I now have about enought coasters to fill a pub!! Problem :s

[baker]

HELP HELP

I have been trying to make vcds for a month now and with no success. I can see hear the film o.k. but the screen is half missing!!! After spending this month trying to solve this problem I have found the cause:
It seems that it makes the screen far too big each time and I can only see part of it. I tried every setting imaginable in temgenc (screen size,aspect ratio etc...) And with only minor success. I am gettin a lend of a film to copy soon and need the solution quick..

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

[Killer Joe]

Looks like you are not using the standard resolution for the film. You have to use 352X240 for NTSC or 352X288 for PAL. Just load the correct template ( Ntsc, Pal, Ntscfilm) in tmpgenc (right bottom)and all settings will be right. dont mess with anything.load the movie and econde it.after a suscefull conversion you can try different settings for better results.

[baker]

I have already tried this and using other templets. It dosen't work. I downloaded a new templete which I would Like to try but don't want to make any more coasters.
Thanks forn your quick reply and I hope there is someone out there with my solution.

[Killer Joe]

does the movie play well in the computer? if yes, maybe the problem is with your dvd.

[Topy44]

check out the "image positioning method" in "advanced options" in tmpeg
be sure that "fit to frame (preserve aspect ratio)" is selected

[baker]

Killer Joe:
The movie plays well on my computer, but I have other vcds which are pirate vcds and they work well on my vcd player.

Topy44
The image position method I have selected is center(keep aspect ratio) the method you talk of is not in my tempgenc, but I suppose they are the same thing.

[Killer Joe]

Use "full screen - (keep aspect ratio)" .

[Killer Joe]

use tmpgenc 12.i or a later one. 2.00 is good too.

[baker]

I am using TMPGEnc Version 2.00.29.113 and Have tried all the image positioning methods TMPGEnc has and with no success. After spending loads of money on this project it look like I am going to have to give up vcd as I am getting no where with it. Thanks for trying your best to get me an answer and If you think of the solution to my problem please post it here as I really want vcd and like TMPGEnc more than any other avi2mpg program out there.

A hopeful,
Baker.

[Peter]

Can you upload somewhere a few seconds (5 or so) part of the movie you try to encode with TMPGenc, so we can help you out?

[DaveL1]

Hi
I have a similar problem and found that TMPGenc gave unusual results.
Try a few seconds of video (30 seems enough) and encode it to a CD-RW. Mos players that take CD-R seem to handle CD-RW OK. At least this way you dont have so many coasters!
TMPGenc has a standard template for VCD that does work ok!
If your CD writer is quite old ( like mine) you may be getting dropout erors at higher speeds. Try burning at times 2 (and sleep a lot more!)

[baker]

Peter:
Afraid I have nowhere to upload it to however I could e-mail a clip to you if you want.But this wouldn't make a difference as the clip would look alright
on your pc it's the vcd player that would have the problem.

DaveL1:
Dave I am afriad my player dosn't support cd-rw and I always burn at 2 speed anyway, If you would like a clip like peter I could send it to you.

Thanks a lot for the help hope you can find my solution.

[Peter]

You can mail a clip if you want. If you think it's your dvd player, burn an example from this site to a cdrw and check this out on your dvd player.
If you want to mail a short clip, send me a pm and I'll give you another e-mail address.

[baker]

My connection is too slow, to download the pal version would take 11hrs!! Would you please send me a "small" clip if you have it handy and I can try that. How should I give you my e-mail address?

will I ever find a solution?,
Baker

[Anonymous65]

I assume you're not talking about the loss of picture on the top and bottom because of the overscan of TV's? You loose about 20% of the image when displayed on a TV set because of the overscan. On a PC, you will see 100% of the image, on a TV set you get around 80%.

[wingnut]

Hi all,

this problem would seem to be the mpeg frame size embedded, or rather missing, from the mpeg file that you're burning to disc. I have the same problem intermittently with rendered files that have been encoded to Mpeg 2 SVCD files prior to being used via TSCV/videoimager and then burned as a cue file via nero.

To fix the problem get hold of a copy of fix12c by Eric Bouly (freeware see http://www.geocities.com/eby_vdo), this can run as a gui or via a dos prompt, for svcd i would use the command fix12c myvideofile.mpg -h 480 -v 576 -r 2
which would set the video file to be 480 x 576 correct for a PAL image the -r 2 flag sets a 4:3 ratio for normal format (squarish) video, I believe this also works with VCD and NTSC files.

Hope this helps. My description of the problem is a little rough, read the readme.txt file that is in the zip package for a more complex explanation of the problem, however this does seem to fix the problem for me.


Cheers

Ed

[Peter]

Send me a private message with your e-mail and I'll send you a clip of a few seconds of a SVCD and one of a VCD to test, which should work on your dvd player.

[eyeofbeholder]

Use CDRW's.

[baker]

I CANNOT USE CD-RW!!!

[Peter]

baker: Do you have PAL or NTSC?

[baker]

Pal, By the way did u get that e-mail I sent you? My e-mail account is a little dodgy lately so I need to know.

[baker]

That clip peter sent me also got messed up and he already converted it for me!! My guess is that it must be nero my burning program, does anyone know a better burning program?

Baker

[Peter]

What DVD player do you have?

[baker]

Well for the tests I am using a playstation with an addon
(made by gamars) which I bought for £40.

Thanks for trying,
Baker

[Peter]

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Well for the tests I am using a playstation with an addon
(made by gamars) which I bought for £40.

Thanks for trying,
Baker
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I don't know the playstation with addon, but probably that's the problem.

[baker]

I have a few pirate vcds and they work ok with it.

Baker.