Trying to encode with TMPGEnc Plus

[morse]

I have been using Ulead VideoStudio 7 to edit and encode my TV recordings which are made on a ATI All In Wonder 9600 PRO at the highest setting ...= DVD quality. However, I have heard that TMPGEnc Plus has superior DVD output and filtering, and I have a particular recording with a lot of noise so I thought I would give it a try.

I loaded my mpeg-2 file into TMPGEnc Plus version 2.59. Using the wizard I set it up to output
NTSC MPEG-2 720X480 29.97bps, Linear PCM480
and checked the Noise and Ghosting filters. I then ran the encoding which took a very long time, considering I am running a dual 3.06 Xeon workstation.

When I finished I ended up with the video in a m2v file and the audio in a wav file. Why is it demultiplexed and how to I get them back together? I have tried to use the multiplex tool with TMPGEnc but it won't let me put it back together?? Says it does not support this file type??

I am very confused, why is it encoding this way and how do I create a single mpeg-2 file that I can burn my DVD from... or even play it back on my PC.

Thanks

[junkmalle]

If you use the project wizard, on one of the last dialogs is the option "ouput video and audio as individual elementary streams". Be sure you turn it off.

If you didn't use the wizard, down at the bottom of the main window in the "stream type" box, be sure you have "System (video+audio)" selected.

[Maggi]

for one, you should encode your audio to MP2 and not leave it uncompressed.

for the other, goto TMPEG's menu file > mpeg tools

there you are offered several tools for (de-)multiplexing which is the step you'd need to join audio and video at this stage.

for the next clip you are compressing, simply make sure that you choose the stream type "System (Video+Audio)", just like junkmalle suggested, because then in settings, it'll offer an audio tab for compression properties.

Btw, I use tooLAME as an external audio MPEG Layer II encoder, becuase it offers not only superior results, but you could also head for VBR in your audio streams.

[Patrick]

Not on this side of the pond.

Originally posted by Maggi
...you should encode your audio to MP2 and not leave it uncompressed.

I beg to differ. MPEG audio is not a standard with DVD here in North America. Some NTSC DVD decks will not recognize MP2 audio. Therefore, uncompressed PCM audio is safer to use than MP2 if you don't know for sure whether the playback deck will handle it or not.

AC3 audio is the best choice, but not everyone has that capability with their editing/authoring programs.

When I finished I ended up with the video in a m2v file and the audio in a wav file. Why is it demultiplexed and how to I get them back together?

TMPGEnc DVD Author will basically work with anything you can throw at it (within reason). I use both of the TMPGEnc programs mentioned in this thread, and I think they're both great!

[Maggi]

Re: Not on this side of the pond.

Originally posted by Patrick
I beg to differ. MPEG audio is not a standard with DVD here in North America. Some NTSC DVD decks will not recognize MP2 audio. Therefore, uncompressed PCM audio is safer to use than MP2 if you don't know for sure whether the playback deck will handle it or not.
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whooops ...

my apologies, didn't know anything about that and thanx for clarification.

[Hulk]

If I am reading your message correctly, you are capturing to the MPEG-2 format, right?

I don't use VideoStudio 7, but if it has a SmartRender feature like MSP7 you should just make sure SmartRender is set up correctly so that ONLY transitions and other parts of your project that need editing (text overlays, color correction,...) will be transcoded.

Transcoding, i.e. MPEG-2 to MPEG-2 format changes, are the worst thing you can do to the quality of a video file.

Better yet, capture to huffyuv or low compression PICVideo, edit and output in that format AND THEN load that file into TMPGEnc for encoding to MPEG-2.

I have a AIW9000Pro and know it will record to those formats just fine.

- Mark