What has changed with TMPGenc?

[unclescam]

This has been covered in a sticky, I know, but I hope this is different enough to warrant a post here. If not, I apologize in advance.

I recently formatted an reinstalled Windows XP Home (don't you love posts that start with those words?). Prior to the format, I was able to open avi files in TMPGenc 100% of the time and convert tom to mpg with audio, import the mpg into TMPGenc DVD Author, and burn. It was a simple, two step process and I loved it. Please note that I did not have to extract and convert the audio in order to get an mpg with sound.

I always check my avis with Gspot to check frame rate before converting. I also note the audio format. I know that many of the avi's had MP3 and AC3 audio tracks before. They never gave me trouble. I didn't even know until recently that TMPGenc had issues with MP3. Do you see what I'm getting at?

I am wondering if anyone knows what I may have changed that would make TMPGenc now require me to do the wav conversion thing. I'm using the exact same setup as I was before. I've installed the exact same versions of the same programs as before. Is there something in SP2 or WMP 9 that would cause this change? I hate it and I wish I could just go back to opening an avi, converting it, and burning the outputted mpg!

Any insight here would be most appreciated.
~UncleScam

[TaoTeWingChun]

Hey UncleScam,

Are you sure you got all of the codecs that may have been previously installed on your machine to enabe decoding for viewing via TMPGenc/WinMediaPlayer, etc.?

I know I was in a similar pinch, then it hit me that I didn't have all the codec's installed, went out and got them and re-installed them onto my pristine XP build and voila! She was good to go!

Goood luck, mate!

[Xylob the Destroyer]

i've had almost the same problem
i used to drop .avi's into TMPGEnc and convert to a .mpg file and then drop the .mpg into TDA and burn a DVD
my PC got ruined and I had to build a new one and now TMPGEnc will only let me create .m2v/.wav files when converting .avi to DVD....
same OS, all the same codecs, i even tried it with files that I had already done it with before

i never did figure it out & just resigned myself to using the .m2v/.wav combination instead of a .mpg

[TaoTeWingChun]

Have you tried using the 'unlock.mcf' template that comes with TMPGenc? I recall a similar issue, and using the unlock template, I was then able to once more output to mpg's no problem.

Try it and see - you can also use the elementary streams or combined streams options right off the mani screen.

Hope this helps!