Encoding Xvids with TMPGENC 2.5

[Tweekie]

Hi i'm trying to encode an xvid to dvd following the guide provided by Lt Columbo. I'm usually successful following this guide although the past two times I have followed the resulting file at the end of the tmpgenc bit is a file that my computer does not recognise. Can anyone help me out here?

[LT. Columbo]

you should have an .mpeg-2 file. can you provide more details of the source file, steps used etc. and what software are you using to playback? MPC i hope;)

[Tweekie]

HI there thanks for getting back to me.

The source file is a xvid with a bit rate of 129 and frame rate 23 frames and a data rate of 118.

I'm using TMPGENC 2.5 and i'm following your guide to a T only in relation to the TMPGENC bit and in relation to files that are 23 frames. I'm not doing anything else. I have used your guide many times and I only ever need to use the bit about TMPGENC as I usually find that once I have followed your TMPGENC directions I can then author it in TMPGENC and add my menus and then burn it to disc with dvd shrink. On this occasion when I follow your directions for TMPGENC the end result is an unrecognised union file! I cannot play it back nor anything else. This is quite strange. I use winamp to play my files in as I find that plays most things although I do have mpc installed.

[LT. Columbo]

what is the extension of the output file?

[celtic_druid]

I thought this forum was for encoding to XviD, not encoding from XviD? At least that is what the description says.
Talk about conversion and encoding to the XviD MPEG-4 format

TMPGEnc outputs, mpg, m2v, mp2 and m1v files. To get something else you would have to change it manually.

[LT. Columbo]

i'm sure the mods will decide if it should be moved.

[Tweekie]

I'm sorry I must have miss read the title of the forum.

I have deleted the end file i'm sorry. I'm not sure what the extention was.

[LT. Columbo]

not much i can help you with now i guess;) you may have changed the output by accident (file>output to file.)

[Tweekie]

Ok thanks anyway matey - it might have just been a problem with the orginal xvid as if just done a different xvid and that works. Of may be it was a codec prob?

[LT. Columbo]

it is possible that it was different from the others, a screenshot of the file information from something like vdubmod or gspot would tell us that. it could still have been the file at fault too. but i guess it doesn't matter now since it's deleted, glad the guide has been working for you;)