No MPEG2 in TMPGenc Plus?

I've just paid for TPMGEnc Plus to work with MPEG2 files. I want to encode a MPEG2 file to MPEG1 (to create a VCD from an SVCD). I used to be able to open MPEG2 files but had to replace my hard drive and now I just get a message saying 'Cannot open file or unsupported'. I thought I should be able to open it? I've got Media Player 9 installed too. Am I missing some codecs somewhere? Help! :(

I have actually got that plugin but it still doesn't work. I've also tried downloading Nimo codec pack but no-go. Can DVD2AVI open MPEG2 files?

Don't download nimo as it messes up your system if you install it. Some people have had to reinstall windows from scratch because of that (I read this on these forums). Better to use dvd2avi as was suggested above. Yes, dvd2avi can open all kinds of mpeg2 files.

Thanks. I'll uninstall Nimo. I still can't figure out why I can't open MPEG2's in TMPGEnc or anything else. I tried the DVD2AVI route and opened the MPV file and encoded it. It worked great but then TMPGEnc couldn't open it to split it into two but TMPGEnc had created it! Does any other software split MPEG files?

Hi, I too have the same problem the TMPEG whereby it won't open an SVCD file (I want to convert it to DVD now), but it WILL encode to SVCD! I have tried what I think is now every codec known to man, and it still refuses to play ball. :confused: I also downloaded an MPEG2 codec, and Windows Media Player can play my SVCDs now (which is nice!), but I don't understand why TMPEG can't see it. Do I need a different plug-in or is it a re-install windows jobby?! Thanks in advance - very frustrated! :( Paul.

This the plug that you need to use with tmpgenc to read mpeg2 :

how to use it

simply copy the m2v.vfp file in your tmpgenc directory

its really work!!!yes

Woohoo!!