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

[e3wilson]

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]

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.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=56454

[e3wilson]

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!

[LT. Columbo]

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

let us know.

[anonymez]

LT, xvid 1.1 final had been released about a week ago http://www.koepi.org

[LT. Columbo]

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

[e3wilson]

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!!!

[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...

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.

[e3wilson]

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?

[LT. Columbo]

you didn't answer my question.....this is a problem that can be easily overcome---guaranteed.

[e3wilson]

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

[LT. Columbo]

from the link i already gave you

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).

[LT. Columbo]

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.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MPEG_Layer_3_Codec.htm

[e3wilson]

Everything is working fine now!

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

[LT. Columbo]

excellent