Tmpgenc 2.58 problems loading mpeg2 files

[dc91gt]

I've got the registered plus version which handles mpeg2.

Anyhow, in trying to convert an SVCD file that currently is in
PAL to NTSC, I get the error "cannot open or unsupported".

However, if I use an old version - 2.54a, it opens just fine. Problem
is this was the freeware and won't encode to mpeg2.

So it looks like a bug in 2.58, but anyone else run into this or have a work around?

Operating system is XP professional.

thanks,
d

[banjazzer]

I take it you never read the changes they introduced at version 2.57?

* Note for Specification Change in TMPGEnc 2.57
[] When opening MPEG file with TMPGEnc
Because current version of TMPGEnc does not have own MPEG-2 decoder feature, it relies on other MPEG-2 decoders installed onto Windows system through Microsoft DirectShow to read MPEG-2 file.

It seems you need something like PowerDVD installed on your system.

TMPGEnc 2.57 reads MPEG-2 files only with specific official commercial legal MPEG-2 decoders made by CyberLink, Ligos and, Sony so that TMPGEnc reads MPEG-2 files most appropriate way by operating these decoders directly from TMPGEnc.
In this way, it improves the stabilities to read files, but only if one of these 3 decoders installed in your system. Other decoders can not be controlled by TMPGEnc.