ONLY 2 MIN 39 SEC WITH TMPGENC. WHY?

[polaris2]

Whenever I try to transform a regular mpeg into a SVCD format with TMPGENC I only get 2 minutes and 39 seconds. From that point, audio is encode normally, but video stops encoding and I only get , from this point to the end, the last frame of the film.
I have already tried with different versions, even with registered ones. What can I do? Thank you

[deramon]

Sounds like the source might have problems. Can you play the original file all the way through with no problem? If you can then there should not a problem with encoding it. Of course encoding from mpeg1 to mpeg2 will not make your movie any better. So the idea might not be worth it. If your source is bad then there are guides here on trying to fix the bad file.

[vhelp]

evening peoples.

polaris2,
or, did ya forget ta turn off your (un check [x]) your Source range under
Advanced tab?? You might'ev ben messing w/ some Source range
senarios and forgot to check this.

-vhelp

[vcdfreak]

Were you converting from an AVI file? Was your AVI file a captured video by certain hardware that comes with its own driver such as the Matrox RT2500? For Matrox RT2500, the AVI file can only last for several minutes, you need use the provided software player or plugin to Premiere to view the entire AVI file. I guess you can use "VirtualDub" to fix it but I'm not sure. You can also frameserve to TMPGEnc if you are running Premiere.

[darkelf]

Pol2:

I had a similar problem with AVI files with dropped audio at exactly 1:42 when encoded in TMPGEnc. My solution was to frameserve the AVI file from VDub. This allowed me to get the full audio/video. It did take slightly longer, but it worked without re-capturing the video.

And VirtualDub is free.

I offer this since you never mentioned whether or not the initial MPEG source was MPEG1 or MPEG2. MPEG1 can be f-served from VDub. MPEG2 source data will need to be f-served from a diff program (like Premiere).

Hope this helps...