I encoded a ripped DVD file with TMPG 2.54a with DVD2SVCD, but the output MPG file is a green black screen (audio works). Anyone know the reason ?

I did get it to work the very first time, but since then.. same green screen.

Why are you useing "dvd2svcd"?Try useing "dvd2avi" to extract the audio to wav and make a d2v file and encode the d2v file and the wav audio and you shouldn"t have any problems,I never do.......

dvd2svcd uses dvd2avi already.. it's a one click program that uses many tools in a row so there won't have to be any user intervention.

Thats wierd then how do you choose what audio track you want or if you want to extract subtitles or any of the many settings that change from movie to movie, or if you want to use ivtc in dvd2avi..maybe you need a more hands on aproach, cuz how can you know where you went wrong if you don"t know what settings you have used.........just a thought....

sorry I've only started doing this.. been about 5 days now.

Did a few tests and I seem to be able to encode fine if I run TMPG on its own without the use of DVD2SVCD. Just, when I use the program it will keep giving a green output MPG file (visible green from the encoding preview window).

DVD2SVCD integrates all the ripping/encoding/chapters/bin creation into one program with the use of the common utilities -- DVD2AVI, BBMPEG, TMPG or CCE, etc. Ideally I'd like to use the program to do it all for me since I don't know the process that well... and TMPG has worked in the past with the program. Just not sure what went wrong and if I can blame the new versions or some simple codec issue.

well, i tried both CQ and 2 pass VBR. CQ will do a green screen, but VBR does a black blank screen.

Also tried both 2.54a and the newest 2.55 one.. same problem.

Then don"t use "dvd2svcd" just bute the bullet and learn how to use the programs so if you have a problem then you know were to look for the source of it, another thing you might try is to see if you have the "angel potion" codec on your machine cuz it causes discoloration in the encoded mpeg file but this doesn"t sound like your problem but it is worth looking into...

With DVD2SVCD 1.0.9 build 3, a new mpeg2dec2.dll is provided as an alternative to the mpeg2dec.dll. In DVD2SVCD's Frameserver tab, if you set mpeg2dec to use this mpeg2dec2.dll, it appears to solve the green screen problem.

while trying to change an avi to mpeg or video cd,, video is transformed, but no sound appears, even though it seems to say it has sound

Hey I've got the same exact problem and i'm currently looking for a answer too

Your source file probably has an unsupported audio format, you need to extract the audio to wav with "virtual dub" then use the wav file as your source audio file, and you have to encode the audio to 41000hz or your dvd player won"t play it..

Ok, I recently ripped a DVD and I was in the process of converting it into a VCD. I changed the bitrate to 2200 and lowered the audio to 192. Now here's were the problem arised. I tried to change the resolutionof the VCD. Now I already know that the default is something like 352x240 (I can't actually remember what it is, but that's not important) I changed it to 720x480 (Typical DVD resolution) I set it to non-interlaced and 16:9 aspect ratio. And encoded it. Everything went fine, but when I viewed it when it was done there were these strange lines/distortion when any object was in movement. I'm playing the finished VCD on my comp and my DVD player and they both display the lines/distortion. Does anyone know why this is? Is there a setting that can disable/lower the display of these lines? If anyone has a solution to this problem or a way to get around this please Email me at SprkFade@aol.com, or just post it here. Thanks!

These are interlacing artifacts.
You need to de-interlace the source movie.

ASHY

Hi,
I want to convert an AVI-File into SVCD, but everytime I push the Startbutton this message appears:
"Index of scan line is out of range(384)"

What does it mean? I'm using the project wizard, so I don't think that wrong options cause this message.

thx4 your help!

CU! ddleBear!

How to set GOP structure to IBBBBBBBBIBBBBBBBBIBBBBBBBBI ???

For static scenes with very low mouvement and fixed camera this
structure it's the best (without any doubt) !!!

Please, insert this option: now I=1,P=0,B=n set IIIIIIIIII.

Obssesion

I'm not sure,but maybe this type of GOP is impossible.
I think to have read somewhere that every B-frame must
be next to an I- or P-frame either before or behind itself.

Hi,

I¡Çm absolutely sure that IBBBBBBBI GOP¡Çs are legal:

I-frame: Intra-frame, don¡Çt depends on any other frame.
P-frame: Predicted-frame, depends on previous frame (I or P), and has only changes from between this frame and the previous.
B-frame: Both-frame, depends on previous and later frames type I or P, reflecting only changes between both and actual frame.

Now, TMPGEnc can only output IBBBBBBBPIBBBBBBBPIBBB¡Ä GOP¡Çs, that¡Çs incorporating an inefficient approach: B is from previous I and later P, really P are predicted (much error) and irrelevant, because after are inserted and I frame.

Please, correct actual code: I=1, P=0 and B=n don¡Çt need to produce IIIIII GOP¡Çs!!!

Obssesion.

If you have any suggestions in converting Divx to MPeg(VCD). Please do so since I'm having problems with the encoder TMPGEnc

If it plays on your computer then the problem is not with "tmpgenc" cuz if you can watch it on your computer then the encoder has done what it was supposed to do, the problem is either with the way you burned it to disk or with your vcd player,Nero is probably the best and easiest to use to burn vcd"s and if you can watch it on the computer and you burnt it properly then it is a compatability issue with your vcd player...

Excuse me if I have not a good english...
I've used tmpgenc for convert AVI to MPG but in some Avi i have found this error:
The video is not syncronized vith the audio and i have try to adjust the problem in the option before the starts of encoding, with the option of delay sound... I used 2000 m seconds of delay (the effective delay...) but when the program finish to encode I found the same problem... 2000 m seconds of delay...
What can i do?
Thank you very much..

Hi -- I have found the exact same problem!

Sorry, I don't have the answer, but am very curious to find out!

Bleph

Use a program like "bbmpeg" or "mpeg2vcr" you can use there multiplexor to offset the audio or video to try to sync then up...

Save the audio as uncompressed wav,use Vdub set at 44.1Khz then use this with TMPGEnc

Hi All,

I recently switch from CCE demo to TMPGenc for doing standard VCD from DVD. Since I'm new to this program, I was wondering if some of you can share some of your tips ono how to twist in creating the best VCD quality possible. Thanks.

-Kenneth

http://www.vcdhelp.com

Hi,

I'm helping a friend to backup a copy of his DVD Karaoke to a VCD Karaoke using TMPGenc. This is my first time doing a VCD Karaoke back and notice there are lots of halo or blocky or haze around the karaoke text. The karaoke text is not subtitle but part of the video itself. Is this normal? Is there anyway I can minimize or reduce the blocky effect on the text? Any suggestions would be very appreciated. Thanks.

-Kenneth

goto setting and look for motion search persition, select high quality

vcd isnt the greatest but it should be fine for karaoke

I have just started converting an avi file to ntsc vcd, this appears to be creating an mpeg file, but how do I get this to play on my DVD player? I can play video cd's, but they are usually in avseq01.dat format when I explore them. Help would be greatly appreciated. TIA

Use Nero Burning Rom and select VCD.

Thanks very much, I appreciate your help.

I was wondering if I could change the bitrate to a lower rate. With the Wizard it automatically chooses the "CBR 1150kbps 70min/650MB" and there is not other option. If I can lower this bitrate to maybe 800 or 900, then it may be possible that I can get the whole movie on one CD right? How can I change this bitrate (VBR)?

You need to learn the "standard of MPEG-1".

There is no VBR on MPEG-1 standard.

http://www.kvcd.net

Thanks for all your help. However, please view the new problem I posted. I'm still having trouble.

I have a 1.8Ghz comp., with a Pentium 4. I tried to convert an avi (565 MB) into an mpg and it says that it will take almost 24 hours to do that. Why is this happening? It had only finished 4% in 1 and a half hours. That is really slow for such a fast computer. Is this normal? How come some other people say they finish theirs in about 1 and a half hours and mine is only 4% done?

I have recently doubled performance by adding some memory. going from 256 mb to 512 mb doubles encoding speed. adding more meory doesn't significantly increase further.

Problem is, with a fast cpu you still have memory access as the speed bottleneck..

I have recently doubled performance by adding some memory. going from 256 mb to 512 mb doubles encoding speed. adding more meory doesn't significantly increase further.

Problem is, with a fast cpu you still have memory access as the speed bottleneck..

There is difineatly something wrong with you configuration cuz on my 800mhz p3 system I can encode a 2 hour movie to mpeg2 in 7-10 hours, try deleteing tmpgenc and re-download it maybe that will help.....

I tried redownloading it, but it still does that. How can I configure it to where it does it faster?

I have no Idea how to configure your system to work faster I think there is something wrong with it cuz it seems to be encodeing at the speed of a 400mhz,The only thing i can think of is maybe raise the amount of "virtual memory" you have and make sure that you direct memory access controller is enabled(DMA).and make sure you have directx8.But that is all I can think of, maybe get someone to check it out for you......,