Why can't TmpGEnc encode my .AVIs to .MPGs for VCD

[VideoMan]

I have TmpGEnc beta 12i and VirtualDub 1.4b installed on two networked computers side by side. After capture and editing(in VDub), I save my .avi files in PAL 352x288 using HuffyYUV compression and PCM 44KHz Stereo.

As usual, I have to frameserve the entire .avi file from VDub into TmpGEnc. The funny thing is that it works on one computer but not the other(unfortunately it doesn't work on the faster machine).

I load the VCD setting and increase the directshow priority. The frameserver setup has been installed for VDub but I still get the "xxx.avi" cannot load or unsupported". However, I works fine on the other machine *except* that sometimes I have to run 2-3 copies before it actually appears for use (i.e. The the first few copies remain unseen in the background but in a "not responding" state).

Can anyone explain these two phenomenon and give their solutions? Thanks!

[HillJack]

I had this exact problem (about having to load TMPGEnc a couple times before it appears) and determined the problem to be from running Windows Media Player 7 on WinME before loading TMPGEnc. I don't have this problem anymore on Win2K Pro.

Reboot Windows and DONT run WMP at all before loading TMPGEnc and it should load just fine (atleast it does for me).

If your priorities are setup the same on both machines, when you start the frameserver, and try to load the file on the machine that claims the file is not supported, try using XXX.vdr as the frameserver filename, and not .avi.

[Csea]

I'm having the same problem. Some of my .avi's loaded and converted just fine. The others give me the "unsupported" error. I tried the not loading windows media player (I'm on ME too), that didn't work for me. Any other suggestions?

[gambit32]

Can you watch the avi's before converting?

[henw]

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On 2001-08-11 00:58:28, gambit32 wrote:
Can you watch the avi's before converting?

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I have same problem as Csea. I can watch the avi before conberting. But, when converting, TMPGEnc tells me "upsupported" type. why is that?

[Bravo 1]

Read "What the bloody hell" post.

[Csea]

Yup, I can watch em before I try to convert. I may have had a break through today though! ONE of the avi's that had been giving me the "unsupported" error actually loaded and let me convert it after I uninstalled and re-installed my codec file. Dunno why that mattered, but it did help in ONE instance. Maybe the others will work now too! Thanks for your responses!

[kooky_e]

I am having a much different problem. My .avi's can convert, but when they are about 99% done, it tells me that i don't have the right dvd software, so the movie can't play back. I don't want it to play back, i just want it to convert the .avi. And when i say "ok", it's deletes the conversion and starts all over again. Any suggestions?