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Hi,
After downloading *.avi files or converting home vhs movies to *.avi to my hard drive, I get "Illegal stream format" errors when I try to convert to MPG-1 using
TMPGenc. Ultimately, these are to be burned to vcd using Nero. This has worked when the downloaded file was originally in *.mpg. What am I missing or doing wrong?
TIA for your help!
fiddler51
I want to use the information of the first pass cause i don't want to spend 3hours more
¿its possible to use the information of the first pass (like log or sbs stats in divx) and get up (or get down) the quality in the second pass (and only reencode the second pass?
Are you saying you would like to use the information created in the first pass for ALL your movies?
If so, what would be the point in that.
The first pass is to set the bitrate for each particular scene in a movie and refers *ONLY* to that movie.
It would be totally pointless to use it for any other movie because the bitrate settings wouldn't refer to the scenes in that movie.
No, I am saying to use the information of the first pass to reencode the second one if were needed.
If I encode one film and it's too big to get into a cd i could reencode in worst quality but i don't need to extract the information of the first pass cause i have do it yet, I only need to make the second pass in worst quality to smaller filesize.
Hi i tried with the new version of tmpgenc to make a dvd format mpeg2, dvdit pe doesn't accept it. However when i did the same thing with version 2.01 it worked fine.
I have just found TMPGE and been playing around with it, it seems just what I am looking for. I have encoded an AVI to MPEG but it will not play on my DVD home player. The player will play VCD2.0. SVCD. CVD. What I did was to convert the AVI file and save it to H/D then copy across to my CD burner....is this right or should I have burnt directly to the CD whilst encoding was going on ?
( set the destination file to my CD burner )
Please help as I would like to be able to get to grips with this software.
Also how can you join large MPEGs together, I have a DVD burner to put them onto a DVD disk
Use one the templates, either VCD or SVCD. Then make sure you choose the same option for the file in NERO. Either SVCD or VCD depending on the file you have created.
You cant just copy the file onto a CD. You must use one of the options above.
Thanks for the info Ashy, will use the sites you pointed me to and d/load the relevent s/ware and take it from there. Do I have to use Nero to burn CD's with ?
No you don't HAVE to use nero! You can also use Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum. It also has a VCD option. I have found nero to be the best at it though so you might want to give it a try.
Click the 'Load' button within TMPG and then navigate your way to the TMPG folder and in here you will find a folder named 'Templates'.
This is where you will find the templates you require.
I'm running XP also and am getting the same error but I went back in and out again and it seems to get by it and worked-- But on my cuts on every cd at the end the sound stops like 10 to 30 seconds before the movie stops.
Can any one clue me in on what to do to correct this?
Everyone talks about Nero at this post. I use Stomp RecordNow Max for my VCD burning(will not do SVCD). It works wonderful. I have tried several burning programs(I even have Roxio 5.0) but this has worked great for me. I do not remember why I gave up on Nero. Seems like alot of them you had to create a bin cue image before burning. This is just my opnion. Maybe give someone another option for burning. Oh it is not free but they have a demo.
I have just bought a DVD player in the hope of being able to play downloaded .avi files. I used TMPGEnc to convert to VCD but get a disc error when I try to play on DVD player (which is CDR / CDRW compatable)- although it does recognise it as a VCD first.
I have probably not converted properly? Can someone point me in the right direction for creating playable VCDs? I'm afraid I have no idea what I'm doing!
Hi, i my beable to help ur problem, but this might be late oh well i'll give it a try!
when u select the avi file to conver you have to give it a layer of vcd this is done by pressing "load" in the bottom right corrner of the tmpg screen, you should find a folder called "templates" look in that folder for a reagion that your dvd player handles and then you should be done, also when u do i think u may have to cut the mpeg file where thats under file and called "mpeg" tool click that and click the tab "merge and cut" when doing this there is another drop down pannel and make sure that says "mpeg 1 video cd" this is another layer and just tells the dvd player thats it's a vcd.
after all that you can watch your films on your dvd player.
hope that helps. if not i've just confusted you:) oh well
need anymore help just e-mail me!:)
Simon
Make sure that you are useing a compatiable type of CDR for your dvd player! I use a brand that you can get online or at Circuit City called STI. Circuit city is the only store that i've been able to find them at! Also make sure that you have loaded the VCD Template in TMPGEnc and that you are burning it as a VCD in your burning program! Most DVD players only play VCD 2.0 Format. if its encoded in any other format (ie. VCD 1.0) then the dvd player won't play it! Hope this helps you out!
Is there any way to encode divx-files to mpeg without getting so big files that I need 3 CD-R (700M) to burn the final VDC. What I'm asking for is if I can do settings in TMPGenc to get the mpeg-filesize lower. I always encode the audio i VirtualDub and then use that as audiosource. The settings I use in TMPGenc is the defaultsettings, (I think anyway).
If you are using the default settings in TMPG for VCD then you should very rarely if ever need any more than two cds. At a gues I'd say you are using the SVCD option. You should choose the VCD template.
Sorry. Forgot to wrote this in the first question. I use the right templates, (I hope). "VideoCD (NTSC-film).mcf". "VideoCD (NTSC).mcf" "VideoCD (Pal).mcf". Depending on the frame rate, right? My question was if there is a way to get the final mpeg-filesize smaller. Maybe there isn't?
Techno, I would advise you to stop giving that advice. Refer back to the previous post on this subject and try it first.
The Nero timeline does *NOT* refer to the time of the actual file but the time in minutes regarding the the length of the CD.
It **WILLNOT** under any circumstances burn a 3gb file on an 800mb/80min cd.
HEKNE. If your movie is around 2hrs it should easily fit on two cd's. Please post the specs you are using.
Nero does infact go by the time of the video file that is being burnt! As long as the video file is 80 mins or less it will be burned to one cd reguardless of the file size!
Color me stupid, but I don't care what program you use. If you try to put 3GB of data on an 80 min CD your going to fail. Do you believe nero is compressing your stream automagically for you. If so, quality of 3GB stream rammed into 700MB will be #!$S.
Sorry for the flaming message but I've seen this idea expressed too many times.
*N0* you try it!! Your going to be red faced and your beginning to annoy me with with your lack of knowledge in this aspect.
If it was possible to fit 3gb on a 80min disk then PLEASE tell me why the hell would we need high capacity DVD disks to fit a 2 hour movie on. Tell me why smart ass.
And to correct the unknowledgeable person agreeing with you. Before the both of you go making claims of something, try it first. Make yourself a 3gb file less than 80 mins running time by encoding to MPEG2 at a high bitrate and see if it fits on a cd. I guarantee it WONT!
Nero *DOES NOT* use the time line for the size in minutes of the file, but the amount of minutes used on the disk.
If the file is high bitrate and lets say runs for around 40 mins. It will NOT say 40 mins in the time line, but will be much higher.
And as for experience in burning goes Techno. I'm talking from experience. Because of the activities Iam involved in, I burn roughly 20-25 disks per week.
Techno before you reply back with another senseless anwswer go away and do the above test. If you do manage to fit 3gb on a disk then I will personally come up to Edinburgh to see this amazing disk, because I think the world needs to see this new fantasic discovery you have made and show the world of science that natural physics can be broken. I mean if you can fit 3gb an a 800mb disk then it then there is no reason why it shouldn't be possible to fit 3 pints of milk in a one pint carton. I think you can do it Techno, because you are a genius after all.
After encoding an DV avi file to SVCD Pal (VBR 1600 kbps) I found that the audio is not in sync any more with the video. I have checked this with the original file on the pc and also by play the mpeg file with WinDVD and by burning this to an SVCD using nero.
I have been having the same problem. I capture a 30 min SVCD MPEG2 with WinTVPVR, and it is in sync when played back. In order for me to burn to a SVCD i have to Simple Multiplex the SVCD file with TMPENC, after this is done the Audio gets progressively more out of sync until the end. (It seems like its in sync at the beginning, but not even close about 10-20 min into the file)
I am using the demo version of tmpgenc and I don't know if this is a bug or a feature request.
My drive that the output file was being pointed to was close to full. When tmpenc filled the drive it said "error" but not very explanitory.
It would be nicer if before creating the mpeg2 stream that it did a rough estimation of the size needed on the drive and report back to the user if there isn't enough space, or a warning at least.
I am looking to create a template that correctly sets the size of the SVCD output for my DVDplayer/TV combo and found I needed to change the option: video arrage method under the advanced tab to correctly change the size of the video and still keep it in mpeg2 format. Unfortunately the template save function doesn't save this setting, and I am wondering what I need to set in the template to correctly save this setting in it for future use, as it is quite a pain to change it every time.
Well, it saves the template, just not the setting for video arrange method/size of the video arrage setting. I get no errors and it saves nearly every other setting. I can only assume it isn't built to save that setting and you have to manually enter it in the template
Well, it saves the template, just not the setting for video arrange method/size of the video arrage setting. I get no errors and it saves nearly every other setting. I can only assume it isn't built to save that setting and you have to manually enter it in the template
TmpgEnc used to run fine in winMe.
After loading Video Factory 1.0 from Sonic Foundry, it freeze when dropping a .m2v file to it.
Uninstall Video Factory no help.