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Hello,
I am using the trial version of tmpgenc to convert avi videos captured using the studio dc10 plus capture card. I am using tmpgenc to convert to mpeg2 format and then using Vcdeasy to create an SVCD disc. The problem I am having is that along the edge of any moving object, there is noticable jitter or shakiness. This is not evident when I play the original video (created by an analog camcorder) or the AVI file on my PC. I tried several options (CBR, VBR etc) and also the various motion search options however I still do not get a satisfactory mpeg2 conversion.
What you are seeing are probably interlacing artifacts. Double click on the deinterlace entry where all the filters are and try the different options. If you are PAL, interlaced even adaptive is a good place to start. NTSC, interlaced odd adaptive.
I am a little confused about interlaced vs de-interlaced. It was my impression that NTSC format was interlaced. If I create an mpeg2 stream which is deinterlaced would it play correctly via a DVD player and TV ?
I thought since the TV expects interlaced video, the mpeg2 stream needs to be interlaced as well. Is this true ?
Thanks.
You are right, your television expects an interlaced signal, and this is what your DVD player supplies. While there are players that will play progressive DVDs and output interlaced pictures to the TV, it is normal to make interlaced m2v streams for use in DVD players.
This setting is set in TMPGenc under Settings > Video > Encode Mode and should be set to interlaced and means the finished stream will be interlaced.
Under Settings > Advanced > Deinterlace is where you set how the encoder deals with source material that is either interlaced or not. If you double click on the deinterlace entry and use the slider bar to cue up to a frame which has motion in it , you can see the effect the various options have.
Large! For a 1hr movie it'll be about 20gb. Not recommended. Why don't you capture direct to MPEG2 if thats your goal. There are a few programs on the market now which can do this. Here are a few:
As I said earlier, I use VTR->VGA CARD->VirtualDub(capturing to AVI)->TMPGenc(encoding to MPEG-1 VCD)->Nero(to burn VCD or SVCD) process.
Then VGA card is an important part for video quality? Not capturing software such as Virtualdub?
Have you ever used Virtualdub? There are many options for capturing? And I normally use 'YUV' 352x240 cd quality audio and nothing else(no compression).
And I wonder why quite lots of frame drops happen(2500/80000frames).
Also Tmpgenc plays an important role for video quality, doesn't it? Any good tips? I tried different options to improve quality but about same regardless of various encoding time.
It all depends on the speed of your system.
If you have a decent speed processor of say something around 800mhz then your frame dropping is most likely due to the fact you are capturing uncompressed and your hardrive is having problems keeping up with the data flow.
For uncompressed frames you would need a hardrive with a spin speed of at least 7200rpm and would need to be defragmented.
I would capture to the Divx codec at maximum quality this will take the load off your hardrive and should be pretty good.
Also capture in compatablity mode without filters and ensure DMA is enabled for your Hard drive.
I use the DIVX 5 codec at maximum quality and capture at 640x480 using my WinTV Go PCI card then convert to MPEG2 and the quality is VERY high.
When I click the start button, I receive the message "Can't load the P3Package.dll". Is there a patch for this or am I doing something wrong....I am a beginner. Please help, I feel really close!
OK, so has anyone had success transcoding from a QuickTime .mov file to an MPEG1 or MPEG2 using TMPGEnc?
And before anyone says, "download the plugin from vcdhelp", yes, I have that installed.
Can anyone who has had success please let the rest of us know how you got it working? What QuickTime codec were your source stored in? how many minutes of footage have you successfully encoded at a time? what are the sizes/dimensions of the source files?
thank you.
The quicktime plug-ins (both of them) do NOT work.
They both exhibit frame drop/repeat problems every 10-15
frames, and so are completely unusable.
At the moment I am forced to convert my (uncompressed)
.MOV files to seperate .BMP files (over 19,000 of them)
and extract the sound to a .WAV file with the 'pro'
version of the quicktime player. This is horrible, but
it works.
TmpGenc needs to provide a working .MOV reader of their
own before it is of practical use to all but postage-
stamp sized toy-video makers-
The software loads in Picture It Express 2000. I believe it's not the proper software to open and run TMPG download. Clad DVD also loads the same way. However, Clad DVD and Nero Burning Rom loaded properly into the their own software and running on my computer.
I am new to TMPGenc and have had the oddest problem. Whenever I select an MPEG to convert (latest is a PAL->NTSC conversion), TMPGenc GPFs as soon as I start the conversion process. If I leave the GPF dialog box alone, TMPGenc keeps doing its thing. I am running on an Athlon 1GHz with 640MB memory. Has anyone else had this problem.
Normally I could live with it, but I am wondering if it is contributing to the problem with the PAL->NTSC conversion having no sound (great picture, though).
I am converting an MPEG in PAL VCD format (true blue) to NTSC VCD.
I have tried the same file on two other computers -- a PII 400 and a PIII 500 -- and all works well. I tried turning off the MMX and 3DNow switches...no help.
You are right it is directly related to the reson you are getting no sound.
I guess the file you are converting is MPEG2 because the error refers to the Ligos audio filters.
Try to remove them, but you must be thorough and then re-install them. If that doesn't work remove them and try some other MPEG2 filters.
It makes sense that the GPF occured in the module that handles audio processing. But the root cause of the problem seems to be centered on my Athlon/Win98SE setup. TMPGEnc pukes on *anything* I throw at it. Yet the same files run great on both of two Pentium systems I have tested on. Unfortunately, the Athlon system is my main computer.
I guess there is some conflict between TMPGEnc and the Ligos drivers. My Ligos drivers must have been installed with Ulead DVD Movie Factory. They aren't installed on my PII laptop (TMPGEnc installed, Ulead not installed). I wonder if there is someway to coerce TMPGEnc into not using the Ligos drivers.
Load up the file in TMPGenc you wish to convert and change the settings to the ones you require then click 'File' and choose 'Output to file' from the menu.
Click 'AVI' and in the box that pops up choose where you want to save the file then look to your far right just opposite the 'Video' and 'Audio' boxes and you will just about be able to see the edges of two buttons. The top one is to choose your video codec and the bottom is for your audio codec.
I'm getting sound but a black screen. I'm using the divx 5 bundle pack that I downloaded from download.com. When the encoding finishes, it says successfully completed. Format looks ok, sound it ok, everything is ok but no video. Any help?