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Well, I'm BRAND new to all this MPEG2 stuff. This program was recomended to me, so I dnld it, upzipped it to a folder called TMPGEnc and made a shortcut on my desktop.
When I double click on that, I get a wizard that won't go Next or Back. So I cancel.
Then I set up my source as an avi I created a few days ago (that I converted to mpeg1 using Media Cleaner Pro), and my destination. Select Start and get an error P3Package.dll not found.
Can anyone tell me what I may have done wrong? Or where to look for answers?
Thanks very much!!!
This problem is only happening to one file that I'm trying to convert. I'm trying to convert a divx/mpg4 v3 file (29.97 frames per second, 43906 frames) to a VCD file (NTSC). For the original file to be converted, under Property-->Details-->Other information,it says Software Nandub v1.0rc2 (I don't know if this is causing the problem). When I try to convert the file to VCD readable MPEG2, TMPGEnc shows the length as 96810 frames. After the video runs out, the conversion continues. What is the problem, and how do I get around it (I have ver. 2.53 and I have tried enabling Source range and do not frame rate conversion, and neither option helps)? Thanks in advance.
I'm not sure how to correct the problem, but the simple thing to do is just stop the conversion when the video runs. It won't effect the rest of the movie that has already been encoded or if you've already encoded just trim off the excess using the MPEG tools.
When using the 2 pass variable bit rate to make a VCD do you need to change the steam type to something other than MPEG-1 Video-CD Standard for it to be effective? Is standard 1150 constant or can it just be 1150 average?
Ok, while VCD is used by everyone as a generic term for movies, the word VCD actually denotes very specific settings in the video and audio streams. Thus to answer your question, a VCD must have 1150 CBR as a bitrate to be a VCD. XVCD's are VCD's that use a higher (or lower) constant bitrates. Lastly, technical VCD's do not use VBR (variable bitrate: 2+xPass), they are CBR or constant bitrate.
Now, a SVCD is maybe what you are talking about which is a variant MPEG-2 stream which can use either CBR or VBR. CBR is not an average, it is the bitrate for the entire stream. On the other hand, VBR does have settings for the low, average, and high bitrate targets. And they are "targets" not absolutes.
My suggestion is to use the wizard or the templates that come with TMPG if you are unsure.
No, I'm not talking about a SVCD but a VCD, though technically I guess it would be a XVCD even if the average bitrate is 1150. (Which is part of what I was asking.)
In the VCD Wizard template of TMPGEnc you can change from CBR to the 2 pass VBR. I'm just wondering what, if anything, you need to change the stream type to if you use the 2 pass VBR. MPEG1 VideoCD non standard or system VBR or...?
VCDs with MPEG1 VBR are possible and a short test with my Yamakawa showed no probs with playback. You have set the stream type to MPEG-1 VIDEO-CD non-standard.
VCDs with MPEG1 VBR are possible and a short test with my Yamakawa showed no probs with playback. You have set the stream type to MPEG-1 VIDEO-CD non-standard.
No you don"t need to change the stream type,but you are better off useing "cbr" for vcd"s,cuz dvd players that play vcd"s don""t like vbr mpeg1,cuz if the bitrate gets to low the dvd player can"t read it,unless you set the minimum bitrate to say 500kbs cuz lower that that your dvd player might choke on it...
There should be no problem using VBR for MPEG1 if your DVD player isn't fussy and I think most DVD players will play a VBR MPEG1 movie.
But depending on your player you may have to work within certain constraints such as minimum bitrate level.
To be honest with you standard VCD just doesn't cut it for me. The quality is far to low and why waste the extra space on that 80min disk when you could easily up the average bitrate to 2000kbps for a regular movie.
My advice is to do a few small tests and see what your player can handle and use 'Constant quality(CQ)' not 'Automatic VBR(CQ) as this will give better overall quality for the file size.
For example the settings I would use for VCD are:
Minimum bitrate - 0
Maximum Bitrate - 4000
Quality - 100
For 2 pass:
Minimum bitrate - 0
Maximum Bitrate - 4000
Average 2000
and if you drop the audio bitrate down to 128kbps you will be able to up the Video bitrate even further, but remember to choose the non standard VCD option under the system Tab or TMPG will automatically pad the movie under a certain bitrate increasing the file size.
The above settings will give you a nice movie which should fit a 100min movie on 2 80mins cd's no prob.
got an avi file that i want to encode in vcd . start tmpgenc floating error appear.
well , try virtual dub frame server with tmpgenc ; error disappear the encoding continue all the movie , but when i try to watch the mpg file , it still freezing at the same place that the floating error ???????????
Your avi file is corrupted,what you can do is try to make a copy with virtua dub and use that but you said that it still kept freezing at the same spot in virtua dub, this happens a lot if you download movies from the net,so you only have one option to try,un-check all the boxes in the "cpu" tab and the "quantize matrix" tab under "settings", then try to encode and if it freezes at the same spot again I think you are out of luck..
Download this program and run your avi through it http://free.top.bg/tenadownload2/avidefreezer.zip
then load your avi into TMPG.
If it gives you the floating point error try frameserving again with Virtualdub.
I think your problem is your audio has to be at 41000khz and 224kbs or under,audio at 48000khz won"t play on yer dvd player,but you don"t have to re-encode the file just de-multiplex the mpeg file and load in yer audio to tmpgenc and convert the audio the multiplex them back together....
No offense, but I am not afraid to admit I am a newbie, lol. Now what the hell do you mean by "de-multiplex the mpeg file and load in yer audio to tmpgenc and convert the audio the multiplex them back together...." Sorry to be such a pain.
No offense, but I am not afraid to admit I am a newbie, lol. Now what the hell do you mean by "de-multiplex the mpeg file and load in yer audio to tmpgenc and convert the audio the multiplex them back together...." Sorry to be such a pain.
Multiplexing means combining of sound and video.
De-multiplexing means seperating of sound and video.
Once your audio format is wrong, then you have to de-multiplex the sound and convert it to proper format for vcd. Finally you multiplex the new sound with previous video to mpeg-1 file for VCD.
Before de-multiplexing and loading anything anywhere you need to find out what the audio details are.
Download this program called Virtualdub http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualdub/VirtualDub-1_4_10.zip
Then run the program and load your MPEG1 file.
When loaded click file in the options at the top then choose 'file information' from the menu.
Look at where it says 'audio track' in the box that pops up it should say 44khz stereo, 224kbps layer II.
If it doesn't your gonna have to re-encode your audio.
If you have the original AVI then load that into TMPG as the audio if not load your Mpeg instead as the audio then on the right where it says 'stream setting' click 'audio only'
Click setting then click the audio tab and set parameters as follows:
MPEG1 audio layer II
sampling frequency - 44100
Channel mode - stereo
Bitrate 224
Now encode. this will give you a new audio file with the extension .mp2
Note: if you have any problem changing settings click the load button and navigate to your TMPG folder. Inside the templates folder is a folder called 'Extra' which contains a file call 'unlock.mcf'
Double click it and the settings will unlock.
Now you will have to mutiplex your new audio with the video.
open the MPEG tools. Goto File>MPEG tools and load your Mpeg into the 'Video' box and re-encoded audio into the 'Audio' box under the 'Simple multiplex' tab
Choose your output (make sure it's not called the same as the input if it's in the same folder) and then click the button in the 'TYPE' box and choose 'MPEG-1 Video CD' from the drop down menu.
Now click run and your movie will combined, next just load your movie into your burning software making sure you choose the VCD option.
Sorry Erik I forgot to tell you one small point.
To make sure you select the right stream when you open the AVI with the program, just highlight it and right click on it, this will give you a box with some options. One of them will be play. This will then play the audio track so you know which one to choose.
Some of my .avi's can not be loaded for conversion, while others do not have a problem at all. What is going wrong or what might be the difference ? How can I still encode them into MPEGs
Is what is happening you are getting a "can not open or unsupported" error..if this is true,go to yer "vpapi plugins" and raise your "direct show" to "2" and lowere every thing else to "0" this should get your file loaded in "tmpgenc"...
When I try to split my mpeg-file (SVCD) for matching CD-R size i get the following message: "At address 73EF1D04, Read Error occured against address7rEF1Do4"
I´m using TMPGENC 2.53. My system is a Athlon 1400.
Any idea what the problem can be?
I have the same problem. Just ignore it-click ok or whatever it says (don't remember) and then proceed with splitting. Works fine except for me except for the message.
How can I change the buffer size or whatever I need to change to get rid of buffer underflows? I search the BBS and couldn't find out how to change it.
When I try to convert an divx avi down to mpeg there is no video source on the compiled mpeg. I beleive the problem is with the latest divx codec. Can anyone confirm this???, Cheers.
Well to be honest DIVX 5 is supported by TMPG as it works on my system and many others.
I'ts more likely due a mix of codecs on your system causing the problem.
There are a few ways which may help you around this.
First, uninstall all codecs and just install divx 5 to see if the problem dissapears when you encode in TMPG. (use a small test file)
Second, remove the DIVX 5 codec and install 4.12. This will still decode divx 5 movies.
Third, if non of the above works then open your movie in Virtualdub and frameserve it to TMPG.
I'm converting files from AVI to MPG and after a while of processing I get a "Floating Point Error". I tried different files and sooner of later during the conversion I get this error. Any suggestions? Is this a bug?
Got the same error message sometimes. To avoid it use a frame server like the "Video Server Plugin v0.93 " from www.videotools.net in combination with some editing softlike like premiere.
to stop this error firt of all don"t do anything with your computer while encodeing,I mean anything ,no screen saver no nothing,and if this isn"t yer problem go to your "cpu" tab and un-check all the boxes on this page(sse,mmx ect) then un-check the "use floating point" box on the "quantize matrix" page and this will stop the error but it will take longer to encode......