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Well I wouldn"t Call this a Big report as the QT Plugin isn"t really supposed to be for QT Referance Files, and that Tmpgenc does not Natively support QT Mov files and only does so because of the QT Plugin which was written By someone what has no Relation with the Makers of Tmpgenc, and the Plugin was released over a Year ago to be used with Older versions of Tmpgenc and with Quicktime 5 files, and the Plugin has not been updated since it was released so there are Compatibilities with it and newer versions of Tmpgenc and of Quicktime 6...Since there is No support for Mov files you will either have to deal with it By trying to figure it out or use a Encoder that Natively support Mov files , Like Maybe CCE which does support QT Mov files and is a Higher Quality Mpeg2 encoder....
TMPG won't work with QT reference files it will just crash. The QT plugin is not meant for reference files. I think it has something to do with the 2gig limit.
There is a possibility of getting around it and opening QT files with AVIsynth. You would need Quicktime installed for this. Use a command such as below:
DirectShowSource("C:Video.mov",fps=29.970)
or you may be able to use the TMPG QT plugin with a script such as this:
After I've tried 3 times with the same results last night I said.. "ok.. one last chance" and it works ok. The encoding time was ok (10h for 1 h footage, high quality, PIII at 1GHZ),the quality was good.
It is still a mistery for me why this time it works ok, but not before. I must tell that the "old plugin" refered above works ok, even with QT refference movies.
I think you should serious consider fully supporting QT in TMPG becouse there are a lot of users from postproduction area that wants to buy youy product.
Thanks for this super encoder!
hi i gota question when encoding a get a red or purple shadow on my finish video does anybody know how i can fix this try looking for the angel codec no place to be found
Well the Angel Potion Codec is the Only reason for this effect That I know of ,The codec will be listed in your Device Manager under "Video codecs" as something like "apmpeg4v3.dll", if you find it delete it....
I heard that it is less strain on the pocket PC CPU if you encode the video to play at a 90 degree rotaion BEFORE you encode the video, but I don't see the option of how to do that in the TMPG software. Any suggestions?
I wonder if you could email me your CQ template please?
I have read a lot of posts about it and have copied most of your settings such as Max 4000 and Min 1800 and how you calculate file size for CQ, but I am still having trouble getting my 1 minute tests down to the 13Mb you talk about. Mine are all about 20Mb. I am still having problems with blocking artefacts so would like to see your template complete.
I have searched both this site and the net but could not find it posted anywhere. If you could help I would be very grateful.
It all depends on your movie how large it will be.
If your movie is full screen then it will need more bits to encode which means TMPG will use higher bitrates and therefore will result in higher file sizes. Also the same will happen if there is a lot of action scenes in the movie
The template output size is based on a regular 16:9 movie. If you have movies which are full screen then you may have to reduce the max bitrate and the quality slider to reduce the file size.
I heard that it is less strain on the pocket PC CPU if you encode the video to play at a 90 degree rotaion BEFORE you encode the video, but I don't see the option of how to do that in the TMPG software. Any suggestions?
I get the above error when trying to select a video file in the little wizard deal in TMPGEnc. I had tried converting it to SVCD before, and it gave me a bad codec problem, so I uninstalled my current xvid codec (nic's I believe) and installed FFDshow. Clearly, however, I am a bit worse off now than before, as I can not even open the file to begin with. Any thoughts?
In the ffdshow settings, it gives me two options with xvid to decode: "libavcodec" and "disabled" So I chose livabvcodec and assumed that meant ffdshow would handle the decoding. Am I looking in the wrong area?
This is because you have installed the Elecard MPEG2 decoder on your system. Probably from one of those daft codec packs.
You need to unregister it then install the M2v.vfp plugin instead.
Hi, I'm having troubles with converting a DivX to MPEG because the initial file has a weird resolution [one of those DVD ones - 640x272]... Now when I convert and burn a VCD it still displays it full screen on my DVD [really streched out]. What's the best way to fix this? Thanx
This is an anamorphic resolution in 24:10 ratio.
You will have to use the custom settings to acheive the correct aspect ratio for this.
Just load your movie as normal and select 'Center (custom size)' as the Arrange method then set your frame size to 352x136.
What settings are you using and which way is it stretched out, vertically?
These are the settings you should have:
1. Input aspect ratio - Set as stated above.
2. Output Resolution 352x240
3. Output aspect ratio 4:3
4. Make sure your DVD player is set for 4:3 output
If it still doesn't work with these settings then your DVD player has a problem with aspect ratios. Does the preview look correct in TMPG with black borders above and below?
Yes, these are all the settings that I use. But I think the problem is that the black borders are not displayed. In Media Player the file seems right but the black borders are missing. As a result the output is stretched vertically in a DVD player [4:3 aspect ration, yup].
Im quite new to making VCD, only used nero making using files it would encode quite happily. Just downloaded a wicked film in this XVid format. But its 1hr 38mins long so first off i know it needs chopping in half and then i need it to goto vcd not svcd. Tryied to load the file into TMPG 2.5, the free one, but wouldnt have it
Any help would be greatly appreciated
andy
No, no, no... don't waste time and quality by re-encoding to another AVI.
Install FFDSHOW then load your XVID. If you still have problems make sure XVID is checked in the FFDSHOW configuration settings and raise the priority of the Directshow reader in the VFAPI plugins.
TO ASHY - got to be honest i didnt understand much of that. I installed this ffdshow i got from mpegx.com Doesnt seem to be a program tho. So am complelty lost heading in that direction
to roland, i got virtual dub and ran into the problem of a huge sound sync problem towards the end of the file. So i gave up with that one.
Tonight i tried using adobe premier 6.5 to split the file into the encode a vcd file that way. Great except ive got no sound.
From what i gather i can take the sound file from this using vdub, but i dont like the program much. Wondered if any of yer knew of a program that will extract a wav file for me from the xvid.
seeing how premier is prop end and i know how to use it, thinking this is my way to go
Your list will probably not look exactly the same but try making the changes and see if it works for you
I pretty much never have any problems opening a file after making these changes to a newly installed version of tmpgenc. with the normal settings about a quarter of my files wont load. Good luck
FFDSHOW is an MPEG4 decoder for all types of MPEG4 AVI, DIVX,XVID, MS-1,2,3 and usually much better than the original codecs themselves.
If you have installed the correct version you should then be able to load, or play for that matter, any MPEG4 AVI into TMPG or Media player.
If not then you should find the configuration settings under FFDSHOW in your Programs list.
Hi. I downloaded an AVI that ended right at the last frame of the episode instead of showing the ending credits. So is there a way to add extra still frames of the last frame of the AVI? On my past VCDs I made, it seemed that the VCD stopped a few seconds before the end of the clip for some reason. But that was the ending credits so it doesn't really matter. Now I'm afraid for this current AVI because it doesn't have ending credits that aren't important!
Use the "Source Range" in the "Advanced Settings" and set it so tmpgenc encodes all the way to the end of the file then you shouldn"t have a Problem...
That's not the problem. I don't use Source Range when I'm encoding so it encodes the whole thing. I played the MPG file on the computer to make sure it goes to the end. But on the DVD player, it stops maybe 1-2 seconds before the actual ending. Why is this? Will Source Range solve the problem?
Well yes It Should ,that is Why I sudested it..The source Range tells Tmpgenc what part of the File to Encode so if you configure the source range to encode from the Very beginning to the very end then the Mpeg file should be the whole file and not missing a few seconds at the end...
You can try using VCDEasy to make your VCD. After youve made your VCD, open VCDEasy, click on the (S)VCD icon, then on the Main tab, then Add File and add the mpeg, then click on the Interactivity tab, then try setting it up like this 'PLAY ONCE then Wait 5 seconds then on timeout VIDEOCD END'. That way it plays to the last frame, pauses for a few seconds, and then stops.
I have 2 dvd's with 4 episodes on each dvd. When I rip dvd#1 with smartripper, I can rip each episode and make a single vob of each episode because they have their own Program Chain ... so then I just rip to 4 vob's ... and make a vcd from them directly in tmpegenc without making a dvd2avi project. But the dvd#2 all the episodes are in one program chain. I have tried to split the vob's by max file size, so that I will only get 1 huge vob, but tmpegenc won't make a vcd mpg from it. It does not give any errors, but when I choose that file for video / audio source, it will only make an mpg thats about 0,2MB. So then I rip dvd#2 and split the vobs, and then open them in dvd2avi, and generate a project file, and a wav file. But when I am trying to make a vcd from those files, the audio gets a delay. Now ... what program makes this delay? Is it dvd2avi that makes it? Or is it tmpegenc that makes the delay? Since the video / audio is perfect when I put the vob directly in tmpegenc, I get the feeling that dvd2avi makes the delay, but I'm not really sure. Anyone here know anything about this? I hope you understand my problem. Tried to explain the best that I could. :)
The Differance between useing a D2V project file and just loading the VoB file directly into Tmpgenc is that when loading the Vob file into Tmpgenc It doesn"t Know what Audio track you want Pluss the Decoder that Tmpgenc uses to decode the VoB files is Slower and Of a Lower Quality than DVD2AVI"s Decoder, Pluss Tmpgenc in Most cases will Not decode the Audio From Most DVD"s Because it is usually AC3 audio..The Delay in the Audio is In the VoB files, You can see the Audio delay in smartripper while ripping and it is the same as the Audio delay in DVD2AVI, What I do is Use a Freeware audio encoder called "Headac3he" to encode the AC3 or Wav file from DVD2AVI to Mpeg1 layer2 audio and it will Compensate for the Audio Delay in the Audio file, and the Audio Quality from headac3he is Much better than Tmpgenc...
So what I should do is rip the dvd in smartripper and spilt by vob file (not max file size), and then make a dvd2avi project and then run the .wav generated in dvd2avi through HeadAC3he, and then start tmpegenc and use the d2v project file, and the .wav(?) file created by HeadAC3he? Do I then have to specify an audio gap in tmpegenc, or should the audio be in sync?
All you need to do is just use Smartrippers default settings. Just select the program chain you require in Smartripper then rip as normal.
If the audio in these VOBs is AC3 then just use VOB2AUDIO to rip the audio to a wav and then load the d2v that Smartripper creates and the wav from VOB2AUDIO into TMPG.
VOB2AUDIO should correct your sync problem as it uses Directshow to rip the audio which is the fastest and most accurate way you can rip the audio.
You have the wrong version of DVD2AVI installed. The new version of DVDAVI is no longer compatible with earlier project files.
You need version 1.76 the copy the DVD2AVI.vfp from your DVD2AVI folder to your TMPG folder. http://www.kehuelga.org/video/dvd/app/DVD2AVI_176.zip
hmm ... did I misunderstand you? You said that I could use the d2v file that _smartripper_ made. You did not say anything about dvd2avi ... So ... what I have tried so far:
Rip the dvd with smartripper. Use vob2audio to create a wav file from the vob's. Then I have the dv2 file that smartripper made, and a wav that vob2audio made. This did not work since tmpgenc can't use the dv2 file that smartripper made as a video file.
I have also tried this:
Rip the dvd with smartripper, and them make a wav with dvd2avi. After this when I imported the wav into Headac3he I had to manually specify a delay ... but how do I know what that delay is?? smartripper does not say anything about a delay when I rip the dvd, and dvd2avi does not say anything about a delay when I make the wav ...
The only thing I have tried that worked out fine was to rip the dvd with smartripper, and then import the vob file directly into tmpgenc ... But this does not work with the dvd I am ripping now, because the 4 episodes on the dvd is in one Program Chain.
I am getting tired of this delay thing, because whatever I try, it's still there! :(
OK...When you extract the audio with DVD2AVI the File Name is Usually something like "Movie-Aud_English_AC3_(2ch)_48hz_Delay_39ms.Wav" so when you Load that File into "Headac3he" it sees the Delay in the File name and adjusts the delay automaticly, If there is No delay in the audio file it will say "0ms" next to delay in the file name..You will also get Better audio Quality if you set the audio to "DeMux" instead of "Decode" then you will get an AC3 audio file then use Headac3he to Encode the AC3 to Wav OR what is better is to encode the AC3(or Wav) to Mp2 audio(the same as VCD and SVCD audio) with Headac3he, then use the "Mpeg tools" Simple Multiplex" to Mux the mp2 Audio to the Mpeg video file encoded By Tmpgenc...As to you D2V file Problem, For Tmpgenc to decode D2V file as certail Plugin has to be installed, To install it you download "DVD2AVI 1.76" and in it"s Folder is a file called "DVD2AVI.vfp" now take this file and Copy and Paste it onto the "tmpgenc" Folder, Now it should accept D2V files, But might have Problems with a D2V file created By Smartripper, so I Think it is best to Use a D2V file created By DVD2AVI as opposed to Smartripper because they are More compatible with Tmpgenc...I hope this Helps...Cheers
>hmm ... did I misunderstand you? You said that I could use the d2v file that _smartripper_ made. You did not say anything about dvd2avi
OK lets explain this in simple terms.
A d2v file is a project file created by DVD2AVI.
Smartripper has the ability to create a d2v itself while ripping, but you still need to have DVDAVI installed for the d2v to work as DVD2AVI does all the decoding in the background via the d2v.
The only problem is that the author of DVD2AVI has changed the way his program works in his new version. This means that the new DVD2AVI cannot use the d2v files that Smartripper makes because they are incompatible and thus you will receive an error in TMPG when you try to load the d2v.
All you need to do to make TMPG accept Smartripper d2v files is to install DVD2AVI 1.76 on your system then copy from your DVD2AVI folder a file called DVD2AVI.vfp and place it in your TMPG folder where the .exe is located.
Now you will be able to open the d2v files which Smartripper creates in TMPG.
I've used Merge/Cut many times before but can't use it with a series of MPEG-2 (SVCD) files I downloaded recently. Characteristics of these files:
480x480, 29.970fps, Avg bit rate 1689Kbps
Audio format 44KHz stereo, 128Kbps layer II
I can play the vids fine with any player on my system. Merge/Cut opens them fine and even plays them fine. It's just that the slider bar does not move; the best I can do is guesstimate the times and imput them manually.
I normally have no problem with the slider bar and just tried it with other types of files and it worked fine.
Well I guess it could be that the Mpeg2 decoder that Tmpgenc is useing is Not very fast so it can not scan through the file very fast, Or it could be a Problem with the Time code in the File, Or it just could be the Fact that tmpgenc"s Merge & Cut is only supposed to be used with Files that were encoded By Tmpgenc so the Structure of the File could be a Bit different than the Merge & cut is used to, I would sugest that you use a Real Mpeg2 editor as even when the one in Tmpgenc works properly it doesn"r work Properly as with me Anyways I allways have Sync problems with Files edited By Tmpgenc, I now use "Mpeg2VCR for all My editing and it is a great and easy to use Editor...