Hi,

I'm trying to convert an mpeg-2 file from ntsc to pal (basically need a frame rate or 25 fps to be consistent with other video files i am editing). I understand that TMPGENC can do this. I downloaded version 2.521.58.169-Free. When I tried to open the mpeg i got the error message : file cannot open or unsupported. The file is a DVD-quality mpeg captured off a Sony digital-8 handycam using Pinnacle Studio9 - it plays fine in windows media player so I can't understand why it can't open the file.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Simon Hearn

Simon i'm having the same problem but except mines 14 fps and it has a weird codec for the aduio it's like Mpeg43. If anyone can help us please tell us why it won't open the files.

Thnx,
Steve

Simon, TMPG free does not support MPEG2 decoding. You either need the PLUS version or an suitable MPEG2 codec.
This one should be fine: http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/m2v_vfp-0.6.47.lzh
You must put the m2v.vfp and m2vconf.exe into the TMPG folder.

Dayclone you need a suitable codec, install FFDSHOW then run TMPG and go to Options>Enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins then raise the priority of the 'Directshow multimedia file reader' to 2 and make sure it is top of the list.
http://athos.leffe.dnsalias.com/ffdshow-20040520.exe

Thanks:)

when will TMPGENC contain the H.264/AVC codec??


http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jun/23quicktime.html

sven-ture

Hello out there,
I'm frameserving via Ulead-Video-Server to TmpgEnc. I can create the avi-file but when I open this avi in TmpgEnc it will give me the followin error:
"audio header does match video source".
Can anyone help me?
Thnx a lot
Buffist

Folks,
I had a problem renewing my T3Xress license last night. It took some mesing around and help from the TMPGenc support person, but it's working again.

The license renewal had been working perfectly, but last night I began getting a message that there was an error in the license file. It turned out that even though I'd turned off ZoneAlarm (latest upgrade), it was still doingsomething to screw up the reneal process.

The solution was to reset ZA so it wouldn't autostart at boot-up then reboot the machine, renew the license, then turn ZA back on.

I hope this is helpful in case anyone encounters a similar problem with their license renewal.

that is silly, I would refuse disabling Zonealarm for license renewal, I would rather uninstall and destroy Tmpeg 3.0 Xpress than disable a firewall.

It appears that the problem was related to a particular ZoneAlarm upgrade. Since I wrote the note, I've upgraded a couple of versions of ZA and have not had any license renewal problems since.

Okay I try opening a file and it dosen't work like it says it's unsupported. I was wondering if anyone can help me please! Thnx here's a screenshot. http://www.members.shaw.ca/Xvserver/Error.JPG

You should go to "Options", "Environmental Settings", and then "VFAPI plug-in". Locate "DirectShow Multimedia File Reader" on that list and right-click on the number on the same row. Select "Higher Priority" until it is on the very top of that list. Then try opening your AVI again.

when i play the converted vcd on pc the screen is perfect but when i play it on an actual vcd player it expanded. i selected full screen (keep aspect ratio) in encoding. what do i need to do?

Do you mean it's all pixellated when you expand it and your trying to get rid of that effect? ( Sry i'm new to this )

nah.....i mean the top, left, right, bottom part of the video were out of the screen (not removed).

That's s problem with your TV that has too an agressive overscan.

when loading an avi file i get the message vfapi frameserver has encountered an error and needs to close. crawled the net and got nowhere. also error comes up on tmpgenc 2.5

That is the same message I get when trying to work with avi files with AC3 audio. Do you get that message with all avi files or just particular ones?

I get the same error when I encode any avi with Xvid as the codec only using TMPGEnc Express

Install ffdshow and it fixes the problem

>I get the same error when I encode any avi with Xvid as the codec only using TMPGEnc Express

Hi! I have an avi file which was encoded with AC3 audio. It plays back fine using the freeware AC3filter. I can't seem to get it converted to an mp2 file for dvd burning through TMPGenc. (I have the TMPGenc AC3 installed as well).
Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!

I have the same problem. GSpot says the .avi's AC3 is 2-channel stereo, and it does play fine with the freeware AC3Filter, but I have not had any luck getting a DVD made with the Pegasys tools (I bought the AC3 plugin too), which was the only reason I bought the AC3 plugin. I just don't get any audio on the resulting DVD.

user comment on the AC3filter forum indicates that TMPGenc will not work with AC3filter. AC3ACM is suggested as a possible decoding codec which will work with TMPGenc. http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/AC3ACM/index.html

an alternate method to retain full quality is described in the AC3filter forum
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1112870&forum_id=223837

since the program is very slow, can one interrupt the encoding process and resume it at the same position of file?

If you stop/interrupt the encoding process you will then need to restart the encode from the beginning.
Try using BATCH MODE, that way you will not have to reset everything, just restart the batch mode.

I have used TMPEnc before without problems, but for some reason now, whatever avi I choose to encode, it will not extract the audio. I have Divx 5, FFDshow, AC3 audio, Xvid codec, all installed, I have tried multiple times with different combinations of these codecs, and at one time, I can't remember what combination I had, it finally showed the source location of the audio, but when I would start to encode, TMPEnc would just hang and had to be shut down via Task Bar. I am so frustrated. Can anyone give me a list of necessary codecs for TMPEnc to work properly? I tried the search field, but to no avail as my question is too broad I guess. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I forgot to add that these AVI's I am trying to install were created with the Xvid codec, not divx, so if that makes a difference please let me know.

If the audio is AC3 then you will need to install this codec.
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/AC3ACM/AC3ACM.zip

Thanks Ashy, I guess that was it. This is what I have installed, Divx 5, ffdshow, Xvid, ac3acm. Now should that be good for most avi's I get? One last question, I have in my environmental settings, directshow on priority 2, and the 2 listings of AVI priorities on 1, I left the others alone, does this sound right? I want to know so I can write it down incase my pc crashes again so I can remember how to set it all back up, thanks for you help.

Why do you have DIVX5, FFDSHOW and XVID codecs installed together?
FFDSHOW takes the place of all these codecs and is quite often better at decoding than the original codecs themselves.
Unless you actually do any AVI encoding yourself I would uninstall all AVI codecs except FFDSHOW. This will maintain better compatibility and cause less conflicts on your system.

I would set all priorities to 0 apart from the 'Direct show file reader' which I would set to 2. This will ensure that Directshow is used before any other method of decoding the AVI. If you do any encoding from MPEGs then I would set the MPEG decoder you have installed, I.E. The 'CRI Sofdec decoder' to 1.

If you get any problems with decoding AC3 in AVI's then set the 'AVI VFW reader' to 1 if not then leave it a 0

If you need to save your settings for TMPG then simply save the TMPGEnc.ini somewhere then put it back in the TMPG folder if you ever need to reinstall TMPG.

Awsome advice Ashy, thanks, that was a cut & paste reply forsure. So what you are saying, is that I should only have FFDshow and that AC3ACM* (the one you told me to get earlier)installed to convert avi to mpg?? Ok, I will try uninstalling DVIX and XVID as I am about to go and try now, I will let you know how it turns out, and thanks for the info about the Environment settings.

So far so good.

Ive been using this program to author some of my dvds, mostly they are composed of 2 files/tracks (each mpeg file being approx 600-700mb) resulting in the total size of the two mpeg files being around 1.3GB.
However, recently Ive been noticing that after converting the mpegs to the dvd format, the VIDEO_TS folder is only around 900mb in size, sometimes less.

This doesnt happen all the time but regularly enough to be annoying as it takes just as much time to produce this as it would a full 1.3gb normal one.
Even TMPGEnc states the capacity of the file its just outputted to be 1393mb.

Has anyone else experienced this problem with TMPGEnc DVD Author?

Same problem here:(.
1 mpg (1gb) = 1 vob (690mb). Why?

My problem was just the opposite...the project said it was 4.1gig and when I authored the DVD files it was 4.5 and apparently too large to burn to a blank disc. Very frustrating!

Spass

Same here, and I noticed that the video quality of the vob files were worse than the original mpegs. This has been killing me for weeks now and if anyone knows why please, I'm beggin' help. Thanks.

Peace,
Joe

The same here, the program changes the bitrate of the original mpeg. Any ideas ?

Unfortunally our studio who produce DVD for cinema (screen spot television programs etc) decide to improve the newest version of xpress 3. Probably for the low cost and the good results obtained using the previous version of tmpgenc plus. But Serious and gravous probles appears.
Usually wu encode our jobs in xivd with a special automatized procedure and on a special digital tape we trasfer at the pc for the encode in mpg2.
Last time xivd regulary displayed and heared on the original format freeze and the program block the encode process at the last 200 frames no DVD so...
And previusly, a more gravous problems an other video was encoded but audio and video walks on their own ways... Why ?
We expect to resolve our problems, but in effect we spend our money withouts good results for our production.
How long we well espect and what are the causes of this problems? This errors, cause long time to expect the final job and low affairs.
Thanks
Mediavideo - Italy