I have an urgent problem! Someone PLEASE HELP. I am making new MPEGs for my new customer. My clips are the same duration but the file size is almost twice as big. I've tried EVERYTHING to reduce them. What am I doing wrong? Here is the stats of the old and new clips.
http:\\www.toddprod.com/videoclipproblem/MPEG-settings-(old-and-new).jpg
PLEASE someone help!

According to NVIDIA their chips support MPEG ENCODING in hardware.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce6_techspecs.html


Since the GFX-Chips are much more powerfull compared to the CPU it would be
quite benefitial to take advantage of the encoding capabilities.

I read an article somewhere that there is some kind of development kit to incoporate this into own programs.

Any thoughts on this?

Why in the heck would TMPG want to incorporate hardware encoding into it's software???

The whole point of TMPG is that is uses it's own software encoding algorithms to obtain the quality it does.

Using TMPG to link to a hardware encoder would negate the whole point of TMPG. TMPG would simply become a front end NOT an encoder.

The quality of encoding that TMPG produces is it's bread and butter, it wouldn't make sense for it to use another encoders algorithms to create MPEGs.

TBH that's one of the daftest things I've ever heard.

Basically using an analogy to what you have said, it's like saying instead of using the perfectly good engine that's already in the car, put another one in the boot and use that one instead...pointless.

Well, the latest NVIDIA Chips have programmable pixle and vertex shaders.
These pack some serious computing power and might be good to speed up the encoding process.

See here: http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cg_toolkit.html

>Well, the latest NVIDIA Chips have programmable pixle and vertex shaders.

And what the dickens does that have to do with the encoding process?

My english isnt good enough to explain and honestly I dont care much if something like that goes into tmpgenc.
In short: The Shaders in an modern Graphics GPU are specialized in matrix operations the same thing tmpgenc and all other encoders need to do their job.

>>Well, the latest NVIDIA Chips have programmable pixle and vertex shaders.
>
>And what the dickens does that have to do with the encoding process?

@Ashy->
Sadly it seems you have no idea of what we are talking about.
It seems you tend to yell the more you don't get.
So before you call somebody daft, get educated on the issue.


Using the capabilities of Nvidia's chips would greatly shorten the encoding process. Since there are many Nividia chips out there, it would be beneficial
to a great number of users.
It's not about boats, cars, or motors!

TMPGenc would still use it's algorithms but outsource computing to the
Nvidia chip.

The whole disussion is fruitless anyway since the product is not really developed further.

@Torque->
You've made an excellent point and I think certain people just don't get it maybe because they're simply too dumb. ;)

It's funny you should say that I have no idea what I'm talking about. Seems strange I have been a member of this board for years and made thousands (yes thousabds) of posts. Many of which have helped the less experienced person with TMPG.

Just do a search clever cloggs with my name and you'll find a hell of a lot of posts thanking me for the 'Expert' help and advice I have given.

I was, and hope I still am, a respected member of this board, especially when it was a lot busier than it is now.
I don't get to visit this board as often as I used to however I do pop back to lend a little advice when I can.

So there is no need for your shirty attitude and your insulting attitude. You've made your point just don't get cocky when trying to make it.

I probably know more about the workings of TMPG and how it encodes than you could ever know.
Maybe I should have done a little more research before posting my remark, however that doesn't give you the right to assume someone is an idiot and become abusive.

Oh and by the way. If I'd have known what an abusive prat you were I wouldn't have replied to your other post.

Hey guys I'm trying to get this program but when I go to start it it's all in Japanese. I use a Japanese computer but I need it in English. I went into the settings and hit the ENGLISH button but nothing happened. How do I get this program to be in my native language?

Thanks,

Nigel

ok I got it! I had to restart the program to enable the language to change.

sorry one more question.....

How to convert multiple AVI files into one DVD TS file?

Thanks,

Nigel

How did you fix it? I have the same problem! Mine starts up in Chinese and if I try to change the language I get an error message I don't understand. Then, when I start up, it crashes.

If I reinstall and then just leave it in Chinese, it won't crash, but it's unusable. It's really too bad they don't let us pick our language.

I set the CPU preferences and turn on SSE. It works OK for the current session and doesn't crash or anything, so I assume it's using SSE instructions Ok. Then the next time I run TMPGencPlus, it brings up a warning dialogue saying "CPU has changed since last" and all the CPU settings are set back to defaults.

Is there an INI file or some registry-setting that's stuck?

When encoding avi files, the result has no video. The audio is fine but no video at all just a black screen.
Until about a month ago, Tmpg was working fine. Any suggestions.
Thanks.

Sorry it's not a bug. A search will sort your problem.

search comment No.42841

Hi there, I use TMPGEnc to make a DVD from a AVI-file, but I want to use also subtitles (I heard that TMPGEnc is suitable for this action). How can I do this? I have a .srt file with the same name as the AVI-file, but I don't see subtiles in the preview. Thanks for help, Frank

Dear users, please tell us your opinion!

The new version of DVD Author will be released under the new brand
name "TSUNAMI MPEG" (TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO).
We are worried that it may have a negative impact on our customers,
due to the TSUNAMI that occurred last year, in Sumatra and the South East Asia.

However TSUNAMI is also the original name of the free software
TMPGEnc (TSUNAMI MPEG ENCODER).
TSUNAMI is a common word in Japan, because we often hear it in our everday life. But, in overseas, this name may directly be related to the
disaster of last year.

So we would like to ask you:

1) what is your opinion about this brand name?

2) and what do you think would be the general opinion, or the opinion of a newbie who
doesn't know the origin name of TMPGEnc?

Thank you for your cooperation.
Pegasys team

>Dear users, please tell us your opinion!
>
>The new version of DVD Author will be released under the new brand
>name "TSUNAMI MPEG" (TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO).
...

I wish you folks would also ask for our opinions on the products and new features we would like to see added.

I have submitted many excellent feature requests to your tech support, only to be told they are not needed. Clearly, they do not listen to the users feedback, and I have stopped submittng ideas.

If I had a clear channel to the programmers, I would be happy to resubmit the ideas. BTW, I know the guy that started the TMpeg products, as I worked at the company that designed the compiler he used at the time (Delphi).

Joe

1) TSUNAMI name is good. Keep using the TSUNAMI name, in remembrance of the victims. That would be a positive, in my opinion.

2) When I was newbie, I didn't know origin name of TMPGEnc. I looked name up. For Retail boxes, maybe it better to call it TSUNAMI MPEG ENCODER. Newbies will know "mpeg encoder". But old people that download it, know it as TMPGEnc. I would keep TMPGEnc name for the download version. It is popular name.

As Joe Hecht said in post above, we would like feedback from the developers. We submit bug reports and feature requests, but no one from Pegasys acknowledges requests.

DVD Author needs more features like...
1) Way to make preview screen larger. It is small on 1600x1200 monitor resolution. Should be able to maximize DVD Author window to full screen.
2) Correct the combined maximum bitrate you can use. Currently a warning pops up, that says "The combined bitrate can be no more than 9848kbps." This is wrong. Maximum combined bitrate for all DVD players is 10080kbps.
3) Way to download third party themes for backgrounds,buttons,etc... There are not enough pre-made themes.
4) Hot-Keys for all preview window buttons, including fast-forward, rewind.
5) Motion Menu selection of beginning/end frames, instead of just seconds.
6) Way to set a clip to "First Play" and hide the track menu completely. Can only hide chapters.
7) Built-in subtitle creation and support.
8) Ability to use "transition clips" to add transitions between main menu and track menus.
9) Add support for multiple audio tracks.

DVD Writing Tool needs a buffer, "underrun burn protection", and the ability to verify the burn.

The main detractor of your product for me personally is the lack of menu transitions. You would have an encore killer if you added menu transitions.

0. Unlimited audio/video menu motion

1. Menu transitions allow for a truly seamless user interface with the menus and timelines which can add enormously the immersiveness.

A. Add Custom or integrated transitions
B. The ability to fade in and out of transitions...etc
C. Transitions for chapter intervals...

2. The ability to adjust the (repetition) length of a video/audio clip for a menu automatically.

A. Depending on the length of the audio clip chosen.
B. Depending on the length of the video clip chosen.

To integrate a short video with a long audio track, you have to calculate the total video length vs. total audio length to know how many copies of the video are necessary to match. The problem is that we have to add the video "XX" times in TMPGENC Xpress to mix and match the mix properly. I would like to see a "match video to audio" and visa-versa.

Thanks!

Dear users, please tell us your opinion!

The new version of DVD Author will be released under the new brand
name "TSUNAMI MPEG" (TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO).
We are worried that it may have a negative impact on our customers,
due to the TSUNAMI that occurred last year, in Sumatra and the South East Asia.

However TSUNAMI is also the original name of the free software TMPGEnc (TSUNAMI MPEG ENCODER).
TSUNAMI is a common word in Japan, because we often hear it in our everday life.
But, in overseas, this name may directly be related to the disaster of last year.

So we would like to ask you:

1) what is your opinion about this brand name?

2) and what do you think would be the general opinion, or the opinion of a newbie who
doesn't know the origin name of TMPGEnc?

Thank you for your cooperation.
Pegasys team

>Dear users, please tell us your opinion!
>
>The new version of DVD Author will be released under the new brand
>name "TSUNAMI MPEG" (TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO).
...

I wish you folks would also ask for our opinions on the products and new features we would like to see added.

I have submitted many excellent feature requests to your tech support, only to be told they are not needed. Clearly, they do not listen to the users feedback, and I have stopped submittng ideas.

If I had a clear channel to the programmers, I would be happy to resubmit the ideas. BTW, I know the guy that started the TMpeg products, as I worked at the company that designed the compiler he used at the time (Delphi).

Joe

I don't know about the areas where the tsunami hit, but i don't think in the US that any one will make a connection between the software and the disaster that occured.

Dear users, please tell us your opinion!

The new version of DVD Author will be released under the new brand
name "TSUNAMI MPEG" (TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO).
We are worried that it may have a negative impact on our customers,
due to the TSUNAMI that occurred last year, in Sumatra and the South East Asia.

However TSUNAMI is also the original name of the free software TMPGEnc (TSUNAMI MPEG ENCODER).
TSUNAMI is a common word in Japan, because we often hear it in our everday life.
But, in overseas, this name may directly be related to the disaster of last year.

So we would like to ask you:

1) what is your opinion about this brand name?

2) and what do you think would be the general opinion, or the opinion of a newbie who
doesn't know the origin name of TMPGEnc?

Thank you for your cooperation.
Pegasys team

>Dear users, please tell us your opinion!
>
>The new version of DVD Author will be released under the new brand
>name "TSUNAMI MPEG" (TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO).
...

I wish you folks would also ask for our opinions on the products and new features we would like to see added.

I have submitted many excellent feature requests to your tech support, only to be told they are not needed. Clearly, they do not listen to the users feedback, and I have stopped submittng ideas.

If I had a clear channel to the programmers, I would be happy to resubmit the ideas. BTW, I know the guy that started the TMpeg products, as I worked at the company that designed the compiler he used at the time (Delphi).

Joe

1) TSUNAMI name is good. Keep using the TSUNAMI name, in remembrance of the victims. That would be a positive, in my opinion.

2) When I was newbie, I didn't know origin name of TMPGEnc. I looked name up. For Retail boxes, maybe it better to call it TSUNAMI MPEG ENCODER. Newbies will know "mpeg encoder". But old people that download it, know it as TMPGEnc. I would keep TMPGEnc name for the download version. It is popular name.

As Joe Hecht said in post above, we would like feedback from the developers. We submit bug reports and feature requests, but no one from Pegasys acknowledges requests.

DVD Author needs more features like...
1) Way to make preview screen larger. It is small on 1600x1200 monitor resolution. Should be able to maximize DVD Author window to full screen.
2) Correct the combined maximum bitrate you can use. Currently a warning pops up, that says "The combined bitrate can be no more than 9848kbps." This is wrong. Maximum combined bitrate for all DVD players is 10080kbps.
3) Way to download third party themes for backgrounds,buttons,etc... There are not enough pre-made themes.
4) Hot-Keys for all preview window buttons, including fast-forward, rewind.
5) Motion Menu selection of beginning/end frames, instead of just seconds.
6) Way to set a clip to "First Play" and hide the track menu completely. Can only hide chapters.
7) Built-in subtitle creation and support.
8) Ability to use "transition clips" to add transitions between main menu and track menus.
9) Add support for multiple audio tracks.

DVD Writing Tool needs a buffer, "underrun burn protection", and the ability to verify the burn.

Dear users, please tell us your opinion!

The new version of DVD Author will be released under the new brand
name "TSUNAMI MPEG" (TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO).
We are worried that it may have a negative impact on our customers,
due to the TSUNAMI that occurred last year, in Sumatra and the South East Asia.

However TSUNAMI is also the original name of the free software TMPGEnc (TSUNAMI MPEG ENCODER).
TSUNAMI is a common word in Japan, because we often hear it in our everday life.
But, in overseas, this name may directly be related to the disaster of last year.

So we would like to ask you:

1) what is your opinion about this brand name?

2) and what do you think would be the general opinion, or the opinion of a newbie who
doesn't know the origin name of TMPGEnc?

Thank you for your cooperation.
Pegasys team

The Tsunami word does not bother me (in Austrlia) and if anything, the word makes it easier for me to recall the software, codec etc.

I am mucking around with a lot of codecs and software at the moment so I can hardly forget this one with such a name.
Negative impact= nil
codec/software name recall = 100%

This software codec is and has been constantly mentioned on other sites particularly help and tuition sites, best to leave the name intact or loose the benefits of past positive references.

>Dear users, please tell us your opinion!
>
>The new version of DVD Author will be released under the new brand
>name "TSUNAMI MPEG" (TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO).
...

I wish you folks would also ask for our opinions on the products and new features we would like to see added.

I have submitted many excellent feature requests to your tech support, only to be told they are not needed. Clearly, they do not listen to the users feedback, and I have stopped submittng ideas.

If I had a clear channel to the programmers, I would be happy to resubmit the ideas. BTW, I know the guy that started the TMpeg products, as I worked at the company that designed the compiler he used at the time (Delphi).

Joe

I was wondering if you can editing into the program. I'm using it for scientific research and would like to cut out the boring bits of my research film.

remerge the cut/edit and multiplex/deplex engine found in tmpeg 2.5 so i can get rid of 2.5 and use only one tool for my need (i.e rip a audio stream out and re-encode it and re-multipex it back in so i dont waste 2 hours re-encoding the movie wht the video it self is fine)

oops reqad the message wrong , the name seems fine. anyboy who goes to your webpage can easily tell of you companys home background and see you mean no harm with your name , and besides in the video editing world it is a established house name next to gneeral electric sony chevy,etc so dont change it

Hello. I am converting WAV to AC3 with the TMPGENC Sound Player standalone. After conversion, AC-3 file sound is lower, than original WAV.

It sounds like the original WAV output is lowered by about -15db or more! I have not selected compression. So why is output lowered?

I am having the same problem when converting VOB to wmv.. the video is OK but the audio component is lowered by about -20db

Cheers
RED

i want serial nuimber for: TSUNAMI MPEG Video Encoder XPress

After converting an AVI to MPG the Windows media player plays 1 or 2 seconds of the sound from the movie and then freezes the audio playing. The video however remains playing propperly. Does anybody know what's wrong ?
Thanks in advance !

Given the lack of information that you have given I am not sure why it happened but I know how to avoid it. Seperate the sound from your avi file using virtual dub:
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/barnprograms/programs/virtualdub.zip
and use it as your audio source for your avi file using TMPGEnc.