TMPGEnc......XVCD........previewing????

[Nugrl]

Look, I have a new question, I am messin around with the same avi file and am trying to do it in a XVCD this time. I made the changes in TMPGEnc, and I am in the process of encoding now, but my question is, can I stop the encoding process and burn what I have to a disk, to try it out on my dvd player to see if it is going to work and how it looks, then can I continue encoding where I left off, as long as I don't close the TMPGEnc program? Does that make sense to you all?

[KennyC]

Hi,

Yes it does make sinse:

1. Yes, you can stop encoding with TMPGEnc and burn the .MPEG to CD as VCD etc. to test.

2. When you do the above, you CANCEL the current encoding process, you don't pause it so you have to start again.

Really IMHO, the best way to test is select a FAST action movie, just select the best .vob from the DVD, use say DVD2AVI to convert just this .VOB, encode this fully with TMPGEnc with your test settings, adjust your settings, re-code again etc. (TIP: name each .MPEG created a specific filename that makes sense, like Mummy_Returns_VCD_CBR_1350.mpg etc).

Then open Nero, select VCD, select Menu and ADD all of the test .MPEG's and Nero will burn the VCD with a menu that appears straight away, you then select 1, 2, 3 etc. from remote and test all of your test .MPEG's from the same burn and CD, works great. By giving the .MPEG specific and meaningful names, its obvious which settings you used.

BTW, after you have altered your settings in TMPGEnc to TEST, make sure you save the TEMPLATE with meaningful name so you can cross reference to the .MPEG it created.

[Nugrl]

Alright, wait a minute, now if I click the "STOP" button in TMPGEnc, while this file is still encoding will that portion of the file that has been encoded show up in the file that I told it to save it to? I am just afraid to hit "STOP" only to find out, that the file is completely gone. Ya know what I mean?

[jayace]

it will be there

[Nugrl]

Ok, I am trusting you !!! : )

[Nugrl]

well , its NOT there!!!! I told it to STOP and then it asked was I sure I wanted to abort the encoding? and I said yes. so then I went to the folder where I told it to save it to , and it says 0 bytes. so now what?????

[insane_asylum13]

well... save the file first as a separate file... like
(original) Test XVCD
(second partial encode) Test XVCD 2

Then stop the process and play the test XVCD 2

[Nugrl]

ok, I did that, I saved the file that was being encoded to a separate folder and gave it another file name, but its not there. I mean the name of the file is but it says "0"bytes. So where is the file? When exactly does that program send the encoded file to that output file, when you completely close out that program? because I told it yes to abort, but the program itself is still open. so could that be the problem? do I have to completely close the program to have the file show up where I told it?

[Mordant]

Were you using 2 pass VBR? If so you wouldn't have anything in the file until you reached 51% complete, because the actual encoding doesn't start until that point.

If that was the case, try encoding at constant bitrate with your average bit from the 2 pass. You can stop that a few minutes into the encode and check the result.

If you were not using 2 pass, did you try hitting "refresh" in your explorer window? If you had the window open before you started the encode you might have 0 bite size showing but actually have the file. Try playing it.