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I can't seem to convert theese types of movies, IT seems to ecode the video, then encode the audio after. my original file size is about 700MB but the final video is 2-3 times as big, and thier is no sound. Any help? Ive tried downloading all codecs i can find. THnx
extract the audio and encode it to "wav" then load that in as your audio file in tmpgenc,if you allread have a mpeg of the video without sound just extract the audio from the avi and encode it to mp2 and multiplex it with your mpeg file...
Set up your files, save as projects then use batch encode under File>batch encode and add each project then run.
Now go to bed and wake up in the morning with your movies ready encoded.
I read somewhere that when film(24 fps)material is converted
to PAL,it is just speeded up by 4%.Also the sound is speeded
up by 4%.It is easy to speed up the video by changing the framerate
to 25,but the audio will get out of sync.How to speed up the audio?
Cooledit pro or cooledit 2000.
Find out the length of the avi exactly in seconds in virtual dub after you have converted the framerate then save the original audio as a wav and load into cooledit and use the time stretch feature in cool edit and make sure you tick preserve pitch.
>If TMPGenc gives you an error when opening the video.vdr.avi click on Option->Enviromental settings.
>And this window appear, click on VFAPI plugin and right click on the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader and select Higher priority.
>Now try to open video.vdr.avi.
>Remember to after you have encoded the video.vdr.avi to Lower priority on the Directshow Multimedia File Readear to avoid problem open other videos.
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i tryed it but nothing has changed
"it can't open or supported" ???
i've TMPGEnc 2.53.35.130 (core version 1.84.130)
and virtual dub 1.4.10
my server is ok
i can't understand what's happen !!!!
Hi I have tried to create VCDs from a couple of avi movies with only jumpy results. Wen I say jumpy I mean when played back on a DVD player or my Napa the picture skips a few frames and continues.
I took the avi decompressed the audio with aiv2vcd tool and then used standard TMPGenc VCD template on highest quality. Burned with Nero. Tried both PAL and NTSC both the same. All VCDs play OK on my PC (PIII 1GHz - 256DDR).
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
You're probably burning at too high a speed.
A lot of DVD players, mine included, have problems with disks burned above 4x and will give jerky results. Even at 6x my player jerks like hell, but plays almost flawlessly at 4x.
So lower your speed and see what happens.
Thanks for the advice wich I just tried at 2X from my HP 8200 which has a max of 4X. The results were slightly better but still jumpy. I think a new burner may be in order. I am just going to try at 1X speed painfull but I am good at twiddling my thumbs.
I have tried encoding the video to both 25Pal and 29.???NTSC.
I anticipate the next reply to be try 23.976Film you dope.
I will try this and let you know.
What about my burner? Do you think it is past its day or should it be OK?
I think I know your problem.
I assume you are using the PAL system in your country.
The PAL system requires that the format is 25 fps at 625 lines a second.
What you need to understand is that it won't make any difference if you encode at the same framerate as the original as what will happen is your player will automatically convert the 23.976 internally to 25fps to make it compatible with the PAL system which as you have noticed will give the same result as you got using TMPG to convert it to 25fps.
Encoding 23.976 to 25fps MPEG will definitely give the jerky result even in media player, so look closely and you will see the jerks even if only slight.
As a test convert a test piece of the avi to 25fps using virtualdub.
This will however desync the audio but this doesn't matter as it's only a test.
Put the converted test file in TMPG and proceed to create a standard PAL VCD at 25fps using the template.
Make sure it plays smooth in mediaplayer even though the audio will be off.
If it does burn it with NERO using the VCD option.
Just a note for all those having parasites, freezes or misc errors using TMPGEnc : first check your RAM. I had a lot of problems and didn't know what was the cause of them. Then I check my memory using free MemTest software (look for it with Google). It appeared that I had a corrupted memory chip. I changed one then all my problems were resolved !
I use 3dquest to make movies...and I render them to 7000 bmp movies, I want to turn them into a mpg movie. I see the bitmap option when I go to load videofile but how can I load all pics?! or isnt that an option?!
Virtual dub can do it and quiet fast too...but only too avi files :(
there is only one thing I think you can do, probably the best is what you said load them in to virtua dub and make an avi. then load that in "tmpgenc". you can load them individualy in tmpgenc encode them and join them later but that would take forever.....
there are a few things that can cause this,you don"t have the "dvd2avi vfapi plugin", you have changed the name of or the position of a file that is in the path between your d2v file and "tmpgenc" or you have deleted or moved 0ne or more vob files from there source folder,if none of these apply to you just make a new d2v file and dont change any names or possitions of your vob files or any other files in the path between your movie file"s and tmpgenc....
I follow your guys instructions, but I couldn't load a .d2va.
I read from vcdhelp.com that said VFAPI file was needed to be included in the same folder asTGMPGEnc.exe
Eventhough, I installed " dvd2avi vfapi plugin" into the same folder as TGMPGEnc.exe and copied DVD2AVI.vfp to paste into this folder too, the VFAPI file doesn't show up.
Important: Make sure once you have created your .d2v file that you don't delete or move either the d2v file or the vobs.
Make sure this file 'DVD2AVI.vfp' is in your TMPGenc folder where the TMPGEnc.exe is located and not in the plugin folder.
Goto Option>enviromental setting and click the 'VFAPI Plug-in' tab and make sure you have the 'DVD2AVI project file reader' ticked and set all priorities to 0 by right clicking on the plugins and choosing 'Lower priority' from the menu.
If this doesn't get you going then I'm all outta ideas.
Thank you very much Ashy, I did all of your suggestion before, but I didn't work. I don't know why after I left my computer for about 9 hours, and I just checked it again. This time is work.
Does anyone have a step by step instructions to cut a MPEG already in VCD format into sizes that fit CDR 800mb Media? I downloaded TMPGEnc, but I see how you can join two files but not how you can cut them?
go to merge and cut, load your file in to it, choose your output file,click on your file then click "edit" a window will pop up and there you choose the length of file you wan"t, clock "ok" then click "go" and it will procede to make your file for you,but this feature does not allways work so it is better to just use the "source range" feature and just encode the movie in parts that you can fit on a cd......
Well, I'm BRAND new to all this MPEG2 stuff. This program was recomended to me, so I dnld it, upzipped it to a folder called TMPGEnc and made a shortcut on my desktop.
When I double click on that, I get a wizard that won't go Next or Back. So I cancel.
Then I set up my source as an avi I created a few days ago (that I converted to mpeg1 using Media Cleaner Pro), and my destination. Select Start and get an error P3Package.dll not found.
Can anyone tell me what I may have done wrong? Or where to look for answers?
Thanks very much!!!
This problem is only happening to one file that I'm trying to convert. I'm trying to convert a divx/mpg4 v3 file (29.97 frames per second, 43906 frames) to a VCD file (NTSC). For the original file to be converted, under Property-->Details-->Other information,it says Software Nandub v1.0rc2 (I don't know if this is causing the problem). When I try to convert the file to VCD readable MPEG2, TMPGEnc shows the length as 96810 frames. After the video runs out, the conversion continues. What is the problem, and how do I get around it (I have ver. 2.53 and I have tried enabling Source range and do not frame rate conversion, and neither option helps)? Thanks in advance.
I'm not sure how to correct the problem, but the simple thing to do is just stop the conversion when the video runs. It won't effect the rest of the movie that has already been encoded or if you've already encoded just trim off the excess using the MPEG tools.
When using the 2 pass variable bit rate to make a VCD do you need to change the steam type to something other than MPEG-1 Video-CD Standard for it to be effective? Is standard 1150 constant or can it just be 1150 average?
Ok, while VCD is used by everyone as a generic term for movies, the word VCD actually denotes very specific settings in the video and audio streams. Thus to answer your question, a VCD must have 1150 CBR as a bitrate to be a VCD. XVCD's are VCD's that use a higher (or lower) constant bitrates. Lastly, technical VCD's do not use VBR (variable bitrate: 2+xPass), they are CBR or constant bitrate.
Now, a SVCD is maybe what you are talking about which is a variant MPEG-2 stream which can use either CBR or VBR. CBR is not an average, it is the bitrate for the entire stream. On the other hand, VBR does have settings for the low, average, and high bitrate targets. And they are "targets" not absolutes.
My suggestion is to use the wizard or the templates that come with TMPG if you are unsure.
No, I'm not talking about a SVCD but a VCD, though technically I guess it would be a XVCD even if the average bitrate is 1150. (Which is part of what I was asking.)
In the VCD Wizard template of TMPGEnc you can change from CBR to the 2 pass VBR. I'm just wondering what, if anything, you need to change the stream type to if you use the 2 pass VBR. MPEG1 VideoCD non standard or system VBR or...?
VCDs with MPEG1 VBR are possible and a short test with my Yamakawa showed no probs with playback. You have set the stream type to MPEG-1 VIDEO-CD non-standard.
VCDs with MPEG1 VBR are possible and a short test with my Yamakawa showed no probs with playback. You have set the stream type to MPEG-1 VIDEO-CD non-standard.
No you don"t need to change the stream type,but you are better off useing "cbr" for vcd"s,cuz dvd players that play vcd"s don""t like vbr mpeg1,cuz if the bitrate gets to low the dvd player can"t read it,unless you set the minimum bitrate to say 500kbs cuz lower that that your dvd player might choke on it...
There should be no problem using VBR for MPEG1 if your DVD player isn't fussy and I think most DVD players will play a VBR MPEG1 movie.
But depending on your player you may have to work within certain constraints such as minimum bitrate level.
To be honest with you standard VCD just doesn't cut it for me. The quality is far to low and why waste the extra space on that 80min disk when you could easily up the average bitrate to 2000kbps for a regular movie.
My advice is to do a few small tests and see what your player can handle and use 'Constant quality(CQ)' not 'Automatic VBR(CQ) as this will give better overall quality for the file size.
For example the settings I would use for VCD are:
Minimum bitrate - 0
Maximum Bitrate - 4000
Quality - 100
For 2 pass:
Minimum bitrate - 0
Maximum Bitrate - 4000
Average 2000
and if you drop the audio bitrate down to 128kbps you will be able to up the Video bitrate even further, but remember to choose the non standard VCD option under the system Tab or TMPG will automatically pad the movie under a certain bitrate increasing the file size.
The above settings will give you a nice movie which should fit a 100min movie on 2 80mins cd's no prob.