TMPGEnc sound problems - already checked sticky threads

[nikkoforever]

I just did a clean install of Windows XP Pro. Prior to that, I was running XP Home. All my hardware is identical. Before I was able to use TMPGEnc to convert AVI files and it handled the audio just fine. Now, I can't seem to get it work. The resulting audio file has no audio. These are some of the same files I converted before, so I know it's not the files themselves that are the problem. After searching this forum, I decided to install toolame.exe, lame.exe and ssrc.exe and changed my environmental settings to reflect that. I also changed the DirectShow priority to 2. But the resulting wav files still output as blanks. Is there a plugin that I might have forgotten to install that would do that trick? Or maybe a setting I need to change? According to Gspot, the files in question have VBR MP3 audio tracks. It also says I have 4 compatible codecs installed, for what that's worth.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Just thought of something - does it matter where the toolame.exe, ssrc.exe and lame.exe files are? Do they need to be in a certain directory for them to work with TMPGEnc?

[jimmalenko]

Extract the VBR MP3 to a WAV file using this guide.

[nikkoforever]

Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it's not an ideal solution for me. I need to convert just a couple of minutes from several dozen hour long clips. If I go about it using the method you suggest, I think I'd have to convert the entire wav file and the entire video file for each film. Obviously, that would be a lot more time consuming than just selecting the source range I want to convert from each clip in TMPGEnc.

Does anyone have any tips for how to actually fix the problem? I just don't understand why it won't work as it did before the reinstall. I am using the same version of TMPGEnc, and all my hardware is the same. I would really appreciate any other tips you guys might have for me to try. Thank you.

[jimmalenko]

Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it's not an ideal solution for me. I need to convert just a couple of minutes from several dozen hour long clips. If I go about it using the method you suggest, I think I'd have to convert the entire wav file and the entire video file for each film.

It's well known that TMPGEnc chokes on VBR MP3

... and is there any reason why you can't actually nominate the source range in virtualdub, then save this out to a new video-only AVI of just the footage you need, as well as extracting the WAV of just the footage you need ?

[TBoneit]

Yeah I'll second that forget VBR MP3 and TMPGEnc Plus or Xpress. If it does work it;ll think the audio is 3 or 4 time longer than the video.

Cheers

[nikkoforever]

Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it's not an ideal solution for me. I need to convert just a couple of minutes from several dozen hour long clips. If I go about it using the method you suggest, I think I'd have to convert the entire wav file and the entire video file for each film.

It's well known that TMPGEnc chokes on VBR MP3

I realize that many people say that, but the posts I've read suggest that's only a problem if you use the internal audio engine and that using lame, toolame, and ssrc are supposed to fix it. And like I said, TMPGEnc was able to handle the VBR MP3 for these same files before the reinstall of Windows, so I don't understand why it would be a problem now when I'm not only using the exact same version of the program but the same installation file. In fact, I have the program installed on my home computer and it handles VBR MP3 just fine. I just need to get it right on my work computer.

Anyway, I haven't used VirtualDub before, but I'll give it a go. Meanwhile, if anyone else has any ideas on how to make TMPGEnc work, please let me know.

[nikkoforever]

... and is there any reason why you can't actually nominate the source range in virtualdub, then save this out to a new video-only AVI of just the footage you need, as well as extracting the WAV of just the footage you need ?

Hey, jimmalenko. I tried using Virtualdub (1.3c) and for some reason the resulting WAV file is only a fraction as long as the video file. In other words, it's incomplete. Any ideas on how to fix that?