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TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring BBS [ Sorted by thread creation date ]
Can I change the audio track on video that was imported from a DV camera into TMPGEnc DVD Author 3? I have a separate audio recording that is better quality and I would like to swap it with what the camera recorded inthe audio track. If so, how would I sync the audio and video?
Yes, you can use a different audio track than the one with the video.
In the Source Stage, click on the "Edit" button for the clip you'd like to change. The clip editing window should appear.
Click on the "Clip Properties" tab at the top.
In the Audio section, you can select an audio file under "Audio Input 1."
The audio for the video will now be this audio track.
To sync it, go to the Cut-edit tab (still in the Clip Editing window) and click on the Audio Filters button (the button with the musical note).
A new window should pop up and the first tab, "Audio gap", is what you can use to properly sync the audio.
You can "move" the audio track forward or backward up to a minute ahead or behind the video track.
So if your audio is behind the video by 10 seconds, you'd put in 10000 (ms) in the box.
If your audio is ahead of the video by 10 seconds, you'd put in -10000.
If your audio is ahead or behind the video by more than a minute, then you'll need to edit the audio file before you input it into DVD Author 3.
A free program I mentioned in another post called Audacity can do this (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/).
Now, how do I work with the clips created off my DV recording? Is there a way to combine the clips so I can edit as a whole and add the audio track as a whole too?
I have and work with audacity (great program). Do I have to split my audio file to match the created clips, or can it be combined and avoid this extra step?
You can't actually combine the clips, but when you put multiple clips in a single track, they will act like one long clip when you play it back on your DVD player.
If you have TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress, that will allow you to turn multiple clips into one single video clip upon output.
If you don't have 4.0 XPress, then yes, you will have to split up your audio so each video clip can have it's own audio clip.
When I follow instructions provided here I lose the whole beginning of my audio for some reason. I'm only in edit mode at this point but audio doesn't come in at the beginning, then starts anywhere from 10 to 20 seconds later in the middle. The beginning is not playing along with the video and I didn't cut any audio out, just adjusted for sync.
I haven't tried to output so far but maybe this is automatically fixed upon output?
Okay, I took it through the output and discovered that it does get the audio fromthe beginning. However, even though I was able to sync the audio and video perfectly at the beginning, it soon gets out of sync and gets way off. It gets worse the further through the video I watch.
Anyone know why this is happening and what I can do about it?
It's a bit old and they're using an older version of DVD Author, but I think the methods used could still be applied to your situation. Hope this helps!
I'm trying to add audio/music to a slideshow. How do I add more than one song and have them play one after another... Also is it possible to add more than two songs if it's a big slideshow?
I think you can only add one audio file to the slideshow (unless you're doing a bilingual or multi-audio stream, but they won't function in a way that you're describing).
If you have multiple songs, you'd have to create a single audio file from all of them.
I actually just started using this free audio editing software called Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/). You should be able to copy and paste multiple audio files to create one long audio file using this program.
In the Source Stage, click on the right side of the "Add a track" button, the part with a downward arrow. In the dropdown menu, select "Add a firstplay track".
This adds a firstplay track which will play before your main menu when you first load the DVD.
I am recording from a satellite and only want to watch the programs on computer. I need to put in chapters, though. What's the easiest, fastest way to do that without creating a dvd?
If you have PowerDVD, you can output your programs as the dvd files, but just don't burn them to disc.
In PowerDVD, click on the Select Source button, and select "Open DVD file on hard disk drive." Then simply select your VIDEO_TS folder. Power DVD should load the contents of the folder and will play it like a normal DVD with menus and all.
This is probably the fastest method I can think of.
Or you can create a disc image using the Disc Writing Tool in the Start stage of DVD Author 3 and then you can mount the image with a program like DAEMON Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/).
Of course, you'd still need PowerDVD or other DVD playing software to actually play the emulated DVD, but it's an option if you'd rather have an iso file.
Another option is to create a DivX Ultra DVD and then play the output file with DivX Player. The problem with this option is that if you ever decide to burn the project, you'll need a DivX Ultra certified DVD player to see the menus.
One last option is to use TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress instead of DVD Author 3. Of course, with 4.0 XPress, you won't be able to output a DVD or even an .iso file, but you can add keyframes to your programs which can later be imported as chapters in DVD Author 3. You can then output them in DVD-compliant MPEG and simply watch the outputted MPEG files in Windows Media Player or something. I don't think players with recognize the keyframes though, so if you wanted to utilize the chapter marks during playback on your computer, then this is not a good option.
I'm looking for a DVD video editing progam that will let me create a DVD that will loop back on itself, so it can play continuously at trade shows. Does anyone know if DVD Author 3 has this ability.
Yes, this is possible as long as you don't need to see the menus between tracks.
You can set it so that when one track finishes playing, it will automatically start playing the next track. You can also set it to loop so that when the last track finishes playing, it will loop back to the first track and continuously play.
You can try downloading the trial to test it out yourself. These settings can be set when you set up the menu through the Menu Wizard, or via the Global DVD Menu Settings. Just look for the "Track playback end action setting".
I use TMPG for encoding DVD movies but for 'home video' where I have shortish clips that would benefit from fades to avoid frequent scene jumps, I use Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD. www.womble.com Don't let the silly name fool you. It's very competent. Tony.
That's true. MPEG Editor 3 has much better and more varied transition effects than 4.0 XPress.
With 4.0 XPress, you'd only be able to do fade-in/fade-out, but with MPEG Editor 3, there's a ton of different types of fade and wipe effects.
I'm gonna have to check out this Womble thing too. Sounds interesting.
I am burning a collection disk of music videos that I recorded off the air, and transferred from vhs. Unfortunately, the sound level for each of the videos varies, so I need to make the sound levels consistent, without "squashing" the sound with over-compression. In addition to a simple volume adjustment for each file, TMPGenc Author 3 offers 2 options for adjusting the sound level for multiple files on the same track [in the Source - Clip Editor - Cut-edit - Audio filters - Volume Adjustment tab]: These options are Normalization and Uniformization. Unfortunately, the manual does not describe clearly what the difference between them is, and how to adjust the parameters. Can anyone help? Thanks.
hello!I have some standard MPEG-2 files,I want save these file into a stardand DVD-R to play it on home DVD player.I use TDA3 to import these file,I want to know whether re-encode will done or not.thanks.
Actually, it depends on the source files. If your MPEG file is already DVD-compliant, it will not re-encode unless it's too big for the media. To easily check to see if your clips will re-encode or not, look for the "SR" or "FR" icon in the Source stage of the program. The icon will be next to the thumbnail of your clip in the source list. SR stands for Smart Rendering, which is what you are looking for, and will only re-encode edited sections of your clips, making output much faster. If you see the FR icon, then that means Full Rendering and your whole clip will be re-rendered.
Just to add some info...
If you mix aspect ratios in a track, then the non-matching aspect ratios will be re-encoded.
For example, if you have 2 16:9 clips and 1 4:3 clip in a single track, then the 4:3 clip will be fully re-encoded (to add black bars at the sides).
To avoid this, create two tracks, one for your 16:9 clips, and one for your 4:3 clips. Then all clips will be Smart Rendered.
I cannot install this product on my machine....I keep getting 'wizard was interrupted" error and then it goes to finish and foes not install. I am able to install other software. I have tried everything and still it does not install...HELP PLEASE...
Yes, this is possible.
In the Menu Stage, go to the Page Editor tab and double-click on the thumbnail you want to change.
The Menu Item Editor window should appear.
Move the playhead to the frame you want to appear as your thumbnail image and click on the "Set as start frame" button (it's the button with the downward arrow).
The blue bar indicating the active frames should change once you click on that button.
That's it! This frame will now appear in your menu, but when you play the clip, it will start from the beginning.
Setting the start and end frames can be used in conjunction with the motion menus as well in case you only want a certain section of the clip to play as the menu thumbnail.