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Please help a newbie
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Girl
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25. January 2003 @ 04:00 |
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I have trouble encoding with TMPGEnc because it says that my video source is unsupported. In the site's guide there is a way to solve that problem but it doesn't work for me. I'd appreciate your help. Anyone.
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25. January 2003 @ 06:50 |
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What are you trying to convert divx to mpg??
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Girl
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25. January 2003 @ 07:10 |
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avi to mpg I think. This is the first time I'm doing this so forgive my ignorance.
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25. January 2003 @ 18:03 |
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forgive??? ya didn't do nuthin wrong!
I assume that you have codecs installed to view the avi??
One thing you should try is click option - environmental settings and click the "vfapi plug-in" tab. Look for directshow on the list and right click it. You can put its priority up here. Keep raising the priority until its higher than the rest. try setting it to 2.
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Girl
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26. January 2003 @ 00:08 |
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Thanks I tried that but still it doesn't work. Everytime I choose the d2v file from the file dialog I get the same message: File C:\*.d2v can not open, or unsupported. Very annoying. The guide on this site says I should have DVD2AVI project file loader listed under the VFAPI plug-in tab. But it doesn't appear there. Cheers.
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26. January 2003 @ 13:11 |
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Girl
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26. January 2003 @ 23:21 |
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No, it didn't help :(
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27. January 2003 @ 04:00 |
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This is probably a very stupid idea but try giving the file a .avi extension instead of .d2v
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Girl
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27. January 2003 @ 11:24 |
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Is my computer supposed to have MMX? I mean I haven't done anyhting wrong (I think). Everytime I click on certain files it says they are missing. Thanks for your patience.
BTW how do I do what you just said???
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27. January 2003 @ 11:31 |
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Sorry I don't think you can do what I just said, lol. Anyway, another idea would be to get a copy of DVD2SVCD and use that to convert avi to mpg.
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28. January 2003 @ 02:55 |
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Oh wait i actually meant to say more.
DVD2SVCD is a whole set of programs in one so it would have TMPGEnc and dvd2avi in it! It should work good.
EDIT:: I just thought of something! People do this all the time and its the last thing you could think of. afetr you save the dvd2avi project file, do you close dvd2avi and try to load it into TMPGEnc, If you do, leave DVD2AVI open because it is frameservering to TMPGEnc!
If that isnt your problem then try to get the latest versions of the two programs and try installing them again!
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Girl
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28. January 2003 @ 05:10 |
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I'm downloading the DVD2SVCD thing now and I hope it works. I also tried downloading new versions of tmpgenc and DVD2AVI but the new version of DVD2AVI doesn't like my computer very much. It doesn't create a *.wav file, instead it creates 5 other USELESS files and still the *.d2v file won't load!!!!
I just hope the result is worth the trouble.
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28. January 2003 @ 05:20 |
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I use DVD2SVCD for all my avi (and dvd) to vcd/svcd conversions. I use it with TMPGEnc for VCD and CCE SP for SVCD. CCE SP has very very high quality!.
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Girl
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28. January 2003 @ 09:59 |
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I'm going to try and convert DVD to VCD using DVD2SVCD. Could you pleeeeease tell me how if its not asking a lot??? A link to a guide is fine. Thanks.
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FIXIT
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28. January 2003 @ 10:20 |
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I had the same problem with tmpgenc not opening the d2v file, so i downloaded and installed dvd2svcd, when i did this it actually sorted the problem out, just out of curiosity have u tried to encode the file since installing it?
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28. January 2003 @ 12:43 |
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Girl
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29. January 2003 @ 08:59 |
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Yipee!!!!!! Its working! Finally! Actually I?m converting DVD to SVCD. Why make a VCD when you can make a SVCD? I hope it works on my DVD player! 8 more hours to go. Special thanks to you Dela ;) for all your help. By the way FIXIT, you solved the biggest problem. I used the DVD2AVI program which came with the DVD2SVCD software bundle and TMPGEnc which I had downloaded earlier. They worked together and my video file loaded! I aborted the whole thing anyway! I think the problem is with the DVD2AVI available for download alone. Probably you already know that so please try and do something about it :)
BTW I have a question: Can I turn off the subtitles on a SVCD and turn them back on whenever I like or will they be permanently there? I chose rip subtitles and then clicked on the SVCD subtitles radio button.
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29. January 2003 @ 13:15 |
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Actually no you can't unfortunately! You see the subtitles are in seperate streams on the movie files on a dvd wheras on an svcd, they are part of the movie stream so they are there permanently!
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29. January 2003 @ 13:32 |
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I am not sure about that, dela, I think SVCD supports selectable subs, as well as two alternate languages. It is VCD that you need to burn the subs on permanently.
Why make a VCD when you can make SVCD? Well, SVCD is better quality and has more features but will often take 3 discs instead of 2. There are other methods as well including CVD (Chines Video Disc). Also, SVCD is compatible with fewer Standalones.
:-)
Paul.
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FIXIT
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29. January 2003 @ 14:12 |
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not exactly sure that the problem is cured by different versions of dvd2avi, when u install the dvdtosvcd software bundle it also installs codecs and udates the registry, might be worth having a look at, this seems to be the most widespread problem with encoding using this method, The reason i prefer vcd to svcd is the encoding time is faster with vcd over a 2 pass vbr mpeg 2 encode and some standalone players (ie mine lol :)) has severe audio synch problems with svcd
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29. January 2003 @ 14:16 |
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If you are using TMPGEnc then yes, chose vcd but for CCE SP then vbr svcd takes very little time, even at 4 pass encoding and the quality is much higher than TMPGEnc can ever hope to go!
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FIXIT
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29. January 2003 @ 14:20 |
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Ill give CCE a try when i buy a dvd player that doesnt suck lol :P thnx Dela
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Girl
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29. January 2003 @ 21:28 |
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I finished the encoding! Now I have 2 .bin files and 2 .cue files. What am I supposed to do with them. Throw them in the bin? No actually I tried burning them onto CDs with Nero but I get the message that they are invalid and Nero needs mpeg2 encoded for svcd. I did something wrong again, didn't I? If the subtitles are going to be permanent then that's very bad 'cause I put both French and English subtitles! Yikes! I'll be watching subtitles not a movie! LOL!
I've got a new Sony DVD that I bought 3 months ago. The svcd is gonna work won't it? Please tell me it will :)
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FIXIT
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30. January 2003 @ 04:27 |
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the bin and cue files need to be burned as an image see here http://www.afterdawn.com/articles/archive/bin_cue_with_nero.cfm
as for the dvd players sony players are one of the worst ones to actually get a vcd or svcd to play on them The media u use has to be chosen carefully as most normal cdr disks wont work. most people have more success with cd rewritable disks in sony players also does the sony player have svcd support tell me the model number and ill try to find out for you
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30. January 2003 @ 04:39 |
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Oh ye girl, in DVD2SVCD you're better off if it doesnt create cd images because it sometimes produces bad quality in the movie. in dvd2svcd, click cd images and click do not make images in the bottom left hand corner!
then just burn the .mpgs with nero just like you would any other!
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