Frameserve Prem 6.5 to TMPEGnc stops at 50%

[dstrege8]

I could sure use some help...

Whenever I attempt to frameserve from Premiere 6.5 to TMPEGnc it runs to 50% and locks up. It is a 5-1/2 min video (mostly stills). TMPEGnc seems to go through the first of 2 scans (Multi-pass) and then at 50% can't get anymore input from 6.5. I'm running P4 2.4 GHz, 100 GB HD, 1GB RAM.

I've read many other msgs here, but haven't been able to figure out.

I seem to remember reading others successfully frameserving directly from Premiere's timeline to TMPEGnc. Has anyone experienced the 50% lock up? Resolved the problem? I tried a short 30 second file. The same thing... 50%... stop. Does it have to do with the 2-pass VBR? Has anyone else been able to encode VBR 2-pass?

Second question... does the frameserver have any effect on the "quality" of the file output, or is that limited to Premiere and TMPEGnc. Need I worry about which frameserver I'm using, or are they all similar?

Any help on my export problem would be truly appreciated...

Thanks.

dstrege8

[FOO]

Frameservers sometimes have problems with "seeking" in a file,
especially backwards. The 50% mark is where TMPGenc seeks
to the beginning of it's input again.
Which Frameserver is it ? Maybe it's broken

Test by opening frameserver in Vdub and go backwards with the slider.

[dstrege8]

I'm using the PluginPac Frameserver. Any comments about it either way? Your thoughts about it having to "start over at the beginning" sound along the lines I was thinking. I know first pass, and then back to beginning for second pass.

I haven't tried anything 1-pass. It was suggested that I not use the 2-pass with TMPEGnc (from their web site. I don't understand if it doesn't produce a better quality, is it just for lowering the total file size (slow/no motion uses less bitrate)? I've run into problems where bitrate is too high and won't play on some DVD players. When I use VBR and set to 8K/6K/1500 it will play then.

I've never used Vdub, although I hear it mentioned all on various boards.

I also have AVISynth on my PC, but decided not to install because useage sounds so complicated compared to PluginPac. Of course, if it worked, it would be worth it. Any idea if anyone has experience with 2-pass and AVIGynth? Just a thought...

Thanks for the response and suggestion.

[FOO]

I guess the guys at pluginpak should know whether
their fserver has a seek problem. I guess they intended
a 1 pass stream. Oh well

Avisynth won't help. Vdub wont help. The frameserver has to be written
for Premiere.

I guess you have to save the premiere video to a file and encode that.