I got problem with my audio by burning DVD with Sonis myDVD. Audio disappear after 80% of movie. I'd like to try NERO.
Now, when I come to burn it onto the DVD using Nero I get these error messages in Nero: Required file VIDEO TS.IFO IS NOT PRESENT and
Required file VIDEO TS.BUP IS NOT PRESENT and
DVD VIDEO FILES Compliance Test Failed
But after TMPGenc I'm getting single mpg.file.
Any suggestion ?
Thaks,Sergey

I have been looking arround for a solution for your problem cuz there have been a couplae of poeple asking this ,I don"t burn dvd"s so I"m preety much as lost as you but from what i have been reading you need to "Author" your mpeg file with an authorong program(would be a good idea so you can put in chapters)and the authoring program will put your mpeg into a Video TS Folder and it is this folder that you burn to dvd=r, go to VCDHelp.com and they have step by step instructions on how to author menus and chapters with authoring programs...

Thanks Griff for reply.
You know I foiund the way to create my DVD's.
Sonic my DVD has a bugs - the audio disapear after 60-80% of movie .
Ulead movie factory works fine and can creat all those files for NERO.
So,why I need to take all files and burn them with NERO if I can do it in 1 click with Ulead Movie factory.
So,my way is :
Studio 7 - capture and editing with MP3, save as AVI.Then TMPGenc with aver.8000kb/sec,max9000 and min 2000kb/sec- 2VBR,very slow motion.Then Ulead Movie Factory.

Everything fine - just one complain - speed of encoding !!!
I've got a new Computer 2 weeks ago , and anyway 10min of movie -3.3hours of encoding! I have Pentium - 4 , 2Ghz,512 Mb memory,Geforce4 TI4400,DVD burner Pioneer -04.
Regards

>Everything fine - just one complain - speed of encoding !!!

Encoding speed is a big problem. I recently encoded a 3 hour film, admitedly using absolutely top quality from TMPGEnc, and it took 2 days!

Computing power is not the total story though. I've used a custom-built Athlon-based machine at work (1.4GHz), and I use a Pentium 450 III at home, and there's not that huge difference in encoding speed between them.

Griff

Hi, I have a problem. I have captured a movie in VCD format (MPGEG1-1, 352x288, 25fps.) and it is ok. If I would like to modify it with the VCD options in the principal menu from TMPGENC, the result is that the sound seems to be faster and the program delete some little portions of it to make a perfect correlation between video and audio. Somebody knows something about this? Thanks. Fernando

How do you modify it?

Hi Hataian!
I have used the "clip frame" option to delete a black bar at the bottom of the recording.
Thanks for your help.
Fernando.

Hi Hataian!
I have used the "clip frame" option to delete a black bar at the bottom of the recording.
Thanks for your help.
Fernando.

How can I add *.sub files in AVi or MPG file with TMPGenc?
I want to convert DivX with sub in MPG ( VCD or SVCD or DVD ) and
to watch on my home DVD/MP3/VCD/SCVD player.

See this post:

Question - Subtitles with TMPGEnc... No.24095

ASHY

Hi All.

I have just downloaded TMPEG software but I don't seem to copy DVD's What is the correct steps to do this

Tmpgenc isn"t for Copying DVD"s,it is for encodeing avi/mov/d2v files to mpeg1/2 format, if you want to copy DVD"s you need more software, like "Smartripper" and "DVD2AVI" and a burning program like "Nero" or "VCDEasy" Go to www.vcdhelp.com and you can download the software and read a help manual on how to get a dvd movie on to a couple cd-r"s....

Thanks I will try that

>I have just downloaded TMPEG software but I don't seem to copy DVD's What is the correct steps to do this

You don't use TMPGEnc for DVD copying.

This is probably the quickest way, and discards the DVD menu:

i. Get a copy of SmartRipper and copy the DVD onto your hard disk

ii. get a copy of IFOEdit and open the first VOB (using the "creat IFO" button) of the movie - smartripper will only rip the movie VOBs if it's in movie mode.

iii. tell IFOEdit which folder you want to put your newly created VOBs in

iv. when IFOEdit's finished, re-open the VTS_01_1.IFO (or whatever the first IFO of the movie is) and click get VTS Sectors.

v. Copy all the files in the new folder into the VIDEO_TS directory created by Nero (assuming you use Nero to burn the DVDs).

vi. Burn the DVD

vii. watch the movie on your DVD player.

Griff

Hi Group

I am having problems converting an AVI file to DVD using TMPG and Nero.

I have downloaded an AVI movie and want to put it onto a DVD, I have had to rip the sound track from the AVI using V/Dub..all o.k..then I started to convert the AVI to DVD, adding the ripped Wav file. This was completed o.k.

Now, when I come to burn it onto the DVD using Nero I get these error messages in Nero: Required file VIDEO TS.IFO IS NOT PRESENT and
Required file VIDEO TS.BUP IS NOT PRESENT and
DVD VIDEO FILES Compliance Test Failed

These error messages appear when I have pressed the 'Burn' button in Nero

TMPGE did the conversion,set as follows: DVD PAL (MPeg-2 720x576 25fps CQ65,LAYER-2 48000Hz 384kbps) (This data is at the bottom of the conversion screen)

My DVD burner is a Pioneer DVR A03
The original AVI file was sized at 733,968,384 and the converted MPeg file is now 1,849,249,796
The MPeg file plays o.k (with sound) in Media Player and Real One player

Any ideas what I have done wrong please ?

Regards
Tony

I don't know what the problem is,but you could try Spruceup.
It can create a DVD profile and burn it itself.
In this case,the profile should be correct and be burned correctly
to DVD.You can download a trial version on the Internet.
Search for Spruceup at http://www.google.com

Thanks for your help....will give it a try..

Regards

Tony

Hy .

Anybody know how can i cut the mpeg to can burn it on CD.I convert a movie and size is 1,4 GB

"File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "merge and cut" and if it don"t work find a mpeg editor....

Guys,
these BBS messages have been very helpful. I read about the mpeg editor DVTools on this board yesterday and was able to make 2 -3 smaller mpeg files from SVD coded files for several movies. The only remaining problem is that Nero Ver 5.5.7 says that it needs a SVCD encoder plug in.
If I simply take the SVCD mpeg file that I made using TMPG and slice it to fit a CD-R and then burn it with Nero the result is something like a slide show - a series of short, choppy video bursts with scattered sound. This happens whether I set NERO to "SVCD" or non-compliant CD.
Now NERO offers the SVCD encoder for $16, it is not the cost of the software, but the question is whether I really need it. Will Nero burn a TMPG SVCD mpeg file without the SVCD encoder?

I cannot burn an SVCD with Nero either, but VCDeasy (free software) works great. Can see tips on using it at VCDhelp.com

Here's a download site (although it has many "pop-ups"; might want to disable cookies first.)

Sorry, I forgot to paste the download site:

http://www.tucows.com/mmedia/preview/260392.html

VCD Easy does not seem to support my Dell Dimension CD-RW.
That's ok, I realized while reading thru some of these posts that the problem may be that my Panasonic "Progressive scan" DVD, Video CD, CD and MP3 player may simply not support SVCD. I had thought that "progressive scan" meant that it could read anything...
I went to Circuit City to ask the sales help for advice, but they were clueless. There were no DVD players that also stated that they played SVCD so I could not test out the SVCD disc that seemed to "skip" when played on my machine. For the time being, I am going to cease trying to make SVCDs - my next venture may be to buy one of the AT1-All in Wonder boards so that I can capture TV signals and digitalize them at high resolution. It seems that hi-res avi files make sharper TV pictures even when recorded as a VCD, so I guess I'll try to increase picture quality from the front end, rather than the rear end!

If you want to increase the quality of your vcd"s I don"t think a capture board is going to help much,get a dvd rom and rip dvd"s if you want quality, it is easier and will give you better quality than captureing, and you don"t have to fork out a bunch of cash on something that might not be what you want, i"m just saying this cuz I bought a "all in wonder" a couple months ago and it wasn"t what i expected and I had problems with it from day one...

Minion, I'm just not happy with the quality that I have been able to achieve with burning VCDs from KaZaA files. The best quality vcd came from an erotic file called Dark Angel by a guy named Andrew Blake. It had been encoded in a higher resolution to start with, AVI at (740 x something that I can't recall) and made a really sharp VCD. Most avi files of tv shows or movies are at 320x240 and even when I use TMPG to encode them as MPEG and then use Nero to burn them the images on the TV screen are still somewhat blurry.
ANIME is always sharp.
So I want to be able to watch clear and sharp network tv shows and movies on disk. I thought I could invest $200 in a ATI "All in Wonder" board and run my tv cable into the computer, and then digitalize the cable output at a hi resolution.But now I wonder if I shouldn't simply get a stand alone DVD recorder....
So much to think about, so little cash!!!!

Hi ,Just get a dvd-rom (about $75)not a dvd-burner ,then all you need is your cd-rw and you can make vcd/svcd"s that look like dvd"s, the ones I do are at high resolution(704 by 480)and have menues,chapters and look awesome, and you don"t have to spend $700 on a dvd burner and $5-$10 for each dvd-r, I wouldn"t spend that kind of cash on something unless I was sure i needed it and if you can get simular results with a tenth the cash I think it is worth the investment,Just a thought....

In answer to the guy who is having problems burning SVCD's with Nero after using DVtool to split his files.

The simple answer to your problem is that you can NOT just simply cut the file in three and then burn in Nero.

All SVCD and VCD MPEG files need to have a header attached to them in order for them to be recognized as a SVCD or VCD. DVtool does not do this and I'm pretty sure this is the reason for your choppy playback.

Once you have split those files you need to run them through the simple multiplexer in MPEGtools to attach a SVCD header to the files and then burn in NERO using the SVCD option.
I guess also that nero gave you some sort of warning when you loaded the file. The NERO SVCD plugin is for re-encoding files and is crap, so dont bother.

All you need to do is load the MPEG files into the simple multiplexer and choose 'MPEG2 Super VCD(VBR)' as the type and then run, then burn in NERO with the SVCD option.

ASHY

First of all I'm using Windows XP and am a big fan of the ability to change the visual styles. In the main windows of tmpgenc(all versions I think), if you drag the windows up from the buttom right corner until you can't make it any smaller, the window(just tmpgenc not any other parts of winxp) will change the visual style back to the default classic style(which looks like crap). I really don't care about this. I just think it's odd. If anyone understands what I'm talking about I'll be suprised. If anyone has winxp try it out.

Not exactly a bug - Cosmetic more like. More to the point, why do you want to do such a thing? Seems absolutely pointless to me!

Thanks for all the advice on the flickering titles. I downloaded AVISynth and am trying to figure out how it works (I had never heard of a frame server). However I have noticed that the title are flickering in the original AVI file that I have exported from premiere. So I will probably need to clean that up first. Any suggestions? I have been using indeo (at 90% quality) as my exporting compression in premiere. I export at 640 by 480 (4:3 aspect) Aspect ration is set to sqare pixels (1.0), and of course a 29.97 frame rate. Should I not use Indeo, or would an aspect ratio set to D1/DV NTSC (0.9) be better? Any thoughts? Thanks again

Hi,experts!
I capture with my digital8 videos with scenalyser life.
For editing I use Pinnacle Studio7 for easy projects,and for more fancy projects Adobe Premiere6.
After capturing I can all dv-avi files open with TMPGEnc.If I make a video rendered with Studio7, also no problems, I can open and convert the file with
TMPBEnc.
But if I make a video with the same material, rendered with Premiere6 TMPGEnc doesent open this avi file.
Please is there a answer to this problem?
Regards, Michael

First you can try to raise the priority of the "openDML file reader" in the "Vfapi Plugins" but if this doesn"t work then it is probably due to the codec that you are useing in premier to render your file, tmpgenc is compatible with most formats but not all so try to use a different codec in premier...

after reading your page, i to find that when encoding to mpeg i lose all audio within 15 seconds of the mpeg-1 starting.
u mentioned using virtualdub to extract the audio 1st, can you please tell me where i can download virtualdub.

many thanx

http://www.virtualdub.org

Hi All

I've encoded several PAL DVD's now but my latest one has a slight problem.
Encoded with VBR4000 and authured with Ulead MF.
After adding chapters and burning the DVD. Some of the chapter thumb neils do not correspond to the actual position i.e.if you click on a thumb neil, it will take you abaout a minute before that chapter actually starts.The DVD is 124min with 9 chapters with 3 chapters showing a minute error.

Any ideas on how to fix this. I hope it's not a TMPGEnc problem but down to MF problem as I don't want to encode this DVD again as it took 23 hours.

Regards
Martin

Well if the mpeg file was fine before you used "ulead" then it is a problem with "ulead" I don"t know if this is your problem but sometimes when ripping a dvd the chapters of the dvd get extracted in the wrong order so check the vob files(if you are copying a dvd)and see if the chapters are in the right order..

Hi Minion

Thanks for the input but no I wasn't ripping a DVD. What I was doing, was capturing a video 8 tape to avi via Pinnacle Studio 7,encoding with TMPGNec and then author & burn with Movie Factory. After selecting the chapter thunbnails in MF, all seems well. i.e click on the thunbnail and the video position is correct. So I burn the DVD with MF (have also burned with Easy cd creator) and when you play it in the DVD player that's when you see that some of the thunbnails are out by a minute or two.

I have seen some threads on the Pinnacle forum about time codes having to be corrected but that was in connection with DV tapes.

Regards
Martin

Been looking at the Ulead Movie Factory web board.
Seems the problem I've been having is down to MF and VBR.

Hope this link works ok.

http://news.ulead.com:8080/read?21267,73

Martin

Hi
Like you I use TMPGEnc with MF to burn my own DVD+RW from my Digital 8 Material. I experienced the same problem with the chapters being out when played on a DVD player, yet within MF it seemed to work fine. My fix was to play the coded MPEG2 file in Media Player or similiar locate the chapter points I wanted and note the timecode at each chapter point from within media player. Then back into MF and enter these timecodes for the chapter points required. MF has completley the wrong thumbnails, but ignore that. Burn the DVD and bingo you'll find all your chapter timings are perfect.
From this I concluded it's a bug Ulead Movie Factory and wondered if it's something to do with handling various GOP structures as it will only put chapter points on the I frames and the dafault GOP within TMPGEnc is variable, but that's a guess and probably wrong !
Hope it works for you.
Regards
Ray Keech

I tried the 'Merge & Cut'-Tool in order to split a mpeg into 2 files. The program only takes 900 seconds from the input file. Does anybody know why?

Noboby know"s why the mpeg tools have so many bugs in them and all you can really do about it is to use a different mpeg editor, if you are doing mpeg1/vcd there is a freeware program called "vcd cutter" that will edit your mpeg1 files.

the tool i have found 4 cut & merge of a video file is DVTool very easy to use to

download it from here

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/dvtool.html