Completely green video when encoding with TMPGE 2.53

[chiphead]

I am attempting to create an SVCD with DVD2SVCD. The vob files seem to rip correctly ( have used both smartripper and vstrip). After DVD2AVI and BeSweet are done then Tmpge begins to encode. The screen is completely green and I used settings supplied by a friend who has had good results. Therefore I beleive it is either hardware or codec related? Possibly Macrovision? I thought perhaps reinstalling TMPGE would help but no luck. Also that the Mpeg-2 had expired so I downloaded the trial version of 2.53 Plus but still the same results. I first discovered this after doing a complete rip of this DVD (AI) and the end product was large mpegs (3) that showed progress and produced sound but a totally green screen. Burned to a CDR to test and green screen on the set top player as well. I am now experimenting with another older DVD and just doing one vob to test as I change things and continue to get the green screen. I attempted to install Cinemacraft but I am running an AMD K62 500 and it won't install because of hardware limitations.
Is it even possible to do this on a K62 machine? 256 ram and 30 gig partion for video projects. Sefy? anyone?

[Scorpion]

well im pretty new here but i do know that a green screen means macrovision type problems ... in smartripper is the de-macrovision box ticked ? if not tick that .. also when useing tmpgenc do u load up the pal or ntsc file before u start to encode ? just a couple of things i can think of that might cause you some trouble .. sorry i couldnt be more help but im new here myself .. :oops:

[chiphead]

Thanks for the reply! I was hoping for more by now but I guess it's either a unique problem or the regulars haven't read it yet. Anyhow I checked vstrip and the "remove macrovision" is checked and vstrip is what I used on the last attempt. I am using a Matrox G200 marvel graphics card and I know there is a macrovision patch for it someplace cause I remember reading about it. I couldn't see what is would have to do with the graphics card but I'm pretty new to DVD2SVCD stuff as well. I have had luck with creating vcd/svcd using downloaded clips and my own captured DV but this is the only major bump I have encountered so far so.... Anyway Thanks again and let me know if you stumble across anything.

[chiphead]

Oh yeah I do load the SVCD template in TMPGE before running DVD2SVCD. Didn't do it the first time but the last 2 times. What's your experience with that?

[Sefy]

Since you did a ripping of the VOB's, the Macrovision removal on your Matrox will have no effect, that is good only when you are using the Capturing or Outputing.

Your problem sounds alot like bad ripping, I suggest you check your ASPI Layer, your ripper might not be accessing the VOB files correctly and they are for some reason still with the protection on them.

[chiphead]

Sefy,
Thanks for the reply. The process gets as far as DVD2AVI before there is a problem. I can view the .d2v project file. Looks fine. Then I attempted to just
open the project and encode directly with TMPGE outside of DVD2SVCD and it began to encode correctly. Fired up DVD2SVCD cleared my project partion drive and green screen when it got to the TMPGE encoding.

Q. Does the SVCD template in TMPGE have to be loaded and saved or will DVD2SVCD do it for me provided my settings are correct.

PS. My VOBs play fine with software player after being ripping to hard dvive.
so it seems the rip is ok. Or is there something bad about the rip you can't see when checking VOB's this way?

Thank You Again

[Sefy]

Basicly a DVD Player will be capable of playing back the VOB files, since it has the decoding software for it, so I don't know if you'll see a problem with the VOB's that way.

Now, you mentioned if you encoded directly with TMPGEnc from the D2V there is no problem, is that correct or am I misunderstanding ?

PS: I Locked the other topic so this will be the only active one.

[chiphead]

Correct I did encode directly from the d2v with TMPG as a test only. Once it began to encode (about 2 min in) I selected the preview option in TMPGE and I could view the beginning few secs fine. I am only assuming that that peview is a preview of the ENCODE and not a preview of the d2v correct?

[Sefy]

The preview you see while encoding is how the movie will look like basicly, so if you didn't get any green stuff there, you shouldn't get in the movie itself.

When exactly did you get the green ? if it's not in D2V and apparantly not if you encode using TMPGEnc, my only guess is the CCE plugin with DVD2SVCD that causes this.

[chiphead]

The entire screen was green. Video would play (progress bar would move) sound would play but video was completely green. This was after a full pass through DVD2SVCD using TMPG not CCE (CCE won't install on my K62 500) . Like I said when I encoded the .d2v outside of DVD2SVCD by loading it up with TMPG and using the SVCD template it worked (video showed up fine). Could DVD2SVCD be calling up different setting in TMPG or does it call up the SVCD template? I have DVD2SVCD selected under the "Misc" tab and TMPG selected under the "Encoder" tab.

PS. will future versions allow user to use other encoding progs than just TMPGE and CCE ?

[Sefy]

When using TMPGEnc directly, all works great with Video and Audio
When using DVD2SVCD directly, only Audio works, Video is green.

Am I correct ?
Check all the settings of DVD2SVCD, i'm not familiar with that program as i dont do SVCD's, but I believe that is the primary fault, I suggest you uninstall and install it again just to make sure nothing you changed caused it to behave badly.

[prox]

I'm having the same problem..

works fine through TMPG directly..

all green in CQ mode with DVD2SVCD

any luck ?

[dvd2svcd]

please post your dvd2svcd.ini file.