Hi,
i need help as i have a problem encoding to VCD using TMPGENC 2.56. Have a avi which i have edited and exported using pinnacle 8.1 to AVI. My problem start after TMPGENC encoder for a while and then a white screen appear. After finis encoding... i can get pic and sound but later a white screen with sound only. There was no error message. However.... when i play the particular AVI on windows media player i do a error "The file format is invalid.....(error code=0x8004022f, condition=15)
Can anyone help? I think it has to do with the codec..... which and where can i download one.

Thanks

Eugene.

At first I couldn't convert my *.avi files to mpgs, but when I played around, I could only convert the 14 fps to mpgs, but I have no idea how to convert the 29.97 fps to mpgs.

With a 14.9fps AVI file you use the "14.9fps(29.97fps Internal)" setting to encode these movies, and with 29.97fps you use the "29.97fps" setting..What is preventing you from encodeing these files?

Whenever I try to open the file for a video source, it says that it cannot be opened, or it is unsupported. It did this with the 15 fps, until I used the Direct Show Multimedia File Reader without the 2 other avi file readers under the VFAPI plug-in part of the environmental settings. I can use them all as audio files, but no matter what options I use, it won't support the 29.970 fps files.

i just down loaded the latest(?) 2.59 and now it tells me could not open audio source.........what do i dooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanx :O)

Try Raiseing the "Direct show File Reader" in the "VFAPI Plugins"....

thank you very much

Hi!

Looks that my posting gets no more attention, but I still have the problem:

If I use the NTSC-VCD Preset to encode a MPG-File the file (original movie is 40mins long) is 50 mins long and the sound ends after the right time.
The Source-movie is 29,97fps, PowerDVD, FlaskMPEG, etc. told me that.

I used SmartRipper to extract the VOB-files, used DVD2AVI to extract the audio-track and used the *.d2v file that smart-ripper has make and loaded it.

I would be very happy if somebody could tell me a way to solve this problem.

Greetings!

Just cut out the last 10 mins after the movie ends using the MPEGtools.

ASHY

>Just cut out the last 10 mins after the movie ends using the MPEGtools.
>
>ASHY

That didn't solve the problem!
As I already sayed it, the whole video is everytime 10 minutes longer, but it
is the movie, if I cut out the last 10 mins this part gets lost. Didn't you
understand what I sayed?

Look, it's a NTSC-Video. 29,97fps. If I encode it with the NTSC-VideoCD preset
I get a 10 minutes longer video, but it's just "stretched". The WHOLE movie is
with the sound "out of sync". not just the last 10 minutes!

That's a TMPGEnc bug!

And now I want know what I must do to solve it.

regards, Delphi

Well next time clarify your question to obtain a correct answer. Simply stating that the movie is 10 mins longer doesn't imply it has stretched, but reads as if it had encoded an extra 10 mins of blank video at the end.

First of all if you are using the correct template then the length of the movie should be the same.
So the only thing I can suggest is to create another d2v file with DVD2AVI. Sometimes smartripper creates faulty d2v files.

When loaded into TMPG check the length of the movie using the 'Preview' option. If the length is stated as correct then go ahead and encode.

If not post back.

ASHY

Hello again...

well i ripped the VOB's again and also in the TMPGEnc-preview the video
has the right length, but I encoded it again and is still too long. the sound
ends at the right time, after ~40 mins, but the video not.

I also tryed to encode the video in 2 parts and join both parts with the
MPEG-tools, but then it's also too long. weird problem. :/

You have encodet a Video with the wrong Framerate!

40/24*30=50 ;)

So use the FILM-Template, and all will be OK.

Nobody said rip the VOBs again. You have simply recreated the same problem. I advised you to use DVD2AVI to create a d2v from the VOBs. Not smartripper.

I'm also not certain that even if the framerate was different it is the root of this problem as TMPG does do framerate conversion albeit not correctly. It usually results in jerky playback not desync.

Make sure 'Do not framerate conversion' is *NOT* checked under the advanced tab otherwise this WOULD cause desync if the frame rates were different.

ASHY

>You have encodet a Video with the wrong Framerate!
>
>40/24*30=50 ;)
>
>So use the FILM-Template, and all will be OK.

Sorry, but you're wrong.
It's a 29,97fps video!

>Nobody said rip the VOBs again. You have simply recreated the same problem. I advised you to use DVD2AVI to create a d2v from the VOBs. Not smartripper.
>
>I'm also not certain that even if the framerate was different it is the root of this problem as TMPG does do framerate conversion albeit not correctly. It usually results in jerky playback not desync.
>
>Make sure 'Do not framerate conversion' is *NOT* checked under the advanced tab otherwise this WOULD cause desync if the frame rates were different.
>
>ASHY

Well, I did it and I got the same problem and the "do not framerate conversion" WASNT checked.

> Sorry, but you're wrong.
> It's a 29,97fps video!

Who is telling you that? Some Programs are giving you wrong FpS-Datas. Like PowerDVD, MediaPlayer and much more Programs. They do PLAYBACK the Video by using 3:2-Pulldown while Playback. Sometimes DVD2AVI does this Error also (Force Film MUST be activated).
On DVD, most Films are converted by using 2:3- or 3:2-Pulldown. So the Video is stored with 23.96 FpS, not 29.97 FpS. While Playback, the Player converts it to 29.96 FpS. But if you want to encode such a Video, you HAVE to use 23.97 FpS.

Count the frames in the original before encoding and count the frames in the encoded result and post back.

You can use the preview option in TMPG for this.

ASHY

I was wondering if it would be possible to add a "blend fields together" option in the deinterlace like in Virtualdub. I think the "double" option is close but not quite the same. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

If you want that feature why don't you just frameserve your file using that option from Virtualdub to TMPG?

ASHY

I am desparate to get TMPGenc 2.57....pls tell me where I can get it???

many thanks.
roger

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Do I really have to tell you this?!!

Does Google.com ring any bells???

Oh and by the way version 2.57 is buggy. It doesn't write SVCD headers correctly.

ASHY

I changed the Divx/Avi to MPG (using TMPGEnc) and burn it to CD (using VCDeasy)it worked pretty good in my DVD player but the problem is that sometimes the sound came after the picture for a few minutes and back to normal, and about few minutes later it happened again and again... I tried another file but its still doing the same thing.

Could someone please tell me why it happened like this?

Marty

I was suffering from a very similar problem, if you are in the UK this could be your problem if not ignore.

What happened to me was that I was trying to Encode films using 23.976 (or whatever it is) which was the Frame rate of the original AVI. Tmpgenc encoded it brilliantly but when I tried to play it on my DVD player it went in and out of Sync, which sounds very similar to your problem. If this is the case you will need to convert the Frame rate to 25fps (UK rate). If this is the case "Ashy" has posted his solution to this many times (do a search). Ashys procedure never worked for me but works for the majority here, came up with my own which works for me.

Hope this helps

tiring_day

I live in the US, but will try out your method... thanks tiring_day

Marty.

I have a 3 hour long video and wave file size slightly more than 2Gig.
when tmpeg loads it in scmpx, then tooLame just exits and tmpeg says invalid audio stream.
I think scmpx is failing to resample this file. When i load it is scmpx,
it says filesize -1 in fileinfo window.
I was planning to encode it for vcd and split it into three mpegs to burn vcd.
is there any option other than splitting audio/video into three before tmpegenc'ing?

Well try not using the SCMPX and Toolame plugin. Use the new version of TMPG which now has a high quality option for resampling and encoding audio and should give you high quality results.

Oh and by the way if you are using an earlier version of TMPG then your problem could be due to the 3 hour bug which means TMPG would crash with files longer than 3 hours. Now solved apparantly in the new version.

ASHY

I have a dv av now card, with a sony dcr-vx2000 attack directly from the camera to the capture card. I capture with dvd ntsc quality in premiere 6.0.
When I export to to tmpgenc 2.59 with the dvd 720 quality, I get offsetting horizontal lines in the video , mainly in motion. I am not real pleased with the quality, since I was hoping to copy all of my home videos to dvd this christmas.
1. Is this lack of horizontal quality normal with tmpgenc?
2. What is the best capture card out there, and would it make any difference to upgrade the capture card?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated in advance.
Thanks,
S. Hough

horizontal lines are common in encoding processes, try using a de-interlace feature. Play around with it, I think it may fix the problem you're describing.

If you are authoring for settop DVD players DO NOT deinterlace.

DV video is interlaced/60 fields a second which is exactly what a TV displays (NTSC). Viewing on computer software DVD players will exhibit some interlace artifacts because computer display is progressive. Sacrifice that in order to keep your video in the native TV format.

Be assured that TMPG is an extremely high quality encoder (at the expense of time). An ave/max bitrate of 5Mbs/8Mbs in 2-pass VBR mode should produce video indistinguishable from the original tape. Don't settle for anything less! (Some color/gamma/contrast adjustments may be necessary.)

Make sure the field order of the source video sheet is set properly. DV is bottom field first (I believe). If final display on a TV is jittery during motion, the field order is wrong.

If you want truly archival encoding, 15 Mbs CQ_VBR qual=100 is the way to go. For Hi8 tape, I use 4:2:2 profile to retain color resolution. This can later be reencoded to a DVD compliant bitrate determined by how much needs to fit on the particular disc being authored. (Reencoding 4:2:2P video is best done by frameserving from DVD2AVI back into TMPG.)

Your problem is interlacing artifacts. You should try and capture to progressive frames not interlaced.

If you are capturing using a pulldown method with premier, which means that the framerate is really a 23.976 progressive format, but pulldown is added which is a process of adding extra frames to create a 29.97 interlaced format the you can use the IVTC filter in TMPG which will return the movie back to a progressive 23.976. This will remove the interlacing artifacts.

Re-encode to MPEG2 using the '3:2 pulddown when playback' method with TMPG to make the file play at 29.97 fps.

ASHY

Im using some software the require two different encoders, TMPG one of them, the other Cinema craft encoder V2.5, I have the trial version that leaves there water mark on the edge of the screen, does anyone happen to know where I can get hold of a hacked copy of the software ??? any help will be great !!

Is it DVD2SVCD by any chance? You don't actually need both encoders, but one or the other.

CCE is the better MPEG2 encoder and TMPG the better MPEG1 encoder.

As for removing the watermark, come on use your noggin. Ever heard of a search engine or a crack?

ASHY

want to convert some DivX AVI file to MPEG, but when I choose those files, system always notice "File xxx can not open or unsupported".

Is here any suggestion for converting of DivX to MPEG?

thanks for your kind assistant in advance.

If i use MPEG2 files from TMPGenc 2.57 in Ulead DVD Movies Factory or in Ulead DVD Workshop for DVD authoring; in my DVD reader (a new JVC) my sound get out of sync after few minutes!
If i stop and start the DVD or if y move back a bit the sound get in sync...

If i use the in-built Ulead encoder with my initial AVI file i have no problem with sound (but the movies quality is not so good !).

With Ligos to encode the sound in TMPGenc i get the same problem !!!

What can i do ?
Is it a TMPGenc template problem ?