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Hi,
Hopefully someone can help me. I'm fairly new to all this....
I have downloaded a DivX movie, which is approx 1hr30m. I wanted to convert it to DVD-R so I followed the tutorial in Afterdawn (http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/convert_avi_to_dvd.cfm). I used all the settings as outlined in this. My problem came when I came to the bitrate part of the wizard. The "movie info" says it is now 287mins. Wow! Even dropping the vid bitrate down to 2000, I still have a massive file. Whatever settings I used the file it wants to produce is HUGE (ie more than two DVD-Rs!) and it is taking an absolute age to create the output file.
What am I doing wrong???
FYI: My PC is rather old AMD Athlon 1.2, 768MbRAM, XP Pro
I had encoded an wmv file into mpeg and everything is ok but problem came up during playing. The file size of the mpeg is about 250MB and will mount up to about 25 mins of video play. But when the mpeg is being played the duration only shows 23mins of video play and when it reached the 23rd min it still can go on playing til 25th min. I was really blaffed by this problem and i wondered if it is my win media player. But i don't think so as i had batch encoded several wmv with the problematic mpeg and all of them turn up fine. Sorry for taking up your time. Really would appreciate your help.
Thanks.
Hi. I downloaded this movie which was divided into 3 separate AVI files. The entire movie is 89 minutes. Since it is separate AVI files, I have to convert them one by one. So after converting, I will have 3 MPEG files. If I merge them together, would the resulted MPEG be flawless? Flawless as in no errors and no added time? Plus, would it fit on a CD-R with overburning? My CD-R is 700MB and 80 minutes though. Would it fit if I converted with 80% quality or should I go lower?
You don't need to encode them seperately. Just label the files in sequence Movie001.AVI, Movie002.AVI, Movie003.AVI....and so on thene enable 'open sequence files as movie' in the 'enviromental settings' under the 'general' tab.
You can fit 82mins at standard VCD bitrate on an 80 min disk with overburning. To fit 89min you will have to lower the bitrate slightly or even better use VBR encoding.
Well to be honest you will only have to lower the bitrate slightly or if you use VBR you will be able to fit the whole thing on 1 disk without loss of quality.
Seems a bit of a waste to put 7 mins on 1 disk.
And for lowering the bitrate what should I do? I'm the person that makes XVCDs with the really weird settings that work well. Here is what I use to jog your memory:
Size: 480x480
Stream Type: MPEG-1
Rate Control Mode: Constant Quality (80%)
Maximum Bitrate: 2520 kbits/sec
Motion Search: Normal
Video Arrange Method: Center Custom 420x420
The 80% is set at default. Sometimes, I use 70% just in case. And the center custom size is for the overscan. So what should I change in this case?
Woops, I forgot to add something! I thought the disc capacity was 82 minutes? How can fitting 89 minutes by lowering the bitrate be possible? And I cannot find that option in my Environmental Settings General tab. :( Does VBR take longer?
You are already using VBR if you are encoding using the 'Constant Quality' method.
You can fit 82 mins of standard bitrate MPEG data on one 80min disk if you burn however if you lower it slightly then the data rate per second will not be as high, so you will be able to squeeze more on the disk.
The lower the bitrate the more you can fit on a disk.
Any bitrate calcultor will tell you how much you can fit on a disk for any given bitrate.
If I were you I would just use the settings you already have, but just split between 2 disks and raise the max bitrate to 3500kb/s and the min to 1800kb/s and Q = 65/70
Why raise the bitrate? Since the movie is divided into 3 files, I will have to merge the first and second files, and then if that doesn't fit on one disc, will I have to split in the middle of the second file? Confusing...anyway, thanks! :) I guess it is impossible to fit it on one disc if I want to keep the quality?
I suggested raising the bitrate because if you split an 89 minute movie between 2 disks then you may as well use the full space on the disk. To do this you would raise the bitrate and thus create a higher quality output.
As I said previously you don't need to join any files. Just enable the the sequence files option in TMPG then just split the file right down the middle with the MPEGtools after encoding .
Trust me this is the best way to do it.
I can't find that option anywhere. But it's alright if I just joined it after right? Also, since the source files are so high quality, each of the 3 part AVI are about 600MB each. I know it sounds absurd but it is. What if the MPEG would come out to be even more?! :( Should I really increase the bitrate? :(
ok, I have three questions....first of all I downloaded an ac3filter, but it has alot of files in it, but no installation or application file in the folder!...how do I install something like that? Second...is this the right filter you said to go to? If not, third.....what website do I go to in order to get the right one? I don't mean to be a menace, but I just want to get on with doing my movies and getting them done!
I was wondering if TMPGEnc suppported ac3 codecs? cuz when I enter a movie that has the ac3 codec in the audio, it gives me an error warning that says "_____can not open or unsupported". I checked the file and it's NOT corrupted cuz it plays excellent and I checked it through AVI codec finder and it told me the audio was in ac3 format...it worked for me before on TMPGEnc and now it's not working and I had the same version I have now (2.58)...and I have the TMPGEnc plus!! What adjustments could I make to it to make it work??? I'm really getting pissed cuz NOTHING'S WORKING in it now!!! PLEASE help me out.....SOMEBODY!!!
ok, I have three questions....first of all I downloaded an ac3filter, but it has alot of files in it, but no installation or application file in the folder!...how do I install something like that? Second...is this the right filter you said to go to? If not, third.....what website do I go to in order to get the right one? I don't mean to be a menace, but I just want to get on with doing my movies and getting them done! thanks!!
'AC3filter' will NOT work with TMPG.
It will let you load the Ac3 into the audio field, however it will not decode it, leaving you with just silence in the output.
yes do it that way only if you have to encode your vid files to mpeg, but if they are already mpeg use tmpgenc's merge&cut: goto file, mpeg tool, merge&cut
I just recently had to wipe out everything on my hard drive and start over and I've been using TMPGEnc for a couple of years, but now I'm having MAJOR problems....I'm using windows XP home edition, have an AMD athlon xp processor, two hard drives (80 for windows & 120 gig for movie & data storage), and have 704 mbs of RAM. I'm trying to convert an AVI file to a DVD format using TMPGEnc and I keep getting messages like "write error occured at address 77f83905 of module 'ntdll.dll with 00000000", "runtime error 216 at 0003D9f49", and "error occured with ACM was initialized". I didn't have NONE of these problems before and I've tried adjusting direct show & AVI/PFW compatible reader in the environmental settings....WHAT THE HELL'S THE PROBLEM NOW OR WHAT DID I DO WRONG?? Minion, ashley or somebody PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS so I can convert my movies again!!!
Well What Type of AVI file is It?? The ntdll.dll error is ususally because the File was encoded useing the XviD codec which Tmpgenc does not like at all...Sometimes installing FFDShow and Configureing it to decode XviD files will Help...But if this is not the Problem then I don"t know exactly what I could be...What Would Probably solve the Problem no matter what it is is if you try "Frame serveing" the File to Tmpgenc useing something like "Virtual-Dub" which is what I usually do when a Encoder has problems decodeing the AVI file I am trying to encode....
Well This error Pops up all the Time on this Forum and it allways is related to the XviD codec, It doesn"t mean it will happen with every XviD file but when it does happen it is usually due to the file being Encoded with the XviD codec...Do what I mentioned before ,Frame serve the file to Tmpgenc useing Virtual Dub...Cheers
I also have the "error occured with ACM was initialized" problem.
I tried to use another avi file as the audio source. It worked. So, the video codec is not a problem.
I can play the avi file with Windows Media Player, Windows Media Classic. That means I have the proper codec (AC3 filter, I checked with GSpot).
I searched the web for ACM-related codecs. Installed them. Still no luck.
Now, I decide the download VirtualDub.
Wish me luck.
I have a 30 second DTS demo VOB that I am puting on a demo DVD. The VOB in question contains one audio track in DTS5.1 format. Since this is non-compliant with the DVD specs, how can I make it work? I tried ignoring the warning but the VOB in question did not play any audio once authored. The other DD5.1 titles worked perfectly on the same DVD.
I sort of figured this out. It is due to the fact that the DTS audio stream is not designated the primary audio (0x80). Instead it is 0x88. Now I just have to figure out how to change those bits in the VOB or IFO and I am good to go. I think I will give IFOEDIT a try. Later folks.
The first trial version I installed had a bug which prevented me from using TMPGENC DVD. I downloaded the latest version (posted Jan. 16th), which fixes my problem. The only problem is that the 30 day clock wasn't reset and I only have a few days left to evaluate it. Is there a way to get a full 30 day evaluation?
Ok, I have a 15 minute avi thats about 3.5gb's of data. The quality of it is excellent. I am trying to convert it to DVD, so I setup TMPGenc to encode mpeg2, 8000bps, 29.97fps, and basically everything set to max. When I encode the video and play it back on my computer, the picture quality is excellent like I would expect but it doesn't play quite as smoothly as the AVI. Now I'm not talking about a BIG difference, and maybe I'm just being picky, but the video is racing footage and the person who was holding the camera wasn't very smooth, so everything is very fast moving. I would like to make the playback of the mpeg2 look every bit as smooth as the AVI if possible. If the video were just a movie or something that wasn't fast moving, I probably wouldn't even notice the difference in smoothness during playback. So am I screwed, or is there someway with TMPGenc or another program that I can get the mpeg2 too play as smoothly as the original AVI? Thanks.
No, the framerate is the same, 29.97 to 29.97...my PC is a 2.4ghz P4, 512mb ram, geforce 4 Ti4200.
There really isnt much of an effect to describe. As I mentioned before, it were simply a moving or tv show or something like that, on which I was ripping, I probably wouldn't even notice. The picture quality is great, but the playback, just isn't quite as smooth. Like it looks like maybe its dropping a couple of frames per second. The audio and video are still synches, its just the kart doesn't move with same fluidity that it does in the original AVI. Most of the camera shots are closeups so the kart is often zooming by the camera at 40-80mph so the background is moving very fast for the camera to keep up with the kart, and this is the only reason that I can even notice that there is a difference in the smoothness of the playback. The video doesn't stutter or anything, or have problems keeping up and then jumping to catch up or anything like that. Maybe when I get home I will just a couple of seconds of each video to show you what I mean. I hope I'm just not being too picky, but there is a difference.
wow, that was a terrible post...lots of typos. I hope you got what I meant though. At the end, I meant to say, maybe I will UPLOAD a couple of seconds of each video to show you what I mean. Unfortunately I'm at work now.
May I ask which player you are using to play this MPEG?
If it's Windows mediaplayer then forget it. It's crap for MPEG2.
Get yourself a proper MPEg2 player such as WinDVD and enable the 'software bob deinterlace' mode.
You may find that if you have encoded the MPEG as interlaced then the effect may not manifest itself on a regular TV.
Monitors are progressive displays and not designed for an interlaced output such as your TV.
I am using PowerDVD player to view the mpeg2. It looks like crap in BSPlayer or media player because they show the interlacing lines. yuckkk!!! However it doesn't matter which program I use, the smoothness is the same on all of them. Maybe since the AVI is uncompressed, and doesn't require decoding it plays smoother than the mpeg which is decoding as is plays. If thats the case, maybe my standalone player will view it better than my PC does? I don't know, I'm probably just being picky here, but I just want the mpg to play as smoothly as the original AVI.
The video was encoded interlaced, are you saying I should encode it non-interlaced if I am going to be transferring it to DVD for my TV? Thats something I did not know if its true. I just got my DVD burner, and so far all I have done is burn non-interlaced Anime episodes, this was my first time encoding an interlaced AVI to an interlaced mpg.
I am having the same problem. When converting AVI to DVD quality MPEG using TMPGENC and writing to DVD; the movie plays ok for a second or two, then seems to drop every other frame for half a second, then play ok, and then they drop again and so on. This gives a jittering motion. It makes the movie hard to watch and it just isn't smooth. Does anyone know how to convert divx avi to make smooth on DVD?
When i select the menue "Double Track 1" or "Double Track 2" i cant edit this. But i like to have 2 buttons ( Play all - Chapter Menue) in my Startup Menue. Also i like to edit this Buttons with my own Photoshop alpha-PSD Buttons. Looks great in the Track Menue, but i cant change, resize and replace the 2 buttons in this Main Menue. There is no chance to make my own button in a Main Menue?? PLZ help!