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Hi guys, just checking to see if I understand something correctly. Low resolution avi files (such as 360 x 240) contain only one half of the full frame.So when we encode them using TMPG we have to use the "non-interlace" setting. Using the "interlace"setting is wrong because there are not the 2 halves of the frame to lace together... Correct?
NO, not exactly, I depends on How the movie was made and encoded,When you load your file into Tmpgenc those settings are adjusted by the encoder so you don"t change them because the encoder analizes the file when you load it and adjusts them acordingly so they will be at the correct settings...
I have an annoying problem and I want to try my chances here since I have never ever had a response on any other forum. This might not be the most relevant to TMPGenc but I am giving it a shot since this fourm deals with a lot of video experts and I have been answered great every time.
Every time I look at an .avi file in windows explorer (or just holds the mouse over the file) a DOS looking windows pops up in the background that contains the folowing info:
Header says C:/windowsexplorer.exe
then in the window it shows: DecompressQuery:input=24 bits, output =(null)
The .AVI files in question are made with my little Canon camera (and any DIVX)and are 12 seconds movie clips so not a perfect .avi but ok and similar to others. This window also comes up if I drag in a DIVX movie file into TMPGE, even though I am not intersted in DIVX.
I have a divx with a bilingual audio track, one in french, the other in english. It's compressed with Ogg Vorbis. I want to extract only the french file, how can I do that because when I extract audio from Virtual Dub I have the two tracks mixed in one...
Is there a possibility to include a feature to enter audio delay correction values in the multiplexing tools? When processing audio seperately from video with standalone tools like azid and toolame and finally multiplexing the m2v created by tmpgenc and the mp2 created by toolame I do not see any option to specify an audio delay. Would be awful, if such an option was included.
I multiplexed a svcd compatible m2v and two mp2 streams to a single MPEG-2 SuperVideoCD mpg file. But when trying to cut this huge file (3 CDs) to seperate parts for burning, TMPGEnc only includes one of the two audio tracks in the small parts. So please add a feature to include all contained streams in the cutted stream.
Or did I do anything wrong?
Agreed. I think if there was just a little more audio capability, it would make an already great software an even better product. Audio merge, designate Left or Right audio, etc. From my understanding, it shouldn't be too difficult. I've been working on some similar software for a proprietary product and the guy sripting that codec seems to think that this isn't rocket science to add these features.
Every time I encode a movie, typically in 2 parts. I start getting the "Stream Writing Error" toward the end of the second file. I start over and it will come up again, but in the different spot.
About a week ago I got the same error message. As I posted then, the problem was that my hard drive was full, but because of cross-linked files causing bad sectors on my hard drive I still thought I had 3.5 gigs free. I used SCAN DISK and Power Defrag to clean up the hard drive, deleted some junk and then I no longer got "stream writing error".
What is the "frame rate" of the "avi/Divx" file?? if it is differant that the Mpeg that you are encodeing to then this is your problem..You have to encode to the same frame rate as your source file, and if you don"t then you will get sync problems and jumpy playback on your DVD Player....
I try to merge 16 mpeg2 files (SVCD, VBR (after 2-pass), 480x576, each file cca 45 MB long ) to one single file. Every file was created from AVI in TMPGEnc. When I merge all files at once, the result is this - the higher the fragment , the more out of sync (1 - no problem, 16 - cca 1.5 second !!). When I try merge by two (16->8->4->2->1, very time-consuming work :-( ) the result is better, but not perfect (seems to me). What is wrong ?
You make me sorry I ever bought your product. How outrageous!!
What are you trying to do? This is a HUGE step backward for TMPGenc. Are you guys trying to protect and route business to your friend companies over there, or something?
I don"t know what Joeagain is talking about, but the reason that your VBR files arent joining properly could be because Tmpgenc has problems accurately cutting or joining files that are VBR and I don"t know of a way to solve the problem unless you use a different joining/editing program to do this type of work......
It still don't understand above well. It means that because I used TMPGEncPlus to encode mpeg2 files instead TMPGEnc, I can throw away all my work to recycle bin ? If it means, that I can retain my files and merge it TMPGEnc and everything will be OK, then I must say NO! I tried it with TMPGEnc - with the same result !
To Minion: I am unsuccessfully trying to find other program, that can solve this problem. For example : Mpeg2Vcr - can join, but need to reencode whole file all over again. DVtools - simple, fast, seemingly OK (I can play it in PowerDVD), but the file is confusing for many other applications (cannot do authoring with chapters etc.).
Can somebody recommend me some other program ? Thanks
I tried for joining mpeg2 other 2 programs:
nanoMpeg editor - the result file is playable on PowerDVD from start till end, but when I try to set position by navigator slider, the playback becomes only a coloured noise.
PowerVCR II - the result is not good. The picture stops for a few frames every second. Sound is OK. When attempting to merge again in TMPGEnc, only first fragment int file is processed.
I'm giving up. I wanted my SVCDs to have thumbnail menus, so the clips will be played form first to last. This is possible only with one single file with chapters pointing to it, when using separate files, it always returns to menu after playing single clip. So I will make SVCDs without menus ...
It would be a nice feature if you could include the ability to select which channel of audio is used, Left or Right.
I have a couple of dozen 4 channel audio DVCam tapes of shows that I am wanting to burn onto CD. The left channel 1 is mixed, right ch.2 is VO only, left channel 3 is sound effects and the right channel 4 is music only.
However my DV capture card only captures via the firewire and is not selective of what channel it grabs... it just takes audio channels 1 & 2. When it is rendered in TMPGEnc, TMPGEnc mixes channel 1 & 2 so that the VO is too hot because channel 2 is VO only (with no music).
I would like to select channel 1 ONLY to be my audio channel.
Is that possible to make that? I would really appreciate it. I'm sure that there must be others out there that may have similar situations.
Thanks! Just so you know, I really think TMPGEnc is a Great program! kudos!
Since TMPGEnc is MPEG encoder, I personaly think it is too much to ask.
If I were you, I take the following steps.
1. split(de-Multiplex) audio and video with TMPGEnc, or record only audio directly from orgial DVCam with PC.
2. edit audio with audio application such as "Crean!" (http://www.steinberg.net/).
3. Multiplex the video and audio with TMPGEnc.
I am trying to Vcd a avi into a mpeg, and it will not let me, says that the avi can not open or is unsported. I just got a different computer, and on my other comp it works just fine, but now everything is on this computer, and I cant VCD. Can anyone help me? Please e-mail me @ IcedCold21@Hotmail.com
thanks!
It depends on the AVI file format and codec you have installed on your system.
*.AVI could be uncompressed AVI or Divx AVI or other AVI, and you need certain codec to load the file with TMPGEnc.
Maybe you can check if the file can be played with Windows Media player on your PC properly, if not, there is no codec in the PC.
I have the demonstration version of TMPGEnc Plus and I am trying to reduce the size of mpeg files by re-encoding them at a lower bit rate. Although the project wizard informs me the new size will be 10MB (from 30MB), after encoding, the file size is around 20MB. The file size remains the same for different encoding bit rates. The quality of the encoded mpeg however, does change. So I am left with a 20MB file with very low quality if I select a bit rate around, say, 200Kbps.
Is this because I am using a demonstration version of TMPGEnc Plus 2.5?
Is this because I have "unlocked" the bit rate in order to reduce the encoding rate?
If you are doing Mpeg1/vcd and you lower the bitrate lower than the vcd standard you need to change the "system" setting to "vcd-non-standard" or Tmpgenc will add padding to the stream to keep it vcd compliant..But if you are doing Mpeg2 then I don"t have an idea why you are haveing problems...but Usually when i re-encode Mpeg2 files I use DVD2AVi to to make project files to encode with Tmpgenc and it allways works properly....
Ive used TMPG before and never got this problem.
When i try and make an avi file to a video file using TMPG it will only show the audio and no video. Is there a codec I need or something? i have the divx codec, but TMPG wont show the video, i set it at 'system (video+audio)' like always but dosent show the video, my guess is a missing codec, but not sure. Please help me. If im right, and it is a missing codec please tell me which. Thanks
This is Newbie problem #1, and allmost every one gets it when they first open the program, You need to raise the priority of the "Direct Show File Reader" in the "Vfapi Plugins" you do this by going to "options" to "Enviromental Settings" then to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise the "Direct Show" to "2" ...