I'm not sure if I am posting this in the correct forum, but I'd appreciate some help with converting a movie I have in DivX format to MPEG-1 using the TMPGEnc approach described elsewhere on this site.
According to the properties window in Windows Explorer, this movie is 640x272, 25 frames/sec, which I take to mean it's in PAL.
That's where the problems start - the movie doesn't have black bars, so what aspect ratio is it in? Where does this come in to play?
If I click on the advanced settings in TMPGEnc and go to the "Advanced" tab, I see source aspect ratio, but I do not know what to set it at. Is the aspect ratio 640/272 = 2.35:1?
Also on the same tab, what should video arrange method be?
Another problem I have is with the sound: there is none. The original AVI has sound, which the Explorer property window tells me is in MPEG Layer-3, at a bit rate of 132kbps. I take this to mean that it is encoded in VBR, since 132kbps is a non-standard rate.
Can TMPGEnc handle VBR MP3 encoding?
If I go to the Audio tab, everything except for channel mode, emphasis, and the check boxes is disabled. Stream type is set to MPEG-1 Audio Layer II, sampling frequency is 44100Hz, and bitrate is 224lbits/sec (this is different from what windows reported).
When I do a test encode of just a portion of the movie, I get an mpeg that has no sound. Also, it is stretched vertically and clipped at the edges.
Help!
TIA,
Flare
According to the properties window in Windows Explorer, this movie is 640x272, 25 frames/sec, which I take to mean it's in PAL.
That's where the problems start - the movie doesn't have black bars, so what aspect ratio is it in? Where does this come in to play?
If I click on the advanced settings in TMPGEnc and go to the "Advanced" tab, I see source aspect ratio, but I do not know what to set it at. Is the aspect ratio 640/272 = 2.35:1?
Also on the same tab, what should video arrange method be?
Another problem I have is with the sound: there is none. The original AVI has sound, which the Explorer property window tells me is in MPEG Layer-3, at a bit rate of 132kbps. I take this to mean that it is encoded in VBR, since 132kbps is a non-standard rate.
Can TMPGEnc handle VBR MP3 encoding?
If I go to the Audio tab, everything except for channel mode, emphasis, and the check boxes is disabled. Stream type is set to MPEG-1 Audio Layer II, sampling frequency is 44100Hz, and bitrate is 224lbits/sec (this is different from what windows reported).
When I do a test encode of just a portion of the movie, I get an mpeg that has no sound. Also, it is stretched vertically and clipped at the edges.
Help!
TIA,
Flare