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If you haven't encoded already then the above sugestion is good, but if you already encoded and don't want to encode again, you can use a program called BBMPG which after encoding can divide the file to the file sizes you want, but you need to know that since it is based on the size of the file it could be divided right in the middle of a scene/spoken text which could be annoying.
If you haven't encoded already then the above sugestion is good, but if you already encoded and don't want to encode again, you can use a program called BBMPG which after encoding can divide the file to the file sizes you want, but you need to know that since it is based on the size of the file it could be divided right in the middle of a scene/spoken text which could be annoying.
Today I installed Elecard mpeg2 player and since then my tmpgenc kept on crashing. It says writting to error log but I don't know where is the error log? what seems to be the problem ?? Any help appreciated. Thanks.
Well get rid of the "Elecard mpeg player" it sucks anyways and I have allways had problems with elecard products.there are better Software mpeg/dvd players out there that are free if you know were to look...
Hello all. I would like some help getting the best quality out of TMPGEnc. I have read a lot of info so far, but there are so many conflicting options! Encode type, bitrate settings, etc. etc. everyone has something different to say. Because there is no clear authority on the matter I've been using the plain vanilla NTSC DVD settings in TMPGEnc. But, when I do this in v2.58 my output video is slightly blocky & noisy! I know the true masters are here so I wonder if anyone has the best quality settings that I can use.
Here's what I am doing:
* I play VHS tapes through the VCR. The output goes S-Video...
* This streams through Sima Color Corrector Pro (Does quick image enhancement, color, brightness, etc). The output from that goes S-Video...
* Then streams into the PC on Xtasy Everything capture board, S-Video in..
* The Stream is captured to Huffyuv Codec (best quality settings) AVI in Virtual Dub. Resolution is 704x480 for the capture AVI. <-- This is the best capture res for VHS right? If end target is 352x480 DVD.
Now here's where I have a problem. The captured AVI looks GREAT! Like 100% quality of the original VHS source. But obviously the file size is huge & I need to compress the video to mpg. So I frameserv the AVI file out using Vdub to TMPGEnc. I use plain NTSC DVD template in TMPGEnc & I leave other settings alone, then encode to MPG. The final MPG that comes out looks good in some parts.. But whenever there is a lot of action going on in the movie there's a ton of little blocks & noise at the source of all the action. When the movie is going slow it looks fine tho. Only high action moments & it seems the more action, the blockier the end video is.
What exact settings should I use to get the best quality MPG? I need the output resolution because the end target is a DVD. I do 352x480 instead of 704x480 DVD because I'm able to fit 2 VHS movies per DVD using this method instead of 1. But I would love for all the blockyness to be gone from the end results. If you could share you settings with me I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
Well if you are useing "352+480" Resolution on your DVD"S then capture to that Resolution..There is no point captureing to Twice the resolution that you are useing on your DVD"S..There are a Few settings that will Increase the output Quality Useing the "High Quality" in the "Motion Precition" helps get rid of the blocks on high motion scenes, but don"t use the "Highest Quality" cuz it doesn"t help and takes twice as long..I notice captureing with "HuffyUV" that I have to use and De-interlace filter or I get a Bad Combing effect on High motion scenes..Useing the "Soften Block Noise" setting helps a lot to with captured files..And if you are useing "Virtual Dub" to frame serve then try some of the filters in it cuz I think a lot of them are better than the filters in Tmpgenc and there is a Better selection..Useing the "Constant Quality" setting will help you keep the file size down while still keeping a good Quality and of cource Raiseing the Bitrate will increase the quality...But in the End it is you who has to live with the results of your Encodes so Experimenting with the settings is the way to find out which is the best for you...
One big thing I found is using the inverse telecine can clear up a lot of problems I have with lines on fast moving scenes. I can only cap at 29.97 fps with my set up and most things on film are at 23.97fps. You have to drill down on the checkbox and then just try using auto. The give away is that you need this is when you watch scene by scene and the frames are not distinct pictures, they are composits of two scenes.
The other thing is you might have to give up and go to a higher bitrate or use the variable bit rate. try the full dvd 704 settings too, At the same bitrate the file is barely any bigger.
OK, sorry if I seem like a newbie but what filters should I enable in Virtual Dub & what settings to use? Should this be done when 'capturing' or only when frameserving to TMPGEnc?
Also perhaps someone can tell me what they think of this, these are the TMPGEnc settings that I'm set to. What might I change?:
DVD/NTSC Template CBR 2000kbps 155min/4.7GB (352x480)
When I click on browse & get the .avi file the Expert settings come up as Interlace, Bottom field first (Field B), 4:3 525 line NTSC 704x480, Video Movie
Then in wizard step 3 the range, clip, noise are not checked. Other settings are left alone & the motion search is set to motion estimate search (fast).
^ OK is there anything for me to tweak in the above settings to get rid of the blocky/noise or would Vdub filters handle all of it the best? Thx again for any help, there's so many settings in TMPGEnc I don't know where to start.
PS: I'm only converting my own personal VHS to DVD archives. I know VHS isn't great quality to begin with but I hope to keep the discs for 100 years :) and that's why I'm looking to get the highest quality I can.
What exactly do you mean???Do you want the files that are in "Pinnacle Impression" to be imported into Tmpgenc or do you want files in tmpgenc to be inported into "Impression"???? Either way I don"t think it can be done..You can with "Abobe Premier"...
i have a Divx, which is already wide screen, and when it ry to convert it to mpeg, it doesnt recognize that its widescreen and it screws the picture up, making it oblong and such, it there a way to make it letterbox/widescreen with TMPG but still have it look correct on a normal TV?
You have to Fiddle with the "Aspect Ratio" the "Video arrange method" and or the "Clip Frame" settings..Try useing the "1:1" aspect ratio and see if it looks right..
I don't have a sound while i'm encoding Avi Ntsc format file into Mpeg1 Video stream Format but in the same time everything looks good when I'm encoding Avi Pal file. I've chacked properties of Avi file( for example 23,97 fr/s ...
so it's a NTSC) and after that I'VE CHOOSEN option to create a NTSC video disk but result is I've got a video but I don't have a sound
Before encodeing with TMPGENC you have to extract the audio from your AVI to a WAV file with something like "Virtual Dub" then encode that as the audio source with Tmpgenc...
Is there an option in TMPGEnc that will auto-split an MPG file into two files so you can get longer movies on two CD's (either in VCD or filename.mpg files)?
If not how can I write large MPG's to two (or more) disks? Without a big hassle...
ok...im no expert ..but this is how i do it.
once you have inserted your movie select "source range"
slide the slider bar along to about half way and click "set end frame"
(thus only half the movie is selected to be encoded)press ok then encode as normal.
ALL VCD"S HAVE TO BE 352+240 For NTSC..A 720 by 480 file will Not play in a DVD Player..But a 352+240 file will ,that is if your DVD Player supports VCD, and if you encoded it properly and if you Burned it to CD-R in the Correct format with the correct software..What is the problem you are haveing????
I am starting a web site about different aspects of MPEG compression. It's just a first version/draft and only have one article which I haven't really finished yet, but I would be happy to get comments!
Hi... When I started using TMPG some months ago it was to transform .avi files that I had downloaded into .mpg files to burn with Nero. The 320x240 avi files were always smaller than the mpg files generated by TMPG. I thought this was the way of things...
Now that I have an ATI "All in Wonder" TV capture card I am confused. If I set it for an .avi format with picture size 320x240 I end up with files that are much larger than if I use the ATI "standard" vcd format, which is mpg1 320x240.
So now I am totally confused. Does anyone have any understanding as to what I'm talking about?
There are Many Different types of AVI some are very compressed and some arent, with the AVI files I capture off my ATI Card the files are about 4GB for 15 minutes of AVI..You will generally get better quality from a AVI format that isn"t very compressed but the files are huge..but that is just the way things are.......
The biggest problem people have with avi files is they don't realize avi is a generic term. It is the most widely used audio/video format on Windows platforms. However it is not at all the easiest file to play. Because it is not compressed with one specific codec, rather it is a file that can be compressed (or completely uncompressed) with any one of hundreds of codecs (examples: divx, MPEG-4v2, Indeo 3.2, I263, Cinepak etc.).
AVI means "Audio Video Interleave".
TO: gbagman37 Thank you for that answer. I did not realize that .avi was generic. I thought people were just being dumb when I saw files marked "Divx .avi", Guess I was the dumb one!
Minion. My Pentium 3, Windows Me can't handle files bigger than 2gigs. Someone on this BBS said it was a built in limitation of the operating system. If I wanted to use an .avi format that would give me a file under 2 gigs for an hour long show, what would you recommend?