I know my burner is NOT on the suported drive list but here goes anyway

Media TDKG02
Burner - Optorite
O/S - W2k sp4

If I use TDA to burn the created output the discs WONõ play on 2 of my 3 dvd players.
If I burn the created output with Nero disc's play on all 3! (same media DVD-R/files)
If If I use TDA to burn the created output on to DVD-RW plays on all 3!
Strange?

Wild speculations here but DVD Author writes the AUDIO_TS files as lowercase, and Nero does it as per the spec, in uppercase, this is about the only thing I can think of ? My Panasonic player handles both.

Im trying to convert an AVI file to mpeg. But, when i select the video input file, which is the AVI, it puts it into the audio input field. It's an AVI video file, so why isn;t it staying in the AVI field?

thanks.

By the way the file is an xvid file.

Probably because your AVI is not supported.
Download and install FFDSHOW then try again.

I use TMPGEnc to cut my MPEG2 file into two. I locate the split frame using the preview window of TMPGEnc. But the standing frame of the output file does not match where I mark in. It is way behind the point I marked. Anyone know what is wrong with it?

I had this problem also. I'm not quite sure whats going on, but when you clip a video in TMPGEnc you locate a frame to cut at. But it cuts at the closest second and not on the frame you were on. I'm not quite sure if I'm right, but just try your best when cutting the clip.

I use TDA to create a DVD disc (try directly burn from TDA, or create a image and buy using NERO 5). The disc can play on PC, but cannot play in standalone DVD player (tried two players already). Any suggestion on what is wrong?

No suggestions, but an observation: on my system Nero 6.0.0.15 says "drive in use by IMAPI" while burning on a Pioneer 105. Afterwards the DVD does not play in my stand alone (but on PowerDVD).

DVD Writing Tool from TDA does the job, though. Took me 3 DVD-Rs to find that out... :-(

When you burn in Nero check the ""Force DVD-compatibility mode (required for X-Box)"" Check-box. It worked for me after going through five DVD+R disks even though they did run in the X-Box

i purchased tmpgenc and got the email with the code but my gf decided that only the code was important and deleted the email, so i dont know if there were instructions for how to unlock the evaluation version. any ideas, i now have a code with no idea how to use it

Come on just tell the truth.
Either you deleted the mail or you have an illegal serial.
Whichever, you need the Plus version of TMPG.

I'm encoding a movie overnight and checked the box, "shutdown after finishing encoding". Once the encoding is done, will my computer shut down as well as the program? If not, is there a way I can do that? I just think it's a waste of energy leaving my computer on all night once the encoding is done

I'm not being funny, but have you not actually tried this?
I mean all you have to do is make a small encoding and try it then you would know and yes your PC will shut down.
Now, any more daft questions?

or just go to Google and type in something like "free shutdown programs" and you will find tons (that's what i do). then start converting and put in the time whenever you want your pc to be shut down.

Does anyone know what causes an "illegal floating decimal point calculation error" while encoding a dvd to mpeg?

Well I haven"t heard this error pop up in a Long time, This error Usually Pops up when trying to do something with your PC while encodeing , you should allways leave your PC alone while encodeing a File, and this error used to pop up when Tmpgenc ran across an error in the File but this usually doesn"t happen when encode from Vob/Mpeg2 files...How are you encodeing this DVD??? are you just loading the Vob files into tmpgenc and encodeing to Mpeg2??? If so then you should really use DVD2AVI to Frameserve the Vob files to Tmpgenc, This Method is More reliable and Faster than Haveing Tmpgenc do the Decodeing and encodeing, and is usually more Trouble free...Try it and see if the error goes away....Cheers

Thanks for your reply ! I'm encoding from VOB-files using dvd2svcd. Before encoding I have shutdown every running proces like for instance virus-killer and firewall and always the error appears while I'm not even close to my computer. I have all ready tried an other ripper, but the problem is still there. Is it usual that the encoding proces takes over more than 14 hours to do the job?

Does the error happen at the same spot every time?? Anyways you should Try doing it the Manual Way with DVD2AVI and Tmpgenc, that is the Most reliable way to encode to VCD/SVCD/DVD from a DVD and Probably the Fastest..It shouldn"t take that long unless you are useing a Slow PC, It only takes about 2-3 hours on my 2.53ghz system encodeing to SVCD useing Tmpgenc, I can do a 2 hour movie in about 1 hour useing CCE to encode....You should Try the Method I mentioned as it will Probably be error free and twice as Fast....Cheers

Thanks again, the strange thing is I've got a 2.53Ghz system with 500MB Rimm pc1000 so it should be fast enough, the only thing is that i'm using the deinterlaced option. I'm gonna try it again to night, maybe with an other DVD it will run properly.

What should help with the encodeing Speed is to set the "Motion Search Precition" to "High Quality" or "Normal" because "Highest Quality" just makes the encodeing take twice as long with no real Quality improvement..And because DVD2SVCD uses a Frameserver it makes the encodeing take a lot longer, useing the DVD2AVI method will Probably encode twice as Fast as the DVD2SVCD method, and if you really want to speed it up you can try useing CCE to encode as It is 5-10 times faster than Tmpgenc and Produces better Quality Mpeg2 files But it is Complicated to use But you can Use DVD2SVCD with CCE....Good Luck

Hey guys this is my first post here and I just want to say hello and that I LOVE TMPGEnc and have been using for well over 14 months now. I have been encoding to VCD and SVCD. I really like to archive television shows and sporting events via my capture card. But I just got a new hdd and I want to begin encoding and archiving to DVD. I have never used TMPGEnc for DVD Encoding and would like some help w/ settings and options. I already know how to encode my audio to 2ch AC3 Audio seperately. I keep my video interlaced (pure NTSC) because it looks the smoothest on a television. What options dooes anyone have for me that I can use in the creation of a new template? Any help will be ideal. Thanks so much!

There is Nothing special about Encodeing to a DVD..It is the same as any other Format accept that you use Different resolutions and a Higher Bitrate, You do have more leeway with DVD as DVD supports More Resolutions, you can make DVD"s at 720X480(Full D1)and at 704X480(Broadcast D1) and at 352X480(Half D1) and 352X240(Sif),the Bitrate used increases as the Resolution Increases..And with DVD you should allways have a Sequence Header before each Gop..And you should allways use a VBR Encodeing method when encodeing to DVD..But becides this DVD"s are pretty Much the same as encodeing to any other Mpeg format, If you have any Particular Problems then Post them....Cheers

Hi,

I used DVD Author to make a DVD of several short 10 minute video clips. I created a menu screen that contains a chapter for each clip. There were a total of 3 menu screens, each containing 4 chapters.

The menus work fine but if I am playing a particular clip and hit the menu button on my remote to get back to the menu screen, I am always put back at the first menu screen and not the menu screen that had the particular clip I was playing. Any way to correct or change this?

Also, when a clip is finished playing, the next clip starts to play automatically. How can I configure DVD Author so that it will return to the menu screen after it finsihed playing a clip?

Thanks.

Please use the "Display menu settings"-button on the "Create menu"-dialog, and all your wishes will come true...

Hi,

I looked under the options you indicated but there is nothing there that lets you control what exactly DVD Author does after it plays a certain track or when the menu button on the remote is pressed. It only gives you the option to go back to the main menu after the last track has finished playing and to display the main menu when the disk is first inserted.

?

Well First off DivX is AVI, so if you have an AVI file that you downloaded off the net it is allready Probably in DivX Mpeg-4 format...As for WMV/ASF files a Good Program for converting them to AVI/DivX is to use a Freeware Program called "Stoik Video Converter" you can find it to download if you do a Search on Google, It can also convert AVI/ASF/WMV/Mpeg1/2 files to AVI/DivX, But Virtual Dub is Probably better at AVI to AVI/DivX encodes.....Cheers

Why in the hell would you want to recompress an already compressed format like WMV or AVI into another compressed format such as DIVX which is in fact AVI?!

What a completely pointless waste of time and quality that would be.

For a start off you will NOT acheive any increase in quality infact you will reduce the quality, second you will NOT gain anything in file size because WMV is a more compressed format than DIVX, so you will end up with a larger AVI than the original source.

I can understand if you wanted to convert to MPEG as you could then play the file on your set top, but recompressing to another AVI is in my opinion absolutely bonkers.
Maybe you have some reason for it, so please enlighten me as to why you would want to do this?

Hello to all!
I've a big problem with tmpgenc. I've 2 avi files with strange framerates. the firt is 24.991 fps and the second is 25.195 fps.
The problem is that I choose on tmpgenc PAL settings (so 25 fps) but the the result is a vcd that isn't fluid. Why? How can I resolve?
Tnx

You are going to have Problems with these Files because of the Non-Standard Frame rates, and if you use Tmpgenc to try to convert the frame rates you will get Choppy playback..The Only way I know of to encode these Types of Files useing Tmpgenc is Very tricky and will will need a Good Audio editor Like Cool Edit or Sound Forge, I actually use the Audio editor in Vegas Video..What you can do is Load your File into tmpgenc and encode it like a normal Pal file accept under the "Advanced settings" check the "do not Frame rate convert" Box..Now after encodeing you should have a File that Plays Smoothly but the Audio will be out of Sync Because of the Frame Rate difference..So you will need to de-mux the audio from your Mpeg file useing "File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "Simple Demultiplex" this will leave you with a Video and an audio file you will now have you load the Audio into a Audio editor Like the ones I mentioned and then Stretch/Shrink the Audio length to the "Exact" same Length as the Mpeg video file, the Render the new audio as a Mpeg 1 layer 2 audio file that you "Multiplex" with the Mpeg video file..Now god willing the Audio and Video should be in sync...This can be a Very Tricky method but it can work..You can also convert the Frame rate useing AVISynth and this way you wouldn"t need to do anything with the audio but if you don"t know how to use AVISynth then this method might be easier....Good Luck

Here is an alternative method. May be slightly easier.

Download Goldwave 5 and AVIfrate here: http://www.goldwave.com/gwave505.exe
http://www.am-softhome.com/avifrate.zip

1. Load the AVI into AVIfrate then change the frame rate to 25 fps then apply it. Note the length in seconds and write it down somewhere.

2. Start goldwave and load your AVI
(If your AVI contains Ac3 audio, as many do, then you will need to install this filter http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/ )

3. Go to Effect>Timewarp, make sure the Algorithm is set to 'Rate' then select length and type in the exact figure you got from AVIfrate then click OK.

4. When done click File>Save as and save as a PCM, 16 bit, stereo wav

5. Now load the AVI and the wav in to TMPG and encode as normal.

Hi,

I used DVD Author to make a DVD of several short 10 minute video clips. I created a menu screen that contains a chapter for each clip. There were a total of 3 menu screens, each containing 4 chapters.

The menus work fine but if I am playing a particular clip and hit the menu button on my remote to get back to the menu screen, I am always put back at the first menu screen and not the menu screen that had the particular clip I was playing. Any way to correct or change this?

Also, when a clip is finished playing, the next clip starts to play automatically. How can I configure DVD Author so that it will return to the menu screen after it finsihed playing a clip?

Thanks.

You should post this Question in the "DVD Author" Forum as this Formum deals with Mostly Tmpgenc Issues....Cheers