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Could you make it to where tmpgenc can do the 2 pass at different times? for instance set up to save the info from the first pass to a file and then at a later time load the file to do the second pass.
I've got about 120GB of video that I'm finally getting around to writing to VCD. I'm trying TMPGEnc for the first time and it seems to work really well. I've been able to make 3 VCD's.
However it is very time consuming. I have to go through and manually select each source file and then manually change the target directory. Manually Clicking on each screen as it comes up. Needless to say this is taking a lot of time.
Is there a way to just select a source and target directory and tell it once what format I want?
For some reasin, when editing video in TMPG, the video speeds up as I clip later into the file. The Output is fine (input and output play without problems in everything) but it makes editing the files very very difficult. Is there any reason why this would happen. This problem has only just began to happen. It never was an issue before. I tried to upgrade to 2.59, but still the problem exists. Anyone have any explanations as to why this would happen??
I am new to this software, and this forum, so please forgive me. Here's my problem. First my setup:
Using a 2Ghz Pentium 4M
512 MB Memory
40GB free drive space
I first use Dvd2svcd to decode a dvd, then dvd2svcd deals with audio, then besweet, then dvd2svcd fires up TMPGEnc and begins it's process. It creates the test file fine, looks great. The problem begins when after it creates the test file it says time to complete will be 6.5 hours. So after 6.5 hours of processing something (I dunno what!), it starts processing again, this time says it will take 60 hours or so to complete. The DVD I'm playing with is only a 2 hour movie, so I'm quite sure this must be wrong. What am I doing wrong?!?
It sounds Like you might have tmpgenc set for Multi-Pass encodeing..with multi-pass it does a Full scan of the file then it starts over and then does the encodeing..but it shouldn"t take 60 hours...Maybe try useing The CQ encodeing method, it is Just as good as the Multi-pass On good source files and is Twice as Quick.and Don"t use the "Highest Quality" setting Cuz it doesn"t really help But it does Take a lot longer to encode, the High Quality setting will give the same Quality with half the time...
I have a question
When I am converting my VOB file to mpeg, i don't hear the sound after the conversion takes place. the video is just fine but no sound
anyone know what to do?
please help, thanks
Use DVD2AVi and open the VOBs. Then use save project to save. This should take 5 - 10 min depending on the size of the film. Once the project is saved, use TMPGEnc to convert the saved project (d2v). Use the d2v file for video source and ac3 file for audio source. Make sure you check System(Video + Audio).
Well you are obviously using an older version than 2.57 and have an Ac3 filter installed which is allowing TMPG to decode the Ac3 stream, but this will not work with the current versions because the way TMPG uses filters has changed.
Also the the audio will not be properly downmixed. DVD2AVI downmixes the 5.1 channels in the Ac3 to a Dolby Prologic compatible Wav. The Ac3 filter you are using with TMPG probably will not and you will simply end up with plain 2 channel stereo which means your audio is suffering.
I needed to burn a 110 minute movie to VCD, so I split it with source range. The conversion worked all right in the first part until around 60%, then it slowed down a lot, and it won't do anything for the second part.
I've exceeded the 30-day trial limit on my copy of TMPG and now it won't let me encode MPEG2/SVCD files anymore. I understand that the MPEG2 encoder is not a free codec, but I have two fully bought-and-paid-for Ulead products installed already that include licensed versions of the (Ligos, I think) MPEG2 encoder.
Is there any way to get TMPG to bypass its encoder and use the one I own? Nero wants me to purchase their MPEG2 encoder separately, too, before I can use it. It seems silly that I have to keep re-purchasing MPEG2 licenses for every program I install, that has MPEG2 encoding capability, on the same computer!
Well obviously you only purchase the one then! You don't need to use them all do you?
Not all MPEG2 encoders are equal. I know for a fact that Nero's MPEG2 codec is crap and not as good as TMPG and I don't think Uleads is as good either.
If you want good high quality MPEG2 then don't be a skinflint and get your wallet out and purchase TMPG. You won't find a better program for the money.
Well, on the contrary, I should think it's obvious I DO need them all -- most anyone would (the two I have, I should have said, are from Ulead *and* ATI [All-in-Wonder card]).
Sometimes I need to do more editing and filtering than TMPG can do, necessitating Ulead VideoStudio, and TMPG can't capture -- so the most important one is the ATI encoder for capturing (which is much better than Ulead's capture). Good to know that Nero's is crap, though, because Nero freezes all the time anyway when it tries to re-render clips.
I'm making VCD clips as well as SVCD, but sometimes SVCD is essential considering the age and condition of some of the source materials I have.
So, now I have a free program that suddenly blocks me from encoding MPEG2s -- because of a "licensing issue" -- when I already own two MPEG2 licenses. I don't think it's fair. (And, surely, whoever owns the rights to the MPEG2 encoder only requires ONE license, per user, per machine.)
I'm not a skinflint either. I'm retired and disabled, on a very limited income, and I just don't have another $48 right now. If money weren't an issue, I'd love to own the full version of TMPG, as it has additional features not available in the free version -- but money is an issue.
Software producers buy the basic algorithm and then work on it to produce their own version. This is why you have to buy a licence for each piece of software that contains an MPEG2 Codec.
I still don't understand your ponit. You DONT need more than one MPEG2 encoder on your sytem.
Granted you may want to do some editing with Ulead and capture with the ATI card.
These are both simple problems to solve.
When you capture you simply capture to uncompressed frames or another codec which Ulead accepts and then do your editing.
Once you've done the editing then you simply load the file into TMPG and use *IT* to do the encoding.
There you go no need for any other MPEG2 codecs, just the one.
On a final note what do you want quality or quantity?
If you want quality then stick with TMPG.
A friend and I were using this software he had the avi movies and i had the sofeware he mad me a copy of the movie and I told him how to get the software.
even after updateing to the newest version I still get the error message .avi unsupported and his copy of the same movie was converted to vcd without any problems.
You need to get together with the guy below you and maybe you could try taking a look at the previous posts first or using the search bar at the top for your answer which you should find many...many...many...times.