i need advice

[theendoffear]

ok, so i really like that tmpgnc program...its easy to use and good quality...but since it only supports mpeg1&2 formats, im gonna need to convert my .avi's to mpeg1's...what is a good and fast program to use?

[lordsmurf]

What? TMPGEnc can open any number of source files. It only converts to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2. It reads pretty much anything you have codecs for.

[theendoffear]

Maybe because im using the trial version...it says that avi's are an illegal format...

[mats.hogberg]

No, it's not that TMPGEnc doesn't support AVI (because it does) - it's that it has problems with that particular AVI.
Read on here:
https://www.videohelp.com/tmpgenc.htm#problems

/Mats

[jimmalenko]

What? TMPGEnc can open any number of source files. It only converts to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2. It reads pretty much anything you have codecs for.

I'm pretty sure you can output to AVI as well. TMPGEnc Plus can, anyway.

[Abond]

ok, so i really like that tmpgnc program...its easy to use and good quality...but since it only supports mpeg1&2 formats, im gonna need to convert my .avi's to mpeg1's...what is a good and fast program to use?

If you mean TMPG DVD Author, then, yes. You can convert to mpeg1,2 with TMPGEnc.

[mats.hogberg]

Me thinks Abond has had his crystal ball fine tuned!
@theendoffear: Please use a more describing subject than "i need advice" - That's the reason for 99% of all threads here!

/Mats

[theendoffear]

Ok, so i download tmpgencplus and it has a place for video file and audio file...i can put the .avi in the video file, now what do i put for the audio file?

[lordsmurf]

What? TMPGEnc can open any number of source files. It only converts to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2. It reads pretty much anything you have codecs for.

I'm pretty sure you can output to AVI as well. TMPGEnc Plus can, anyway.

Oh yeah, I forget about that. FILE -> OUTPUT

[ZippyP.]

...now what do i put for the audio file?

Assuming your video contains audio it should load it automatically for the audio source. You are following a guide I hope. There's lots of them for TMPGEnc and as you're a newbie to the program I recommend it.

[mats.hogberg]

If the AVI doesn't show as audio source when you set it as video source, TMPGEnc has found a audio type it can't handle. (Usually AC3) You then have to extract audio from AVI and convert it to wav first, then use the wav as audio source.
And again:

@theendoffear: Please use a more describing subject than "i need advice" - That's the reason for 99% of all threads here!

Use the Edit button.

/Mats