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Will TMPGenc act as plug_ins of Adobe Primere?
I always use Primere to edit my videos,but there is not a MPEG Codec to export the movies. I loves TMPGenc, but I can't uses it in Premere to export my vidieo.
BITRATE - you can up the bitrate to improve the quality - you will get less of a blocky effect. This means creating a non-standard VCD though (an XVCD) and your player may not be able to play it. Check out http://www.vcdhelp.com and look at the players list. Find your player and see what has worked for others
SOURCE - If your source quality is not too great you can use filters in TMPGenc such as the noise reduction filter. This will slow down encoding time though and don't forget that if the source is bad you can never improve it, only make it look a bit better
RESOLUTION - If you increase both res and bitrate you will get a nicer picture (sharper) but again your DVD player may only support up to a certain res/bitrate. Note that if you up the res it is essential to up the bitrate as well otherwise the stretched image will look worse (IMHO)
AUDIO - Try using some of the plugins like toolame encoder and ssrc (see vcdhelp tools section). Also you can drop the audio to 128KB to free up more bitrate for the video
ENCODING - I have found the 2 pass VBR at the High (slow) motion search to produce the best results. It takes longer but it is worth it
I generally only encode high resolution DIVX's so my source is mostly very good quality. The above may not apply to VHS source for example.
as Olli already said: ... it all depends on a number of things
If your sorce is 'blocky' in fast moving scenes you can try around with 'soften block noise' under Setting -> Quantize Matrix. But this will make the movie look more blurry.
The best bet is to read through the various TMPgenc guides at www.vcdhelp.com to get an general idea and then experiment with 30 seconds of an typical scene of your movie changing one filter at a time until youre satisfied.
You actually can play around with the bitrate and most players will still play this stream. Reminds me I must try sometime soon if my player can cope with VCD VBR streams. :)
look at the manual that came with your dvd player(stand alone)and see if it say"s it supports vcd 2.0 .if it does you can up the bitrate on your vcd"s(mpeg1)sometimes up to 5000kbs and this is awesome picture quality,but you only get 15-10 min per cd,but at 2000kbs has produced some excelent results with 45 min per cd,but tmpgenc doesn"t have any templates for high bit rates for mpeg1,but I heard you can find some on the net....
You can load an standard Template and unlock it with loading Template/Extra/unlock.mcf
Now you can edit the Bitrate Setting and save as a new Template.
Hello, why is it everytime I try to encode something to svcd I get something that says mpeg-2 is only support by evaluation and is demo and will last 30 more days? I dont know if this is codec of tmpgenc someone please let me know thanks. Im using 2.01
I am very new to this program...if i encoded a .wmv to mpeg1 and it works fine...and i also was successful in getting it to play with winDVD once i burned it... i really need to get this to play in a DVD player...i have tried it in 3 different DVD players and a playstation2...can someone please help me?
No DONT load the VCD template and encode.
It may be unecessary. Depending on some parameters of the file.
Is the file at a standard VCD resolution i.e 352x288 at 25 FPS for PAL or is it 352x240 at 29.97 for NTSC. If it is just run it through MPEG Tools in TMPG using the Simple multiplex option. Put the same file in both Video and Audio boxes and choose MPEG1 Video cd as the type. Then just burn in Nero using the Video cd option.
If it isn't at a standard resolution then I'm afraid you WILL have to encode the file again using one of the VCD templates.
Read the Goddam post again Techno!
I made the point of loading the template in the last sentence only if the mpeg file didn't conform to VCD specifications. If it doesn't it needs re-encoding.
I followed the Wizard on the latest version of tmpeg to create a PAL VCD as I'm UK based. All goes fine till the last stage, when I come to Encode I have NO preveiw picture just audio.
i have the same problem trying to encode movies and it really makes me mad , ive heard it may be some bad data in your source file but sometimes the computer just cant carry out the encoding and freezes mostly due to low system resources ( low on RAM usage )
I will NOT e-mail you Techno. You seem like an egotistical punk KID who needs to get a life other than computers AND GROW UP! Just because you have experience does NOT mean you can treat others as though they know nothing, as I have seen repeatedly in the TWO times I've visited this site's boards. I request not to have any more of your "advice" and "wisdom". Go bother someone else.
To all those who refuted, thank you for your advice and support. :o) But I ask that if you can help me encode an mpeg-1 or mpeg-2 for VCD or SVCD at DVD quality, please e-mail me or contact me on AIM at tvgm18. It'd be wonderful to have one-on-one help rather than play tag on the message board. :o) (p.s. techno, this does NOT mean you) If you need me to, I will get ICQ as well, and I do have Yahoo messenger, too. I'd really appreciate your help and support. :o)
> To all those who refuted, thank you for your advice and support. :o) But I
> ask that if you can help me encode an mpeg-1 or mpeg-2 for VCD or SVCD at DVD
> quality, please e-mail me or contact me on AIM at tvgm18.
Judging from standard of VCD/SVCD/DVD, this question means nothing.
okok I said i ingore him but the reason for this email only is just too good to let go by uncommented.
The templates aso. of TMPgenc are TEXT files. Snap and Paste rules here. Or how about making a downloadpage on his website ... or just explaining what has to be done(GOP Structure this setting, VBR that setting bla bla)
okok I said i ingore him but the reason for this email only is just too good to let go by uncommented.
The templates aso. of TMPgenc are TEXT files. Snap and Paste rules here. Or how about making a downloadpage on his website ... or just explaining what has to be done(GOP Structure this setting, VBR that setting bla bla)
I'm using TMPGEnc to convert DVD -> SVCD. I currently use Azid to decode the AC3-sound to WAV and then TMPGEnc to convert this WAV and the Video to (S)VCD. But there is one problem: TMPGEnc does not allow to specify an audio delay when muxing the streams. It would be really great, if TMPGEnc would allow me to specify the audio delay reported by DVD2AVI oder SmartRipper when setting up the encode process. This would allow to prevent lip-synch-problems so that the resulting mpg-file is completely perfect after encoding and no additional demuxing and remuxing using another tool would be required.
I know there are other possibilities to do this (e.g. using DVD2AVI to decode the AC3 or using HeadAC3), but I think it would be the easiest way to let TMPGEnc handle this, as it is the program that multiplexes the streams.
In all other aspects, TMPGEnc is the best tool around!
Does anyone know how to make the video that you burn to a vcd fit the TV that you are playing it on? When I play it on my tv the tops, bottoms, and sides are all cut off. Does anyone know how to fix this?
i was converting a divX to mpeg, and already did the first half, which wored fine.
when making the second half though, i pressed Start and got "Stream Writing Error"
any1 know what this is???
Prolly a space issue on your HDD
Check in the Options drop down menu (top left) where TMPGenc's working directory is and change it to a partition with more space
I am having problems converting DivX avi to SVCD. I am using ver 2.53 trial.
The pictures fine but I get no audio. Even before you convert the file
the audio does not show up under the picture, yet the original will play fine on media player or PowerDVD. Do I need to put the codecs in the Tmpgenc dir?
I CONVERT FROM *.AVI TO MPEG TO watch movies on a vedio cd ,after that i make a copy on a cd with ( pal,system ) on 70 min 650mb ,and when i put the cd in the vcd a message appear (( no disc )) , i don't know why ??? and i need to know why ???
thanks,,
Ramy AL-Ashram
I too burned many a disc that read "NO DISC" when I punched play. I resolved this by making sure the MPG was WHITE BOOK compliant. VCDEasy doesn't tell you if your MPG1 is WHITE BOOK compliant or not. Easy CD Creator 5.0 Platinum does with a big happy yellow check mark. Now they ALL play!
I never messed with MPG2 (480X480). Takes too long to convert and burn anyway and can only fit 35 minutes on a CDR.
VCDEasy is a nice burner but all the checkboxes are confusing and don't predict what you will get if you check one or not. A lot of us are newbies but having fun never the less.