Tmpgenc 2.57-The best Mpeg 1&2 encoder just got even bet

The BEST encoder just got better..

Maybe other people have also noticed.

Cutting/joining Mpeg2 & Mpeg1 mpegs now seems error free.

Awesome results with 2passVBR

plus I also discovered(this may not be new)

-You can de-multiplex the Vid & audio streams directly from VOBS using Mpeg Tools.

-You can encode directly from VOB to *.m2v files without making a project file(DVD2AVI) or de-multiplexing the VOB first.-acidently selected the *.vob file instead of the *.d2v last night, but it worked.!!! was a little slow though.

Cheers

[boss]

wow!!!!!!!! i have to download it!

[doson]

Converting directly from VOB files was possible on older versions. Anyway, creating avisynth script is still the best way to encode DVD to MPEG to my oppinion.

[energy80s]

I have never found a need to use AVIsynth. DVD2AVI seems to work perfectly for DVD rips. Yes, you could load .vob files directly into previous versions of TMPGenc, but I found that the sound could drift slightly in and out of sync, so it is usually better to convert it out to a .wav first.

[boss]

energy80s how exactly do you load vobs into tmpgenc? i can never get them to load in, i usually get an error.

[energy80s]

I just loaded the .vob files into TMPGenc directly. Can you easily import MPEG2 files into your copy? If not, then install the MPEG2 codec, then try importing the .vob files.

[garmashE]

Hi guys,

I was trying to encode my DV footage which I took on a beach. I tried the highest settings for VBR 2 pass Max 8000, average 6000, minimum 3500 and I got noticeable blocking in a water surface of my DVD encoded file. I used de interlace and interlace
settings and de interlaced DVD seems to be better quality than interlaced on my DVD player.
I also tried DVD movie factory encoding – results were terrible except when I used
My custom template where I changed a field order to B. Field order A and Progressive were terrible.
Is it something wrong with my settings or I have to choose soften block noise?
Any help would be highly appreciated.

Eugene

Were you using zoom when looking at the water as most/all DV cameras are using digital zoom, if so you will also see blocks on the source.

[garmashE]

In fact I am not using a digital zoom in this case. My camera has 10X optical zoom and this is pretty much what I am using. I am thinking that this is encoding problem but I stuck on question – is it even possible to achieve a great quality (like in DV AVI at 25 Mg/sec) with DVD 8000 KB/sec?
Somehow commercial DVD (see AI for example) coded with 8000 Mb/sec and has no problems with complex textures like water (see the episode with flooded New York for example)
I understand that 40$ tool can’t be compared to the professional studios equipment where each frame scanned at 4000x4000. In my case I have interlaced DV AVI 720x480, and I am ready to wait even 1 hour for encoding of 1 min source to DVD but with no blocks in the resulting mpeg.
Try to encode fast moving scenes – like moving motorboat or people swimming in the pool, where water would cover 80% of the picture and see what you will get. I was not successful in encoding.

Eugene

[Feuerwehr]

Eugene
With a DV camcorder Field order B is the norm. I am suprised that you are getting better results with de-interlace. Unless your camcorder is set specifically for progressive mode INTERLACE should give you better results. Make sure that you are using 29.97 fps and not film settings when you encode to mpeg.
Jim