I'm encoding 23.976P avi (1920x1080) source to MPEG2 for bluray. After encoding the audio and video duration is not the same anymore. Video duration is always a few frames shorter than it's audio. What is the problem with TMPGEnc 4?

I'm running the Batch Encode tool in the background, and I've noticed my CPU speed varies wildly.

First, my system:
AMD Phenomx x4 810 (2.6gHz)
4gB DDR2-800 RAM
Win7 RC (64-bit)

No matter what I set the priority to, my CPU never shows more than a 75% (total, across all cores) load. Not only that, the CPU speed varies between 800mHz, 1400mHz, 1900mHz, and 2600mHz (according to PC Wizard, from CPUID.com). These correspond (roughly - I think the 1900 is supposed to be 2000, but whatever) to the power-saving states of my CPU.

I've tried changing the task priority under Options, but it doesn't seem to have an effect (I know that option worked when I ran Windows XP, but that was also a different processor).

Has anyone else experienced something like this? I'd like the encoder to be nice while I'm multitasking, but if I'm not using the computer, I'd like it to run at 100% to finish faster.

with the batch too, go to preferences and select high priority on background and other option aswell which i cant remember whats it called.

Did you read my original message? I already set the task priority, and it had no effect.

Hi!

It's not a help, but I have the same problem. CPU usage is max on 60%. It seems that the application is not optimized for multithread (dual, or 4-core) operation. It would be of great interest if a moderator could comment on this and advise if there are any new versions in the near future which solves this.

I'm running on a HP xw8000 dual Intel Xeon processor 2.8 GHz, 512 KB cache, 533 MHz front side bus with SCSI RAID 2x 15000rpm HDD.

/ Martin for Familjefilm in Sweden

ok with both cases, im thinking both of you have a graphics card that has cuda feature on it

Has any1 had any success with making a AVCHD or bluray disk using tmpgenc4 with spurs engine using H.264/AVC ??? i have had no luck. I tried making AVCHD disks many times but had no luck.. however using premier pro & using the main concept H.264/AVC output it made AVCHD disks fine. And i'm using the same settings for both. I'm getting a bluray burner soon so hopefully i will find a way to use the spurs h.264/avc output to create a compatible bluray H.264/AVC file/disk.

if any1 has successfully created a bluray or AVCHD compatable file/disk using the spurs engine output. please tell me how you did it and what your settings were.


regards Marty.

I'm using Sony handycam, in AVCHD 50i mode. I'm getting a bit desperate with setting the correct input/output settings.

Curently the best combination is:

INPUT:
Clip properties:
Display Mode: Interlace,
Field Order: Bottom field firts,
Aspect Ratio: Pixel 1:1 (square)
Framerate: 50 fps

Filter properties:
Deinterlace always (double framerate)
Deinterlace method: Inverse pulldown

OUTPUT:

MPEG-4 AVC (1280 x 720) 25 fps
Level: 3.1
1 Pass Constant Bitrate 17500kb/s
Motion Search Range: 256
Detect Scene Change: On
GOP Length: 33 frames
Entropy Coding Mode: CABAC
Motion Estimation: Quarter

PROBLEM:

Motion looks "ghosty", ie. subjects moving in front of re-coded video are not as clear as on Sony AVCHD player (or Splash Player) playing .MTS files directly. Instead they leave appear with trails.

I've noticed that changing the level makes some difference (slightly better with level 3.1 than 4.1).

What other settings have you tried?

My guess is that the ghosting has to do with your framerate or deinterlace settings.

Currently, you're doubling the framerate to 100fps and then outputting as 25fps. I think you should only double framerate if you're actually going to output at the higher framerate (i.e. doubling 30fps to 60fps and outputting in 60fps).

Have you tried "Deinterlace always" (without double framerate) with an interpolation method?

You might also try changing the field order.

Thanks for that.

I've tried changing the field order as my first guess. I have tried the default deinterlace always with one method of interpolation. That didn't seem to work either. Slightly concerned about the fact that interpolation will degrade the quality of picture.

I think that it seems like I was getting the framerate wrong. Indeed, I'm doubling the framerate. What the recommended clip input settings would be for 50i mode (I assume that means my videos are 50 frames/second interlaced)?

Try these:

INPUT:
Clip properties:
Display Mode: Interlace.
Field Order: "upper" field first ( HD is upper fields 'NOT' lower )
Aspect Ratio: Pixel 1:1 (square)
Framerate: 25 fps ( it is 50 fields per second - but the frame rate is 25 )

Filter properties:
Deinterlace when neccessary

OUTPUT:

MPEG-4 AVC (1280 x 720) 25 fps
Level: 4.1 ( 3.1 is for SD resolutions )
1 Pass Constant Bitrate 17500kb/s
Motion Search Range: 256
Detect Scene Change: On
GOP Length: 33 frames
Entropy Coding Mode: CABAC
Motion Estimation: Quarter

I have a Canon DV camcoder which records in a 720X480 widescreen format. The native ratio after capture is (1.5). When I Add the clips to the express 4, it automatically sets the aspect ratio of each clip to 4:3, and to get the correct aspect I have to manually set it to pixel 40:33. Everything from there encodes great, but since I like to capture with scene detect and have a tape split into multiple clips, when I convert for projects, I may have to manually adjust the aspect ratio for a hundred clips as each one to the project. Is there a way to automate setting the aspect ratio for all the clips at once?

I think you're gonna have to change the aspect ratio one by one.

I was thinking you might be able to do it through your output format settings, but that will only add black bars to the sides if the clip properties are still set to 4:3.

Can someone point to instructions on doing mkv to dvd or mpeg 2 conversions? Thank you in advance.

Louie

just add the file into the dvd authoring software of tmpgenc and itll do it

this always happens when you go past 106 cuts


no matter how long the file is , if its 107 it will fail to finish the project. and this seems to happen with all versions .

Just wonder if there is support for conversions from TS-files to MKV High-res.

I don't think mkv is supported yet. However, they just added mkv support to their MovieStyle program, so it may not be too far off for 4.0 XPress.

Thanx for your input "tkrave". It will be nice if they add it to TMPG Enc 4,0 Express. My sattelite reciver is recording in TS files on the harddrive inside the reciver. I want to convert them into *.MKV, and store it in my TVIX multimedia player.

I have two hard disk 1,5 To and I receive always this error after 10% encoding:

Not enough storage is available to complete this operation. (error code 0x8007000E)

I just bought this soft???

David

if its not a space issue then its a hdd issue, ie there is soemthign wrong with the hardware.

i woudl use tunetup utilities to scan the file system on the hdd and also scan for bad sectors, and then during reboot it will go througha process to repair.

after this defrag the system and then re try.

NO HD problem! If I save on different partition (C: or D: or E: or F:), same error

i would say re do your os maybe their a screw up inb the os which is causing this.

Since this question is a month and a half old, you may well have found a solution and just didn't report it here. I had the same problem with over 750GB of free storage space, but I resolved it. Check your virtual memory settings on your computer and increase them manually if necessary, or increase your physical memory. If you don't have much physical memory and don't have enough virtual memory, it will throw this error regardless of how much physical storage space you have available. I posted about this already in another thread.

Good luck

Hi,
this is my first time posting so you will excuse me if i am not up to speed.
I am using a PC runnig XP service pack 3.
I have the latest version of tmpeg installed 4.7.3.292.

I am trying to create a template that will allow me to convert a video file to an mpeg2 file with an odd pixel size 1672 x 471.
I am finding it hard to get tmpeg to accept these settings.
I can change the pixel size and bitrate but cannot get the program to save this as a template,i know mpeg2 has a maximim and minimum pixel,

Some of the setting i am using in the format section are
Output stream type-ES (video Only)
Bitrate-12000
Dispaly Mode-Progressive
GOP -I frames only

These settings have been given to me and are required for the media to work in the device i am using.

Any advice would help,

Regards C

quite simple it wont let you do it.

try using megui for the res adjustments, it uses avisynth

but this will either be for before you encode or after for your last output format

Hi,
figured it out with some help.
Under the profile tab i needed to change the profile and level to "MP@HL"
to allow the pixel size to be at the settings required.

Thanks

I'm using tmpgenc4 with the spurs engine and it's great for fast encodes but does not live up to the max potential that the bluray spec has to offer.. the bluray spec allows for 40,000 kpbs video bitrate and 8,000 audio bitrate with the video codecs mpeg2,AVC(h.264) and VC-1. But tmpgenc4 only offers a bluray option in the mpeg2 format ( wich is the worst compression codec of the three ) why not offer a spurs engine option for bluray AVC(H.264) ??? i'm sure this could be implemented as the spurs engine cards support mpeg2 aswell as AVC(H.264). Another problem is the with the bluray Mpeg2 profile the video bitrate has a max bitrate of 32,000 kbps... why not the max possible video bitrate of 40,000 kbps ??? since the mpeg2 compression is qiute bad to begin with, i think thr extra 8,000 kbps would help. Just my thoughts.. what do you guys think ??

regards Marty.

You're quite right and I agree with you.


Does this new version work under Windows 7?

Like Zingbot I do not want to pay nearly $100 to find out that it doesn't work under Windows 7.

The trial works ok under Windows 7 but that doesn't mean the regitered version will.

corect me if im wrong here but for avc would you choose the quicktime codecs toe ncode to .

and yes its rather odd for them not to include this in the bluray template settings.

and for the windows 7, would you not think its rather odd for a company to let a trail version work and then not have the master version not work on windows 7?

If the trial works, the retail version should work. It's even listed as working on the their Windows 7/Vista compatibility page:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/winvista_support.html

I received the following email from tmpgenc4 staff when i emailed them about the above issue.

"Dear Mr. Wichtmann,

Maybe, you can still create you own BD ouput profile by using the
Generic MPEG-4 output as a base then adapt the encoder settings to the
requirements of the BD format.

In MPEG-2, the maximum bitrate is 32,000 kb/s.

Yours Sincerely,

Olivier Graves."

However the mpeg2 spec states :

MP@HL can do 1920x1080 at up to 30fps with a bitrate up to 80Mbps in either Progressive and Interlaced formats.
MP@HL can do 1280x720 at up to 60fps with a bitrate up to 80Mbps in Progressive formats.

However tmpgenc4 using the spurs engine output maxes out at a video bitrate of 32Mbps in MP@HL in either of the above mentioned settings.If you wont give us a AVC(h.264) bluray profile why not just max out the video bitrate of the bluray mpeg2 profile to that of the max bluray spec and have the Mpeg2 bluray profile MP@HL have the ability to raise the video bitrate up to 40Mbps.

In case you haven't heard, 4.0 XPress is updated to version 4.7.3.292 and the biggest change is support for DivX HD.

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