I went to www.DVDHelp.us and downloaded their templates for TMPGEnc. But when I go into the NTSC DVD templates, they were set for 23.976fps and 3:2 pulldown. On the next tab over it said that the movie was to be interlaced, though they were doing a 3:2 on it.

Things looked screwed up enough in it that I'm wondering if somehow my copy of TMPGEnc may be scrambling my settings, somehow.

Does anybody know a program that is "fairly easy to use" that I might be able to compare mpeg2 movies in? ULEAD's mpeg2 encoder works fine on DVD settop, though apparently not as pretty as everybody keeps promising TMPGEnc to be.

Did run this program for a few days,error free,but now I multiplex it,then load it up to convert it,I get this error straight away :
TMPGENC caused an invalid page fault in
module CLAUD.AX at 016f:1c403b9b.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=016f EIP=1c403b9b EFLGS=00010202
EBX=015e0c80 SS=0177 ESP=0273ff40 EBP=0000016d
ECX=00f80778 DS=0177 ESI=00f80778 FS=3f4f
EDX=00f807b8 ES=0177 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 08 ff 51 0c 89 be 48 0e 00 00 8b 46 60 8b 54
Stack dump:
00000000 00f807b8 0003fc68 1c434364 0000016d 015e0c80 015e0c80 1c41f776 00000001 015e1e80 1c422cac 015e0c80 00001200 00000000 00000000 0003fc68

Downloaded another version but same problem,any help?

The following is an excerpt from the TMPGEnc FAQ:

"TMPGEnc can not read AVI file with DV format.
The file is probably Type-1 DV format. The format is not supported by TMPGEnc. Type-1format has different structure from AVI format. TMPGEnc can not read the format since TMPGEnc does not support DirectShow.
To solve this matter, try to save the captured or edited file as Type-2 DV format, however, there are still chance not to be able to read the file if you are using general IEEE1394 board without codec for VFW."

Is this still true? I noticed some things in the FAQ needed updating...

Using TMPGEnc DVD Author v1.5.15.49 I made a DVD, then used DVD Shrinkit 3.0 on it, then went back to TMPGEnc DVD Author to use the DVD Writing too to actually make my DVD.

Half way through the writing process I get this popup saying

"Writing Error. Cmd:42, Scene:5,ASC:33,ASCQ:2"

I click ok on it..

It then says "Invalid Unit Number".

Any idea what that error message means? How do I trouble shoot it?

Rick

I'm having the same problem. would be very much appreciated if someone has the answer. ALso getting read errors

The links to the download are broken
yust set them to wwww.tmpgenc.net/download_files/TMPGEnc-2.521.58.169-Free.zip
that works.
thanks for a wonderful prgram

dont get the link to work...
just get cannot find server.......

tnx

sfh

replace the "play all button" (use a bmp/jpg/..aso)
save U work (Untitled_xxxxxxxx.tda) ...and delete the bmp/jpg/..aso)
load U "Untitled_xxxxxxx.tda" ....and the "play all button" is no more..

-------------------©------------------------------

OK, I tried this 2 ways - neither worked.

I created a bmp for a play button. created a new project and used this bmp for the play all button. I saved the project. closed TDA, deleted the bmp and restarted TDA. when i reloaded the project the play all button was still there.

I also tried deleting the bmp (once i had saved the project) without closing TDA. I then reloaded the project and the button was still there.

wot am i doing wrong, then??

just to clarify . . .

there was no image there, but the button still existed on the compiled dvd. you just can't see it.

I use the Edit Menu to cut out commercials. I would like to save my project as I go just in case I make a mistake, or something goes wrong. I have to leave the Edit Menu and go to the OPTIONS button to save my project. Adding a SAVE PROJECT button to the Edit Menu would be helpful.

I use the Edit Menu to cut out commercials. Sometimes, I would like to UNDO the last cut and change the start / stop position. A UNDO LAST CUT button would be helpful.

I will answer my own request, the UNDO is in the EDIT MENU under the EDIT CUT screen. I never looked there before today. It will undo the last cut and return the clip as it was before the cut. There is also an UNDO all cuts under the EDIT MENU button (Reset cut editing, but I have not used that yet).

each time i convert an avi to mpg2 the movie has no sound , help please :)

Need to know how you're saving the avi from your editor and how you're importing it into TMPGEnc. Give a step by step, then someone can fill in any possible causes of trouble.

i drag n drop avi movie into video source and audio source and hit start , then i sit n pick my nose , the movie turns out ok (into mpg2)but no sound :(
also i was wondering if the avi file being so large would have anything to do with the sound

Have you played the original avi to see if audio is there?
Make sure System stream is checked. It's the last setting towards the bottom right of the main window's screen. Has ES (Video Only), ES (Audio Only), etc... System is on the bottom, it has (Audio+ Video) or something like that. I believe. I don't have it in front of me right now. BUt I believe any settings that say (audio and video) in paranthesis indicate that you wish to include audio with the final mpeg2.

i drag n drop avi movie into video source and audio source and hit start , then i sit n pick my nose , the movie turns out ok (into mpg2)but no sound :(
also i was wondering if the avi file being so large would have anything to do with the sound

yes the avi movie has sound and ive checked the box at the very bottom ,but alas no joy :- (

ive read on the forum that i might need to convert the avi sound into a wav file , how do i find out what sound file is already on avi and how do i go about converting , if anyone got a link to a sound converter (freeware)to wav , please give me link please , seeing its nearly xmas ; )

Yeah, I already read that...

ive read on the forum that i might need to convert the avi sound into a wav file , how do i find out what sound file is already on avi and how do i go about converting , if anyone got a link to a sound converter (freeware)to wav , please give me link please , seeing its nearly xmas ; )

Im sure you Found that you will need something like "Virtual Dub" to extract the audio to WAV....It is freeware and if you look for it you will find it...

I had the very same problem (no sound) when converting avi. I know I am still a newbie kind even I've spent more than fifty hours trying to figure this out in the past week:-(( My solution is giving up TMPGEnc and swtiching to DVD2SVCD (which uses TMPGEnc as its internal rountine). DVD2SVCD basically checks your avi file and does all the configuration for you (no matter what kind of avi you have, I mean video and audio codec). TMPGEnc is a wonderful tool, but it can easily scare off many many newbies like me. You can download DVD2SVCD on www.doom9.org.

ok, i managed to solve the probelm,
1.download goldwave v5.06 http://www.goldwave.com/
2 open goldwave then click file at top left hand side,then click batch processing , make sure convert files to this formatt is checked (ticked)
save as type should read :Wave (*.wav)
attibutes: PCM signed 16 bit,stereo . if thats ok ,then click add files (top right hand side)
add the avi file (movie), once you have added the avi file then click begin at the bottom
it will then create a wav file ,roughly taking about 5mins ,deciding on the size of avi file.
now u should have a wav file and your avi file,open up tmpgenc and drag n drop the avi file into :video file , then drag n drop the wav file into: audio file, then the rest is history .
goldwave v5.06 is free demo for one month

You can do the same thing with "Virtual Dub" and Virtual dub is free and this Version supports Mpeg 2 files:
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/stable/VirtualDub-MPEG2.zip

If you install this it will also support AC3 audio files and so will Tmpgenc:
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/AC3ACM/AC3ACM.zip

All you do is Load your AVI into Virtual Dub then go to "Audio" and set it to "Full proscessing Mode" then go to "File" to "Save Wav" and give it a Name and save it and that is it you will have a Wav audio file that you can use as the audio source in tmpgenc..With the AC3 ACM Decompressor installed you should be able to encode AVI Files with AC3 audio to Mpeg in tmpgenc without haveing to extract the audio first...Cheers

It would be nice if the BBS were split into DVD, SVCD and VCD sections, so you don't have to weed through so many posts that are unrelated to the problem you are currently experiencing.

do a search ya lazy bastard ;/

Apparently TMPGEmc reacts differently to field order mismatches than other mpeg encoders I have dealt with. In Ulead, for example, I get banded choppy playback but it's sort of obvious that the bands are the fields. In TMPGEnc I believe it times directly on the field you set it to, so if it isn't there where you tell it it is, then you get a blank space or something that Settop DVDs skip or hang on. Really weird...

So what are you saying, it was a field order problem?

Heh! Maybe...
I found it set to B but I think my trouble came from me failing to save templates after changing them. Or it could very well have been that because I was used to seeing field trouble manifest as horizontal banding instead of actual jerky playback. I thought that maybe we were just using different words to describe the same thing but TMPGEnc just treats the encoding process differentlly in this case. I'm so glad it wasn't bitrate spikes, as some had been suggesting.

FALSE ALARM...

Trouble still there. Made only one succesful burn using CBR 8000kbps.
It's not that my settop DVD player can't handle VBR, LSX encoder set for vbr works fine on it.

I've been following NTSC standards. 29.97, interlaced, (DV Type-1, Field Order A). Applying no filters. Tried CQ, CBR (worked once???) and 2-pass VBR. Never went over 8000kbps for video and avoid audio until final DVD creation via TMPGEnc DVD Author (which rocks). Audio is always stereo PCM @ 16-bit 48kHz (around 1500kbps) and works fine in conjunction with LSX encoded mpeg2, authored and burned through DVD Author, as well.

So it's not DVD Author. It's not Mediastudio (where LSX encoder resides). It's not my audio. It's all trouble with TMPGEnc Plus. Everybody that I seem to get hints and templates from is a PAL-head. Not that they're apathetic to "my cause" but you don't ask a roofer to fix your refrigerator.

Are "standards" really that hard to come by? Every DVD I've ever bought or rented plays just fine on my settop. What does the industry use, not some DVD pirate?

I have a 121MB divx avi file i want to convert to vcd but it's gonna be bigger than the 700MB cd i use. A) Is there any way to shrink the size of the output file to fit onto one disk or B) Can i break the file up into two and put it on two cd's?

Yes to both.
Tell us which one you want and then we'll help.