Help.... Conversion & Author Problem with TMPGENC Xpress V.4.4.1.237

[milindb1]

Dear All,

My PC Config is-

AMD Athlon Dual Core 4000+
ASUS M2A-VM Mainboard
2GB DDR2 RAM 633MHZ
500GB SATA2 HDD Seagate
Liteon DVD RW

I am using TMPGENC Xpress V.4.4.1.237 for ripping of DVDs to MPEG VCD PAL format with default ripping settings.
When I author the ripped MPEG file for DVD with "TMPGEnc DVD Author ver.3.1.2.176" with default authoring settings & play the DVD on DVD Players then the Video Flickers on some DVD players .

But if I Author the same ripped MPEG file with NERO VISION Ver.5 (comes with Nero8 Ultra) then the problem doesn't occurs. The NERO VISION Ver.5 takes long time to author (about 3 Hrs.) compared to TMPGEnc DVD Author (1Hr).

I can't understand that what is the reason of this problem. Is there any settings for TMPGENC Xpress or TMPGEnc DVD Author.

Please Help Me.
Thanks in advance.

[Baldrick]

It sounds like nerovision is reconvert the video again(and fixes the flickers...).

If the source DVD is NTSC then try convert to VCD NTSC in Tmpgenc Xpress and make a NTSC DVD in TMpgenc DVD Author.

(I guess you want to fit several movies on one DVD...or else I don't know why you would like to convert to low resolution VCD )

[milindb1]

Thanks For Reply,

Yes you have guessed right Baldrick. I have fitted 4-5 movies on one DVD.

Is There any Interlace/Deinterlace/Progressive settings in TMPGENC Xpress?

I am always makes the PAL DVD with PAL VCD compliant MPEGs.

[CDan]

This is confusing. TMPGEnc-Author does not create VCD, or anything else other than DVD-Video (MPEG-2) and DIVX.

If you want to cram that many movies on one disc, just feed TMPGEnc-Author the original DVD's, and create a DIVX with menu.

[milindb1]

CDan Please read my post carefully, I have mentioned that I am using TMPGEnc DVD Author to author DVDs to burn VCD compliant MPEGs only. i.e.(352*288, 25fps, 1150KBPS Bitrate).
The problem is with TMPGENC Xpress only, which is automatically corrected in Nero Vision5, but not in TMPGEnc-Author.

Is there any settings in TMPGEnc-Xpress?

Thanks For Reply.

[gyoshi]

There is also a transcode setting in the Output stage of DVD Author 3 where you can set the output size in case you go over the capacity of the DVD.

Thus you could do as CDan says and import the DVDs directly into DVD Author 3 instead of going through XPress first and just transcode them to fit on the DVD.

Or, if you really want to use XPress, convert the video to DVD-Video and lower the bitrates. I'm thinking that the conversion to VCD is the problem here, but that's just my guess.

[milindb1]

Gyoshi Thanks for reply,
You are right, the TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 can import the DVDs & then we can author them.
But I want to save the MPGs to my HDD for using them frequently & this is not possible with DVD Author3.
Also in TMPGEnc Xpress4, if I try to transcode the DVD to DVD-Video at lower/higher bitrates then the TMPGEnc Xpress4 analyses the whole file before transcoding it & this takes approx 45Mins.
Now this is the wastage of time, that's why I am using VCD template. This does't analyses the file & saves my time.
can I use DIVX template?

[milindb1]

Is there anyone who have solution?

[TBoneit]

Gyoshi Thanks for reply,
You are right, the TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 can import the DVDs & then we can author them.
But I want to save the MPGs to my HDD for using them frequently & this is not possible with DVD Author3.
Also in TMPGEnc Xpress4, if I try to transcode the DVD to DVD-Video at lower/higher bitrates then the TMPGEnc Xpress4 analyses the whole file before transcoding it & this takes approx 45Mins.
Now this is the wastage of time, that's why I am using VCD template. This does't analyses the file & saves my time.
can I use DIVX template?

Actually one they've been authored you re-use them in TDA3 easily. Source wizard.

[milindb1]

Thanks for replies....
I think I have not got the right solution yet....from you guys....

[gyoshi]

DivX could be a good solution. Can your DVD player play DivX files? If so, then you can make a DivX DVD with TMPGEnc DVD Author 3. Granted, you may not have the fancy menus (unless you have a DivX Ultra player) but you'd be able to fit more content with DivX than a regular DVD.

Going back to your original problem (flickering), have you since tried converting the ripped DVD to another format besides VCD? If so, does it still flicker when made into a DVD with DVD Author 3? It might be good to know if the conversion to VCD truly is part of the problem or not.

[milindb1]

Thanx gyoshi for reply.
I want to make DVDs with simple Menus in less time so I must use TMPGEnc DVD Author3. I don't have DIVX Player, So the DIVX idea is cancelled.
Now the flickering problem is with VCD MPEG files only. I can't allocate huge space for MPEG2 files & that's why I am using the VCD MPEG files option.
So please suggest me the right solution.

[gyoshi]

Well, I think your only other option is to encode to DVD-Video format if you want to take advantage of DVD Author 3's Smart Rendering.
So in TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress, you can output to PAL DVD-Video and change the settings to match your VCD settings (352*288, 1150kb/s Bitrate). In my tests, the results don't look as good as VCD, but it's something you can try to see if it solves your flickering problem. You can also use the deinterlace filter in the Clip Editor which might help.

Is your source file (the DVD you're ripping) PAL or NTSC?

Also, you can try updating to the latest version of TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. They're on version 4.5.2.255.

[milindb1]

Thanx again gyoshi for reply...
I have tried the latest version 4.5.2.255 also but the problem is remains same.
I am trying now the deinterlace filter option...........which you have suggested.

[milindb1]

Hello Everybody once again....

Gyoshi I have tried the deinterlace filter option...........which you have suggested.
But the problem is remain same.
Please anyone can suggest me the right solution?

[gyoshi]

In 4.0 XPress, output to PAL DVD-Video and lower the bitrate/resolution to get a lower file size.

Have you tried this?
As I said before, this is your only other (and probably best) solution if you still want to take advantage of DVD Author 3's smart rendering feature.

[milway]

What type of DVD are you trying to rip to VCD mpegs(souyrce)? PAL or NTSC

[milindb1]

What type of DVD are you trying to rip to VCD mpegs(souyrce)? PAL or NTSC

Both PAL & NTSC.....

[milindb1]

Thanx Gyoshi for reply.....
I have tried the option "output to PAL DVD-Video and lower the bitrate/resolution to get a lower file size".

This option takes very long time to Analyse the Video before Encoding.

It takes double time for entire process, that's why I am ignoring it.

Do you know the exact solution for VCD MPEG Flicker problem.

[sumeshkri]

your ooption should be mpeg 1 video 1150 kbps and the minimum audio bitrate. then it will take less time to encode to dvd comaptible video with TDA. after adding files to tda you see the clip properties and format target properties. you adjust the video to mpeg 1. it will sve your video vithout reencode that means less time. you can then save these options giving a new name. and that will be your persolised format. goodluck.