TMPGnc nightmares.

[Darklord]

I am not having the freezing problems that I keep hearing about, but I feel like I have become and expert on making "hong Kong" dubs.

I record Video from my satellite dish in mpeg2 format. When I try to open the captured file, TMPG will only recognize it as a Video file. Although mpg1 files downloaded from the net open as audio and video files.

I demux, creating 2 files, audio and video.

I try to cut out commercials using the mpeg tools menu.

Then I sit through reencoding.

first few minutes the audio and video are in sync, but then trails off.

I have tried Ulead products (Video Studio 6 came with my card) no luck.

TMPG, no luck.

Then I went to trial downloads of MEdia Studio Pro, no luck there, it just locks up requiring me to shut it down. M2Edit also no luck.

I followed the guides over at VCDHelp for all of the above that they have guides for, retired each and every step, and double checked every time. no luck.

I'm frustrated to the point that I feel like just burning this crap to disc and leaving the damn commercials intact.

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I guess you have MPEG-2 transport streams, not program streams. Use PVAstrumento to convert to program streams, and try again.

To cut out the commercials you should convert the captured file to PVA (using PVAstrumento), then use PVACut to cut (GOP accuracy), then convert the PVA to an MPEG-2 program stream (PVAstrumento again).

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[Darklord]

Hey thanks!!

I downloaded 3 programs, all of which are apparently needed for this. The 2 you mentioned, and a DVD2AVI_PVA viewer.

will try this tomorrow.


this is the first I have heard of mpeg2 transport streams vs. program streams. I presume that is why when I loaded the file in TMPG it only picks up video and not audio?

Man, if this works I am going to be one happy individual.

[cweb]

I record from satellite too.

This is my method. YMMV.
I use DVD2AVI to create a d2v project file and then I write an avisynth script. You then load the avisynth script into Tmpgenc. The sound is left by DVD2AVI as an mpa file, so I use Winamp 2 with the high precision MPEG plugin to expand that into a WAV file (so I can check for clipping sounds as these play havoc with my DVD player - the sound goes way too low after one of them, for some seconds) and if there is any clipping sound I can replace it with silence using an audio editor. Then In Tmpgenc I can load the avisynth script for the video and the WAV file for the audio. The most recent Tmpgenc's can create separate video and audio files, which is what I use since I create KVCD format mostly (and I have to BBMUX them together into an svcd wrapper so that the DVD player accepts the file).

Originally posted by Darklord
Hey thanks!!

I downloaded 3 programs, all of which are apparently needed for this. The 2 you mentioned, and a DVD2AVI_PVA viewer.

will try this tomorrow.


this is the first I have heard of mpeg2 transport streams vs. program streams. I presume that is why when I loaded the file in TMPG it only picks up video and not audio?

Man, if this works I am going to be one happy individual.

[Darklord]

update:

No luck.

Every time I click on make PVA, it will run for a few minutes then the program crashes every time.

Any othjer prgrams I can use to convert a transport stream to a program stream?