TMPEGEnc cannot open MPEG-2 files.

[kabanero]

Hi there.
I honestly searched the forum for my problem before posting this question, but I couldn't find the answer.

I take DV AVI file and encode it to MPEG1 file using TMPEGEmc 2.01 with 2500 Kbits/s bit rate for XVCD. Then, if I need, I open that MPEG1 file ot encode it for standard VCD with 1150 Kbits/s bit rate (It is faster than to encode AVI because it doesn't need to resize the frame). Everything works ok.
Also encode the same DV AVI file to MPEG-2 with TMPEGEnc. Everything works fine. But then, if I want to reencode that MPEG-2 file to MPEG1, I cannot open MPEG-2 file in TMPEGEmc.
It says: "File ... can not open, or unsupported."

So, the point in my question is:
Why the heck TMPEGEnc cannot open its own encoded MPEG-2 files???

Thanks.

[Vejita-sama]

Take a look under "Tools" to the left. Under Codecs you can find "MPEG2 CODEC" and under encoders you can find "TMPGEnc MPEG2 Plugin" one of them should work for you.

[kabanero]

I tried both Codec and PlugIn and it didn't help.

[Truman]

Copy the mpeg-2 plugin to the TMPG dir. Open TMPG, go to option> enviromental setting> VFAPI and select a higher m2v.vfp priority. If that does not help, play around a bit with the priorities or uncheck all except the mpeg-2 plugin.

[Stinky]

The codec works - but first open a mpeg-2 file in MS Media Player and/or change the TMPGEnc priority for "Direct Show" from 2 to 0

[kabanero]

Thanks guys,

I got it to work.