convert to mpg using TMPGEnc

[Hacker_Girl]

I converted an xvid avi no problems, but other avi files and divx i'm having trouble with, tmpgenc will only let me re-encode the video not the audio... why? any suggestions on how i cn overcome this.....the aim is to get more than one movies onto a dvd-r disc??
Thanks!

[poopyhead]

what are you converting the .avi files to??

are you converting to VCD (MPEG-1), SVCD (MPEG-2), DVD compliant MPEG-2???

if your goal is to put those movies onto a DVD, you should convert to DVD compliant MPEG-2. you could technically burn VCD and SVCDs directly on a DVD wouldn't making them DVD compliant (i.e. VCD-DVD and SVCD-DVD, respectively), but these will never be as compatible as DVD.

[Hacker_Girl]

I'm trying to convert them to MPEG1 because the outcome file is much smaller then MPEG2 and I can then fit a couple of movies onto a dvd-r disc....It work with one file but the rest converted with no sound, TMPGEnc would let me re-encode the audio
I'm assuming this will work?

[poopyhead]

yes...the files may be smaller, but the quality will be horrible....VCDs do not have very good quality. unless your goal is to fit as much video as possible per DVD; otherwise, you should just convert your .avi to DVD compliant MPEG-2.

1) if you put your converted VCDs onto a DVD...you would be making a VCD-DVD. however, this is not as compatible with DVD players as a standard DVD with DVD compliant MPEG-2.

2) DVD compliant MPEG-2 can achieve much higher quality than VCD.

[Hacker_Girl]

they are not files from an actual vcd, they're movies I have downloaded (in various formats)...does that make a difference? and there's still the sound problem, is there any particular reason why it can be converted?
Thanks!

[coyote]

Try using goldwave to export the sound from your avi file as a wav file. Then when you open tmpgenc...use the avi for the video portion and the wav as the audio.

I have encountered the same problem when trying to convert ac3 sound with tmpgenc, and this method works.

[Hacker_Girl]

k...thanx, i'll try it