Continue decoding at the place where left off

[mbekkali]

My daughter turned off computer when my 13GB (-> 4.7GB) movie was 80% decoded or after 12 hours of work. I used TMPGEnc. Is there a way to start off where my computer was turned off rather than from the beginning.

[lordsmurf]

My daughter turned off computer when my 13GB (-> 4.7GB) movie was 80% decoded or after 12 hours of work. I used TMPGEnc. Is there a way to start off where my computer was turned off rather than from the beginning.

No. You mean "encoded", right?

[Roderz]

encoded I assume

Find out time code where it stopped
Fire up tmpgenc again load your project and look in settings -> advanced dbl click Source range and set new start point where you want it.

[flaninacupboard]

hopefully you've learned children and computers don't mix

[mbekkali]

Well, I have not saved the project explicitly as such cannot load it, there are 2 files on my HD now, one is full 13GB avi file and another is 3.5GB mpeg file I guess I would have to run TMPGenc from the beginning.

[mbekkali]

May be I can encode the rest of the AVI file into a new file and then somehow merge them?

[teegee420]

If it were me, I'd start over. MPEG-2 doesn't join very well.

[Supreme2k]

If you would have re-started the encode instead of asking the question, you'd be done by now (14 hrs between 1st post and 2nd).

Just like some of the people trying to put their downloaded copy of a movie on DVD (or even backing up their own DVD), spending days on it, getting 10 coasters, when the DVD costs $10-$15. Not aimed at you, mbekkali.

[mbekkali]

Well, my kids disrupt encoding all the time as such I encode during the night. Since it takes about 12 hours to encode the movie and my kids have 11 hours to sleep then there is a high chance they might either turn off the application (my 3 year old) or power down the computer (my 1 year old daughter).

[Supreme2k]

Lock the door, or give up on it.

I have a server that's locked in a closet so no one interferes with it.