TMPGenc = Creating CHOPPY movie, I'm going INSANE!!

[DarkoD]

Please help... If I had a million $$ I would throw them at you, if you had the solution to my problem, I have tried several ways to convert an .avi file to a DVD compatible movie, but it always gets choppy and lags, no matter what I do. It is like, it drops a frame now and then.

1. At first I run GSpot to see the original framerate of the movie.
2. I convert my AVI movie in TMPGenc with the same framerate as GSpot provided. Usually it 23.9 FPS.

When I watch the movie after that, it's fine and smooth in the start but at the end it get more and more jittering and choppy, and it's not any media quality, cause it's on my HD and not burned on a media yet!

I have also tried the following:

1. Converting my 23.9 movie to 29 FPS in TMPGenc. = movie is choppy from start to end, a lot worse (not the sound only the visual)
2. Converting my 23.9 movie to 29 with flags pull down = movie is choppy from start to end again.
3. Converting it to pal, with different settings, converting it without framerate coneversion, and it runs way too slow all the time.

What can I do, to make my AVI movie running smooth after converting it with TMPGenc. ?!

Help me experts...

[macleod]

without knowing the specs of the particuliar avi in question, here is my speculation: The frame rate is less than the standard, which results in a choppy playback.

NTSC video is 29.976 frames per second. VCD can be 23.976. If you avi is less than that, it WILL be choppy. Here is an example (you post says converting to DVD, which is 29.976). If the avi is, say 14 frames per second, then TMPGENC has to insert 15 blank frames to make it standard. HALF of the frames per second are blank.

My only recommendation if it is less than 23.976 fps, is to convert to VCD.

[DiablosuX102]

try changing the field order

[bobbysox]

Defrag your drive!

[DarkoD]

Thanks for the help so far macleod. But I'm converting from 23.976 to 23.976. I have tried 23.976 to 29.976 - and it gets choppy all through the movie! I unlock the framesetting in TMPGenc and set it to 23.976 as that is the original AVI setting, and it's smooth about 40 mintues before it starts getting more and more choppy.

DiablosuX102 -> Why should the field order help ?!

bobbysox -> I don't think that's my problem...[/b]

[macleod]

could you post a screen shot form gspot so I can look at all of the settings for the source. It is odd that 23.976 to 23.976 will be ok in the beginning and then get choppy part of the way through. Are you converting to dvd (which is what it says in your first post). DVD fps can only by 29.976. I am guessing that TMPGENC is saying OK to the 23.976, but is actually going to 29.976 since that is DVD. ARe you doing the 3:2 pulldown???

[DarkoD]

You can make DVD's with 23.976 FPS, I have done that but you have to make the auth program believe it's 29.9 by changing the header of the file before authing it. But this isn't relevant, it's not the issue. The movie is jerky before I auth it.

I have tried converting it to 29.976 AND 23.976 with 3:2 pulldown both times and it's jerky all through the movie. I have tried to make it convert from 23.976 to the default NTSC format (29.976), but that's also way too bad quality and a lot more choppy.

Only when I make the output the same FPS as the input it gets pretty great, but then in the end it starts getting choppy !? It's doing this with all the 23.976 AVI's I got, so it's not just one single bad AVI.

Thank you for taking the time to help.

[kyemeng]

Ok. Here's what I suggest you do. Follow's DiablosuX102 advice and change the field order and also try burning it onto a RW for playing on a standalone to see if it has this choppy effect. Another thing to check is to try another different movie.

[johns0]

Also if the bitrate you are using is too low then it can get choppy near the end,it happened to a 4 hour dvd i tried squeezing down too much to fit another movie,had to use a higher bitrate which fixed the problem.

[trenchy]

Did you lately installed the a new Xvid codec?
I have the same problem giving a choppy movie after converting the file.
However these avi's were already very choppy and I had to install the new Xvid codec.
Now after converting the mpg's are still choppy, but not as before. However i don't know how to solve it? And I also don't know if the new Xvid codec installation give this problem.

trenchy

[trenchy]

Check under options --> Enviromental settings --> VFAPI-plugin
if your directshow Multimedia file Reader priority is on -1
Or try the latest tmpgenc.