ok, so i rip a DVD then use TMPGEnc with the DVD template to reduce the size of the movie down but how on earth do i burn it to DVD-R so it plays on a set top DVD player using Nero??????

First off if you want the dvd to have the features of a DVD like "menues" titles" & "chapters" then don"t use "Nero" to burn it to DVD-R, pluss Nero isn"t a good dvd burning program and I don"t think that it will turn the mpeg into a "Video-TS folder"..There isn"t much use burning to a DVD-R without the DVD features ,you might as well do a vcd, if you want the features of a dvd and want to burn it easily then use something like "Ulead DVD Workshop" you can download a fully functional 30 day demo from there web site at "www.ulead.com" but if you want it to look more profecinal then you can use something like "Spruce Up" or "DVDit"..which you might be able to find on the net if you look hard enough or kaaza......

Nero is a fine DVD burning program, I use it all the time, but you need your file to be in VIDEO_TS form first, and for that you need a DVD Authoring program e.g. SpruceUp. DVD Workshop is a fine program but it will expire on you unless you want to pony-up $250 for it.

SpruceUp will allow you to set-up your program as a "First Play" item; you don't have to build menus at all if you don't want to. It's a great way to go for simple recordings.

Go over to www.vcdhelp.com for advice on authoring.

But who needs NERO if you have an authoring program, and Ulead DVD workshop is a very inexpensive program you can get it for less than $50..but it is free on the net....

Minion, I would like to know where you can get DVD Workshop for $50!!! And if by "free on the net" you mean it can be readily stolen, well, why would you want to promote software theft here where Pegasys stands to lose from widespread acceptance of such behavior as well?

It has been my experience that Nero works more reliably than either DVDit or SpruceUp for burning DVDs.

Hi,

when i try to multiplex (MPEG-2 Super Video CD [VBR]) a mpeg2-file with an audio stram i always get a "stream reading error" at the same position (37%). When i multiplex it with MPEG-2 Program (VBR)-Mode everything is ok, but i cannot burn the file as SVCD. What could i do?

Olafio

Try this, after multiplexing it as a mpeg2/vbr load the file into the "merge & cut" with the "svcd" setting and name your output directory then click "run" and it should put a svcd header in the file, but this is a bug in the 2.57 version"s mpeg tools, try a different version, some authoring programs will let you burn a mpeg2 file without a svcd header on it,like "VCDEasy" and "Ulead dvd workshop"......

... with TMPGEnc 2.56 it's working ... thank you very much!

TMPGEnc has many bugs and this isn't cool for high time consuming job like coverting AVI to VCD, then plz fix bugs.

Explain your Bugs and maybe there is a solution for your problem...Most of the bugs I experience are in the "Mpeg Tools" but other than that Tmpgenc has worked flawlessly for me over the last 6 months......

I've been pretty good at making VCD's with chapters using Sefty's Guide. Last night, I wanted to make a SVCD of Lord of the Rings on 3 CD's. I'm uising TMPGEnc and encoded the movie in 3 parts, 750mb each, using CQ of 80, with the high bit rate of 2400 and a min of 900.

I used Chapter X Tractor to read the IFO and pasted the info into VCDEasy, but VCDEasy said "number of possible chapter entry points:1".

Is it because I encoded a non-standard SVCD with TMPGEnc?

I don"t think it has to do with the mpeg being a non-standard svcd file, it is probably a bug in VCDEasy or an error in the chapter list, you can try to put them in manually but this takes a while...sorry i can"t help much here....

OK thanks Minion. I've emailed the author of VCDEasy, and if I figure out what the problem is, I'll post a "I fixed it" thread. Thanks for your time.

I have been using TMPGE for some time now, and have an older version.

I have been hoping that the BATCH ENCODE feature would be improved upon eventually, where you dont have to create each "project" manually one-by-one to create a batch list- what I need to do is create a processing template and then just highlight or drag&drop a group of mpegs into the batch list to all by processed by the same specs.

Is this possible in the new version? I remember seeing a seperately written app for TMPGE that allows you to create the batch files- does anyone know where I can find a program like that that works well?

I think you can find the "Tmpgenc batch file maker" at "www.divxdigest.com"? or you can make your own template with the settings you wan"t all the files to be then you can load in each file and just load the template then save the projects ,it isn"t perfect but it is faster than doing all the settings manually for each file....

I checked out that program, but it doesnt do what I need- its specifically designed for making VCD's which is not what I'm doing. I need something where I can set all the parameters to output to MPEG-1 and then be able to select a large group of source files to run through those settings and tell it where to plop the processed results, thus creating a TBE file for tmpgenc..

I saw a program that did this on an australian site, but it never fully worked- does anyone know of a prog for tmpge like this? They really need to add this feature into the program...

i wanna know whatis the difference between interlace and non-interlace and what is aspect ratio. thanx

http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgencexplained.htm

What to do to get 1 movie on 2 cd's? Does tmpg make 1 file and does nero puts it on 2 cd's or does tmpg makes 2 cd's? Let's say a 700 mb movie which has to be played in a stand-alone dvd-player, preferably on 2 cd's (quality). Can I set the prog to make 2 files of 800 (cd-size)??

Thanks you.

What you have to do is either use the "Mpeg Tools" to cut the file into 2 parts or you can use the source range to encode the movie in 2 parts, and get a bitrate calculator so you know what bitrate to use so you fill up bothe cd-r"s cuz it sucks haveing a whole movie that is say 1gb which you would have to put on 2 cd-r"s but only fill them 2/3ds of the way.....

Does anyone no of a fast and easy method for converting audio from a dvd into wav files but keeping them in there original tracks. So if a dvd that I wanted to encode had 24 tracks, I would end up with 24 wav files. Cheers.

The only way I know is to either use DVD2AVI and extract each audio track individually to wav but this isn"t very fast, or you can use DVD2AVI to "demux all tracks" then use a "AC3" Decoder to "batch encode" all the "Dolby Digital AC3" tracks to wav files, but if there are "DTS" audio tracks then there isn"t anything you can do with them as of now cuz I don"t think there is a "Dolby Theater Sound" decoder available to convert it to wav.....

ill give dvd2avi a bash ... thanks for the advice

I have somtimes the Problem that its impossible to open VCD-Standard MPG filles with the MS Media Player, in the same time its also impossible to seek in the file with the TMPGEnc. Somtimes it opens the same file, sometimes not - not logical. Is there a solution?

TMPGEnc is using the MediaPlayer. If a Movie is working with MediaPlayer, it works with TMPGEnc too, if it is not working with MediaPlayer... say thank you to Microsoft! ;)

I tried to encode an AVI to MPG1 (VCD-format), but already during the preview it shows nothing more then a black screen. I can normally view the AVI-file in the Windows Media Player. I installed the VFP-plugin and got the 5.0.2. DIVX codecs installed as well.

The final MPG does work, but has still the black screen + the audio.

I encoded several other AVI's without any problem.

Does anyone know what can be wrong.

Thanx for your info.

Greetz,
Tom

This is the most common problem reported with tmpgenc..You need to raise the "direct show file reader" in the "vfapi plugins" go to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show" to "2"......

When wanting to make a chapter point at a certain frame number or any I frame TMPGEnc will not either close the GOP or open a new GOP. This seems to only happen when the I frame falls on a dark section of video. Lighter ones seem to work fine. This error even happens if I use [Force picture type setting] and set the chapter point at the desired frame by using set I frame and New GOP.

I have never had this problem ,Maybe the problem is with your authoring program, just a thought.....

Authoring programes I used were Philips VCD2.0 Toolkit and VCDImager. As a test I ran the same video through Panasonic MPEG1 Encoder v2.51 Standalone and bbMPEG's AVI2MPG2 v1.24 which both make valid access point in the mpeg video stream at every I frame.

That is strange ,i don"t use the VCD Tool kit cuz it is quite a bit out dated but the programs that i use don"t have problems with it, like "ulead dvd workshop, or the "Ulead dvd plugin" for "video studio 6" or VCDEasy, or "Video Wav 5", or "Dazzle DVD".....

My source is StarWars EP1 DVD (PAL & I own it) Frameserved with DVD2AVI v1.77.3.
Changing GOP makes no difference, setting max gop length makes no difference, either does setting closed GOPs.

I have just purchased a Panasonic CD R/RW. I would like to copy some avi files and convert them into VCD format. How do i do the conversion. Can i convert them into Mpeg format and then cut a VCD using the CD-R/RW software provided. Please help.

Thanks.

You need to encode your avi file to a VCD compatible Mpeg1 file then you need to burn it to CD-R with software specificly dezigned for burning VCD"S, "Nero" is good for this but i think "vcdeasy" is better because it is freeware and it supports chapters..You will have to put the vcd files on at least 2 cd-r"s if you want it to be of fairly good quality.....Go to "www.vcdhelp.com" and there you can find out how to do it ,it isn"t as easy as it looks, if something can go wrong it will go wrong......