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  • e3wilson
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Jan 2006
    • 15

    TMPGen won't convert some files!!! Help!

    I have some video files that for some reason the extension on them was .204 (or .206, .209, etc) They still played in DivX but when I went to convert them to mpeg, TPMGen said they were not supported files and I couldn't convert them. So I tried just changing the extension to .avi and they play in WMP but TMPGen still won't recognize them as an appropriate file!

    Could someone familiar with the program let me know what I should do....or is there another conversion program that will accept these files???
  • LT. Columbo
    Demigod of Digital Video
    • Nov 2004
    • 10671

    #2
    first you should get virtualdub from this guide and post the audio and video file info to see what we are dealing with. sometimes raising the directshow alone will be enough as explained in the guide.
    "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
    Columbo moments...
    "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
    "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
    (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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    • e3wilson
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Jan 2006
      • 15

      #3
      I can't load any of the files into VirtualDub....the error message I get says:

      Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'XVID' (unknown)
      VirtualDub requires a video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable.

      I don't even know what a codec is....I'm so lost!

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      • LT. Columbo
        Demigod of Digital Video
        • Nov 2004
        • 10671

        #4
        google "xvid 1.0.3 koepi's latest build" install it. try to load the files again, try tmpgenc again.

        let us know.
        "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
        Columbo moments...
        "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
        "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
        (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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        • anonymez
          Super Moderator
          • Mar 2004
          • 5525

          #5
          LT, xvid 1.1 final had been released about a week ago http://www.koepi.org
          "What were the things in Gremlins called?" - Karl Pilkington

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          • LT. Columbo
            Demigod of Digital Video
            • Nov 2004
            • 10671

            #6
            thanx for the info anon, i've been using 1.0.3 stable since it was released!

            "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
            Columbo moments...
            "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
            "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
            (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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            • e3wilson
              Junior Member
              Junior Member
              • Jan 2006
              • 15

              #7
              Yay!!! It worked...well, kinda

              It accepted all my files and converted them, but when it did I lost the sound and there's like and extra hour of just a black screen. I'm wondering if there's something I should do differently to fix this (I've been following your AVI to MPEG guide to the letter LT)

              Also, another question, if I have a huge video file that is too big to convert and put on one disk, is there a way that I can split the file into two and put each of them on different disks....like a part a and part b?

              Thanks again!!!

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              • LT. Columbo
                Demigod of Digital Video
                • Nov 2004
                • 10671

                #8
                1) did you raise direct show? it is possible there may be a problem with the file itself. you still should post the file info from vdubmod as requested earlier...

                2) splitting can be done easily if desired. you can also lower the bitrates to allow it all to fit on one disc depending on your quality standards for your project.
                "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
                Columbo moments...
                "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
                "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
                (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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                • e3wilson
                  Junior Member
                  Junior Member
                  • Jan 2006
                  • 15

                  #9
                  Okay...

                  When I browse for the file in TPMGen the video file opens but the audio doesn't open automatically and when I browse to specify the audio file it says that it doesn't support that file.


                  Is there a guide for splitting that I should search on the forums for?

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                  • LT. Columbo
                    Demigod of Digital Video
                    • Nov 2004
                    • 10671

                    #10
                    you didn't answer my question.....this is a problem that can be easily overcome---guaranteed.
                    "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
                    Columbo moments...
                    "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
                    "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
                    (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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                    • e3wilson
                      Junior Member
                      Junior Member
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 15

                      #11
                      Originally Posted by LT. Columbo
                      1) did you raise direct show? it is possible there may be a problem with the file itself. you still should post the file info from vdubmod as requested earlier....
                      I don't know what you mean by raise direct show....and below is the file info from vdubmod
                      Attached Files

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                      • LT. Columbo
                        Demigod of Digital Video
                        • Nov 2004
                        • 10671

                        #12
                        from the link i already gave you

                        Originally Posted by LT. Columbo
                        Go to the TMPGEnc's Option menu and select Environmental settings. From there, select the
                        VFAPI Plug-in tab.

                        There you see a list of various reader plugins installed for the TMPGEnc. The one that's called DirectShow Multimedia File Reader is the one that we're looking at. As a default, its priority is -1. Select the item and right click on it. Choose Higher priority and repeat this until the "Priority" for this item is higher than any other plugin's priority in the list (usually 2).
                        "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
                        Columbo moments...
                        "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
                        "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
                        (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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                        • LT. Columbo
                          Demigod of Digital Video
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 10671

                          #13
                          i hope you installed xvid. with that installed and fraunhofer's mp3 codec you will not have trouble. get it here, with all this installed THEN start again to encode.
                          Download Fraunhofer MPEG Layer-3 Audio Decoder : Fraunhofer MPEG Layer-3 Audio Decoder allows you to play the well-known MP3 audio format
                          "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
                          Columbo moments...
                          "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
                          "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
                          (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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                          • e3wilson
                            Junior Member
                            Junior Member
                            • Jan 2006
                            • 15

                            #14
                            Everything is working fine now!

                            Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                            • LT. Columbo
                              Demigod of Digital Video
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 10671

                              #15
                              excellent
                              "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
                              Columbo moments...
                              "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
                              "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
                              (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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