Hi,

Wat are good settings to create a XVCD ... and what input should I use when using PAL (I prefer 720 x 576 to get close to DVD quality)

Thanks,
Rene

If you want to make a XVCD with Full Pal resolution I think you will be very dissapointed Because at that Resolution you will have to use a VERY High Bitrate so the File has any sort of Quality, and at that Bitrate(3000-6000Kbs) your DVD Player will most likely Not be able to play it..You would be better off Makeing a SVCD or a XVCD at SVCD Resolutions, if your Player does not play SVCD then I doubt it will Play a XVCD with Such a High Bitrate...

I captured an .avi File from my Sony DV Cam. I will convert this File for my DVD burner. I start tmpg and choose PAL DVD (German). After the other settings, i press start. When its encoding, i see that the picture is
disort. Looks like some small lines, or like tooths. It increases when the motions are faster.... what settings i have to change to avoid this????

I like to get the same quality for my dvd as i record it with my dv cam.

Maybe someone can help?????

Thanx and greets

thats a problem due to the video type (interlaced, non-interlaced). for the source-input you have to use interlaced if you use DV,VHS,D8 (DV uses 2 alternating frames)

The toohts still exist, even if i use interlaced or not!

Don't worry about it. It's just interlacing artifacts caused by the fact you are viewing field based frames on a progressive monitor. As long as your source and output are interlaced you shouldn't see the effect on your TV.
Also make sure you set the Field order correctly. Usually bottom for DV

If you wish to play the movie on your PC then use DVD player software such as WinDVD which will bob de-interlace the movie and remove the artifacts.

ASHY

What do you mean with field order? Sorry im a newby! and also thanx for your replys!

If you use the "Wizard" to Load in the Source file then Tmpgenc will analize the File for the correct Field Order and adjust it accordingly....

Thanx for all ur help! Very exciting here! CU

I have two movies. Road to Perdition and One Hour Photo. Both are dvd screens from what it says. They are both in avi format but neither will open for TMPG or Virtual Dub. I believe they are xvid, but raising directshow on tmpg did not work either. In fact in the virtual dub error message it states "that directshow codecs are not suitable." It also states "VirtualDub requires a video for windows(vfw) compatible codec to decompress video". My goal is to be able to use tmpg on these movies and I just wrote the vdub error message to give someone this extra info in order to solve this problem. Is there an xvid codec out there? or are there any other suggestions? Thanks.

If it is a XVid File then you will need to install the XVID Codec, it is very easy to find ,I"m sure if you go to any search engine and Type in "XviD Download" you will find it without a Problem...

Hello

Uh, basically I have files too big to put on CD so I wanna slice them up or whatever with tmpeg. I have version beta 12a (0.11.20.98)

I am getting the free one.

anytips for either

ANYONE?

use the project wizard. on step three of five - filter settings - check source range. Use slider bar to figure out wht frames you want to enter as start and end

Come on, version 12a (0.11.20.98)!?

This version is well old and TMPG has had many improvments since. Update your version now and do yourself a favor then use the Merge&cut feature in the MPEGtools to split your MPEG.

ASHY

I do the merge cut thing but it seems to wanna split up how it wants and not how I indicate.

And using wizard just makes it encode which isn't safe as my computer tends to shut down or something after I leave it to do that


the file will likely play but that's not the point I want to store it off my harddrive to make room for more stuff how do I tell the program to do that and why does it make the length it wants and stuff

BTW thanks for your help so far

Did you set the cut points correctly using the Edit button.

ASHY

Uh, I think so.

I click add select the file I want and then click edit

select the first "half" then click okay then enter a new filename

The original is Sloth the new Slothp1.

But instead of the second/frame/length I indicate it does what it wants.

Hey,

Does TMPGEnc do widescreen? I've been trying to convert an XVid version of Attack of the Clones into an mpeg so i can use it in adobe premiere, but every time i try to convert it, it creates a fullscreen version, which squeezes the picture.

I've tried a whole bunch of different aspect ratios and modes, but no luck. Any help?

First why do you want to convert it to MPEG to use in premier? There's no need.
Second to acheive what tou require set your input aspect ratio to 16:9, the 'Video arrange method' to 'full screen(keep aspect ratio).
Depending on you intended viewing output, set the output aspect ratio to 4:3 for a 4:3 TV or 16:9 for a widscreen TV.

ASHY

An AVI has in synch sound when viewed with Windows Media Player. Tmpgenc can't read sound track, so I decompress with virtualdub to WAV, or even tried decompress to PCM linear track, and both give sound out of synch. The sound starts in synch, but gets out of synch when there are some "bad" garbled frames. But like I said, Media Player stays in synch after these bad frames. Is there a way to get tmpgenc to not skip the bad frames, or any other way to get the sound to stay in synch, evidently Media Player can read the sound track correctly.

The audio is Probably AC3 and after AC3 is decompressed it Sometimes Changes length or has a audio gap at the Beginning so it goes out of sync, Check that the Decompressed audio is the same length as the video...

Is there batch converting? I would like to know if this feature is avaible.
Because it would be nice if I could convert a few file's and goto bed and wake
up to them being done. Thank's for any INFO

Yes.

What are the default environment settings for TMPGEnc?
I changed these to accomodate some XVID's and when I
right clicked on all of the categories to change back
to the default, the numbers are not the same as original.
There are no positive values.

Hello!

When I encode a video in Mpeg2 and use a 16:9 source and encode it in 16:9 and burn it, the picture on my TV is all jumpy. This means that it kinda wiggles from one side to the other all the time. Can't SVCD handle 16:9 encoding or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

You have set your field order wrong. You need to set it to the opposite of whichever one you chose originally.

ASHY

Hello everybody!

I love TMPGEnc. It is really the best. I do have a request though: Couldn't you add a little window or function that tells you the estimated output file size? This would greatly enhance working with TMPGEnc and you wouldn't need some crappy 3rd party bitrate calculator.

I have a strange problem: Tmpeg does not let me import 2 fairly long AVI videos which I shot on miniDV and edited in premiere into the source file window in order to encode them into mpeg2s.

I can import them into the sound file window, but NOT into the video file window. They are roughly 20 GIGs long.

I works with other, very short files though. What might be the problem?
I would be greatful for help.

T

I've had this problem and the only solution I've found for it is to re-render (or "re-save") the video in something outside Premiere, like Windows Movie Maker or Vegas Video. This solves the problem but you naturally need the extra space for the new files. Anyone know any tweeks to solve the problem in Premiere?

Another way I found around the problem was to export the video to tape and then recapture them. If you have limited HD space this may be your only option.

Try raiseing the Priority of the "AVI2(OpenDML) File Reader" or the "Direct show" file reader in the Vfapi Plugins...This Might help getting the Files loaded...

If that doesn't do it then just frameserve the AVI from Virtualdub or AVIsynth.

ASHY

When using TMPGEnc i cannot open 2 of my avi files. two part movie both parts wont open (cannot open or is not supported) all other avi files open fine and convert. please help me???

If they are DivX or XviD file go to "options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "vfapi Plugins" and raise the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2"...

done that but now it just crashes tmpgenc.
HELP!!
thanks in advance