MP4 Conversion

[Hal05154]

Hey gang,

Not being an Apple person, I don't see a lot of MP4, but a buddy of mine (knowng I've been collecting some old cartoons from the 90's - Reboot, Samarai Jack, The Tick, etc) sent some MP4 file for my collection. I converted them to mpg using MediaCoder, and it seems to have worked, I can view the files using Media Player Classic. However, when I try to import the files into TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress, it says the Video won't imput, but the audio does.

Can anyone please tell me what I may be doing wrong? Do I need to convert them differently? I believe I converted the files to MPEG2.

Thanks!

Hal

[Baldrick]

Why are you using tmpgenc xpress? mediacoder or super can convert to most formats.
Can you open other mpeg2 in tmpgenc xpress?

And I guess you should be able to use tmpgenc xpress and open mp4 directly if you can play them with windows media player by installing haali media splitter and ffdshow.

[Hal05154]

>Why are you using tmpgenc xpress? mediacoder or super can convert to most formats.
>Can you open other mpeg2 in tmpgenc xpress?
>
>And I guess you should be able to use tmpgenc xpress and open mp4 directly if you can play them with windows >media player by installing haali media splitter and ffdshow.

Hi Baldrick,

Sorry for the confusion. What I really meant to say was that AFTER I had converted the files from MP4 to MPG I was using tmpgenc xpress in the first stage to create my dvd menu. I could NOT add the converted mpg files I had create using mediacoder to my tmpgenc xpress program to create a dvd. The error message read that the video portion could not be imported, only the audio.

I cannot import the mp4 video into tmpgenc xpress either. I cannot open the MP4 with Media Player either.

Thanks for the help.

Hal

[Baldrick]

If you want to create a dvd I would instead use convertxtodvd or free tool like dvd flick, they work better with mp4 files.

If you still want to use tmpgenc xpress, try install haali media splitter, ffdshow.

[Hal05154]

I do want to use tmpgenc express. I would like to create menus for my dvd's, rather than just a disc that plays without being able to navigate it.

Thanks!

Hal