Encoding Mpeg-2

Slvgenius · Post by **Slvgenius** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:37 am

its my first time entering a video into a convention and i would just like to ask a question about encoding a video into a mpeg2. Wen ur done encoding r u suppose to have ur video and ur audio seprate? like theres my video file wit no soud and then theres da audio file by itself. is it suppose to b like dat?

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:47 am

please take the time to use proper english grammar, it's hrd tu understnd j00 if u tlk leik this

lukcilly, there is a guide for that
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/mpegforcons/
hope it helps

Slvgenius · Post by **Slvgenius** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:51 pm

haha well ill take your adive and thanks for the link but I know how to encode i just want to know if im suppose to have to different files in the end.

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:35 pm

Slvgenius wrote:haha well ill take your adive and thanks for the link but I know how to encode i just want to know if im suppose to have to different files in the end.

Some MPEG-2 encoders, like Final Cut Pro, output two files, a M2V and a AIFF. You will need to mux (combine) these files together. This guide shows you how to mux on a Mac.

Slvgenius · Post by **Slvgenius** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:38 pm

Well the two files my encoder gave me were WAV. for the audio and mpeg2 for the video. but when i play the video there is no sound so yea. how do i combine them. i have windows.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:53 pm

if possible, try to get the video to be .avi (using a lossless codec as the compressor, like lagarith or huffyuv. Uncompressed is also fine)
*if you don't know if you have huffyuv or lagarith then you probably don't. It's a quick google though

from there, you can use TMPGEnc to mux your audio and video while encoing to mpeg2.
it's free for 30 days...then you have to buy it to encode to mpeg2, but I think most cons also accept mpeg1 files.

that guide I linked to earlier can help you if you get stuck

Slvgenius · Post by **Slvgenius** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:09 pm

thanks for all your help

Slvgenius · Post by **Slvgenius** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:46 pm

ok lol im sorry for all the questions. but when i convert a wmv file into mpeg2 would i get better or worse results if i use that instead of an avi file

Zero1 · Post by **Zero1** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:36 pm

I use this for muxing MPEG program streams

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=ImagoMPEG-Muxer