MPEG Compatibility Problems in TMPGenc. Please Help

[DTWells]

I am trying to convert an mpg I already have and when I load it in tmpg it says that it cannot open or is invalid. I don't want to convert to avi and then back to mpg (which does work) because this is a dvd rip (not my rip) and I want to retain high quality. Any clues on how to get this to work?

[VisiBill]

Assuming that your mpg file is MPEG-2 format, you might find your problem will be solved by installing the 'TMPGEnc MPEG2 Plugin', which you can find from the Tools section of this site, under 'Video Encoders'. Follow the instructions to install it.

[DTWells]

there are no instructions, just a txt file in japanese that I can't read. The exe file isnt an install file either. How can this work?

[DTWells]

I put the files in the directory and now it just freezes up the program, doesnt even give me a warning

[VisiBill]

Sorry, I thought there were some instructions with it .. I definitely read some instructions somewhere. Try searching the forum.

As far as I remember, you copy the m2v.vfp file into the same directory as the TMPGenc.exe file. You then run TMPGEnc and go into the Option menu/Environmental setting...

Click on the VFAPI Plug-in tab and you should see the MPEG2 Video Plugin listed. Right click on it and increase its priority until it is higher than the others listed (1 on my system).

This worked for me - with TMPGEnc 2.51.

Best of luck.

[DTWells]

I put it to 1 and it still freezes up

[vcd4me]

is the file your starting with mpeg 1 or mpeg2

[DTWells]

In PowerDVD it says that its MPEG-2 for video and audio. I installed the mpeg2 file for tmpg but it just freezes the program up. what can work?

[DTWells]

I just put the setting to -4, (I use -2 for it to work with avi's and it works good) and it loaded up but still said its invalid. What can I do to fix this?

[vcd4me]

I'm sorry idn't ask this part last time

why are you converting it? you never said

[DTWells]

because the file isnt compatible with stand alones. I want to be able to play it on a stand alone player

[DTWells]

Is there some special settings I need to use for the MPEG2 file on TMPGEnc?