Recommended TMPGEnc settings
 

Here's a quick write-up of the settings I've come to use with TMPGEnc. They seem to be optimal for use with KVCD.

First, get TMPGEnc 2.58 (not 2.59 as it seems to have problems producing correctly sized files) from here.

Download the ReadAVS VFAPI plugin from here, then install as per the instructions in the readme.

Run TMPGEnc and close the wizard if it pops up. Go to the Option menu and select Environmental Setting...

General

Choose the following options:

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Enter a suitable location in the "Temporary file" text box. The partition on which this is located should have at least a gigabyte free.

CPU

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Ensure that all checkboxes in the "CPU setting" group that can be checked are checked, except "Use multi-thread" if you only have one processor. TMPGEnc will then automatically select the fastest way of accessing the CPU.

Note: Some assert that TMPGEnc is made faster by checking the "Use multi-thread" option, then enabling the "Enable pipeline", "Enables pipeline for Motion search", and "Prefetch Video" checkboxes. I doubt it would make much difference, but I've not benchmarked it yet.

Sound

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If you want you can choose a different sound sample to play when TMPGEnc has done encoding.

External tool

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Since you'll almost certainly be using HeadAC3he to encode your audio, this tab is not relevent.

VFAPI plug-in

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This tab is perhaps the most important. Uncheck all plugins except "Avisynth/VirtualDub script reader v0.1". If you do not see that plugin listed, make sure you installed the ReadAVS plugin properly and restart TMPGEnc.

It's important to note that you must be outputing in YUY2 format from Avisynth for the plugin to work. Never use the "ConvertToRGB" Avisynth filter at the end of your script, or it will not load into TMPGEnc.

Now hit the "OK" button and enjoy :).

Re: Recommended TMPGEnc settings
 

This link is dead. Can you provide another?

Here you can find a Download location:

http://www.christian-behrens.de/video/teil4_4.htm

Just choose "tmpgenc-readavs.zip" ;-)

Or here: www.kvcd.net/ReadAVS.zip

-kwag

Thank you for posting the settings, howeve in my Environental Settings -> VFAP Plugins, under READAVS it tell me "This File Can Not Be Loaded", however I have no problem loading my avs script and it will process the file. How can I tell TMPGEnc to load this file> I have loaded the TMPGEnc ReadAVS, have the DLL's etc.... thank you

Bud

Hi Bud,

Put the ReadAVS.dll in the same directory you have TMPEG installed.

-kwag

Kwag

Have done that and the results are the same. There seems not to have any effect on TMPGEnc, as stated I can process the avs without any problems, it' s just that TMPGEnc tells me the READAvs can not be loaded. Thanks

Bud

from the readme in readavs:

To install this filter, you will have to do the following:

1. Unpack the archive to a temporary directory.

2. Move the ReadAVS.dll file to your TMPGEnc directory.

3. Edit the ReadAVS.reg file with a text editor so that the path to
the DLL is correct for your system.

4. Double-click on the ReadAVS.reg file to add its contents to the registry.

5. Close and restart TMPGEnc if it's running.


Once you've completed the steps above,
you can delete the contents of the temporary directory.

:wink:

I forgot those steps :!:
Thanks jorel :!:
Sorry Bud :oops:

-kwag

jorel/Kwag

Thanks...will try now...I seem to remember this being posted some time back....There are certain body parts that I can live without when they go...but the ole' brain is not one of them............thanks again

Bud

Now Fixed....you know everytime I have one of those brain farts it just weaker and weaker....

Bu

Is there any advantage to use TMPGENC with Avisynth using READAVS, or using it without READAVS (and with converting to RGB24) will encode at the same speed.
I've never used READAVS, and I've aways been happy. Yet, if this would speed up the thing....

Hi cweb,
You shouldn't have to convert to RGB at all...
More, if your source is DVD you should always keep your colorspace yv12 at all times.
Try using readavs.dll as explained by jorel and remove the converttogrb().
You'll see few changes in quality but and speed but remember: yv12 is colorspace of DVD. If you want your encoded movie to be as similar as your DVD you should not use any converttoXXX().
BTW I'm very surprised you can load any avisynth script into tmpgenc without readavs.dll. Maybe you're using directshow filter instead. If so stop using it.
Cheers

If you don't use avisynth's converttoxxx, you'll be relying on XviD if you've got that installed. And there are some possible inaccuracies arising from that, I believe. I prefer to use avisynth's converttoxxx because it's better at that.

I'm trying readavs (but with converttoYUY2) to see if there is any speed advantage.

Edit: Yes, I've always done that (loading .avs file) into tmpgenc without problems - perhaps it's using directshow as you say (hmm that would be slower indeed). I'm using the registered tmpgenc plus.

If you do not use readavs you are using directshow handler of tmpgnc. This way all dshw filter that are on the disc can be used even without your notice. This include Divx Antifreeze, DirectVobsub and most of all, ffdshow !

The filters can modificate DEEPLY the video stream and thus, you do not master at all what is done on the picture you send to tmpgenc.

That is not recommanded at all.

Note: NO directshow handler of tmpeg is not slower than readavs. Do not mistaken with directshowsource that is a lot slower than avisource or mpeg2source in avisynth.

Does anyone has the thumbnails cause i cant see them here

or can someone tell me the Recommended TMPGEnc settings.?

It's a shame that SansGrip's link is out. It's been down for quite a while.

@jorel,
Would you happen to have this page saved :?:
If you do, I'll post the Jpegs locally.
And if you do, you'll be officially named "The KVCD Gatekeeper" :lol:

-kwag

maybe yes.....90% right....
is in my backup hd that is out of my pc now, only need to find!

i have ~20Gb from KVCD forum saved!
8O
:lol:

8)

found!
i have here in this hd too!

Kwag,

can i send the images to your mail now?
as bmp?
:wink:

Sure :)

-kwag

Like magic :D
Screenshots restored :!:
Thanks jorel :cool:

-kwag

THanks guyss :D :D

This guy is amazing ! :jawdrop:

Thanks Dialhot. I only found your reply now :) but I did switch to ReadAVS from that time basically...

TMPGEnc 2.58
 

Where can I go to download TMPGEnc 2.58? On tmpgenc web site it only says you can download 2.51.

Can someone help me?

2.58 is in fact 2.5.8. We are now at 2.5.21 :!:
(also called 2.521).
No need to DL 2.58 so, it is very old.

TMPGEnc 2.58
 

Do anyone have a link where I can download TMPGEnc 2.58? I'm going by what the guide said I needed to get the correct settings. Do the new version works for kvcd movies?

Are you blind or something like this?
Do you read previous Dialhot post.
Search internet for Tsunami MPEGEncoder official site and download last free version.

Edited: You can use any TMPGEnc version, except 2.59.

:-D

I'M NOT BLIND!!!
 

No, I'm not blind. I'm going by the guides on this site and that is what I needed. You don't have to be sarcastic. I'm a newbie I didn't know so I asked.

YOU DON'T NEED 2.58. TAKE A MORE RECENT VERSION :!: :!: :!:
:banghead:
(except 2.59 as already told. and not the 3.0 also if you need to follow a guide as lot of things were modified in this last release).

Problems with TMPGEnc settings
 

Hi everyone

I´m having a recurring problem with my conversions to KVCD. I´ve been able to convert about 2 AVI files, one of them being 2h24min and the other 1h54min, they both fit on 1 700mb CD. I used the Simple Guide to Converting AVI to KVCD (http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5486). The quality of both was acceptable, having used the 352x240 ULBR and 352x240 LBR templates, respectively, for TMPGEnc.

These two movies played great on my stand-alone DVD player. However, I have been encoding other movies, with the same setting and other settings, and I have not had any success. When I play them on my DVD player, I get good sound, but the image is all wrong, with most parts of the screen blue and/or pixelated (I mean 1-inch pixels). When I play said VCD on my PC, it works perfectly.

The things I imagine I might be doing wrong are the following:

1) I am doing something wrong when I multiplex the audio and video. When I do this, what settings should I use in TMPGenc. Do I have to load a KVCD template or what? If so, could someone tell me what settings to use with different movie standards of compression/FPS etc?

2) I am using templates which don´t match the source AVI file when I first make an *.m1v file of said source file. Again, if someone can help me out with this.

As an example, I´ll give the specifications to an AVI file and could someone tell me what to do?

The Graduate:
Length: 1h41min15s
xvid codec
640x272
bitrate 889kb/s
25 FPS
64 kb/s mono audio

I´m guessing I could use the KVCD-CQ-352x576-PAL PLUS template to make the *m1v file. When I multiplex, do I load a KVCD template as well? If so, do I load the same one I used to make the m1v file in the first place?

What would be the highest quality I could encode this movie at?

Any help would be extremely appreciated, seeing as I´ve been trying a lot and have had at best limited (but good) results.

Cheers, sorry for the very long text

Hi everybody, I was following SansGrip's guide & installed the ReadAVS plug-in as per instructions. I unticked all my other VFAPI plug-ins in the Environmental Settings.

Now I can't load my avisynth script?? I changed my last line "ConvertToRGB(interlaced=true)" to "ConvertToYUY12(interlaced=true)".

TMPGEnc gives me an "unsupported file format" error message!?

Any suggestions?

Also to revert to my old way of doing business, can I just retick all the other plug-ins or do I need to delete the ReadAVS file and alter my registry??

Thank you!

Ah forget it fellas. I took out the "ConvertToYUY12" line & TMPGEnc accepted my script. Sorry, I should've done that to begin with. Hmm, I must say I think the results are better than before (with "ConvertToRGB"). Just looking at the test-encode on my monitor, skin tones look a bit better. I think the encoding time speeded up a fraction, too. Just a fraction! :wink:

Oh blimey, forget it. "ConvertToYUY2", not "ConvertToYUY12"...

I feel like a total DINK. :oops:

The images in the original post are broken. I could use those. Does anyone have them?

They are back ;-).