The "VFapi plugin" subpage under "File input plug-ins" in Preferences stopped showing. Because of this, Womble MPEG Video Wizard project files (wbp) are no longer recognized as supported video files and TMPGenc Xpress won't open them. This happened recently. For very long time I've been using TMPGenc Xpress to encode wbp filesl

Many thanks for any help on how to re-enable the VFapi support!

Hi

I am rendering a .m2ts file to mpg for DVD. The problem is that my file is 4 min 20 sec long , but TMPGEnc renders only 3 min 27 sec. I have tried all that I can think of but nothing changes. Can anyone help?

you didn't state much information to go on, but my brain immediately went to FPS math: 260 secs (4:20) * 23.976 / 29.97 = 208 (which happens to be 3:28 - pretty darn close). Is the video playing 25% faster?... or cutting off 52 secs?... Do the input FPS & the output FPS match? hope this helps you

When will TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress support TRP format? Thanks.

Will XPress support Sandy Brdige Quick Sync. I am building a new system using the new Intel 2600K processor.

I fianally gave up waiting for ATI Hardware acceleration, as I was tired of waiting hours to encode HD video, when OTHER products could do the same job many,many times faster. Your product is now outdated, NO ati hardware support, NO 64 bit version. I am going to spend my money on another product

I'm afraid, with such as bad audio support

- PCM/MP2/3/AC3 2.0 only
- no audio stream copy of multichannel audio formats

it's already outdated all the time. :(

I upgraded to 4.0 Express.. long time TMPEG user. I have an i7 HP laptop with NVDIA Quadro FX1800M GPU. When I start the program, it says that "need GeForce 190.38 or newer" and CUDA is disabled when I check under preferences. I do not have a GeForce card and so I don't know what to make of this? I checked NVIDIA website and they have the Quadro I have seems to be Quadro compatible. What should I do? Is there something I need to download and instaled from NVDIA CUDA developers' website?

BTW, Xpress 4.0 is doing a fine job with 1080p video from my Panasonic AVCHD camcorder and converting into BlueRay compatible Mpeg.. takes about 40 min. for 20 min. of video and that is what I am trying to speed up.

Thanks for your help.

>I upgraded to 4.0 Express.. long time TMPEG user. I have an i7 HP laptop with NVDIA Quadro FX1800M GPU. When I start the program, it says that "need GeForce 190.38 or newer" and CUDA is disabled when I check under preferences. I do not have a GeForce card and so I don't know what to make of this? I checked NVIDIA website and they have the Quadro I have seems to be CUDA compatible. What should I do? Is there something I need to download and instaled from NVDIA CUDA developers' website?
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>BTW, Xpress 4.0 is doing a fine job with 1080p video from my Panasonic AVCHD camcorder and converting into BlueRay compatible Mpeg.. takes about 40 min. for 20 min. of video and that is what I am trying to speed up.
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>Thanks for your help.

I upgraded to 4.0 Express.. long time TMPEG user. I have an i7 HP laptop with NVDIA Quadro FX1800M GPU. When I start the program, it says that "need GeForce 190.38 or newer" and CUDA is disabled when I check under preferences. I do not have a GeForce card and so I don't know what to make of this? I checked NVIDIA website and they have the Quadro I have seems to be CUDA compatible. What should I do? Is there something I need to download and instaled from NVDIA CUDA developers' website?

BTW, Xpress 4.0 is doing a fine job with 1080p video from my Panasonic AVCHD camcorder and converting into BlueRay compatible Mpeg.. takes about 40 min. for 20 min. of video and that is what I am trying to speed up.

Thanks for your help.

It's possible that you just need to update your CUDA/GPU driver to the latest version to get it to work.

It might be a moot point though if your CPU is faster than your GPU. If it is faster, then 4.0 XPress will use the CPU even if CUDA is enabled.

What is TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5? I see it on the JP web page, but cannot read the language. Is it perhaps the next generaltion of Express?

Yes, I believe it is the next 4.0 XPress. Looks like it has a timeline editing mode.

It's now been officially announced for the English version.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tvmw5.html

So, I see that if you buy v.4 now you can get 5 for free when it becomes available. Does that means that folks like me who had the good sense to buy it a while back, april 2010, are stuck paying the upgrade fee?

I think one year of free upgrades is not asking too much. I've been chomping on the bit for mkv support so I'll probably pay the price, but I won't be too thrilled about it.

Just my 2¢ worth.

Joe

Sounds interesting.

Industry practive is that major verion upgrades are not free except to those who buy the prior version on/after a certain cut-off date, typically about the time of the official announcement. The reason for this is in part to not discourage sales of product. Keep the revenue stream and prevent people jumping g to another product that might compete with the new release.

An exception is for software that is on a support license agreement (e.g., with annual payments) rather than just a one-time payment for a perpetual license, as is common with most software for PCs.

The people to feel for are thouse who bought Express 4 on January 4th. I am a bit surprised they did not set the cutoff date tot he date it first appearsed on the JP web page back in ~mid December.

Well, it's Feb 3rd and it's not on the site yet. Any news?

Looks like it will be available later today. Check their facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/TMPGEnc-Pegasys-Inc/296824287819

Still nothing!

My systems stays OFFLINE.

How can I get around the PITA License Validation Connect to the Internet.

ILOK would be the way to go to cover your self as a company.

But to expect professionals to have their systems connected to the internet all the time is RIDICULOUS.

I don't think there's any way around it. It requires internet connection for validation which happens every couple of weeks it seems.

hi i install tmpgenc 4.0xpress,i have an hd file 1.45min length to encode to mpeg,but the encoding is so slow.. it said about 8hours to transcode..! what am i doing wrong? my pc is windows 7 64bit 8 cores and the power uses tmpge is only 12-15 per hudrent,in task manager the tmpge has 32bit number,but my pc is 64bit,is that wrong? plz help me.

I'm new to TMPGEnc and I'm trying to take advantage of CUDA for filtering. I think I have it fully enabled and have done the performance optimization. I've added every filter under the sun and the encoding is still using 100% CPU and 0% CUDA. Are there certain input formats or output formats that CUDA is used for. The video I am trying to encode is AVC and I'm trying to encode as MPEG-4 AVC CBR high profile.

What kind of CPU do you have? If it is more powerful than your GPU, 4.0 XPress will use the CPU instead.

i have cpu- p4 2.66gzh cloxked at 3.00ghz and gpu is nvidia geforce 9400gt
still im getting cpu=100% cuda=0%

i do have the same gpu nvidia 9400GT (PCIe) and a core2duo 2,66 and i do get 0% cuda
maybe theres a bug

Hi there,

I'm trying to output an MP4 H264 for hi-def broadcast at 50Mbps. I'm really happy with the results of the encode other than the colour which is washed out. Is there a solution to this in the software?

Cheers,

Chris

There is a color correction filter that you can apply in the Source stage. Though if it's getting washed out during the encoding process, I'm wondering if the Main Concept encoder is to blame and will it then just wash out the color adjustment filter as well?

Hi, I recently purchased TMPEGEnc and vary happy with the results so far on my HV20 camera (I use it to do the reverse pulldown process to get the 24P material).

I also have a Panasonic GH1 camera that records 25P (the sensor is progressive) in a 50i container (AVCHD) - Aka 25PsF.
If i wish to convert the AVCHD files back to 25P what would be the best method?
1)Choose the deinterlace filter? (and if so, what would be the exact settings)
2)Just save as progressive frames file when choosing the format (for example, choosing Mpeg4 template and 25fps framerate) without using any filter?


Thank you for you help,
Itzhak W.

I believe you only need to set it as progressive and 25 fps in the format stage. The deinterlace filter is actually always active and set to "deinterlace when necessary" so when you choose progressive in the format stage, it will use the filter.

You can always change the deinterlace settings though if you require a specific deinterlacing method or do not wish to deinterlace at all.

Thanks for the reply,
I'll try exporting to 25p (without choosing any special methods) and see how that works.

Itzhak.