TMPGenc problem....

[RevMyOh]

I was trying to convert a SVCD file to a VCD NTSC file...... but when i try to load the file.... it says the file was unsupported can not open...
i tried setting the priority for Direct Show to be higher like 2 or 3
but it still doesn't work

do u guys know how do fix that prob...... or know any other programs that could convert from svcd to vcd????? i've tried everything!!!!!

[honorarybrutha]

did the mpeg2 trial period expire? if so, you'll have to purchase tmpgenc plus. you can do it online although it's a little tricky.

[RevMyOh]

but it's already registered with a serial #..........

[timmyp]

Since SVCD is in MPEG2 format and you are trying to convert to MPEG1 format, you must use MPEG Tools, not the main interface in TMPGEnc.

Assuming you have your SVCD file(s) seperated with an .mpg extension...

In TMPGEnc, go to File>MPEG Tools. Select Simple-Demultiplex, load your SVCD MPEG2 file and run. This will give you 2 files (an M2V and an MP2).

Once you have these 2 files, run Simple-Multiplex and select the M2V file for video and the MP2 file for audio. Select MPEG1 from the drop down to convert and then run.


Good luck.

[Laddydaddy]

If you are not using the latest version of TMPG you will need the mpg2plugin which is available in the tools section. Once you have downloaded and installed it, make sure you got to the environmental settings and give it a priority of at least one. You can also load your mpg2 into the latest version od DVD2AVI. It will create a d2v file(video) and a wav(audio) file which you can load into TMPG.

[j1d10t]

Another option (not the best, I'm sure), is to download the MPEG2 version of VirtualDub (from the tools section), open the MPEG file, then save it as an AVI file, using something like Huffy or MJpeg for compression, then load the AVI file into TMPGEnc, and convert it to VCD. That's the long way of doing it, but if TMPGEnc is having problems opening your MPEG file, this would be one way around the problem.

[ZippyP.]

Since SVCD is in MPEG2 format and you are trying to convert to MPEG1 format, you must use MPEG Tools, not the main interface in TMPGEnc.

Assuming you have your SVCD file(s) seperated with an .mpg extension...

In TMPGEnc, go to File>MPEG Tools. Select Simple-Demultiplex, load your SVCD MPEG2 file and run. This will give you 2 files (an M2V and an MP2).

Once you have these 2 files, run Simple-Multiplex and select the M2V file for video and the MP2 file for audio. Select MPEG1 from the drop down to convert and then run.

This method creates an XVCD or non-standard VCD as the resolution will not be at VCD spec. It likely won't play on many DVD players.

[RevMyOh]

Since SVCD is in MPEG2 format and you are trying to convert to MPEG1 format, you must use MPEG Tools, not the main interface in TMPGEnc.

Assuming you have your SVCD file(s) seperated with an .mpg extension...

In TMPGEnc, go to File>MPEG Tools. Select Simple-Demultiplex, load your SVCD MPEG2 file and run. This will give you 2 files (an M2V and an MP2).

Once you have these 2 files, run Simple-Multiplex and select the M2V file for video and the MP2 file for audio. Select MPEG1 from the drop down to convert and then run.

This method creates an XVCD or non-standard VCD as the resolution will not be at VCD spec. It likely won't play on many DVD players.

Then are there any other ways? i don't wany my file to be in .avi, i want the best quality possible... so i can burn it as a VCD format in Nero thas all i dont want Xvid or .avi or svcd

[Laddydaddy]

Did you try any of the suggestions we gave you above?

[j1d10t]

An avi with Huffy (or another loss-less codec) for compression is as good as the original SVCD MPEG. Then load your avi file into TMPGEnc, and have it encode the avi file to a VCD compliant MPEG file. The only thing is that you will need a lot space on your HD to do that.

Nero is also capable of encoding an avi file to VCD, although the results are not the greatest.

Another option would be to try upgrading your version of TMPGEnc. What version are you using?

[RevMyOh]

i used timmyp's way and i thought there wasn't much quality lost i didnt notice.. so i just used that it worked

but have u guys try to load a file in tmpgenc and the program freezes and closes????