TMPGENC problem

[johnson636]

I've alredy read the thread on TMPGENC tips and it said to set the directshow multimedia file reader to 2. It was at 3 by default while I experienced the problem. So I set it to 2, samething. The problem is whenever I load the movie and click start, it just freezes up and then says it has to shutdown. Before my pc crashed, I was able to convert Xvid videos no problem. I can convert DIVX and other avi files, just not xvid. I have the neccessary codecs installed. I can play the movie in WMP just fine. I can even convert with Allvideoconverter; I just can't with TMPGENC now.
Here is the info on the xvid movie

Yet Another Avi Info (YAAI) Output File
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AVI Information
Filename: xvid-disc1.avi
Filesize: 733530112 Bytes (699.55 MB)
Streams (i.e. Video, Audio): 2
Video Stream
Compression: xvid - XVID MPEG-4
Avg. Bitrate: 1258.43 kbit/s
Resolution: 576x304
Color Depth: 12 bits
Running Time: 3420.09 s (57m 0s)
Framerate: 23.9760 fps
Microseconds Per Frame: 41708 ms
Frames: 82000
Keyframes: 605 (Every 135)
Audio Stream
Wave Type: 8192 - AC3 Audio
Avg. Bitrate: 448.00 kbit/s
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Bit Depth: 0 Bits
Channels: 5
Audio Delay: 0.00 s
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Here is the environment settings of TMPGENC

VFAPI-Plugin Property
Directshow Multimedia file reader 3
AVI2 file reader 1
AVI VFW compatibility reader 0
Cyberlink- MPEG-2 Decoder 0
Microsoft- MPEG-I Decoder 0
Wave file reader 0
BMP\PPM\TGA\JPG file reader -2

 

[celtic_druid]

The default is -1 and personally I have never seen the need to change it, the XviD VFW decoder works fine for me with TMPGEnc.

These other files that convert, do they also use AC3 audio?

 

[ChickenMan]

TMPGenc just cant handle AC3 audio. Use Nandub to extract and convert the AC3 to a WAV file, then in TMPGEnc, use that new wav file for Audio siurce and the Xvid for Video source. All explained more in the DVD to VCD tutorial.