Ok, probably I'm not good with this but I explain what happens.

I've tried to made some video cds from an .avi movie and them burn with Nero.
I've made some try with Divx 5.0 and 4.11 but, in the same cases, when I play the video cd in a dvd player or in the PS2 I'm not able to launch them.

If you need more info to help me let me know.

Thanks

in the ps2:

goto www.google.com

type in pss.mcf

follow the links to the file

save it as a pss.mcf template

encode using that template

it should no play as VCD on a playstation!

Techno

I've looked for this file but the only thing that I found are some sites that tells this file should be included in TMPGENC program.

Does anyone, maybe, have it?

nope
it should not!

These are MPEG2 filters supplied with DVD software (cyberlink is one of the best) or try ligos

Techno

I remember in last versions of TMPGENG, I could select in the profile level item several high level options, but right now with ver 2.53 only main level.

This feature was eliminated ?.

Thks,
Kike.

yes, I think so

MP@ML is the standard dvd format, it appears in the tooltip

Techno

I have some Quicktime movies (DV-encoded at 720x480, 29.97fps) that I tried to convert to MPEG-1, and TMPGEnc seems to get a black screen, once it reaches 9:27 (17019 frames), which I believe is 2GB into the original file.

Is this a size limitation within TMPGEnc, or within the Quicktime decoder, or what?

I forgot to mention that I am only using DirectShow, and not the Quicktime VFAPI plugin. However, I did try to use the plug-in, and I can now preview the entire movie, but it crashes after encoding a few seconds worth of video.

set it to a higher priority, the QT plugin and directshow if all else fails

Techno

Hallo everyone.

First of all I have to thank everyone who are helping on this board, it have helped me alot. Thanks.

My question this time is about the audiostream in a divx-file that isn't working. When playing the movie in for example The Playa there isn't any sound. The thing I wan't to do is to get the divx into mpeg1 but the sound can't work if there isn't any sound in the divx-file, right? I loaded the divx into Virtual Dub and watched the "File information". There I read following datas:

"Sampling rate" - 48000 Hz "(should be 44100 Hz?).
"Channels" - 2(stereo).
"Sample precision" - 0 bit.
"Compression" - Unknown (tag 2000).
"Preload skew" - 12000 samples (0,25 s)
"# of frames" - 81735
"Min/avg/max/Total framesize" - 12/1001/12000 (79909K)

I tried to save the file in 44100 Hz as a wav-file but it didn't work. Virtual Dub said that the requested audiocompression wasn't compatible with the inputformat. Well my question is if there is something wrong with the audiostream in the divx-file or if I can change the sampling rate to 44100 Hz in some way. This so it later can be converted with sound to Mpeg1 in TMPGenc.

Thanks in advance

More than likely it is an audio codec that is not installed on your machine.
The audio is probably there but your applications can't read it without the appropriate codec.

have you tried some of the filter packs like the Tsunami filter pack ?
I can't remember where I got it but a google search should locate it.

Olli

Thanks for the help.

I installed Tsunami filterpack and got sound when playing in Windows mediaplayer. The whole movie seemed to go in slowmotion though. The audio seemed to be in a lower frequense then it should be. When playing in The playa the video was totally OK but no sound though. Is there something wrong with the divx-file?

Hallo everyone.

First of all I have to thank everyone who are helping on this board, it have helped me alot. Thanks.

My question this time is about the audiostream in a divx-file that isn't working. When playing the movie in for example The Playa there isn't any sound. The thing I wan't to do is to get the divx into mpeg1 but the sound can't work if there isn't any sound in the divx-file, right? I loaded the divx into Virtual Dub and watched the "File information". There I read following datas:

"Sampling rate" - 48000 Hz "(should be 44100 Hz?).
"Channels" - 2(stereo).
"Sample precision" - 0 bit.
"Compression" - Unknown (tag 2000).
"Preload skew" - 12000 samples (0,25 s)
"# of frames" - 81735
"Min/avg/max/Total framesize" - 12/1001/12000 (79909K)

I tried to save the file in 44100 Hz as a wav-file but it didn't work. Virtual Dub said that the requested audiocompression wasn't compatible with the inputformat. Well my question is if there is something wrong with the audiostream in the divx-file or if I can change the sampling rate to 44100 Hz in some way. This so it later can be converted with sound to Mpeg1 in TMPGenc.

Thanks in advance

I capture TV to an MPEG2 file using dazzle DVC II.
When I try to convert the mpg file to S video CD using tmpgenc latest version, I get an error mesage as soon as I hit the Start button. It says " the error was caused when ACM was initialised".
What does this mean?
I can encode to DVD ok.
Thanks

Don't capture in MPEG directly, bad idea!

capture in avi using these settings:

NO RECOMPRESSION
YU12
320*240
25*30fps
CD quality audio


Then convert to MPEG using TMPGENC

if u cant, then make sure you convert the MPEG audio to uncompressed PCM audio/MP3 audio

Techno

Thanks for the reply.
>>Don't capture in MPEG directly, bad idea!


-I have the dazzle digital video creator II which doesn't capture AVI.

>>if u cant, then make sure you convert the MPEG audio to uncompressed PCM audio/MP3 audio

-sorry to be stupid. but how do you do this??
Thanks

I capture TV to an MPEG2 file using dazzle DVC II.
When I try to convert the mpg file to S video CD using tmpgenc latest version, I get an error mesage as soon as I hit the Start button. It says " the error was caused when ACM was initialised".
What does this mean?
I can encode to DVD ok.
Thanks

Don't capture in MPEG directly, bad idea!

capture in avi using these settings:

NO RECOMPRESSION
YU12
320*240
25*30fps
CD quality audio


Then convert to MPEG using TMPGENC

if u cant, then make sure you convert the MPEG audio to uncompressed PCM audio/MP3 audio

Techno

From within TMPGEnc, toolame completes the encoding... or at least it seams.. it went fairly quick. The toolame screen goes away, TMPGEnc attempts to start transcoding video with the new audio file and returns an "Illegal MPEG audiostream" error. Project then aborts...

extract the audio using virtualdub as wave then open the wave and video in TMPGENC and encode

Techno

ok guys i have been here before but i cant seem to fix this problem

i am using the latest TMPG enc the file i use was an avi

first of all i extracted the audio file to a wav file 44100Hz using Virtualdub

then i loaded the avi to TMPG and wav files of course

the settings are :- 352x288 25fps 44100Hz

operating system is windows 98 with amd 166+ processor and 256 ddr memory 71Gb free hard disk drive space

Pleeeeeeeeeeeze help

if audio is faster than video, increase the frame rate
if audio is slower than video, decrease the frame rate

Techno

thanks for your help

no probs

Glad to help

Techno

i have found big data spikes per FRAME in CBR mode with TMPGEnc, which is a shame as its generally brilliant. Does anyone know how to alter the data load across frames or smooth out these spikes?
per second data rate is fine.
ta

What are you encoding ? SVCD or VCD ?

Hmm what is the problem ? if you stick to the templates it should be fine even if you have dataspikes ?

Or ?

/Regards Dennis

i am encoding MPEG1 for some networking project which is less tolerant. The spikes are up to 66 Kbytes per frame when encoding at 1600 Kbits/sec. It is loading up 1 frame of the 25 with a third of the data (66Kbytes) when an average should be 64Kbits. Up to 50Kbytes per frame would be ok but 66 is just too big.
Any ideas appreciated!
Thanks.

Hmm... i have a problem that could have the same root-cause.
If i play a VCD encoded with TMPGEnc (standard VCD-PAL-template) on a DVD-player, then sometimes the video jumps. It looks like one frame is missing and the player then simply repeats the old frame.
These jumps are always on the exact same place in the video.

If the datarate of one frame is way to high, then this could be the cause.

If i change encoding to better quality, then the place where these jumps occure do change, but they are still in.

I looked into the file with Bitrate-viewer... but i could NOT see big datarate-spikes.

lu: With which tool did you detect the datarate-spikes?

a friend of mine can work it out but i don't actually have a tool. I have been looking for one as well but no joy. If I find one i'll let you know.
It would be really cool if we could work this out!
L8er

To make sure that we have the same problem i could encode a short part of movie, check, that this part has this problem, and send you the mpg-file.
Could your friend then check, if there is such a spice in?
Or maybe you can ask him which tool he uses?
I used the bitrate-viewer, and with this i could not detect a spice.

I've tried using TMPGEnc 2.53.35.130 to split a large MPEG2 file into 3 sections, using the Merge & Cut MPEG tool. While the split is successful, the video overruns past the end of the first two selected sections by about 30 seconds. The audio stops where it should. Sync between both is fine.

Does anyone know of a workaround for this?

seems like a bug because there are people here saying the same thing! :)

Try doing each file 30 secs before the next one

Techno

When making vcds with TMPGENc I get some audio problems, namely there's a lot of hissing and buzzing at higher fequencies, eg. female voices.
I know the source audio file is fine
Any reason for this problem, settings that might help?
Thanks
Mani

What is the sampling rate and bitrate u are using?

Techno

Try using external plugins for sound

toolame - audio encoder
ssrc - bitrate sampler

http://www.vcdhelp.com has the guides

Olli

rip the audio first, before encoding to vcd mpg, and use the correct bitrate
use virtual dub (freeware) goto vcdhelp.com
open the original divx file
goto to file > file information
note the framerate for encoding later
goto audio > full processing mode (select this)
goto audio > conversion... and select 44100hz
goto audio > compression... make sure no compression PCM is selected
goto file >save wav name the file and wait a few minutes
after encoding's finished open video file in tmpgenc and open the wav file you just created as the audio source file
you can now encode and select the range, etc, as you normally would
i hope this helps
happy converting :o)

I don't think it is that type of issue! :)

Techno