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I record TV programms with Virtual VCR and use the Huffyuff encoder. Audio is recorded in PCM and the output is an avi file. When I use the TMPGEnc wizard, a window comes up that says "judging field order". For a 45 min tv-programm it takes about 90 min to "judge field order". After that another 2h 40min to encode it into an apropriate mpeg dvd file.
Question: are these converting times normal?
Resample.dll is being used to convert the audio frequency. If you are having problems, download SSRC and specify you want to use it in the "environmental options".
VCD uses 44.1 kHz
DVD uses 48 kHz
You do not specify what format mpeg you are conveting to.
I always try to advoid the conversion.
If I want to make a VCD, I set my capture card software to capture the audio in 44.1. If I want a DVD I set it to 48.
My avi-files are already in PCM mode and as I understand it in 48khz. What I do in converting is depending on the recorded program to set the bitrate for audio to normally 224 or in case of speech only to 160. Both modes are offered by TMPG, so there should not be any problem. But .....
A DVD Ram disk was made using a panasonic DMR-E100H recorder, of home movies from a SVHS Video recorder(sony HI8 Camera source)the resultant DVD_RTAV file is opened into the TMPGEnc Author program as to edit and encode to Mpeg2.
My problem is, TMPGEnc DVD has encountered a problem. The program is a mix of different video formats mpeg1-mpeg2, or 4:3-16:9, 704x576-352x576, ??
If I open the same VR Movie VRO file into Power DVD and play the video file, Power DVD video properties dislays a diferent story, All the video content is 720x576 Pal at 4:3 aspect ratio.??? My question is ,where is the problem? why does Power DVD see the file ok but TMPGEnc does not?? By creating 2 projects I was able to seperate some of the video 704x576 and 352x576. I can't understand where the change has come from? All my video was recorded with a Sony Hi8 Camera, to a JVC Super VHS Recorder the to the Panasonic recorder to it's Hard
drive then high speed dub to the Ram Disk.
I hope some one can help here as the program seems to work well, other than my problem.
The Hi8 Camera work was done a long time ago, the SVHS tapes I am using are Library tapes tha I want to transfer to DVD.
One other way is to Hook up the SVHS Recorder to my DV Camera via SVHS cable and then DV out of the Camera via firewire.
It would have been more convenient the other way.
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
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?
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.
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).
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?
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.
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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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.
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)
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.