TMPGEnc displays incorrect length; quadruples encoding time

[kelman3]

Hi,
I've got a 48 min Xvid avi I'm trying to encode to DVD.
TMPGEnc said it would take 11 hours to encode but when 2 hours of encoding elapsed it said "source position: 1hr 30min 45sec"
So I put the file in TMPGEnc DVD Source Creator and it told me the file was 232 mins and 46 sec.

I've watched it in Windows Media Player and Zoom Player and they both tell me 48:10.
What's going on?

[redwudz]

Put the XVID into VirtualDub and save out the sound as a WAV file. Select the WAV audio and the XVID video in TMPGEnc encoder. TMPGEnc can convert the WAV to Mpeg1, layer 2 audio. Or convert the WAV to AC3 audio instead to save some room.

VD may tell you the problem when you load the XVID.

[jimmalenko]

to what redwudz said. Sounds like VBR MP3 audio, which TMPGEnc is renowned for choking on, and causing hours of "black screen" to be encoded after your film finishes.

http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/ExtractAudio.htm is a step-by-step guide of what redwudz instructed you to do.

[celtic_druid]

Could also use source range in TMPGEnc to let it know the real length.

[zworg2]

Could also use source range in TMPGEnc to let it know the real length.

how?

[celtic_druid]

Exactly that. In the source ranger setting, set the last frame as the end instead of letting it autodetect.

[zworg2]

Exactly that. In the source ranger setting, set the last frame as the end instead of letting it autodetect.

Sorry if i am being a bit thick, but where is source ranger settings ??

thx

[redwudz]

Source Range in TMPGEnc Plus: Settings>Advanced>Source Range(Double click to open).

I never tried this for VBR MP3 audio, though. I just use VD to save out the WAV and use it to encode with.

[celtic_druid]

Could also just frameserve with AVISynth. It decodes the audio on the fly and should fix the incorrect length problem to. Also if you use it for resizing, it should encode faster.

[zworg2]

Source Range in TMPGEnc Plus: Settings>Advanced>Source Range(Double click to open)..

aaa.....

thx....i was trying to find it in the original (non-PLUS) TMPGEnc

[kelman3]

Thanks for the help.
It worked for one file I converted to VCD.
For another file it told me the .wav was invalid.

I haven't tried it with a DVD yet.

[redwudz]

Can you post a screen shot of it from Gspot? (Blank out the title )

[abc-123]

Thanks for the help.
It worked for one file I converted to VCD.
For another file it told me the .wav was invalid.

I haven't tried it with a DVD yet.

Use Avi2wav to extract the wav off it. This program works wonders for messed up sound in avi's and has saved my butt on avi's that virtualdub has choked on before.

[vampirexxi]

I found TMPgenc dvd source creator doesn't like xvids that much.

It seems to think of them as the video first, then the audio (not both on top of each other). so the first half of the decoded video will be only video, and the 2nd half will be black and have the entire episode's audio (at least that's my problem)

There's a way around it, but it would make it much easier if there was a plug in to handle it.

After adding the clip, click the edit button.
click "move to end" then click "set as end"
--this will give you the true length of the video

however -- it will not decode the audio, so that's where avi2wav and besweet come in--
avi2wav is self explanatory, but some authoring programs don't like wav, so then use besweet to convert it to an mp2 or ac3.

[jimmalenko]

That's actually a classic "problem" with your source file - most likely VBR MP3 audio or possibly AC3.