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I'm not all that familiar with this mpeg business, but I have some .m2p files I want to make a SVCD of. I suppose I have to make it a .mpeg before i can author my SVCD, correct?
So, I try using the 'mpeg tools', but it says buffer underrun at some point (in all three files). I can watch them in WinDVD, no problems.
..also, will 43 mins won't fit on one CD?
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it seems like my m2p file (actually, all three of them) is 'broken'. I watched the clip in winDVD and noticed a glitch at the same place my multiplex fails (buffer underrun) It continues ok though. How do I fix this?
M2p files are already MPEG files. M2p stands for MPEG2 Program stream.
If the resolution is correct for SVCD then you should be able to burn this file directly as SVCD with Nero.
You may need to remux it with TMPG first to add the SVCD headers using the stream setting 'MPEG2 Super VideoCD(VBR)' if you have any compliance probs with Nero.
By the way do you mean the error is 'buffer underflow'.
Depending on how many packets the the 'buffer underflow' error gives you. You may still be able to burn and play this file no problem.
I have been trying w/ no luck to convert my real media files to mpeg so that I can make them into vcd's. I have tried every conversion tool I can find and every one of them makes the new files audio/video out of sync. Some have the audio too fast some the video. Some start out okay and then go gradually out of sync. It's been a nightmare. I have read that you can use TMPGEnc to fix this. Does anyone here no how?
I am no expert but i have found when ripping from divX (divx 3, divx 4, xvid etc...) i found that in some instances that the audio throughout or in certain parts of the movie are out of sync. This is because the movie was encoded poorly and an audio skew is present. To solve this issue simply run VirtuaDUB and extract the audion, direct stream copy the video and then encode the movie with TMPG encoder.
Fairly new to TMPGEnc and I've got a question that you may get all the time (I searched the comments but couldn't find anything related so I'm posting ;D)
I'm using the wizard with the newest version, trying to make a few SVCDs, and the only disc preset available is "CBR 2520kbps 35min/650MB." I've got 700mb CDRs here, so I'd like to use a preset that'd let me fit as much video (or the highest quality video) as possible on each disc.
Is there a way I can either download a new preset file to add in there to use for my 700mb discs (which, if I'm not mistaken, allows for an 800mb .mpg file, correct?), or a way to edit the current preset to change it to allow for the extra space of a 700mb disc?
unless i'm mistaken (i don't use the wizard.....i just load a template)..the 35min/650mb is only saying that at that bitrate u get 35 min on a 650mb cd-r. The actual length of the file produced depends on the length of the source.ie 800mb will give u 43 min or so. After u load a template u can always load unlock.mcf in the extras folder so u can change presets to your likeing....remember that for svcds the settings have to be within certain parameters to play on a dvd player.
I have never been able to completely convert a file because a "read error" will randomly appear during conversion and halt the conversion process (i.e. "read error has occured at <address> etc."). How do i keep this from happening??
Generally speaking if you don"t use movies downloaded off the net you won"t have this problem often...they are usually full of corrupted sectors which still let you watch them but are very hard to encode, you might try to Make a Copy of the file with V-Dub and encodeing that, or you can try to frame serve..
I re-encoded a star trek divx (45 minutes long) to xvcd using a constant bitrate of 2150. When I play it in my dvd player the total playing time shows as 78 minutes instead of the 45 minutes it should be. When I play it using a software dvd player the time shows correctly. The times show correctly on my dvd player when I encode as a VCD at a constant bitrate of 1150. Anyone know why this is happening and if I can correct the problem.
The problem is that you are using a nonstandard bitrate. I had this same problem with an XVCD. I finally figured out that the time corresponds to how long it would be if the bitrate was the standard 1150.
Ya thats it...Not..Unless you have some wierd ass DVD player..What happens when you play it...Does it stop after 45 minutes??or does it Play at all..I do XVCD"s and XSVCD"s every time and they all are played with the correct Time and I use much Higher Bitrates than you..It could be the Authoring program you are useing..
Thanx for the reply. Yes the video plays all the way through just the time displays incorrectly. I have two different dvd players and both support xvcd. I used tmpgenc to encode and nero to burn. Any suggestions?
That is most likely a problem with nero Cuz nero see"s movies at Minutes in Bitrate at VCD compliance instead the actual length...I have never had this problem But I rarely use nero for VCD/SVCD"s cuz I like to do Chapters and menues and titles and other neat stuff and nero is just a basic burning program..well you can either use something else or Put up with it, or get after Nero to fix it...See ya.
It seems like your player has a problem with reading the timecoding correctly in XVCD files.
It may be remedied by using a different burning program such as VCDeasy, but I'm guessing this is a fault of your player not handling the timecoding correctly.
What'r the best settings 4 reduce the horizontal sharpness?
Because , a CBR 6000 Kbps DVD 4:3 625 Pal , with clip frame , noise and ghost riductions ,sharpness edge and color correction active , show these .How i must do 4 get more smoothness?
I would like to know if anyone would happen to have a copy of TMPGenc 12a so I can convert my 3 movies from ASF to mpeg1. My current TMPGenc program won't accept these kind of files. I can only watch the ASF files with Windows Media Player, but can convert. Does anyone know of a good program to convert ASF? I read online that the only version that would do this is 12a????????
I would like to know if anyone would happen to have a copy of TMPGenc 12a so I can convert my 3 movies from ASF to mpeg1. My current TMPGenc program won't accept these kind of files. I can only watch the ASF files with Windows Media Player, but CAN'T convert. Does anyone know of a good program to convert ASF? I read online that the only version that would do this is 12a????????
These shouldn"t be any problem encodeing ASF to Mpeg with Tmpgenc..If you can play it with media player you can encode it with Tmpgenc cuz they both read files through the same filter...You probably just need to Raise the "Direct Show File reader" in the "Vfapi Plugins" but you Will need to extract the audio and encode it to either wav or directly to Mp2, you can do this with "DB Power AMP" with the WP2 and WMA codecs..You might need to rename the asf file to WMA for this then rename it back to asf after doing the audio..Then just Mux the audio to the encoded Video...We aren"t allowed to tell you were to find the Beta 12 version cuz useing it is against the liscence agreement Tmpgenc has with "Motion Pictures experts Group" so if I were to post it The post would get deleted...
failing all that u might want to check your asf files for errors. I had some problem recently converting asf and fixed it by reparing the asf file in asftools 3.1 http://www.geocities.com/myasftools/ one stubborn file was still not accepted until i used asf tools to chop off a tiny bit off the end then tmpgenc accepted it :-)
have a file with mp43 codec tmpg won't support this anyway to change it to avi or how can i get this to work so i can get it throught to vcdeasy so i can put this on a cd????????????????? any help is apprieciated
thanks
i can not play this using windows media player or quick time player i can play it on divx the error i get is:
FILE "C/PROGRAM FILES/KAZAA/MY SHARED FOLDER/WIND TALKER/(1).AVI
CAN NOT OPEN OR UNSUPPORED
THIS IS THE MESSAGE IS GET WHEN I TRY TO BROWES AND CLICK ON THE MOVIE
The codec you are referring to is one of the original Microsoft MPEG4 AVI codecs.
You will need to install this codec before TMPG or media player will recognize the file.
Mpeg4-V3 is an AVI codec, it is pretty much the same as DivX, if you can"t play the file with Media player that is wierd Cuz i thought that Media Player came with the Microsoft Mpeg4 codecs, well you can download them from Microsoft..Just don"t use the Angel Potion Codec..if you for some reason cant load the file into tmpgenc after installing the codec and Raiseing the "Direct Show File Reader" then you can allways Frame serve it With V-Dub...
You do not need to change the file to AVI. It is already an AVI and WILL work with TMPG.The MP43 codec is Microsofts MPEG4 format which is an AVI format similar to DIVX.
The codec above is a hacked version which will allow decoding and encoding of MP41 Mp42 and Mp43 files.
To install the codec you simply extract the files from the Zip archive then right click the mpeg4fix.inf file and choose install from the menu. Follow the on screen prompts and the codec will be installed.
LOL....Ignore that silly warning and continue with the install....It won't damage your computer.
Trust me it's only a compatibility warning which is telling you the codec isn't microsoft certified, but the codec is made by microsoft anyway, so go ahead and install, you won't have any problems.
When I set TMPGEnc encoding an .avi file to .mpg no picture appears in the black screen. However I have successfully encoded .avi previously and havn`t changed any settings. Please help!
maybe audio is causing the crash...try demuxing the audio and video and uncompressing the audio to wav(use virtual dub to do this)...then add wav to tmpenc for audio and avi for video
Well it is odviously your AVI file that is causeing the problem ,there could be some corrupted frames or parts of the header..You might try to make a Direct stream copy with Virtual Dub or just useing V-Dub to frame serve the file to Tmpgenc.But some files just Can"t be encoded for some reason or another..
I have several projects in my encoding-queue but after the first 4 has been completed(I think successfully) TMPGEnc has shut down without a message or anything.(read or write errors in the last 1/10 second may be possible but I guess it is quite unlikely) It has happend before.
When I start TMPGEnc again and restart the queue, the next file is encoded without any problem.
Besides in the queue no file is marked as encoded(but as I said the first 4 are encoded, just to give a hint when TMPGEnc decided to surprise me).
I am using version 2.58.44.152 (I guess 2.58 is enough)
I have a p4 2.4
512 Rambus ram
Windows XP (no other application ran when it happend)