Nero 5 not reading mpg file

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  1. stopwatch

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    I have a film on mpg format, it plays well enough on Nero Media Player but not on Windows Media Player. When I try to burn it on Nero it gives the error message:

    mpg is invalid, need MPEG-1 which was encoded for Video-CD: audio:44.1khz; stereo;224kBit/s.
    The following problems were found:
    -stream encoding which is invalid for a SVCD
    -No audio
    -No video

    Can anybody help please.
     
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    what Nero is trying to tell you is that you do not have a VCD compliant video file. Try using TMPGenc to encode the video to NTSC or PAL compliant VCD or SVCD, depending on which you prefer.. Need the walk-through guides? you are in luck! http://www.afterdawn.com/articles

    :)
     
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    Thanks for the tip, but which tutorial do I pick there are so many of them??.
     
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    Found the right files thx. Have followed instructions to the letter but TMPGENC keeps freezing after about 7% completed.
     
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    You can ask Nero to reencode the file for you.
     
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    Dragoon, the title of this thread is "Nero 5 not reading mpg file" he most likely does not have the proper codecs installed, which is why I left him a link to a webpage that described different problems with encoding using TMPGenc, and how to fix them.

    Stopwatch, please let me know if you require further assistance, I'm always happy to help.
     
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    thx m8...yes tried virtual dub 1.3c and the freezer prog but still the film freezes at 7%
     
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    Message for VCDJunkie:
    If I run VirtualDub 1.3c it goes through a ASF IMPORT FILTER routine and comes back with a box titled VIRTUAL DUB ERROR and the message COULDN'T LOCATE DECOMPRESSOR FOR FORMAT WMV1 (UNKNOWN).

    Any ideas mate.

    Dave
     
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    I have many ideas, lets just hope that one of them is correct :)

    try to install every codec package you will ever need.. starting with nimo: http://www.btinternet.com/~nimosiro/

    wmv is windows media video or some such name, I do know for a fact it is a microsoft format. you will need to get an updated version of windows media player here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/players.asp

    Also, try to change the codec reader settings in TMPGEnc under Option->Environmental settings->VFAPI plug-in and right click on the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader and increase the priority to 1 or 2 and try open the video.

    I have never personally tried to use a .wmv file in TMPGenc, it's possible that Micro$oft has made this a little tougher due to copyright crap.. does not mean it is impossible. If you downloaded this video, why don't you tell me how to download it myself, perhaps I can try encoding it myself, and find a solution that way, that is if nothing else works for you.

    Good Luck!
     
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    To VCDJunkie

    Finally managed it. I downloaded a WMV to AVI decompressor from www.simtel.net/pub/pd/58950.html which is very easy to understand.
    Then I just used TMPGENC to convert it back to a mpg with only a little loss of quality.

    Thanks for all the tips, its certainly a quick way of getting around the minefield of DVD copying.

    Dave
     
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    Sweet.. I knew it would work for you after you had the correct codecs, just a matter of finding them, anyhow, I'm glad you found it!
     
    VCDjunkie, Oct 8, 2002
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  13. wonderboy

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    I have had the same problem with .wmv files...with tmpgenc and virtual dub. I then renamed my .wmv to .asf and it worked in tmpgenc. tada.....
     
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