Haven't even started and problems already! When I try to open an .avi file to convert I get an "illegal stram format" message! I have all the DivX codecs and have tried this with loads of films that I can all view fine with media player, bs player, win dvd or whatever. What now?

I have the same problem using Pinnacle's DC10 Plus capture card and their Studio AV 7 software with all updates. The Pinnacle must have a propietary AVI so I have to use Studio to encode into DV-AVI and then TMPGEnc will read the file and creat an mpeg for me. It seems rediculous that this has to be done since Studio has mpeg conversion but the quality is so poor compared to TMPGEnc's that I seem to have no other choice if I want decent looking VCDs.
Ktrek

make sure that your avi isn"t divx5 cuz it isn"t supported....

>I have the same problem using Pinnacle's DC10 Plus capture card and their Studio AV 7 software with all updates. The Pinnacle must have a propietary AVI so I have to use Studio to encode into DV-AVI and then TMPGEnc will read the file and creat an mpeg for me. It seems rediculous that this has to be done since Studio has mpeg conversion but the quality is so poor compared to TMPGEnc's that I seem to have no other choice if I want decent looking VCDs.
>Ktrek

Use Nero to burn your (S)VCD directly from your Studio-7 AVI files. Skip the TMPGEnc step.

When using the merge & Cut function in tmpgenc 2.52 to cut a large mpeg2-stream tmpgenc freezes after a few seconds. Programm has to be killed with task manager. Problem occurs only under win xp pro, in win 2000 there is no problem.
Does anybody know anything about ?
thks, chris

try compatability mode.

make sure that the stream has no corrupted frames.

Techno

yes be sure that your file doesnt contain any errors that I found caused me a lot of hedache the file would convert only to a point where the corrupt was then error out leaving a useless piece of junk. I wish the author of TMPGenc would add the ability for TMPGenc to fix these error spots. Hmm maybe in a future revision. ~NewtronX

File/stream is not defective. I cut the same stream under WIN2000 and it worked so it seems to be a WIN XP problem. I´m starting the same TMPGEnc.exe on my second hard disk while changing the hard disk physically (two OS) with a changing bracket. So video stream is on my second hard disk (e:) stored and the tmpgenc is stored on my second hard disk as well.
Any good ideas ?

I recently purchased TMPGEnc Plus. All my encoded movies have the little image (watermark?) in the upper right corner. I am refering to what looks like a logo or watermark which is a a graphic composes of 9 very small squares in a 3 x 3 grid. Does anyone else have these on their vidoes? Is this permanent? Should it be removed after installing the licensed version of TMPGEnc Plus 2.53?

Thanks,
BrainSwell

Strange, uninstall it, download the version from http://www.pegasys-inc.com/
or go throught there link to download the proggy, then use your licens to register it, there should be no watermark if you have a registerd version, at least to my knowleg.

Regards Dennis

TMPGEnc and TMPGEnc Plus never make watermarks!

What you have got as source file already have that!!!

Remove the Elecard MPEG2 codec from your system and use another MPEG2 codec. This is the reason why you are getting the watermark.

ASHY

I am running "TMPG ENC" on an old Pentium Pro 180mhz. It seems to work ok, however it takes up to 6-7 Hours to convert AVI to VCD. Apart from upgrading to a faster PC, is there anything that I can do with this thing to speed up the process???

if it is a DIVX file:

goto settings > advanced tab.

double click on the source range filter

hit start frame and goto the end of the movie and hit end frame.

click ok

in the video tab, set the motion search precision to motion search estimate (fast)

This is all u can do

Techno

Hi.

I have something I want to know, I have read lot's of guides on howto do this to my question is this.

I download a DivX movie (640*360 with AC3 sound) extract the audio to an uncompressed WAV file. Now I have a DivX and Wav file, insert them into Tmpgenc, load up a SVCD template and change some small stuff.

Now if I hit encode, it takes lika 36h or something to complete and when it's done I have a file that is around 2Gb. Now how do I split this file, Is it possible to do in tmpgenc since I don't like bbmpg and how long does it take to split a file that big in tmpgenc ?

Regards Dennis

well, to reduce the encoding time:

click on settings. set the motion search estimate to fast. in the advanced tab, use the source filter. move to the first frame, hit start frame, move to the end of the file and hit last frame.

click on ok.

then encode.

now

the way to split it is to do it in half's!

nero uses time scale, not file size.

:)

Techno

Oh so you think I should split the file using NERO ? can it do that fast or ?

I thought you had to ust BBmpg or tmpgenc to split a large file ?

Regards Dennis

no no no.

let's say a file is 3GB in size and lasts for 1 hour.

Nero will accept it because 74-80 mins is the capacity length of CD's. Nero does not care about file sizes when it comes to VCD's. it uses timescale.

How ever, if it is greater than 74/80 mins, then u have to split it. try using source range in TMPGENC.

Techno

Hi.

I would like to see Tmpgenc able to read VOB files directly instead of having to convert them or something.

If the VOB file is decrypted onto a harddrive why can't tmpgenc read them or are there some Copyright issues in the way or something ?

Regards Dennis

It is not a good idea to encode vob's! There is a similar post in this page or the previous, read the reply. :)

DVD's are encrypted so this maybe one reason why TMPGENC will not open the files.

Techno

Aha I see, copyright mumbo jumbo probably... DUH...

Grrr, well anyway if you use DVD2AVI you can encode a vob file anyway to divx or whatever :) hehe

Thanks Techno, shouldn't you start working for Tmpgenc alliance ;)

hehehe.... I hope so m8.

Thanks :)

Techno

I haven't had any problems directly loading VOB files into TMPGEnc.

I have manages to get the project file produce though DVDAVI, but i cannot get the file to project video file to load in TEMPENG. I have set the setting higher as suggested, and also reinstalled TEMPENG. I am sure someone knows the answer out there ...HELP!!!!!

What OS are u running?

Techno

Try and follow a guide in here http://doom9.com and you will probably understand what the problem is, or goto a link throught that site to another site with DVD 2 avi or divx or whatever guides.

:)

wroong url!

it is http://www.doom9.net! :)

Techno

I get the error "###### s packets cause buffer underflow. The MPEG might cause error when it played." when I am using the MpegTools to multiplex the Mpeg file. Anyone knows what's teh cause and how to fix the problem? Appreciate inputs.

Thanks

well, it could mean that the frame inb ur video has corrupted frames/incorrect bitrate assigned to the frame.

Check the video for errors, using virtualdub (as long as the video is AVI or MPEG1) Use virtualdub v1.4.9 http://www.virtualdub.org

Open the video in virtualdub, goto edit and check stream for errors, or something similar to that.

Hope it helps

Techno

I get this error to when trying to multi-plex,buffer underflow is caused by not enough bits to create the desired mpeg frames,as to how to fix it is hard to say but you can try increasing the buffer size,this hes worked with me on occation or you can try "cbr" mode were the bits are constant through the whole file......

Your Bitrate is too high for SVCD. Maximum for SVCD in TMPGEnc ist 2788 kbps for Audio + Video. Any higher Bitrate causes this Error.

I need to convert a .MOV file to MPEG1 or MPEG2 format. Does TMPGEnc support this?? I can't seem to get it to recognize this file type.

Thanks ~ TiMeBoMb

you need to get the mov plugin for "tmpgenc" to recognize it........

http://www.vcdhelp.com

Techno

thanx Thecno ,I didn"t know the "url"....

After I convert the DIVX5 to full uncompressed avi in virtual dub and then put it thru TMPGEnc to recompress to MPEG2the sound plays fine for about 4 minutes and then drops out...It then reappears a few minutes later starting from the exact spot it had dropped out from but totally out of synch with the film...What am I doing wrong...Techno if you have an answer please email me as this problem has caused me to create at least 4 coasters with very expensive blank dvd media

My friend:

You did not need to uncompress the video in virtualdub.

u could have uninstalled DIVX 5 codec, installed v4.11 or v4.12 and then encoded it! :)

NOW:

try to do the above and this:

extract the audio in virtualdub as a wav and load in TMPGENC

make sure the audio sample rate it 44100hz in virtualdub.

If the audio is faster than the video, even after 44100hz conversion then increase the frame rate.

other wise, if the audio is slower than the video, then decrease the frame rate.

I hope it helps

Techno

Please see the e nmail I just sent you for full explanation of what is going on...

Should I encode via "cbr" or "vbr?"

depends on a few factors:

the quality of the original source and the file size u want it to be.


go for VBR if the quality is good on the original source.

Go for CBR if there are parts of the video which has some blocks. CBR is used for VCD if u haven't noticed :)

Techno

Hmm

I would suggest you use 2-pass VBR, CBR is good but I tried to encode a VOB (dvd) with that method and the results where the same compared to 2-pass vbr only that it took up half the space.

The thing with 2-pass VBR is to keep a hight bitrate average between 2000-2400 then there could be some blockyness on fast moving pictures but it's hard to see and the whole movie is good enought quality anyway.

The above is for SVCD, for VCD you don't need to care about anything, just load up the template for your needs, select maximum motion search quality and encode.

Regards Dennis

I am making dvds. What is best for that?

I am trying to convert an AVI file over to a NTSC VCD MPEG-1 format. The original file is likely encoded in DIVX5 or DIVX4. I had originally Divx 3.11 Alpha installed on my machine, but was unable to 1.) play it in Medial Player, 2.) open it from TMPGEnc. However after installing DIVX5 I was able to play the video, but not able to encode it in TMPGEnc. There is a blank screen when I try to encode. However, I am able to encode older DIVX AVI files. Does TMPGEnc not support AVI that is encoded in DIVX5? Thanks in advance.

divx5 isn"t supported in "tmpgenc" you will have to re-encode to divx3 or4...

sherlock: correction:

uninstall DIVX 5, install DIVX v4.12 or 4.11 and tehn encode the DIVX 5 video in TMPGENC, u should get audio and video.

Just correcting you sherlock :)

Techno

no prob we all make mistakes......

true! :)

Techno

Thanks for the help...I was guessing that. However, where can I find DIVX 4.11?? All of the regular sites that I go to, to get DIVX, have all updated their links to DIVX 5. Great community- hope to contribute in the future.....

Found the 4.11 codec, and downloaded the direct sound codec from Microsoft - everything is a GO!! thanks.