Hello. I was wondering if there were any other differences between TMPGEnc and TMPGEnc Plus besides the obvious DVD/MPEG-2 conversions?

And, if I had an AVI file with AC3 sound, and I want to burn it to DVD, I just use TMPGEnc Plus to convert the video only to MPEG-2, DVD format right? And then somewhere in the DVD authoring process, I select the m2v file and the ac3 file to merge them together right? Is it possible for the audio to go out-of-sync? :( If it does, what are the reasons? Anyway to prevent it? When I listen to the AC3 file using Windows Media Player Classic on my computer, it seems really soft. I'm not using a 5.1 surround setup for my computer speakers. I just have 2 speakers on the left and right. Should I need to increase the volume or just leave it? I'm not sure how load it is on the TV setup.

Also, if the source AVI file is 23,976fps, what fps should I convert to if I wanted to make a DVD? In a tutorial I read, it said to select 3:2 pulldown as well if you had a movie like that but it did not explain why. So why? This is the guide I read: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/userguides/186739.php

I noticed that in VCDs, they are 29,97fps. When I convert it to an XVCD with 23,976fps, it looks weird even when the source AVI is 23,976fps. I was jus testing to see what was the difference. Why is it weird like that?

If you intend to create a DVD then don't touch the AC3 at all.
It doesn't matter if it's low on your system or not, that's a problem with your system not the AC3 as you won't get the full benefit of 5.1 channels on a 2 channel system because it will have to be downmixed.
You wouldn't be able to alter it anyway without re-encoding it and that would mean seperating all the channels and then finding a proper DD 5.1 encoder to re-encode it to AC3.

As for sync, it's always possible for sync problems to occur, usually a problem with the video causes this.

You must add 2:3 pulldown to a 23.976 MPEG2 source to make it DVD compliant. DVD's need to be 29.97 fps. Adding 2:3 pulldown will add extra frames to the video.
You can use PULLDOWN.EXE and it's GUI to do this after encoding.

As for your last question I don't know what you mean by weird.

It's weird when I select 23,976fps on VCDs because the video don't seem to move smoothly. It is more obvious in panning scenes. And why use 3:2 pull down when you can just change the fps option to 29,97fps? Is that even possible? Sorry, I have yet to get my new computer with the DVD burner so I'm researching about making DVDs. :)

>It's weird when I select 23,976fps on VCDs because the video don't seem to move smoothly. It is more obvious in panning scenes.

Where does this happen, DVD player or PC?

>And why use 3:2 pull down when you can just change the fps option to 29,97fps? Is that even possible? Sorry, I have yet to get my new computer with the DVD burner so I'm researching about making DVDs

Because just changing the frame rate to 29.97 would hard encode extra frames into the MPEG, this would then cause playback artifacts such as jerky movement.

2:3 pulldown doesn't actually add any extra frames to the MPEG, it simply adds flags to the MPEG to tell the DVD player where to duplicate certain fields in a frame. The result of duplicating fields is an increase in the frame rate, but with smooth motion.
You can find an explanation of 2:3 pulldown here:
http://www.projectorpeople.com/tutorials/pulldown.asp

Thanks. Since you said that just changing the frame rate to 29.97 would hard encode extra frames into the MPEG and causing playback artifacts such as jerky movement, I'm guessing that is the case with my test VCDs with the 23,976fps. Anyways, thanks for the help!

When burning DVD's using the Tmpgenc DVD Authoring program the option for my "write speed" is set to "max" and is greyed out. Is this normal? I would prefer to burn at a lower speed (2x or so) for possibly better quality

It says "file incompatible" when I try to convert a Divx avi file to MPEG, how do I convert this Divx file to MPEG?!?!

thank you :)

Use the search feature of the board.

Trying to convert a file and get a "Cannot Load P3Package.dll" error; any suggestions?

Yes, search and be enlightened.

After I convert to mpeg, and burn it onto vcd/svcd there are clipings on the edge that i cannot see, though i can see everything perfect on my computer. Any one know how to fix this?

Search this Forum for "Overscan". That's a frequently asked question.

Televisions generally clip up to 10% off the sides.

TMPGEnc DVD Author crops menus. The menu I make in the menu editor is perfectly centered (sometimes text just barely fits on the screen) but when I play the DVD in a player, a column of approximately 30 pixels in width is not present on the far right of the screen (in most burns -- in others, it's a row at the top of the screen of like dimensions), omitting a letter that would have been close to flush with the far right of the screen had the burn been done correctly.

In addition, this phenomenon also appears to affect the DVD movie itself (!), as, for example, long names that were once centered in the credits are now slightly skewed to the right.

MOST distasteful.

That's not a problem of TDA. That's absolutly normal. Any TV do have an aray called Overscan which can't be used for Videoinformations.
If you are using the Menu-Template, TDA will do it the correct way. If you use edited Menus, go to Options -> Show TV safe Area.

If you have cropped Videos, then you might have done a wrong encoding (wrong AR or something else).

Thanks for the input.

You say "If you are using the Menu-Template, TDA will do it the correct way." -- does this mean that the preset templates are set to "TV-Safe" but if I create my own template, I have to pay attention to TV-Safe when making it, but in later sessions when select it from the drop-down menu, it will work properly?

One other thing about "TV-Safe..." Since (I'd imagine) most DVD's are going to be played on a DVD player -- and on a TV -- this option should be enabled by default in some manner, in my opinion.

Yeah, I know, we always bitch. ;) Thanks again for your help.

Yes, you have to pay attention to it. That's because all DVD-Authoring Tools do offer you an option to show you the TV safe Area.
Once created, you own Templates do work propper - if you have done it the right way.

Oh, i sometimes use the Overscan-Area for hidden Buttons. ;)

I am having this problem too. I understand the TV safe reason for having with the menus, but I am seeing even more cropping than should result from that. Also, the video itself is cropped. I have tried encoding with a variety of things and used a variety of different videos; all have this problem. Any ideas?

When I convert avis to mpeg, some dont come out with the audio. Anyone know what the problem is?

Get the AC3ACM decompressor.

where can i get that?

NVM i installed that and made no difference. Like I said before, there are some that turn out with audio and others dont.

If the audio is not AC3 then it must be VBR MP3.
To remedy this all you need to do is raise the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to 2 or 3 in the VFAPI plugins making sure it is top in the list.

That actually did the trick, thanks

lol i tried what u said again, and now it works. thx a lot

Just wondering if when tmpgenc automatically shuts down when finished, whether it runs a normal shutdown that can be interrupted by crap apps asking questions or whether it forces shutdown.

this is because i want to run a rubbish peer to peer app which sometimes doesnt close properly, but i want it to shut down when tmpgenc finishes....... ta

THIS WILL BE MY LAST POST AS IM MOVING TO THE AFTERDAWN FORUMS, but yes if you set it up right tmpge will take you the "ur computer is now safe to shut down screen" when finished

if any1 has anymore probs with tmpge, and you want my opinion, private message me mick69 in afterdawn forum, i'll be sure to help you out

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and remember even the people that seem to be in the know the most were still newbies at 1 point or another

As far as I know TMPG runs the normal windows shutdown command, so you should be OK.
Why don't you run a program that asks for input before shutting down and see what happens.

Hey

is there a way to edit tpr file, now I change C: est est.avi (=videoinput) to C: est est.avs and I don't change C: est est.mp2 (=audioinput) and C: est est.mpg (=videooutput) (I change it all with notepad).

When I open the tpr file with Tmpgenc, I get an error

Illegal stream format?

What do I do wrong? or is there a better way to edit tpr files? (without saving a new tpr file with Tmpgenc)

Thanks

Why are you editing the .tpr file?
Just load the Avisynth script straight into TMPG and then save the project.

Also you do not need to re-encode the audio. it is already in the correct format for MPG. Simply encode the video only then multiplex the audio with it afterwards.

hey,

i would like to edit the tpr file, because I "create" a full avi 2 (s)vcd programm with tmpgenc as encoder.

So is there a way to encode avs files to mpg file automaticly? par example by editing the tpr files and load them in Tmpgenc with a batch file

Hi,

I'm having problems re-encoding video captured using a digital video broadcast (DVB) tuner card. Basically, TMPGEnc encodes a portion of the file correctly, but at some point throughout the movie, the video just freezes, and the same frame is displayed for the remainder of the movie.

I have been encoding using CBR. If anyone has any suggestions that'd be great. If you'd like more info, please let me know.

Thanks...

i have a video for one file, and the subtitles as another file..
how would i go about converting that into a vcd/svcd?

Depends on the format of the subs.

I converted AVI to MPG with .srt subtitle. However, when I played the result the subtitle intermittently disappear at a random interval. Could anyone please tell me what's wrong and how can I solve this problem?

Thanks.

Hard to answer. It depends on what kind of DirectShow-Filters for Subtitles in SRT- or SAA-Format are installed on your PC. Some of them do not like overlapping Subtitles. Maybe that's the problem?

I'm using VSFilter.dll in AVISynth to encode the Subs directly into the Video. This works all the time.

Raise the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to 2 or 3 in the VFAPI plugins and make sure it is top of the list.
If you still have problems install FFDSHOW and load the subs via that in the configuration settings.

B_Racer,
FYI I'm a beginner. How do I check the Filters I'm using?

Ashy,
The DirectShow Multimedia File Reader is in the top list. I've increased the priority to 3. I'll let you know the outcome.

Thanks guys for your help.

Ashy,

It works! My problem solved. Thanks a lot.