TMPEnc Question

[dcapp1]

I am capturing with VirtualVCR, and the PicVideo Codec. When I try and load the file into TMPEnc the program locks up or says the file cannot be created. I have the K-Lite codec pack installed. Can anybody help me thanks.

[FulciLives]

I am capturing with VirtualVCR, and the PicVideo Codec. When I try and load the file into TMPEnc the program locks up or says the file cannot be created. I have the K-Lite codec pack installed. Can anybody help me thanks.

Use an AviSynth AVS script to load the original capture into TMPGEnc or load the original capture into VirtualDub and then frameserve to TMPGEnc.

I also use VirtualVCR and the PICVideo MJPEG codec (19 quality setting) and either way works for me but yes I also get errors if I read to input the captured AVI directly into TMPGEnc but I would never do that anyways as I allows trim the start and end points of my capture and if it is from TV I also cut out the commericials. Such editing is simple in VirtualDub and if you use VirtualDubMod then you can use the SCRIPT EDITING feature to output your edits so that they can be put in an AviSynth AVS script ... the benefit is that AviSynth is faster than frameserving from VirtualDub plus the only filters I tend to use are AviSynth filters anyway (Convolution3D is a great noise filter as it really can clean up the image).

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[dcapp1]

This will sound like a stupid question, but I downloaded AviSynth and there is no exe file after I install it. I've read the manual but it still doesn't work. Can anybody help.Thanks

[FulciLives]

To use AviSynth you have to create a TEXT file with something like NOTEPAD but then when you save it ... there is an option called SAVED AS TYPE and you select ALL FILES then you give your file a name with an AVS ext like FILENAME.AVS

Then you load this AVS "text" file into TMPGEnc.

Here is a simple sample script:

LoadPlugin("mpeg2dec3.dll")
AviSource("D:\capture.avi")
Trim(165,19959)
LanczosResize(352,480)

Copy the file MPEG2DEC3.DLL into your WINDOWS SYSTEM folder and you don't need to provide a PATH to it otherwise you will have to supply the location just like I did with the location of my CAPTURE.AVI file.

The TRIM command can be easily gotten from VirtualDubMod.

Load the original CAPTURE.AVI file directly into VirtualDubMod and do your editing. Then in VirtualDubMod go to TOOLS and under that SCRIPT EDITOR and a window pops up called VIRTUALDUBMOD SCRIPT EDITOR.

Now go to EDIT and select IMPORT FRAMESET AS TRIMS and it will give you a line that looks like the one above in my sample script ... something like "Trim(165,19959)"

If you cut stuff out in the middle of the file such as commercials from a TV capture then the Trim line might be very long and look something like this: "Trim(165,1000) + Trim(1500, 5000) + Trim(6000,19959)"

Anyways just copy and paste that into your AviSynth AVS script then load the AVS script into TMPGEnc.

Oh the last line in my script is to resize the capture to Half D1 size which is something I do with some captures. It's just there so you know that is possible. Simply don't include it if you don't need it. The Trim line is also optional. In fact all you need are the first 2 lines to simply read the original file into TMPGEnc. Having said that though I've never did a capture that didn't need some sort of editing

As you can gather from reading the manual there are all kinds of neat things you can do with AviSynth including applying noise filters to your video. My favorite for that is Convolution3D.

Anyways good luck

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[FulciLives]

Something else that might help ...

I was first introduced to AviSynth AVS scripting a long time ago when I used to use GORDIAN KNOT to create DivX videos from DVD rips.

You might want to download GORDIAN KNOT and play around with it as it really helped me to learn a lot.

Anyways ... here is a sample GORDIAN KNOT AviSynth AVS script.

All scripts from GORDIAN KNOT looks like this. Anything with a "#" in front of it is ignored by the script. I'm including this here because you can maybe use it as a sort of guide as to creating your own scripts plus it gives you an idea of some of the stuff you can do with AviSynth.

#
# Created with Gordian Knot
#
# http://gknot.doom9.org
#
#  PLUGINS
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\mpeg2dec3.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\decomb.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\Convolution3d.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\FluxSmooth.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\TomsMoComp.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\VSFilter.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\SimpleResize.dll")
#
#  SOURCE FOR AVI FILES
#avisource("D:\CAPTURE\capture.avi")
#
# SOURCE FOR D2V PROJECT FILES FROM DVD2AVI DVD RIPS
#mpeg2source(D:\DVDRIP\movie.d2v")
#
#  TRIM
#trim(startframe,endframe)
#
#  IVTC
#Telecide(guide=1).Decimate(5)
#  or use
#IVTC(44,11,95)
#GreedyHMA(1,0,4,0,0,0,0,0)
#
#  DEINTERLACING (1)
#FieldDeinterlace()
#FieldDeinterlace(blend=false)
#TomsMoComp(1,5,1)
#
#  CROPPING
#crop(0,0,720,480)
#
#  DEINTERLACING (2)
#SeparateFields().SelectEven()
#  or maybe
#Bob().SelectEven()
#  or maybe
#GreedyHMA(1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)
#
#
#  SUBTITLES
#VobSub("FileName")
#
#  RESIZING
#LanczosResize(width,height)
#
#  DENOISING: choose one combination (or none)
#  1) little noise
#Temporalsoften(2,3,3,mode=2,scenechange=6)
#mergechroma(blur(1.3))
#FluxSmooth(5,7)
#
#  2) medium noise
#Temporalsoften(3,5,5,mode=2,scenechange=10)
#Convolution3d("moviehq") 
#FluxSmooth(7,7)
#
#  3) heavy noise
#Temporalsoften(4,8,8,mode=2,scenechange=10)
#Convolution3d("movielq") 
#FluxSmooth(10,15)
#
#  BORDERS
#AddBorders(left,top,right,bottom)
#
#  COMPRESSIBILITY CHECK
#  !!!!Snip Size now has to be 14 for use in GKnot!
#SelectRangeEvery(280,14)
#
#  FOOL CCEnc
#ResampleAudio(44100)

Good Luck

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[dcapp1]

When you say frameserve into TMPEnc using VirtualDub what is meant by that, and how do you do it?Thanks

[FulciLives]

When you say frameserve into TMPEnc using VirtualDub what is meant by that, and how do you do it?Thanks

Here are two different guides on how to frameserve:

1.) https://www.videohelp.com/virtualdubframeserve.htm
2.) https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/87270.php

Good Luck !

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[dcapp1]

Hi, I have followed the guides to frameserve in Vdub, but when I set up Vdub to frameserve into TMPEnc. It still tells me that the mpg file cannot be created. Is there something I am doing wrong?

[Tommyknocker]

Your Direct Show Priority in TMPGEnc's Environmental settings, is it the highest priority and is set at two or higher?

[dcapp1]

Yes it is, but it still does not work. Question if I cannot ever get this to work would encoding directly to MPEG have the same quality. Thanks

[dcapp1]

I'm sorry I meant capturing.