TMPGENC newbie question

[dawsonj]

I am attempting to make my first SVCD after successfully making VCDs and xVCDs using TMPGENC, Easy CD Creator and then Nero.

I note to use the MPG2 encoder it has an expiry on it.
I went to the web site to figure out how I could pay for it so it would not expire (like you do whenever you are happy with a demo) and I can't see how to do that.
I have 2 days to go, can I re-install my download or do I have to re-download it again. Will MPG2 always be available in TMPGENC?

Thanks.

[rochkind]

As I understand it, TMPGenc uses a third-party MPEG-2 encoder as an evaluation, to keep TMPGenc free. Expires in 30 days. No way to extend it, as no version of TMPGenc is sold. But, with 19 days left on mine, I downloaded the newer beta and popped back up to 30. Don't know what would have happened if I had reinstalled the same beta. I'll find out if the developers slow down and fail to produce a new version in the next 30 days!

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I am attempting to make my first SVCD after successfully making VCDs and xVCDs using TMPGENC, Easy CD Creator and then Nero.

I note to use the MPG2 encoder it has an expiry on it.
I went to the web site to figure out how I could pay for it so it would not expire (like you do whenever you are happy with a demo) and I can't see how to do that.
I have 2 days to go, can I re-install my download or do I have to re-download it again. Will MPG2 always be available in TMPGENC?

Thanks.
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[Vejita-sama]

Run regedit and find:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{63902277-B101-4049-8B46-C24B67E155E5}

that's what you want to delete:
{63902277-B101-4049-8B46-C24B67E155E5}

This will reset the clock back to 0 (have to do this every 30days). Currently there is no way to actually buy TMPGenc.

[dawsonj]

Thanks for your help. One more thing while converting Canopus AVI to mpg2 for SVCD.....

My next problem is I am using AVI from my digital video and in the preview window all the figures looked really tall and skinny.

I reversed the height by the width paramaters and now it looks normal in the preview window. I burned it with Nero but had to use non standard and on my DVD player the aspect ratio is wrong.

Should I have rendered to mpg2 even though they looked wrong and then maybe it would have been normal on the DVD?

[Vejita-sama]

What's the resolution of your video? NTSC standard is 720x480, VCD standard is 352x240, and SVCD standard is 480x480.

When you encode with TMPGenc there's settings for both the input and output file resolutions. If you load the VCD template the output will be set to 352x240 automatically.

If you click on settings, and then the advance tab, this is where the aspect ratio of the source can be set. Make sure it matches what you're working with/from.

[Xiaodu]

dawsonj

***Will MPG2 always be available in TMPGENC? ***

If you want a TMPGEnc 30 Day Resetter,
send me your email address.

[homerpez]

...but remember...

That if you are encoding to MPEG-2, the plain BETA 12 version (not 12a on) works best for MPEG-2. Smaller file for VBR, and a better bitrate distribution.

Best of all no expiration.

Hopefully someone somewhere still has it, I'm not srue if I do or not (I only do SeVCD or VCD's with MPEG-1 compression, so I'm using ver 12e)

[dawsonj]

Does anyone have the plain vanilla version 12 mentioned??