i just converted an avi file to mpeg-1 when i played it i got sound but the picture did not move it stayed at the same picture at the start of the movie but the sound was still going but the pic was not moving.

Can u please tell me if i did anything wrong ?

I am having the same problem. I upgraded to the latest (v2.4) and now it will just go along fine but the video is black on the monitor and the output.

I just started using Tmpegnc to convert my avi file, and when im trying to encode I get this error message "Can't load "P3Package.dll" Can someone tell me what it means and how to fix it.

Thanks

Not again.
Goto search and type P3Package.dll

ASHY

ashy that doesnt solve the problem.....now that you located the file then what

I meant search in the search bar at the top of this page not on your PC.

The question has been answered many times already and all your answers will be there when you do the search.

ASHY

downloaded some avi files with (smr) in their name, they run in Real and WinMP but not really, the progress bar progresses as though it were playing but i get no picture or sound. I did some digging and found out about smr code patch which i tried, nothing. tired changing the .avi to .smr still plays but no Pic or sound....any ideas as to how to get these to work? is there a setting I'm missing?

What do you mean in their name?
Have you actually installed the SMR codec before applying the patch?

ASHY

My advice is to install Divx 3.11 and then the SMR patch.
http://www.divxity.com/download/divx_311alpha.exe
http://www.divxity.com/download/smrpatchsetup.zip

ASHY

Ok update. Just tried an smr on my winxp system using media player 8.
Doesn't work even with patch.
Solution: used media player 6.4 and played fine.

Down load and try this file. http://dshow.narod.ru/avi/nAVI-mp43.avi
(Right click, save as)
If it works you may need to fix your movie.
Check here: http://www.shadowrealm.info/faqs.html

ASHY

ack, but 6.4 wont install on 2000....tryed "MultiAVI Player.exe" a 6.4 emulator or shell (not shure how it works) but no happy...not broken, smr fix can't find 'index' to start....so maybey it is messed up?

i'm running 7 on 2000

Did the other file work?
I maybe getting confused here with WinXP, but I could have sworn that media player 6.4 was in the same directory as media player 7.

Anyway if it isn't try another player such as WinDVD or BS player as these seem to work.

ASHY

OK just checked and media player comes as standard on windows 2000.
You should find it in Program files in the Media player folder and is called mplayer2.exe

ASHY

After I've created my CQ VBR SVCD, what is the best way to decide where to cut it to fit it on my CDs? At the moment, I'm just using a trial-and-error method with the TMPGEnc Cut tool. I try cutting it at a point, see what size the resulting size is, and cut again making ajustments accordingly. Surely there is a better way! :)

Well I would have thought it was obvious.
Find out the total length of the file in minutes then half the time and using TMPG cut at that point.
It won't be bob on accurate but the split files should roughly be the same size give or take 15mb even though they are VBR.

ASHY

Hmm.. it was pretty obvious. I hadn't considered just dividing it in half, thirds, etc. I was thinking fill the first disc, fill the second disc, etc and then put what's left on the last disc.

Please help, i have a DivX5.0 rip with ac3 audio, have followed the instructions on vcdhelp.com, but to no avail. Using Lame as external audio, but still no good. Have nemo codec installed. Please help.

See this article.
Question - audio error No.20276

ASHY

changed my direct show settieng to 2 but still no luck any other suggestings minion

Question - unknown No.21362

Hello there,

This is the first time I've entered this board. For now I'm a newbie user who makes VCD's en SCVD's with TMPGEnc. Now I've got a 'problem'.

When I make a VCD (PAL) I can play it in my stand alone DVD player. I even can use fast forward (2x, 4x speed etc). But when I make the same movie on SVCD, then I can not use fast forward, instead of playing it fast forward, the movie is going backwards en then stops with the first frame.

I use the standard options to make a SVCD (PAL), should I make some changes to anything?

Thanks,
Willow of Orange

PS. Sorry for my English

Sometimes this is the fault of the player, but can also be affected by the burning software.
What software are you using to burn the movie?

If your not using Nero try that or VCDeasy.

ASHY

I had the same problem. This has something with Nero. Or, if you have the same DVD player as I do (Apex 5131), it must be a combination of the two. Whenever I burn the SVCD with Nero, FF goes backwards and Rew just restarts play from the beginning.

VCDEasy creates them ok, though.

If anybody knows of something I'm doing wrong to cause this, please feel free to point out my error. :)

Hi there,

I found the solution! After searching the internet I finally found that the problem is related to the burning software of Nero.

From version 5.6 the problem is resolved. I installed the newest version and FastForward is now working fine.

Thanks for the replies,

Wilow of Orange

Sorry, I posted this earlier as a "reply" but title is vague, might get lost...

I am encoding from a QT file to MPEG-2 for NTSC DVD. My QT file was exported from a Mac-based Avid Meridian Media Composer using the Avid codec on "Same as source, 4x3 non-square pixel" setting. The source tapes that went into the Media Composer and were edited together for the final output are all 29.97fps DigiBeta. However, one of them was a standard 4:3 aspect ratio with source footage originally shot on 35mm film and telecined to tape. One was shot on Sony's 24P High-Def 16:9 camera and downconverted to DigiBeta 16:9. And another was shot on a Sony 24P 16:9 NTSC camera. So all of the original source material was 24fps (film or video) before it got onto 29.97fps DigiBeta.

There are several settings in TMPGEnc. Plus regarding 3:2 pulldown, inverse and otherwise. There is also a choice between Video Movie and Film Movie. I have experimented with various settings and gotten an acceptable picture quality with most of them, however the resulting MPEG-2 file invariable "stutters," an intermittent tendency to hesitate (dropped frames?) when viewed either through Elecard MPEG player on a Dell 1.8Mhz PC or from DVD on a reasonably expensive JVC DVD player.

I would appreciate hearing from anyone regarding the 3:2 issue (proper settings) and the overcoming of the jerkiness. The DVD will be playing in a constant loop and will never be "searched" or looked through frame-by-frame.
Researching in this forum, it appears the jerky problem may be caused by a bitrate/VBV buffer mismatch resulting in dropped frames. Anyone who could email me a TMPGEnc. template they think appropriate would be an immediate hero over here. Thanks.

I've now looked at several of my MPEG-2 output files through Bitrate Viewer and see that it reports VBV Buffer at 112 even though the setting in TMPGEnc. is "locked" at 224. Who's right or does it make any difference? Thanks.

I need you to clarify something.
You say the you have a QT file. Is this file 24 fps with 3:2 pulldown added or is it true 29.97 fps.

If it's true 29.97 fps then there is no need to apply IVTC as this will result in jerky playback.
Your jerky playback is the result of changing the frame rate incorrectly not dropped frames.

As far as I know you can't perform IVTC on a true 29.97 fps source as this would mean having to remove frames which are actually part of the movie itself thus causing stutters where the frames have been removed.


If the original source material was telecined to tape then it would make it true 29.97 fps.
If it is true 29.97 fps then simply choose the DVD NTSC template without IVTC and encode and your stutters should be gone.


ASHY

I've now looked at several of my MPEG-2 output files through Bitrate Viewer and see that it reports VBV Buffer at 112 even though the setting in TMPGEnc. is "locked" at 224. Who's right or does it make any difference? Thanks.

Thanks, Ashy for your quick response. No, my QT file is 29.97fps NTSC. The source tapes were 29.97fps. The acquisition footage, from 35mm film and 24P video, however, was 24fps, so I'm assuming 3:2 pulldown was used to get the 24fps material onto DigiBeta.

I've tried with and without IVTC and still get stutters in Playback. Any thoughts on why BV reports VBV 112 when TPMPEnc is set to 224? Thanks

I don't know why, but bitrate viewer always reports half of what it actually is. Don't worry it's bitrate viewer which seems to be wrong as it happens with other encoders too.

ASHY

You must keep the output framerate the same as the input framerate.
Assuming that your source plays smoothly at 29.97 then choosing the output at 29.97 not 23.976 SHOULD solve your problem.
It's unlikely to have anything to do with the buffer if it doesn't play smooth on you PC.
Ensure that your output remains at 29.97 when you choose a template.

Incidentally are opening the QT file directly with TMPG using the the QT plugin?

ASHY

Yes, the QT converter is working transparently. I had to install Avid's QT codec for PC on the Dell that's running TMPGEnc, otherwise TMPGEnc's QT converter doesn't recognize Avid's proprietary "faster loading" QT format.

As for frame rates, I'm keeping both input and output set at 29.97. We had an MPEG-2 of the piece encoded from DigiBeta tape at Sunset Digital this morning and I'm going to be comparing that to the output of TMPGEnc. Incidentally, Sonic's MyDVD, which came with my Firewire card, choked on Sunset Digital's MPEG-2 file, which has a .VBS extension. I'm having to author the DVD in DVD Studio Pro. MyDVD had no problem at all with TMPGEnc's MPEG-2 file and it's a very easy way to get something simple onto DVD. In your experience, is there any difference in the quality of a DVD output by MyDVD and DVD Studio Pro? Thanks.

How do you mean quality?
I doubt there would be any visual difference in quality at all.
Once the MPEG is encoded, it's quality shouldn't be influenced by the software which authors it.

Regarding the VBS file. I seem to remember somewhere that support for this kind of file was removed from Win NT/2000/XP and requires a registry patch to allow Media player to play it using whatever codec you have installed.
Maybe this is something to do with why MyDVD is having a problem.
Just a thought.

ASHY

The MPEG-2 file professionally encoded at Sunset Digital in Glendale, CA ran flawlessly after authoring in DVD Studio Pro and writing to Apple DVD with Toast.

By "Quality" I suppose I mean Quality of Playback rather than actual picture quality seeing as I'm reading so much in these discussions about the effect of off-brand disks, the inability of certain set top boxes to handle different authoring systems' output, etc. It is true, then that no authoring system (DVD Studio Pro, MyDVD, etc.) is going to change the actual "Picture Quality" but the way in which the TS_Video file is burned to disk, and the brand of disk used, can affect "Playback Quality"? Thanks.

I wholly agree.
The way the software burns can have an affect on compatibility with some players and the brand or type of disk used affects the out come tremendously.

I have used many mant different brands looking for that perfect disk at a reasonable price, but I almost gave up and resigned my self to the fact that if you want quality then it ain't gonna come cheap.

Some of the cheaper disks I have used, and here I am referring to ordinary CDR not DVD, would cause jerks, stutters, blocks, drop outs, sound problems just to name a few. Usually when using a better brand the problems where gone or reduced.

Then I decided to try one last cheaper brand which I had always thought that were bad and amazingly these disks play flawlessly even when burned at speeds I could never have burned with more expensive brands.
Who makes these disks?
Well RITEK amazingly enough.

Apparantly RITEK have improved the quality of the grade A disks they manufacture and are aiming at the professional sector now and I agree these disks definitely are Grade A and are quite cheap to boot.

ASHY

ashy u said download codecs divx3.11 and 4 where do i get them from ta

Ben can you please refrain from posting again on the same subject.
You question would have still been answered in the other post.

http://www.divxity.com/download/divx_311alpha.exe
http://www.divxity.com/download/DivX412Codec.exe

ASHY

Is there a way to grab different parts of a single AVI and encode them into
one single mpg? Reason: I want to convert a TV show into a single mpg, and
edit out all the ad breaks. Can TMPGEnc do that?

Yes:if you use the "source range "feature ,but you will have to join all the parts together with the "merge & cut" feature,so you can encode to the first comercial for one part, then from after the comercial to the next comercial will be another part and so on.......

Yes it's possible to do as you ask all in one step, with no need to use the cut&merge feature.

See this article: Question - How to use the NEW Cut Edit feature ? No.21462

ASHY

I wantewd to know two things

1 what is the difference with VCD ntsc and VCD ntsc film ????
2 what is the difference 24 fps and 30 fps ???

Please answer my questions
Thanks in advance
Albino

1>what is the difference with VCD ntsc and VCD ntsc film ????
NTSC stands for National Television System Committee, which devised the NTSC television broadcast system in 1953. This is the committee that established the standards for North America. fixed vertical resolution of 525 horizontal lines stacked on top of each other, with varying amounts of "lines" making up the horizontal resolution, depending on the electronics and formats involved. There are 59.94 fields displayed per second. A field is a set of even lines, or odd lines. The odd and even fields are displayed sequentially, thus interlacing the full frame. One full frame, therefore, is made of two interlaced fields, and is displayed about every 1/30 of a second.

NTSC/NTSC Film
Video CD(VCD):1150 kbit/sec MPEG-1 352 x 240 pixels
VCD ntsc = 29,97 frames/second
VCD ntsc film = 23,976 frames/second NTSC Film
Audio: 224 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2

2>what is the difference 24 fps and 30 fps ???
6 Frames..lol ok and 24fps is smoother on the computer.
NTSC is interlaced where Film is progressive. In interlaced the 29,97 or 30fps are actually 59.94 fields displayed per second or 60fps ;o) since its acounting for interlace.
Hope that helps you out if not feel free to email me ~NewtronX

is there a big difference if i make vcd with ntsc instead of ntsc film
and i dont understand that much with the frames thing but its ok !!!! :o
thanks for the help
Albino

The difference is if you use the VCD NTSC FILM template to encode, your movies won't play correctly.
DVD players need a framerate of 29.97 fps otherwise your movie will stutter and jerk because your player will convert the 23.976 fps framerate internally to 29.97 fps, so DONT encode using the VCD NTSC FILM template.

ASHY

ASHY
Thanks for the info maybe thats why I had some video stumble with my DVD player, before I found out I needed to encode with 30fps NTSC. I had just assumed it was the DVD player until I tried 30fps I still get some lag so I think its the players ability to read CDR as well.
My Living room DVD player (Mintek 2110) played NTSC and NTSC film perfectly however. But my bedroom player (Samsung S222) had more difficulty playing Film.

albino_79
fps or frames per second are actually what makes up a picture. A movie is nothing more than still images (frames), one after another. The number of pictures (frames) in a second is important as it helps make a movie seem smooth the more frames the smoother. Especially for high action scenes where their are many things happening in a second. The only down side with frames is that the more frames, the bigger the file size. Also the more frames the more frames your computer needs to process and that means your CPU needs to be quick enough to Process them or you get bad video playback. Thats why FPS for video cards are a big deal for gamers since they want the best Video representation for thier action games..Hope that helps a bit more let me know if I can further assist. ~NewtronX

NewtronX are your films originally 23.976.
If they are you need to add a 3:2 pulldown to them to make them play correctly in your DVD player.
3:2 pulldown just changes the framerate to 29.97. To do this just use the SVCD(NTSC Film) Template and encode to MPEG2.

If you are using DVD2AVI. Click the preview button and note what it says as the framerate and type. If it says it's 29.97 FILM or Film 95%> Progressive then you should be using DVD2AVI's Forced FILM option and then encoding your movies with 3:2 pulldown as above.

All the above only applies to MPEG2.

ASHY

Thanks ASHY
What about VCD as thats what I typically make. My sources are all NTSC 29.97 interlaced DVD? I use DVD2AVI and TMPGenc. By the way you seem extremly knowlegable on this stuff might I say. How long you been encoding? Your help is greatly apreciated as these are the fine details I needed to know to better encode my Movies/VCD. Thanks ~NewtronX

Well if you are encoding to VCD all you need worry about is interlacing.
Just find the right field order then use the even field de-interlace option and your movies should come out fine as long as you encode to the same frame rate i.e. 29.97.

As for the knowledge well to be honest I have only been encoding for around 2 years, but what you must understand is Iam a perfectionist.
I have literally spent days at the PC with hardly any sleep trying to figure the best ways to encode.
I read indepthly about all the small details of what things do and why they do it and then try all these things out to see what the effect is.

It's not enough for me to simply choose a template and blindly encode. I need to know what is happening 'behind the scenes'. If there is a feature in a piece of software no matter how insignificant it seems I need to know why it's there and what it does.
I have a very technical mind which is constantly hungry for information and Iam very determined to do something once I set my mind to it.
If I have a problem I will exhaust every avenue before finally giving up and resigning that it can't be solved.

As far as I'm concerned the more I know about what Iam doing the better I can encode and believe me Iam learning all the time and finding new ways to improve.
My encodes are far far better with this knowledge now than what they where when I began encoding and my intention is not to show off, but to help others out of a struggle just like I needed when I began.

ASHY

You both got something going on
i think you people have alot in common
this is Net Meeting LOL
Just joking you guys both of you's are very smart thanks for the help
Albino
PS You two should meet anywere around the world where ever you are...

Hi, ive just started using tmpenc, to convert avi films to mpeg format, the problem im getting is that after 12 % the following error message appears :

write error occured at address 0048541e of module Tmpenc.exe with 0279e000

does anyone know what this means ?

thanks

tas

A few things...
Corrupt AVI, try another one.
Bad sector on hard drive.
Not enough space on your drive.

ASHY

actually I had this problem over and over...it could be the avi...but I repaired the file...and it happened with every avi file....The problem is mismatched memory.... I guaruntee you have 2 or more sticks of ram in your machine... I reccomend only leaving oe...or getting a matched pair....it fixed all my problems and should fix all yours!!!!!

I'm glad you have said that IRCGOD as I suggested to someone else that it was a memory problem and they should try removing one of the sticks or swapping with a borrowed one, but somebody shammed that advice.

See this article regarding the matter:
Question - Now!!! Application error????? No.20870

http://www.tmpgenc.net/cgi-bin/ebbs/board.cgi?board=tmpgenc&page=9#topic6324

ASHY