How can I purchase the TMPGENC Plus version? I do not have credit cards, that are supported at pegasys-inc... I am from austria and I couldn't find any distributor that sales the software...
Is there any other way to purchase it??
Please help me, I want to use the software for private issues only!!!

Thanks for your answers!
Christian

I do not think TMPGEnc Plus retail package or something tangible is available (except online version).

You should visit:
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/e_faq.html

Ever since I put 2.56 on, I have having problems converting avi's and mpgs.

1) On most mpegs, the # of frames is a very big number and the estimated time to convert is a very big number; OR
2) No video at all; OR
3) When converting uncompressed AVI's, after about 35% or so, it all goes black.

I have same result as orion940. I am trying to re-encode MPEG-2 in format for VCD on 1 minute source clip. Frames to go is 600000000, and hours to go is 6000, approximately. 2.51 version performed this fine! Still trying to solve for why-

Eh, are you able to change the settings when compressing video in Tmpg Enc
They are blocked from being changed

To unlock the settings you have to load the "unlock.mcf" template in the "Extra" folder,when you load the template all your settings will become unlocked so before encodeing make sure everything is the way you want it cuz the settings have a habbit of changeing after you load the template....

I have problem as follows:

I've followed up the same as instructions of Webpage
"Using AVISYnth as a frame server between Premiere and
TMPGEnc"

the process I do OK until I click "Start", immediately
the screen becomes just black color....whereas the
status bar of WHOLE works and source position still
00:00:00 (unchangeable number).

The first time I tried with a short of video (only
10mins)but everthing OK....

This time I do 2 hrs video for DVD dics...and failure.
I do sth wrong with this ?(although I recheck and redo
many times carefully but no result and have more look
on net for guide).

Please help me or show me what to do next.

Thank you very much in advance.

Thuydinh,

Hi, I just download a sample MPEG-1 movie from this site....just to test how it looks like when burn onto VCD. I wonder why NERO need to re-encode the MPEG-1 file stating that "the stream is invalid for making (super)video-cd". For your information, I'm burn it with Nero 5.5.8.2 with assistance from Nero wizard for making VCD.

The problem is probably that the file is a "mpeg1" file not a "vcd" file, Why use a downloaded sample clip?The best thing to do is to download the program and encode your own clips and burn them to vcd ......

>The problem is probably that the file is a "mpeg1" file not a "vcd" file, Why use a downloaded sample clip?The best thing to do is to download the program and encode your own clips and burn them to vcd ......

Hi, I'm newbie and i have the same question, I encode my avi to mpg, but when i try to burn it with the nero assistance for vcd it says it needs to encode the file because "the stream is invalid for making (super)video-cd" (and of course taking another few hours). What can I do? rename the mpg to vcd or what? or maybe just dont use the nero's assitance for vcd and burn the mpg as an iso?

Thanks Minion...

Hi! What's your mpeg1 format? If it's not strictly compliance with VCD format, nero will react as what you decribed.

When "nero" gives you the error message it will also tell you "why" the file wasn"t compliant with vcd standards, if you load a template the settings will be set so your file won"t get that error in nero...

This is the MPEG-1 format used in my case:

PAL(352x288)
25.000 fps
huffyuv 2.1.1 compressor
aspect ratio 4:3 625(pal)
1150 kbit/s

audio:
MPEG-1 Layer II
sampling frequency: 44100 Hz(stereo)
192 kbit/s (changed to 224 kbit/s also produced the same problem)

This is the MPEG-1 format used in my case:

PAL(352x288)
25.000 fps
huffyuv 2.1.1 compressor
aspect ratio 4:3 625(pal)
1150 kbit/s

audio:
MPEG-1 Layer II
sampling frequency: 44100 Hz(stereo)
192 kbit/s (changed to 224 kbit/s also produced the same problem)

The specs you posted sound like a compatible Pal mpeg1/vcd file accept that you wrote in "huffyuv compressor" so are those the stats of your avi file or your mpeg1 file? cuz "huffyuv" is an "avi codec", I hope you aren"t outputting to the "huffyuv" codec? cuz then you would be encodeing to avi not mpeg1 and then "nero" would for sure re-encode the file, but if that was a "typo" then the only thing that might work is to take your "mpeg1" file and run it through the "merge and cut" with the "mpeg1/vcd" setting in the dropdown menue, this will put a vcd header on the file just in case you encoded the file to mpeg1 not mpeg1/vcd....

sorry for my english i am italian
i convert from DVD to SVCD whith software DVDx and TMPGENC, when i split the vid whith TMPF (merge and cuts), i not see the vid, audio is good but video is black.
I trasfer on CD the video for see on TV and the vision is very good but not regular

Just use DvDx to convert from DVD to VCD/SVCD!

Hello,

since the trial period for version 2.54 expired I get for all following versions - 2.54a, 2.55, 2.56 - with the start the message "mpeg 2 trial period expired". I use it with Windows 2000 and Windows 98SE.

Has anybody an idea ?

Thank you Nils

> "mpeg 2 trial period expired"

This is just what it says. You can not use MPEG-2 encoding feature for free
any more. You need to buy TMPGEnc Plus if you want unlimited MPEG-2 encoding
feature.

At contact page, it says :
"Because of MPEG-2 licensing matter, we are not able to provide unlimited
MPEG-2 encoding function for free, thus, the free version of TMPGEnc (which
you can download from this website) has limited MPEG-2 encoding function."

If a software has MPEG-2 encoding or decoding feature, the author or distributer
needs to pay licensing fee once they distribute/sell the software to the public.

Try tmpgplus

Hello,

may be my question was not in correct phrasing. I know that there is only a limited test time for mpeg-2 for the free versions.
In the past I installed a new free version and it continuoes to encoding for the next trial period. But since the trial period of version 2.53 finished the version 2.54 said from beginning (the first day) that the trial period expired. So I installed version 2.55. This version said it too. And so on.
Or does it means that since (free) version 2.54 there is no more trial period ?

Thank you

Yep, you got it in one buddy. You won't be able to use the trial now until the next upgrade version comes out.

Go buy this program, it's worth it as it's obvious you use it a lot.

ASHY

i¡­m here again with some new problems.

first, tmpgenc won¡­t open a mp2 file for multiplexing with a m1v file. i can¡­t find an explanation.

sencond, i¡­ve tried to multiplex these two files with bbmpeg, the process goes everything ok, but when i play the mpg final file there is no sound. i find these strange because i¡­ve followed every step of the every existing guide. i wonder if it¡­s a windowsXP problem.

well, i need some advise here,

thanks,

didi.

Have you listened to the mp2 audio file to see if the audio is there?sometime tmpgenc encodes a blank audio file so you might have to re-encode just the audio then try muxing the new audio with the video, there are other muxers you can try also "mpeg2vcr" has one and there is a free one called "xmuxer"....

i¡­m grateful for your concern in answering my question.

about the mp2 file, it¡­s ok, it was originally a mpeg video/audio file, i demuxed it with tmpegnc then used it in soundforge to fix a problem(saved it as a wav file) and finally encoded it again to mp2 using besweet v1.4 b12. is it possible to multiplex a m1v with a mp2 file?, the thing is that tmpgenc allows to open the original mp2 file, the one that i¡­ve demuxed with this program, but not the one i¡­ve encoded with besweet. what do you think?.


i¡­ve been searching for a free download of those programs you recomend, but they¡­re all demo versions. the mpeg2vcr don¡­t allow any saves, for the xmuxer i went to dvdDigest but the links aren¡­t working and i couldn¡­t get it through other websites.

can you help me?

thanks,

didi.

There is obviously a problem with the mp2 file you have created with besweet. If TMPG won't open it then it is corrupt.
Why did you use besweet anyway? TMPG is perfectly capable of encoding wav files to mp2.
Just load the wav into TMPG as the audio source then click 'Audio only' as the stream type and encode.

ASHY

ok.

i can¡­t explain how much i owe you, the two of you, for what you did for me. minion thank you very very much, and ashy, you were right i did what said and tmpgenc worked good.

thanks, and hope i won¡­t bother you again,

really thank you,


didi.

Hi,
when i encode avi to mpeg2 the picture is ok, but the audio is really bad, some kind of a noise.
I´ve tried many tmpgenc version but they worked all the same.
Could anyone help me on that problem?
Thanks

The audio encoder in tmpgenc isn"t very good but you can use external audio encoders with tmpgenc in the "external tools" a good audio encoder to use is "toolame" or "SCMPX" you can find them on any search engine....

Thank you Minion for your help.
I´ll try both suggestions.
Thanks
Felicio

Hi,
i´m trying to convert vob files to avi or to mpeg2, but when i try to open it tmpgenc says "format not supported" or something like that.
Could anyone help me on that?

I used to this with version 2.53 and it worked fine. Now i´m using version 2.55.

Generall speaking you shouldn"t load vob files into tmpgenc, if you want to make an avi file out of a vob you can use a program called "vob2avi" or "dvd2avi", but if you are just encodeing to avi so you can encode it to mpeg2 then use "dvd2avi" to frame serve the vob files to tmpgenc, this is the best way to copy vob files to mpeg...

Error message "5 s packets cause buffer underflow" with just one of a set of mpg files subjected to Simple Multiplex prior to VCD burn. File plays, but with a period of stills and bad sound. Is there anything I can do to correct the file or to make another that will be free of this problem?

I have noticed that if you multiplex useing the "mpeg1/vcd non-standard" setting in the multiplex you might not get this error but if you still get it try multiplexing with the "mpeg1 setting" then put the vcd headers on with the merge and cut .......

Your problem is not the buffer under flow. "5 s packets cause buffer underflow" is neither here nor there and won't give a problem.
I guess the reson you are having the problem with playback is because you did not choose 'MPEG1 Video CD' as the type when you multiplexed.
I also would guess that you also recieved some kind of warning from your VCD burning software when you loaded this file which you ignored.

To correct the MPEG load it back into the simple multiplexer and choose 'MPEG1 Video CD' as the type and run ( make sure you give the output a different name than the input or you may recieve an error).

ASHY

I was about to purchase the PRO when my 2.53 started having an Illegal Floating Point Error. I have read articles about turning OFF the SSE & SSE2 but that causes the encoding time to double (or more). What is the point of having a nice P4 if I cannot use its full power.

What is going on here? These are NTSC DVD rips. I have successfully used 2.53 to encode non stadard VCDs based upon the KVCD templates.

IN FACT, I have encoded the same video several times and got the ERROR when I made a reduction in MAX bitrate to make the file smaller. Here is what happended:

1) 704x480 29.97fps CQ 50 300-1500 44k 128kbps.mpg WORKED! File 831MB
2) 704x480 23.976fps CQ 50 300-1440 44k 128kbps.mpg WORKED! File 731MB
3) 704x480 29.97fps CQ 50 300-1440 44k 128kbps.mpg ERROR! File ??MB

What is happening?
Thanks for the help!
reman

Since you are doing dvd rips you shouldn"t get this error unless you are doing anything with your computer accept encode,I only get this error when I try to surf the net or run any other applications while encodeing, it is a good idea to just encode and do nothing else even turning on your screen saver while encodeing seems to cause the error, if you are looking for fast encodeing there are faster encoders out there....