are an older version than 5.0,try downloading
an old codec.Maybe that will work.
Divx movies can never be played on standalone players so far.
are you talking about the old divx disks that came out around the same time as dvd"s started to come out but didn"t catch on?they have nothing to do with the divx compression...those disks will only play on a OLD divx player,and the only thing that they have in common with the divx codec is the name,those disks are obsolete and have no use unless you have a divx player witch they haven"t made in many years...so don"t get confused between the divx compression codec and those old divx disks cuz they have nothing to do with each other....
Most of My discs were created in 1998-1999. Mr.Margoo, Patch Adams, Mouse Hunts, and so on...I not sure that those cds are in the category that can't be used or not.
Download and install the divx 3.11 codec.
The movies are probably encoded with the Divx 3.11 codec.
Divx5 is not backwards compatible with divx 3.11.
Don't worry this won't remove the Divx5 codec as they can co-exist on the same system.
If the movies are original DIVX then I'm afraid Minion is right.
They are not the DIVX related to the MPEG4 codec, but another format which was designed to combat the DVD format, but never caught on.
These movies where originally designed to be used on a Pay-Per-View basis and thus required you to have a special hardware player which had to be connected to a Phone line.
So unless you can find yourself a DIVX player then you're out of luck.
Circuit city were the ones who used to stock the players, but I doubt they would have them now.
OK, I am new to this, but learning very quickly. Here is my situation:
I have converted a few avi's to mpeg-1. I've edited them to be sure they fit on the disc (making sure the file type is set to VCD). I burned one and it works fine in my DVD player. Since then, I've burned probably 6 more and NONE of them play. The DVD player recognizes it, but I'm getting nothing. I've gone back and tried to duplicate what I did with the first one exactly to no avail. I've checked and re-checked my settings... Needless to say, I'm stumped and frustrated. I have a Roxio VCD burning program (Easy CD 5.12 -- which may be part of the problem???)
I read the post from Kona and have been following that advice. I have not tried the CD-RW yet, but plan to later today. I was just wondering if anyone had any other advice... I'm stumped!
Firstly, what is your DVD player.
Second, stick with NERO and forget all the other burning programs for now and certainly dump that crap from ROXIO.
Nero has been proven to be one of the most reliable softwares for VCD burning and is probably the best option for Beginners.
DVD player is a Pioneer DV-C503 and I suddenly can't find the paperwork to give you more info on it! It's a 5 disc changer that reads mp3's, mpegs, etc.
Here's what the specs are on their website:
Video Performance Features:
10-bit Video Signal DAC for high-quality DVD pictures
Twin-Wave Laser Pickup for CD/Video CD/CD-R playback
Component Video Output
Pioneer Exclusive Viterbi Error Correction for Superior Reading Accuracy
Still Play (Field or Frame with Auto)
Still Step Play Forward and Reverse
Slow Motion Playback
Audio Performance Features:
96KHz/24-bit Audio DAC for superb sound quality
Dolby® Digital and dts® Digital Outputs
Output Terminals:
Video:
Component Video (Y, Cr, Cb) Output x 1
S-Video (S2 Compatible) x 1
Composite Video Output x 1
Audio:
Dolby Digital / dts / LPCM Coaxial Output x 1
Dolby Digital / dts / LPCM Optical Output x 1
Analog Output x 1
I'm often having trouble with converting quictime trailers with Tempgenc. I have the qt.vfp (size about 80 kB), but the encoder often says 'division by zero' (often just after trying to load the file). Is this some kind of protection from the people that make quicktime trailers (I'm talking about movieplayers, which I collect and then later write on a VCD)? Or do I need a newer vfp (I haven't found one yet)? Any help will be appreciated ;)
ok firstly i uncompress the avi with AVI Decompress.Then i load the decompressed avi file into TMPGEnc, set an output file name and so on.
The original avi frame rate is 23.xxx, but so i get the audio in pure sync i have to make the output files frame rate 29.xxx. I also change the picture size to 576x272, 4:3 525 (ntsc), i change the screen size because i hate wide screen and 576x272 gives me almost full screen without being too stretched.
Ok after the file is converted to Mpg and i watch it through either WM player or a software or hardware dvd player i get very slight jerky motion in the frames. The film is still very watchable. I just wondered if there were any settings in TMPGEnc so the film encoded smoother.?
You can't just change the framerate from 23.976 to 29.976 like that. This is what is giving you jerky playback and why did you change it.
Is the original AVI out of sync with the audio?
First of all, how did you change the frame rate? Did you change the frame rate of the original AVI or just the setting in TMPG.
If the audio was out of sync in the original AVI and you just changed the framerate in TMPG then the audio would still be out of sync and whats with this silly resizing. This is not standard and I'm suprised it works at all in your hardware player.
If you don't like widescreen then all you have to do is leave the standard frame size at 352x240 and use the 'clipframe' option under advanced settings to clip the sides until your happy with the size.
I can help you with this but your going to have to go into more detail.
>I know exactly what your problem is.
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>You can't just change the framerate from 23.976 to 29.976 like that. This is what is giving you jerky playback and why did you change it.
>Is the original AVI out of sync with the audio?
>First of all, how did you change the frame rate? Did you change the frame rate of the original AVI or just the setting in TMPG.
>If the audio was out of sync in the original AVI and you just changed the framerate in TMPG then the audio would still be out of sync and whats with this silly resizing. This is not standard and I'm suprised it works at all in your hardware player.
>If you don't like widescreen then all you have to do is leave the standard frame size at 352x240 and use the 'clipframe' option under advanced settings to clip the sides until your happy with the size.
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>I can help you with this but your going to have to go into more detail.
>
>ASHY
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Thx for replying Ashy, ok here goes,
The original avi file is 23.976fps. If i use this option
VideoCD (NTSCFilm).mcf or SuperVideoCD (NTSCFilm) they keep the same framerate and i get no jumps at all. So basically the AVI was encoded/ripped in NTSC, Thats fine ive also worked out how to adjust the picture size and keep the finished product a standard vcd or svcd so the will burn properly.
And what should my VFAPI plugin setting be set to for best results.
System info: P4 2.2g, 2G DDR ram, 128mb GF4.(tho you probably dont need this info)
My other question is this. Im also trying to put the finished mpg onto VHS, basically for a friend because he does not have a dvd player.
Now with either of the 2 setting above they play smooth with WMP or through a hardware mpeg card or a software dvd player(the mpeg card has a svideo out option which i connect to the vhs recorder)but when it goes to tape i get the streaming jumps again. so its either something to do with the ntsc type file going the the vhs tape or its a problem with my setup.
anyways i'll keep playing with the settings and maybe i'll get it right.
I am using Premiere with prdominently DV files. The resulting video is approx 3.GB which will not encode using TMPGE presumably because it is type 1. How can I get from Premiere to TMPGE? Is there a utility to enable TMPGE as a plug-in? Or is there a Premiere output mode that can be encoded without undue quality loss? Uncompressed files would of course be too large!! Thanks John
Is it possible to play a cd that has been converted using mpeg2 on a playstation 2 dvd player? I have tried a couple of different ways of recording but still no luck. Any help much appreciated.
NO I DONT THINK SO BECAUSE THE OLD PLAY STATION -IN ORDER TO PLAY A BURNED
GAME YOU NEEDED TO INSTALL CHIP SO IT MIGHT BE THE SAME W/ PS2
IVE TRIED PLAYING BURNED DVDS ON MY FRIENDS PS2 IT DIDNT WORK