I've got Quicktime DV files I can't get to encode- they are usually 9 to 15gb. When I use the Quicktime VFAPI plugin I can load these files but then the image quality is very bad-almost as if TMPG is encoding the proxy version of the file and not seeing the DV codec.

If I don't use the Quicktime loader- the files will either not open in TMPG or they will open and encode but the encoding stops at the 2gb point of the source file. I realize this is a file system limitation.

Is there any way to qet around this without breaking the Quicktime into 2gb chunks or recompressing into AVI? Perhaps a program that breaks it up and sends to TMPG automatically?

thanks,
Noah

I get this error:

"floating decimal calculation error" with a avi I'm processing for a VCD, I already played with all the settings from "quantize matrix" and the error keeps popping up at 37% of my file is there anything else I should try? my avoi is perfect, I've seen it many times.

Thank you for your help.

check/uncheck all the boxes in the quantize matrix settings

Techno

Try disabling the SSE and SSE2 enhancements under the CPU tab in enviromental setings within TMPG then untick 'Use floating point DCT' in Quantize matrix.

I had this exact problem before, here's how I fixed it:

Under Environmental Settings for your VFAPI plug in, make sure none of the priorities are in the negatives, all of them should be around 0.

There are specific variations for each media codec and machines, based on problems encountered, you may have to experiment a little. But first set all of the priorities to 0 or better.

OK, tried playing with the quantize matrix settings, no good.

I don't even have the SSE/SSE2 options available and 'Use floating point DCT' wasn't ticked :(


I'm now playing with the options Mathew recommends, so far I tried with all priporities set to '0' and it encoded the video... kinda, now instead of stopping at the same spot I just lose the image, audio is ok, but that's kinda obvious since I'm taking the audio from a wav file.

I'll let you know if this worked, thanx for the help you guys.

I would appreciate anyone's help with this matter. I have an intel 1 gig processor w/a half a gig memory. tmpgenc works just fine on. I recently bought an intel 1.8 gig w/a full gig of memory and now I get an error saying that an avi that the 1 gig can encode gives me a message that "can not open or unsupported" on the 1.8 gig system. It's a new system and I'm sure I just need to load some program or codec but can't figure out what it needs to read avi's again.

Thanks in advance,
CHEROKEE

increase the avi vfw compatability header in the environment settings

Techno

Make sure you have the original codecs installed which you used to encode the AVI file.
If it's DivX install 3.11 and 5.0 together.

Thanks for all your help but I finally figured it out. I needed to install Mpeg4 Mp43 Codec Divx to get tmpgenc to read them.
catcha later

Cherokee

I started with a downloaded anime (avi 640x360 29.970 f/s) with crystal clear subtitles. I encoded to NTSC VCD format with

Motion Search: highest
Source type: Non-interlace progressive
Source AR: 16x9 525 NTSC
Full Screen (Keep AR)

The subtitles are fuzzy. Is there something I can do?
One of the noise settings perhaps?

Thanks,
tc

are trying to encode avi movie file into vcd (ntsc) but im getting purple flashes(pixelization) they only last couple seconds then disappear to repeat every 5-10 secs any help would be great

lower the directshow filter in the environment settings.

Techno

I've got Quicktime DV files I can't get to encode- they are usually 9 to 15gb. When I use the Quicktime VFAPI plugin I can load these files but then the image quality is very bad-almost as if TMPG is encoding the proxy version of the file and not seeing the DV codec.

If I don't use the Quicktime loader- the files will either not open in TMPG or they will open and encode but the encoding stops at the 2gb point of the source file. I realize this is a file system limitation.

Is there any way to qet around this without breaking the Quicktime into 2gb chunks or recompressing into AVI? Perhaps a program that breaks it up and sends to TMPG automatically?

thanks,
Noah

i went to that link you gave me earlier and checked my dvd, it said that my dvd supports vcd and cd-R, so what's the problem. am i doing something wrong with converting from mpeg to vcd? by the way what is the converted file's extention, is it still mpeg or something else? because when i'm done converting, the new file is still mpeg but smaller size, is that how it's supposed to be?

Are you actually burning the mpeg file as a Video cd or are just burning 'as is' to a cdr.
You need to use software such as NERO to burn the MPEG file as a valid Video cd using the Video cd option or you player won't recognize the file.

what do i do? it seems like it's converting fine but i try to play the new burned cd, nothing comes up on the screen. is the problem with my dvd player or with your software? i have a denon dvd-1000 .please help out here.

Check out this link for your player.
http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=&DVDselect=Denon&Submit=Search&Search=Search

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Hi @ all,

I got a problem with encoding VBR with TMPEG.
flask MPEG and avisnth are used as frameserver, and everytime at 99% progress TMPEG prompts an error Message"Stream Reading Error".

Did anyone know a sulution on this problem?

have u tried different Avi's?

Have you tried w/o frameserver?

Techno

Looking for a good mpeg-editprogram where you can cut the mpeg-file so it fits a regular CD-R. I've tried Ifilm edit 4.1 but the trialversion didn't allowed movies greater than 5 minutes. Anyone who knows a share/freeware program that with good quality.

Thanks.

TMPGENC!!!!!!!!!!

You just select how much you would like to encode (video) and select the source range filter in the settings tab. Then hit start frame and then choose your last frame that you want to stop at, and hit stop frame.

Then you encode!

Techno

Or use the MPEG tools within TMPG.
Just goto file and click MPEG tools then click the Merge&Cut tab. Select your movie by clicking the ADD button, choose the TYPE of stream you want i.e Video cd then highlight your movie and click the EDIT tab. Then choose where you want to cut the movie by selecting the start and end points and then click ok and then run. Don't worry if you get some silly error like 'Read error occured against address 73f01d04' it's just a bug and won't affect your movie.

The program seems to crash after finishing the first file of a batch encode. I will set four or five to run overnight and wake up and only one is complete. I observed the program shut itself down after completing a single encode file also. I don't think this is the normal behaviour.

Since I was unable to find any setting on any menu to control this, I assume it is a bug.

Thanks!
Daari

Well, it could be some of these reasons:

1) Plain simple bug
2) corrupted frames in video
3) low memory
4) too many background application running thus low system resources

Techno

I've been having the same problem with Version 2.0 and forward. Anyhelp? I'm running w2k 384mb of mem and a 500mhz P3. No crash has been noticed, just shutting down after 1 mpeg. Help?

With regards to BUG.

I have had the same problem Ver 2.53.35.130 on Windows 2000. I Have a PIII 1.3Ghz, 500mb Ram and 20gb HDD. I tried encoding a video file as Mpeg1 and after it had finished it Bombed out with a Windows Program error. It did finish the file.

Hope this info is useful

Cheers

AlanB

To follow up a little:
1. It happens on EVERY avi file I have (and all the ones Im trying are verified to be non corrupted.
2. I have a Tbird 233FSB 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 20GB free HD space, WinXP and no other programs running during the batch encode.
3. It always finishes completely and correctly the first encode in the batch then quits with no WinXP errors.

Hope this helps fix it!

Daari