Newbie Using TMPGENC need help.

[Jon72]

All along i'm using nero wizard to do conversion of video files into VCD format until i been to this forum which interest me to try this software. I have a few question:

1) Which version of TMPGENC is good for conversion to VCD with good quality?

2) There's alot of setting inside the program, may i know what setting is the optimum ones. currently i have downloaded the 12a version.

3) i just tried out to encode and saw the encoding frame by frame of the movie, is there anyway that i can "off" the viewing of the movie by just letting it to encode itself?



Thanks Guys/Gals...

[man_friday]

1. May as well go with the current version 2.56 you can find a link in the tools section of these pages

2. You could start with the checking the newbie guides in these pages and try the "wizard" in TMPGenc.

3. Go to Option-> Preview option -> Do not display

have fun!

[Rick123]

yech, don't use NeroCD to do your VCD files. In fact, if it tells you that it's not in a valid VCD format, DON'T let it reencode the file for you, it'll tear it to shreds. Better to stick with TMPGEnc for any and all encoding.

1. The issue regarding using the old 12a version of TMPGEnc only has to with 'editing' an existing VCD file, not creating a new one from scratch. You can safely use (nearly) every version of TMPGEnc to encode a valid VCD .mpg file for later burning in NeroCD etc.

2. I'd suggest that if you want to reduce any obvious artifacts like mpeg blocks or grain, then I'd use the Noise Reduction facility (found when clicking in "Settings" then 'Advanced') and use a setting of 20,1,20 respectively for the settings provided. I've found this helps to eliminate some of the more objectionable crap that will show up when encoding to MPG format. Not a guarantee of success, but give it a try anyway. Most other options are only there to help with detail, and if abused can exhibit worse results than if just left alone.

Also, I'd strongly suggest using the Highest Quality (very slow) setting for the "Motion search precision" feature at the bottom of the first page of "Settings" - it usually takes 10 times as long as the file you are encoding on a 850 Celeron (my system) but the results are worth it - do a small test encode by utilising the "Source Range" and mark the start-end frames at a very small section for testing.

3. There is a feature found under Option->Preview Option that can be selected to "Show All Frames", "Display with thinning" (which only shows key B frames) or "Do Not Display". I think it ultimately makes no difference in the time taken to encode, but it's there anyway.

Hope this helps.