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TMPGEnc: Undersize output video file

hello again all,
i have a 2 Mpeg's in which i made into a d2v using dvd2avi.
Mpeg's information:
Lengh: 133 Minutes
frame size: 480x480
Fps: 29.970
using templet :arrow: KVCD-CQ-352x240-_NTSCFilm_-PLUS.mcf
i used calcumatic and put a 112 audio birrate and used custom target of ( 780 MB) i calculated the birate and it was ( 702.1 ) so i put that birate in CQmatic hit encode, Tmpgenc started doing the prediction but really fast blinks of TmpgEnc it didn't open up...anyways it started encoding at 89.77 according to cQ matic but on the bottom in TmpGenc it still shows 70 for some reason. the final file came out to be 420 MB :( which is really short, anyone tell me why this is happening and waht i did wrong, or what i didn't do.

1/ Close CQMatic and look into the directory where cqmatic.exe is. you have 2 tpr files. Remove them an restart the process.

2/ check that you don't have long pathname in your tmpgenc project, and don't use any special characters for filenames (only letters and numbers).

If nothing works, post the log of cqmatic here (double clic into CQMatic window).

Okay i did that, made sure path names arent long and everything, still opens really fast and closes really fast started encoding though but just went through the prediction faze reallly fast. and still does say Qfactor of 70 at the bottom right hand corner of TmPgenc

Quote:

http://www.kvcd.net
CQMatic Version 1.2.06
Copyright Softronex Corporation, 2003.
All rights reserved.
Time: 14:49:19 Date: 07/07/2004
Ready!
Project: D:\Project\girl.tpr

Creating: CQMatic.tpr

D:\Project\girl.m1v
Project resolution: 352x240
Execute.
Movie Time: 133
Average Bitrate: 686.1
Full Encode mode
Executing Prediction Phase...
Process started at 14:49:52
On 07/07/2004
CQ set for prediction
Setting up initial sampling.
Using CQ of 60.00
Prediction cycle #1
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = 3.350936
Low fence: 60.000000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 60.00
Current CQ = 75.00
CQ difference = 15.000000
Using CQ of 75.00
Prediction cycle #2
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = 3.350936
Low fence: 75.000000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 75.00
Current CQ = 82.50
CQ difference = 7.500000
Using CQ of 82.50
Prediction cycle #3
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = 3.350936
Low fence: 82.500000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 82.50
Current CQ = 86.25
CQ difference = 3.750000
Using CQ of 86.25
Prediction cycle #4
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.00 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = 3.350936
Low fence: 86.250000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 86.25
Current CQ = 88.13
CQ difference = 1.875000
Using CQ of 88.13
Prediction cycle #5
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = 3.350936
Low fence: 88.125000
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 88.13
Current CQ = 89.06
CQ difference = 0.937500
Using CQ of 89.06
Prediction cycle #6
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = 3.350936
Low fence: 89.062500
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.06
Current CQ = 89.53
CQ difference = 0.468750
Using CQ of 89.53
Prediction cycle #7
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.00 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = 3.350936
Low fence: 89.531250
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.53
Current CQ = 89.77
CQ difference = 0.234375
Using CQ of 89.77
Prediction cycle #8
Encoder started...
Process time: 0.02 minutes.
Encoder end.
File size difference = 3.350936
Low fence: 89.765625
High fence: 90.000000
Last CQ = 89.77
Current CQ = 89.88
CQ difference = 0.117188
Final CQ value is 89.77
Encoding set to Full encode.
Full encode start...
CQMatic complete!
Total minutes of process: 0.10
Process ended at 14:49:58
On 07/07/2004

Can you open the ".sample" file that is in the destination directory into a media player. What is in it ?

the sample plays the first 55 seconds of the movie... :? hmm

55 second or 2 mintues ? Because if it is 2 minutes then that is normal : CQmatic uses this 2 minutes to do its test and extrapolate to the whole movie :-)

But that does not explain why you have still 70 at the end of the process :-(

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55 second or 2 mintues ? Because if it is 2 minutes then that is normal : CQmatic uses this 2 minutes to do its test and extrapolate to the whole movie

i don't think what i am doing is normal, becuase it is infact 55 seconds :(

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But that does not explain why you have still 70 at the end of the process

yes it doesn't, hmm i wonder if it has to do with the version that i am using Tmpenc or something i am using 2.59 i dunno if that helps

okay sorry phil, i got version 2.58 and so far its working the prediction is now taking about 5 minutes which is a good sign i'll let u know if the CQ on the bottom right hand will change to the actuall

alright for some reason, when i load the KVCD templet and do the CQmatic it doesn't work, it does the prediction really fast again, something is wrong...because it was working but for some reason the resolution changed to 480x480 so i stoped it and re-did the prediction and thats when my problem happened

Things about RESET source range editing anytime before to save the project in tmpgenc. That is explained in details in the CQMatic sticky post (where you DLed the tool).

Note: your thread has nothing to do in this forum section ;-)