I need help. I am interested in buying this program. So I went and downloaded the free trial version. The installation process was just fine, but as I tried to open the program. It said Tmpgenc program error occured, the program needs to shut down. I tried to install multiple times, but that didn't help. Do I need some other programs to go with this? I even reset my C drive and still nothing. Please help !!!!!!!!!

Could be a bad install. Try uninstalling and reinstalling.

>Could be a bad install. Try uninstalling and reinstalling.

I tried many times and no things work. I can't find the application data for this particular program either after I installed it.

I have been using this product for several years and overall have had a positive experience. However the base product has been falling behind my own needs and started thinking about what it needs to keep up.

1. 5.1 Audio encodes... Ok SERIOUSLY? We still don't have this? Almost every TV show on the planet has this now and movies have moved well past it. It is probably the single largest short coming of the product. It is great having WTV inputs, but we shouldn't have to downgrade the audio.

2. Audio selection from AVCHD... When you have an AVCHD file that has multiple audio embedded into it there is no way to select the specific audio stream for encoding. This requires me to demux the file first and for a product that is supposed to support AVCHD input, it is a clear gap.

3. DTS-HD audio input support... Blu-Rays are moving towards this almost exclusively and it is getting harder and harder to find Blu-Rays that have a DD 5.1 input in English. I think people are moving past encoding DVD's to encoding their Blu-Ray sources and this will be needed to support these activities.

4. MKV container support... This seems to be becoming one of the standards for encoding high-definition video. I personally like the .divx container, but .mkv is a highly supported standard with support in a number of consumer electronics products. Who knows what will win out, but it should be an option as a container.

These are my personal major gaps. Overall I think the product is great with encoding speeds and quality among the best out there. But it is 2010 and AVCHD is quickly becoming the norm. I need a product that can help with taking Blu-Ray and other AVCHD collections and getting them into manageable sizes with high quality and audio that is not overly downgraded.

Just my thoughts.
TM

1) I agree 100%. How hard can it be to get multichannel audio? You want to sell us a *useless* Dolby Digital add-on but it only does 2 channel compressed. I'd pay for the extra funtionallity to cover any royalties to Dolby Labs.
2) Sure, why not. I dont use this feature now but could someday.
3) Both DTS & DD high defintion stream fall back to their core 5.1 audio when hardware is not present to play back the HD stream. I don't see what you're looking to get.
4) MKV is nice but more devices support AVC & MP4 containers than MKV or DivX and TMPEGEnc already does those well. I could live without this but, again, it wouldn't hurt to have this option.

The Dolby Digital plug-in is NOT for TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress; 4.0 XPress already has 2ch Dolby input/output support.

I'm not sure why people keep bringing up this plug-in here. The webpage clearly says it's only for TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5/1.6, TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress, and TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 1.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tsp_ac3.html

Yeah, I know the plugin is included now. I'd grown accustomed to needing it in 3...just old habit. My point is I'd be willing to pay a small fee to get a multichannel audio plugin to support 5.1 DD, DTS, & AAC.

TMPGEnc has been updated to version 4.7.6.304.
Looks like CUDA support has been updated so people who were having problems with the latest drivers might want to get this update.
Driver version 190.38 or higher now required for CUDA functionality.

Revision history page:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/te4xp_rireki.html

Hi

I have been having trouble running my TMPGenc. Whenever i run it, it wants to do a licence renewal and then it just fails. The error message doesnt help either:"An error ocured while retrieving the licence.Refer to details below.The"
There is now description after the "the in the sentence.
Please help.

I think you should contact user support about that.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

While converting MKVs to WMV using 2 pass CBR, at 50% about half of the files I convert will receive an error and the program will crash.

I've deduced it enough to be audio-related. I used to import separate audio and video streams and didn't have the problem until I fixed the need for separate imports. I use AC3filter, and now whenever it gets to 50% it crashes. However, if I go back to my old ways and import the audio separately, it doesn't crash. I have a feeling it's gotta be something to do with my AC3 settings.

Any ideas?

Someone answered to pull down the menu for convert to... quicktime, but I don't see Quick Time Avid Codec DNxHD 145

Mickey

Do you have the right codec installed? Maybe you only have the codecs for decoding.

I was able to download and install the codec, and now I'm able to select it in the QuickTime Compression Settings.

Here's where I got them from:
http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=263545

Screenshot of 4.0 XPress Quicktime compression settings:
http://i40.tinypic.com/166i0q9.png

Once I have set the split points in a video, is it possible to save the clips without encoding them completely? I am at a loss.

Whenever you output in 4.0 XPress, your video will be re-encoded. So yes, if you want to split them, you'll have to re-encode them.

Ok, thank you, I ended up finding a method with Cut Assistant & AsfBin while using VirtualDub to find the key frames.

Having difficulty with converting .avi files to .mpg-1. The converted files playback wioth low audio level even though the audio filter settings (volume) was set higher, up to 200 percent. Any suggestions?

I'm using your program to try to convert AVCHD files to Quick Time Avid Codec DNxHD 145.

I found a posting that you could do that but can't seem to find that file on the "convert to" selection??????

I'm guessing you'd select QuickTime in the Format stage and then click on the "Settings..." button under the video codec section. From there, you can select your codec.

http://i40.tinypic.com/246pg1w.png

Your encoding software is excellent but I'm very disappointed in a very glaring omission. No capability to add a logo/watermark to the video? This is absolutely essential for many content producers who might want to use your product... without this capability the software is useless to us.

So there is a whole group of people that are using another product such as Videocharge. It's a shame because your encoder is much better, but again lacking this crucial feature. If you want to increase the appeal of your software and gain more customers, you really need to make a logo/watermark filter available ASAP.

Thank you.

i believe you can actually use avisynth scripting for logo watermark , whilst encoding with xpress

Hey Vince,

as mentioned, you can use AviSynth for this. Just read this thread:
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/watermarks-in-avisynth-t154665.html

I can easily clip a segment, but the cut button deletes the scene. How do I save the sequence?

I was successful using split, then I split it again until I had the segment isolated, but there must be an easier way to save a segment.

If you don't want to delete anything, then yes, use the split function instead of the cut button.

The trick to using the split function is to use the split button instead of the "set start/end frame" buttons. Make sure your whole video is selected (all thumbnails are blue, then use the split button to set your start and end frames of the section you want to isolate. This will highlight that section in yellow.

When you click the "OK" button to leave the clip editor, it will give you the option to register the yellow or blue (or both) as separate clips.

When you output your file, make sure you select to save each clip as a separate file.

Thanks, I didn't realize I could split it in more than one place at a time.

I have TV that can play AVI files from a thumb drive plugged into a USB port. I have some home movies I want to convert to AVI. I found that the format that works is Xvid AVI with MP3 video.

When I use TMPGenc to encode the video to Xvid and MP3 it didn't work. The TV displayed an error "Unsupported audio format".

I tried another AVI file and it worked fine (Xvid/MP3).

Using a program called Gspot I was able to determine that the only difference was the Mp3 audio in the working file was encoded with Lame encoder.

My question is how can I get TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress to use Lame encoder instead of Advanced Acoustics Engine Mp3?