Big problem, please help

[ultralight]

I am trying to change from AVI to mpeg with TMPGEnc. Everything worked great for 40 hours (configured for best picture) 85 percent of the way through I get a window "stream error" dam, after FOURTY hours, give me a break. I X'd out of error and would like to continue but TMPGEnc asks if I want to over write, well I don't, is there any salvaging this sucker? all input appreciated. Thanks. Dam

[MaDmiZe]

First ...make note of where it stopped...frame ..or time....or guess.
Second... change the name of the new output file...thats why it ask if you want to overwrite...call it Goonies2.mpg or something..
Third..click on settings>then advanced tab>check source range>and then double click it....in the box that opens select the place where the encode stoped....put that as start frame...end frame should be end of movie> click ok to exit..then ok again to close settings dialog...then Encode...

You will have a second mpg that will be the end of your movie....you can use TMPG's cut/join tool....under mpeg tools to join them back together when they are done.

[ultralight]

Thanks for the quick response, I will try that but I have another problem now. I was able to open movie factory to author what I did have (85%) as a test (I'm just learning) and I get a error that "Good*** hunting.mpg is not a compliant mpeg file, please select a DVD/VCD/SVCD compliant mpeg file" It sure seemed to be a mpg file when I played it, and I converted per the faq to a mpg, any idea what is up? thanks again

[MaDmiZe]

If your sure you encoded to VCD standard ....the file may corupted a little from the crash....
Goto TMPG and goto file>mpeg tools>merge and cut...change type to mpeg1 video cd> the click add and chose your file that you want....then under output...call something different than orig like goodA.mpg> then hit run...it will output (in short amount of time ...) a standard VCD mpeg1 file (and hopefully fix the non-standard glitch)

If you want to make a DVD (and the above file was a mpeg2) same thing....just choose super video CD as type......

[ultralight]

Actually I have a DVD burner and tried togo from a AVI file to a MPG, and everything was working till the error