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I am trying to encode "Lord Of The Rings" special edition but tmpg inserts lines & fuzz into the picture. I am encoding the dvd as it is not altering the resolution & not clipping either with both source & output set at 16:9. At the begining of disc 1 when the words come up my encode shows purpleish lines accros the right side of the screen & when the name lord of the rings is shown the screen is filled with fuzz, i get the same results on disc 2 as well. I am using 2 pass VBR.
I have since tried encoding that part at the begining of lord of the rings at different resolutions divisable by 32 & by 16 but still the problem occurs.
Please ensure you have the facts before reporting faults as a bug. If it was a bug everybody would have the same problem and they don't!
You need to give us more info if you want help.
1. How have you ripped the VOBS to the drive?
2. What format are the VOBs in?
3. What are you using to decode the VOBs?
4. Are you encoding to SVCD or VCD?
5. What format is your TV?
I have ripped the DVD using smartripper in backup mode, the source vobs are mpeg2 all i am trying to do is encode the film so it will fit on a single layered dvd-r, i use a dvd2avi project file to frameserve to tmpg using the unlock template:
The Purple Lines and Discoloration can be caused By a Couple Things usually by Hacked Codecs on your Computer Namely the "Angel Potion Codec", If you have this Codec on your Computer then it Could be causeing the Purple Discoloration, so look for it and Delete the Codec..
Firstly you are ripping with Smartripper in the wrong mode. You DO NOT want to use back up mode as you are ripping unecessary streams.
Use 'Movie' mode and leave all settings at default.
Also even though unrelated, I feel it is pointless using 2pass for DVD (actually 2pass is usually unecessary for any output format as CQ does a better job)
You would be better off using the CQ method of encoding as the results will be quicker and usually better.
It is pointless using a 2pass method when using high bitrates such as DVD encoding as you won't see a benefit. 2 pass only really makes a difference with low bitrate movies.
When encoding for DVD there is more than enough bitrate provided for each frame, so using 2 pass to try and allocate the bitrate as judiciously as possible is a waste of time.
Trust me, just ask anyone with any encoding knowledge on any encoding board and you will get the same answer, (CQ) is the way to go.
What do you see when using the Preview (File>Preview) before encoding?
Do you see the same effect or is it only after encoding the effect is apparant?
Try unchecking all the filters except the 'DVD2AVI project reader' in the VFAPI plugins and see if the effect remains.
As minion says the effect could be related to rogue codecs so doing the above should help if it is.
I am ripping in backup mode because i use ifoedit to remux the m2v file so i can fit the film with the menus intact on a single layer dvd-r, this process works ok but i cannot understand what is causing this problem. I use 2 pass vbr because i am encoding at an average bitrate of 4200 leaving the maximum bitrate at 8000, if i use anything else i get blockyness in the film, time is not an issue for me as long as the quality is there. I see this both in the preview window & on the finished encode. I unchecked all the boxes except the dvd2avi project reader & raised the priority to 2 but it made no difference. I tried unchecking the boxes again except the ligos mpeg2 decoder & raised the prioity on that, this seemed to have cured the problem i dont get the purple lines anymore but i still get a screen full of fuzz when the "LORD OF THE RINGS" logo appears also this way has tripled my encode time.
Maybe You should look into a Program called "DVD2One" it will copy your DVD to your DVD-R in about 30 minutes and keep all the menus and chapters intact and fit it all on a single DVD-R with Good Quality....
>I tried unchecking the boxes again except the ligos mpeg2 decoder & raised the prioity on that, this seemed to have cured the problem i dont get the purple lines anymore but i still get a screen full of fuzz when the "LORD OF THE RINGS" logo appears also this way has tripled my encode time.
Right you've got me confused now. Are you importing a d2v or an m2v file into TMPEG?
If it's a d2v then this wouldn't be able to be opened by the Ligos decoder, so I assume you are importing an m2v.
Does this m2v file actually play ok? Why don't you just open the VOBs directly with DVD2AVI and frameserve.
If i open the vobs directly with dvd2avi, create a d2v file and frameserve from dvd2avi i get the purpley lines on the right hand side of the screen & the fuzz when the film logo comes up.
If i open the vobs (with sequence files ticked) or extract the video as an m2v file & load that into tmpg with ligos mpeg2 decoder the purple lines disappear but the fuzz on the logo still remains.
The m2v file plays ok with no lines or fuzz on it. I cant understand why this is happening.
So this must be related to TMPG and is probably because of rogue codecs or maybe a dodgy TMPG install.
Try removing TMPG completly and do a re-install. If that doesn't cure it remove any codec packs you have installed and as many codecs as possible and re-install only the basic ones you need and try again, but I would guess you will still have the same problem. The only true way to completly remove traces of rogue codecs is a clean install.
I never install any codec packs on my system, they only cause more problems than they are worth. Do yourself a favor and only install what you need.
Also remove any other authoring or encoding programs, especially Ulead products which always seem to conflict with TMPG.
I tried removing tmpg, placing a fresh install in its place but still had the same problem, i installed a second operating system (win xp pro) and basically theres nothing on it (accept dvd2avi 1.77.3 & tmpg) but still the problem persisted. I am so frustrated at this as it only happens on a couple of films the majority of films i have encoded have been without any troubles at all (thats on both systems).
Let me ask a question.
Is this DVD a Region 1 or Region 2 disk?
I have encoded Lord of the Rings recently and had no problem at all.
The DVD was a Region 2 disk and I encoded it to MPEG 2 PAL format. I didn't encounter any of your problems.
My system is basically the same as yours using WinXP pro, Smartripper to rip, DVD2AVI 1.76 to frameserve (not 1.77.3 as this version is incompatible with smartripper d2v's) and TMPG to encode.
It would be helpful if you could post some image grabs of the problem you are having somwhere.
When I try to encode an avi-file or re-encode a mpeg2-file in tmpeg, the program stops encoding after a while.I normally encode in 2passVBR. The time keeps running but the movie preview goes black.I have this same problem with different versions of Tmpeg (2.57-2.59).This problem started when I bought a new PC. On my AMD 1Ghz tmpeg worked fine,but now I have a pentiumIV 2.533Ghz with a Asus P4PE motherboard and tmpeg stops at random. I have got windowsXP running. Does anyone know this problem?
This is Very Well Known Problem with Media Player 9, You are going to Have to Do a System Restore back to Media Player 7 or 8..In most Cases you can not run Tmpgenc and MP9 on the same machine...
I used Virtualdub to extract the audio on a large XviD movie file. I was able to encode the first portion properly. Looks and sounds great. When I go and try to encode the remaining portion of the movie I get the following message.
"AT ADDRESS 000004B8, READ ERROR OCCURED AGAINST ADDRESS 000004B8" It loads up and looks like it will encode, goes for a couple seconds, then the error. What do I do to encode the remainder??? Please help!!!!!!!
My computer completely shuts down while trying to encode an avi to m2v and wav files. I have three sticks of ram, and tried each one separately and I still have the same problem with each stick of ram. I'm using Tmpgenc 2.510. PC specs:
Asus A7N8X MB
Athlon xp 2100+
1G PC 2100 DDR Ram (1x512 2x256)
Auidigy 2 Platinum
ATI AIW 8500DV
WD 60G HD Primary Master
WD 200G HD Primary Slave
DVD Rom drive Seconday Master
Sony DVD+/- R/RW Drive Secondary Slave
Most Crashes In tmpgenc are Due to the Source file and/or codec conflicts as opposed to Tmpgenc, if you got the File from Downloading it off the Net then that Might be the Problem...Have you tried to frameserve the File to Tmpgenc???
The file is an avi I captured using virtual dub and huffyuv. I've done many of these types of files before although this is the first time I've tried to do this on my new motherboard.
I upgraded my bios and only use one stick 512m of memory.
I had ddr333 pc2700 and could not use all three sticks.
It would crash or give an error dump , worked fine on my old motherboard.
It seems like some of the newer motherboards are picky on the memory
brand and combinations and if the memory is unregistered above 256m.
I converted a divx avi file to SVCD. The actual runtime is 1:09:27, but TMPGEnc report 190min00sec. Even so, the encoding progress goes on normal.
The same problem encounted in version 2.59.47.155 and 2.510.157.
I am a newbie to this, but heard it was a fantastic program. I have two AVI files that I am trying to make into a (S)VCD. When I load the first file (First half of movie), it says it is not supported, but the second part (second half of movie) works just fine. Is there something that I can try to see why it's not going to work?
Hi there, I converted an AVI file to mpeg1 so I can make a vcd. I used TMPGEnc 2.5 .I burn the vcd using vcdeasy 1.1.4 and it looks fine in my computer. When I try to play trhe vcd on my DVD player which supports VCD/SVCD/CDR-RW/MP3 the video stops and the audio goes on and sometimes it skips and goes on to the next frame. Can anyone tell me why?
Thanks
Do you Mean that the Video stops or slows down then speeds up again a second later and Catches up with the Audio???? If this is so then the Problem probably has to do with Bitrate spikes or the Bitrate being to High, If you are Useing VBR then try seeing if CBR helps or Lowering the Bitrate..And Make sure you Didn"t encode the AVI to a Plain Mpeg 1 file, The File has to Be encoded to a Mpeg1/VCD file which is Different than a Plain Mpeg1 file...
I am wondering if there's a formula I can use to predict my SVCD output size when using the Inverse Telecine option. The wizard works great for output size when the constant bitrate is 1600Kbps or over. But when I have to use a lower bitrate I don't know how big the output filesize is going to be.
You either need a good bitrate calculator or you can load the the SVCD template from the main window then load the 'Unlock.mcf' template.
Next save the template in the template folder.
When you run the wizard again you should see this template and you should be able to adjust the bitrate to whatever you wish.
I have this DIVX movie that I want to put on a disc and watch on my DVD player. Is it possible ? My player supports DVD-R VCD MP3 etc. Hope it's not too dumb a question, thsi is all new to me.
Not a dumb question because even doing the most mundane tasks with video requires complex analysis and planning.
First thing to consider is that Divx is usually encoded with much more loss than the Mpeg2 used for commercial DVDs. Depending on the bitrate, encoding quality, and TV size, the result might look worse than VHS tape. Starting with a higher quality source would make more sense.
Next thing to consider is that getting anything on a DVD requires an up front learning curve, and then a fair amount of work. If it is just one movie and your time is worth anything, go buy the DVD!
After that are technical issues which need to be addressed as they arise.
I originally started with converting Divx/Xvid files to SVCD and am now going to DVD. As wcpaul said there can be alot of loss when encoding to an Avi. However there are some that do quite a nice job out there. A basic rule of thumb I use is 600mb/hour in the Avi. Also check the resoulution DVD's are 720x480 and I have found Avis with that res. The first hurdle to over come is getting your computer setup so Tmpgenc can process both the Video and Audio of the Avi by itself. Next I have a modified DVD template that produces separare video and Audio files during encoding. This gives better quality in the end. Then I load them into Dazzle which is a DVD authoring software that converts the files to VOBs and creates the IFO and BUF files for the movie and either burns them directly to disk or creates a disk image. If the resulting file is larger than one disk, which can easily happen. I then run DVD2One on the files created by Dazzle to fit it on a single 4.7gb disk. One side note Dazzles default is PAL and if you don't change before you start a project than you will get errors stating non-dvd compliant video if you are trying to build a NTSC disk. I recently built a DVD from a Dirty Harry Divx. The movie was 1h 45m long. The processing time in Tmpgenc was 22 hours and another hour for Dazzle to build the files and burn the disk. The resulting file size was 3.6 gb. I have a celeron 1.2Ghz computer. So yes this can be a long process,
RICK.....It shouldn"t be takeing you 22 hours to encode a 1 hour 45 minute Movie on a 1.3ghz CPU, it shouldn"t take More than 6-8 hours on your Computer, I have a 1.7ghz and it only takes about 4 hours, and with CCE it takes less than 2 hours...
RICK.....It shouldn"t be takeing you 22 hours to encode a 1 hour 45 minute Movie on a 1.3ghz CPU, it shouldn"t take More than 6-8 hours on your Computer, I have a 1.7ghz and it only takes about 4 hours, and with CCE it takes less than 2 hours...So there Might be something wierd going on with your system....
When I'm encoding to a SVCD it seems pretty much in line. My freind has a P4 1.6 overclocked to 2.2 and his is almost twice as fast as mine on SVCDs. I am doing a 2 pass encoding on the DVDs which takes twice as long but does give smaller file size. I did think that something was wrong and rebuilt the hard drive just 2 weeks ago. I encoded Master of disguise today from Divx to Svcd and it took a little over 6 hours and that is 1:20 min long. But if you have any ideas on how to improve the speed I'd like to hear them. Faster computer is on my wish list but can't justify it right now.
If you want speed then why use 2pass to save little space. CQ is usually better and wont usually dramatically increase the file size either.
You don't say what Motion search you are using. If you are using 'Highest quality' then forget it. This is absolutely pointless. High quality will be almost twice as fast and give exactly the same results.
Also if the audio in your AVI is ac3 then there is no need to encode the audio at all. Using the right DVD authoring program you should be able to import this diectly into it.
Now depending on your views why not o/clock that PC like your friend. Celerons are seriously overclockable. Just don't clock to much and if your BIOS allows ot don't overclock the memory to much. In fact depending on how much you O/clock your CPU you may have to downclock your memory back to a reasonable frequency.
I would also like to point out that your friends PC is probably too overclocked. 2.2 for a P4 1.6 will probably make the PC run slower with some tasks than if it was just clocked to 1.9 because of the strain imposed on the other components such as the memory and the graphics card and is probably cooking his CPU. I would guess your friend probably has a lot of unexplained errors and lockups on his system. If he bench tested it with something like SISoft sandra he would probably see his memory running with a lower score than if the CPU was clocked to 1.9.
This is just my opinion built from experience with such matters, so it's yours and your friends choice.
Ashy, I have tried to overclock my hardware as I've done in the past but no luck. I only spent a couple of days so maybe I should reinvestigate. Right now the speed isn't an issue for me but once my Riteks get here that will probably change. I am using high quality setting as you suggested. Everything I watch is on a 47" widescreen so quality does help and I'm still in the testing phase to see what I like. 2 pass saved about 200 meg over constant quality 100 setting. Is this like the motion search where lower will give similar results? I did try a couple of authoring softwares that was supposed to be able to convert from Avi directly to DVD. They both failed for the same reason. When converting they don't retain the aspect ratio so the end result is distorted.