TMPGEnc Help !

[Topher_20]

I use TMPGEnc to convert movies to a MPEG. I rip dvd's and i noticed on the movies people are slim in it , whats causes this and what fixes it ?
and what do i use on the Deinterlace option ? Thanks

[resnullius]

the cause is the aspect ratio the fix is to go to tmpgenc's advanced tab and tell it to "keep aspect ratio(full screen)"

[Topher_20]

Alright ... i will try that ...
How about the Deinterlace option ?
and i have another problem , whats it mean when and stops and says something about a floating decimal ?
thanks

[bugster]

The floating decimal point error usually means you have a corrupt frame (or several). This shouldnt happen on your own DVD rips but happens with downloaded Divx movies. Look at the Howto section on the left for a method of fixing this.

[Topher_20]

i'll look into the how to , do u know what one i look into to fix the floating decimal ? It happened on a dvd ripped one too .
and I tried that full screen keep aspect ratio and the people still looked slim in the movie .... now what should i try for it ?

[Twin]

Sounds like your are encoding in 16:9 and watching it on 4:3 TV.. encode in 4:3 instead..

[Topher_20]

i do have it on 4:3 , but which one should i use ?
4:3 525 line NTSC ?
4:3 525 line NTSC (704x480) ?
4:3 display ?
i doubt i use the Pal for any of this right ...
is the 704X480 for bigger tvs? my tv is 27 inch ... don't know if that will help ... and what about the floating decimal ?

thanks

[poopyhead]

here's how to fix problem...

the video output tab in tmpgenc (i'm assuming u have a regular, non-widescreen TV in the US):

output ratio is 4:3
type is NTSC
______________

in the advanced tab in tmpgenc, for source aspect ratio (it's either 16:9 or 4:3) you can find this out from dvd2avi's info box...the info box in dvd2avi will indicate whether the source aspect ratio is 4:3 or 16:9. btw, you can see the info box when u press f5 after u loaded the vobs are when u r creating a project .d2v file.

i'm assuming you're ripping region 1 NTSC movies, so if source aspect ratio is 4:3, then you choose 4:3 525 line NTSC (not the 702x480 one), if the source aspect ratio is 16:9, choose 16:9 525 line NTSC

for image positioning method choose full screen (preserve aspect ratio)

[Topher_20]

i did try the Full screen keep aspect ratio and the people came out skinny on it ... so now what should i try ?
and how come the quality is good when things are up close on the screen but when they are further off in the distance , they get a little fuzzy around them and stuff ..?

thanks again

[poopyhead]

Topher_20, did you follow my instructions for the other stuff like the output video for your dvd rip and source aspect ratio under the advanced tab?

output video (video tab)...4:3 NTSC

source aspect ratio...either 16:9 or 4:3 depending on wut dvd2avi's info box tells ya

look at my previous post for more detailed instructions

[Topher_20]

yes I have done that before

[poopyhead]

so, if u followed ALL my instructions were the ppl still skinny?

also, which movie is it btw?

[Topher_20]

yes i followed this all again ... wouldn't there be more to change to though ?
and its " Down to You "
but it's been like this on all the movies i been trying ... can't seem to get the right one down . do u have yahoo messenger or anything where i can talk to u better ?
thanks

[poopyhead]

Topher_20, u can goto my details and add me to your ICQ...

also, what source aspect ratio does dvd2avi indicate? does dvd2avi indicate it's 16:9 or 4:3....there are a couple movies where dvd2avi messed up in telling the source aspect ratio...i haven't personally done that movie so i wouldn't be sure...

the only thing for sure is that the output video of your dvd rip should be 4:3 NTSC

as for source video stuff, make sure u have image positioning method set to fullscreen (keep aspect ratio)...if that doesn't work..try full screen (keep aspect ratio 2)

also, if one of the aspect ratios isn't working...choose the other one....(it's gotta be either 4:3 525 line NTSC or 16:9 525 line NTSC)

add me to ICQ and i'll c if i can help u more

[Naderidk]

I have this .DAT file that plays only on Windows Media Player and Xing, but I want to make it MPEG so that I can make VCD, only TMPGEnc could read it, but only first 7 minutes of it or 16% then it stops responding,it just hangs , why ?

[poopyhead]

you can run the .dat through vcdgear to make it .mpg...also, try sticking the .dat file in nero, nero might accept it and make a vcd out of it directly

[steverae]

Topher_20:-

To correct how your movies look on your TV, you will have to crop the edges (like I have to) otherwise you'll get really big borders top and bottom.

If you chop the sides by say 50 each side and set the Centre (custom size) on the advanced tab to say 352x200 instead of 352x240, you'll get small borders top and bottom but your picture will turn out better.