XVID to MPG

[BigDaddyOKC]

ok i am been converting divx/xvid for awhile but i am having some issues with some new ones i am trying to convert..

When every i start TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 start then freezes.. I read the post about the tmpgenc freezing but none of them seem to work any ideas?

[Prot]

Have you renewed your serial number?

[BigDaddyOKC]

what do u mean renew your serial number? i just got it like 2 days ago

Have you renewed your serial number?

[celtic_druid]

XviD what? avi? ogm? mkv? or what? If it is an avi are you using the dshow input or the default one?

[BigDaddyOKC]

its .avi

also if you are talking about the enviromental settings this is how i have them setup

DirectShow Multimedia File Reader.......3
AVI2(OpenDML) File Reader................1
AVI VFW compatibility Reader.............0
CyberLink MPEG-2 Decoder.................0
Microsoft MPEG-1 Decoder.................0
Wave File Reader..............................0
BMP/PPM/TGA/JPG File Reader...........-2
DVD2AVI Project File Reader 1.76+.....-2*
TMPGEnc Project File Reader 2.58......-2*

XviD what? avi? ogm? mkv? or what? If it is an avi are you using the dshow input or the default one?

[celtic_druid]

Ok, so what decoder is being used. With default settings a VfW decoder would be used and if you have XviD installed for an XviD encoded file that would always be XviD. With dshow it could be any number of decoders.

[guns1inger]

What version of the xvid codec are you using ? Maybe it's time for an update.

[DereX888]

.avi means squat
avi is just a container.
Use GSpot latest beta version and get some proper information about your file first.
Once you know exactly what video codec & what audio codecs (or formats) are used in this "avi" then you'll know where the problem lies - either missing or different codec version, or something wrong with your codec or encoder settings...

[BigDaddyOKC]

ok i exported the info from gpost maybe this will be more helpfull





--- File Information ---
File Size (in bytes): 727,039,026

--- Container Information ---
Base Type (e.g "AVI"): AVI(.AVI)
Subtype (e.g "OpenDML"): OpenDML (AVI v2.0),
Interleave (in ms): 33
Preload (in ms): 512
Audio alignment("split across interleaves"): Split
Total System Bitrate (kbps): 0
Bytes Missing (if any): 0
Number of Audio Streams: 1

--- Video Information ---
Video Codec Type(e.g. "DIV3"): xvid
Video Codec Name(e.g. "DivX 3, Low-Motion"): XviD
Video Codec Status(e.g. "Codec Is Installed"): Codec(s) are Installed
Duration (hh:mms): 01:01:05
Frame Count: 109853
Frame Width (pixels): 448
Frame Height (pixels): 336
Frame Aspect Ratio (e.g "1.3333"):
Frame Aspect Ratio (e.g. "4:3"):
Pixel Aspect Ratio ("SAR"):
Display Aspect Ratio ("DAR"): 1.333
Frames Per Second: ***ERROR***
Video Bitrate (kbps): 1387
MPEG-4 ("MPEG-4" or ""): MPEG-4
B-VOP ("B-VOP" or ""): B-VOP
QPel ("QPel" or ""):
GMC ("GMC" or ""):
H264 ("H264" or ""):

MPEG-2 ("MPEG-2" or ""):
Interlaced ("I/L" or ""):
Progressive ("Prog" or ""):
Top Frame First ("TFF" or ""):
Bottom Frame First ("BFF" or ""):
3:2 Pulldown ("3:2" or ""):
Picture-per-field ("PPF" or ""):

- Aspect Ratio Related:

Broadcast standard: "PAL" (else blank)
Broadcast standard: "NTSC" (else blank)
src:"VCD", "SVCD", "CVD", or "DVD (else blank):
Instructions to convert to VCD, first part:
Instructions to convert to VCD, second part:
Instructions to convert to SVCD, first part:
Instructions to convert to SVCD, second part:
Instructions to convert to CVD, first part:
Instructions to convert to CVD, second part:
Instructions to convert to DVD, first part:
Instructions to convert to DVD, second part:
Instructions to convert to AVI, first part:
Instructions to convert to AVI, second part:

--- Audio Information ---
MPEG Stream ID (e.g. "0xbd"):
MPEG VOB file Substream(e.g. "0x80"):
Audio Codec (e.g. "AC3"): 0x2000(AC3, Dolby Laboratories, Inc) AC3
Audio Codec Status (e.g. "Codec Is Installed"): Codec(s) are Installed
Audio Sample Rate (Hz): 48000
Audio Bitrate(kbps): 192
Audio Bitrate Type ("CBR" or "VBR"): CBR
Audio Channel Count (e.g. "2" for stereo): 2

[BigDaddyOKC]

sso can anyone please tell me why it keeps crashing???

[jimmalenko]

I don't know why it's crashing, but you might try opening the AVI in virtualdub, go to Video > Direct Stream Copy, go to Audio > Direct Stream Copy, then go to File > Save as AVI. Basically what we're doing here is creating a new AVI, but copying the audio and video components (leaving them untouched), but rewriting the headers in the file.

[celtic_druid]

Frames Per Second: ***ERROR***
What up with that?

If you were to render it we could see what dshow filters were being used. Should be the someones that are used in TMPGEnc.

[BigDaddyOKC]

how do i render it?

[celtic_druid]

Press 1 under MS A/V.

[BigDaddyOKC]

ok i do that and it tells me to press 2 then press 3

[BigDaddyOKC]

can someone tell me what i should be looking for under the render?

[Trident5]

Tpmgenc is a great program but its also slow as mollassis. Instead i would use Tpmgenc 3.0 Xpress or Mainconcept Mpeg Encoder v1.4.. Mainconcept gives slighty less better results than Tpmgenc xpress but where it takes 5 hours ..Mainconcept can do it in 2 hours...Ive never had messed up files using either on of these products..Although one thing to note using the Tpmg xpress is that it seems to over estimate your final file size... And i mean buy gigs but other than that it works great

[pagan666]

maybe ur codex r screwed?.

try to uninstall all the codex you have then install only what you need.

for ex, i use ffdshow. and active codex only i need.

hope it helps

[DereX888]

perhaps there is something with your avi file's header not right?
but this shouldn't prevent you from playing it or your encoder from accessing the file;
my guess is you downloaded this file from someone/somewhere, and either it was sent to you broken, or it got f*cked up during the download.
try opening it with VLC player (freebie), it is able to play basically anything no matter how broken it is.

109,853/3665=29.9735 so most likely framerate is correct ~29.97
(avi files - unlike MPEGs - they often have some abnormalities in the thousands of second, but it is normal - anything within 29.97x should be ok)


and as previous poster suggested - reinstall your codec;
keep in mind that there is constant 'fight' for the MPEG-4 format among your codecs on your system, and unless you manually set it correctly (in the options of each codec) they will try to 'steal' each other's 'formats', i.e. if you have installed codecs: divx5 and xvid, then xvid will always try to play divx5 as well; or opposite - if you've installed first xvid then divx5 last - then divx codec will try to play xvid's files; it happens because all these lame greedy coders always set their codecs to be default mpeg-4 codec for all mpeg-4 codecs, which is wrong;
in other words: if you don't set them all manually after installation it is kind of pointless to install more than one mpeg-4 codec, because no matter how many of them you will install - only the last one installed will be set as active for all of them (if xvid was the last installed - it will be default for xvid-encoded mpeg-4s, *and* for divx-encoded mpeg-4s too; if divx codec was the last one you've installed it will be opposite; lame but true - and it may create problems with some files - maybe thats the case you have here).
Try to get into options/configuration of all your mpeg-4 codecs (basically xvid and divx, but some versions of stinky quicktime also 'steal' mpeg-4 avi s) and set them to play only their own - divx to play only divx and xvid to play only xvids; IIRC its the "default for all mpeg-4" or "play all mpeg-4" or similar option in both