Any render I do from Xpress 4.0 results in a corrupted mpeg file. Sometimes I render a file that plays (plays in Windows media and Author 3.0) but 80% of the time the file is corrupted. I submitted a ticket on this issue but Tmpgenc support is horrible and they didn't help except for asking ovbious questions. I'm suspecting that the mpeg encoder is conflicting with some other encoder/application. I do have installed in my PC, Media Concept Mpeg encoder, Cinema Craft Basic and Nero. Has anyone experiencing the same issue? I'm completely frustrated by the lack of support from this company but I do love the results (when it works) from Xpress.

My OS is XP with SP3, Xeon based machine. Please help!!!

Sorry, never had this issue. What are the source file formats for the ones that end up corrupted? Are they different from the ones that come out OK?

The sources are mostly avi (using Cineform codecs) and also uncompressed Quicktime. The files range from 10 to 15 mins and the final output 1:45 hour. I tried smaller files with no luck. Every single file is corrupted and not even Mpeg editor will open it. I installed the updates with no luck. Once in a while it produces a viewable files. If it wasn't for the superb quality i would not bother with this product.

Can your source avi files play in Windows Media Player?

Also, what do you mean by corrupted? They just don't play, they play but it's black, garbage artifacts or what?

You can check to see if your Cineform codec is being recognized by 4.0 XPress by going to Options-->Preferences-->AVI settings. If it doesn't show up in the list, then 4.0 XPress doesn't see it. There may be a codec conflict as well, and you may need to uninstall your codecs and reinstall them one by one to see if it shows up.

Have you tried encoding it to other formats other than MPEG?

It could also be that the source file is corrupt.

Hello, maybe somebody can help me.

Was athoring a DVD with two tracks (In one of them, a concert with 26 songs/chapters, in the other, a "bonus" with 2 songs), and after checking all is ok in the simulation, I started the output. At 97% an error mesage pops up, reading something about a Stream Error, and in the output screen, another one telling me that the output had to be stopped due to an error.
Googling about that I read that it could be due to a lack of disk space, but it's not my case.
In the output folder, checking the final .VOBs, I see that the concert (track 1) was succesfully finished, but there's nothing about track 2 (apparently there was when output stopped, I think) and menus...

Well, if someone can help me, I'll be very grateful. Please give me ideas to solve this. I'll post screen caps of all the settings for the videos and the properties of the video sources too, if needed.

Thanks in advance!

"Stream Error" means that the TDA3 couldn't read(decode) the file
correctly.
> with the preview near or at the end of the first track
Do you know which source movie file was in process?
Could you create a DVD with that source file or it becomes also problem
even without that specific source file?.
Seek and wipe out clips which are making errors in the output process.

good luck

So I'm running version 2.58.44.152 and when I open the Wizard, there's no 16:9 NTSC or 16:9 PAL option under DVD. I had to redownload this program because i built a new computer, and I remember the option being there on my old computer. Did I download the wrong version or am I missing a patch? What gives?

Whoa, where did you download that from? That is an old version from 2002.

If you're using Plus, go here:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tp.html

If you're using the free version, go here:
http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/download.html

I just started working with this product but when I start the program and start up something this is what I get.
This application has failed to start because pthreadGC2.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
I have reinstalled several times. What could it be.
Vista Ultimate 64bit.

A Google'd "pthreadGC2.dll" and came up with this link which might help.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080525013716AA0MLwl

Ok, I went to that but my question where do I find the dll and how do I get it where it needs to be? Not sure I know?

I searched my system for that file and found it bit not where I would have expected to find it based upon that information. In any case, I have no idea if this is the correct file and/or if it will work but you can download a version of it here:

http://files.filefront.com/pthreadGC2dll/;7674775;/fileinfo.html

And it looks like from reading the other page it needs to be copied to your operating system's 'system32' folder. I don't know where that folder is in Vista, but in XP it's in here: c:\windows\system32

I would try that and see if it works. If not, I would contact tech support. Good luck.

Hello, I reinstalled my OS from Win2k to XP, installed all important video codecs but TMPEG cant open high definition file (1280 x 720, .avi) that I could open before on win 2k, probably missing some codec or what. The file is encoded with Windows Media Video-9 codec and I can play it in media player normally. Can you please help me?

problem resolved :-)

I saw the "available upon request" for the CUDA beta version of Xpress, but the company's mailbox is always full now! lol

When I write my menu/files to DVD it writes until 97% and then goes into
"VOB file finalization" mode. 30 minutes later it is still there and the disc is not finalised. If I stop everything then the disc is not playable on my DVD player.

Any ideas?

Thanks

doc

Try adjusting the transcode settings to be a little smaller than your DVD capacity. It may just be running out of room at the end of the disc.

I am interested in how to make the best quality from Windows Media Format movie file to Apple TV format using TMPEnc4.0. I tried encording to MPEG4 which works but the quality sucks. At this time I am streaming windows format movies to my XBox360 which is great but I want to the same to my AppleTV. Is there a better version other than MPEG4 to watch AppleTV in good quality HD format which TMPEnc can do?

Hi,

I am trying to convert my digital camera produced avi's as well as some unencrypted DVDs I have to .MPG or .MP4 format so I can load them on my PS3 and play from there. Space is not an issue - I just want the best possible quality for both audio and video. Can someone please recommend optimum settings for this?

Btw, I had dowloaded the MovieStyle trial version and generated sample.MP4 from it using the PS3 profile (and some tweaks), and I found the .MP4 files it generated were quite good. However when I did same from Xpress, the .mpg files were good but not quite as good, and were bigger as well. So if I could get settings that would mirror the quality I got from MovieStyle I would be happy (of course if quality gets better, I would be even happier :)).

Thanks in advance!
Sarge

You should be able to get the same results with 4.0 XPress; i believe they use the same encoding engine. Did you tweak the settings in 4.0 XPress to match the ones in MovieStyle? I'll try and run some tests of my own if I have time.

I don't remember the exact settings (movie express trial period had expired by then), but I did try to make the settings as good as I could and still got the above results.

If you do happen to try this out, it would be very helpful!

Thanks!

I have been making MP4's for the PS3 for awhile. I find the best setting is to go for AVC mode for the MP4 with a level of 3.1. The level you use is dependent on how much resolution and frame rate your movie has. Level 3.1 is just fine for regular 720 by 480 video at around 30 frames per second. I use double pass encoding with an average bit rate of 4000 Kb/s which is probably a bit more than is needed, but space isn't an issue for me. A standard definition unencrypted DVD uses about 8000 Kb/s, but you don't need all that bit rate with the compression that MP4 offers.

Be sure to pay attention to the final size of the video since MP4 won't support file sizes over 4 GB. I had to drop to 3000 Kb/s for 2.5 or 3 hour movies to get them under the file size limit.

Good luck!

Thanks for the help fuzz. The settings worked quite well! I did tweak them a bit more (e.g. used level 4 and some others and went with 4500kbps bitreate - I discovered MovieTime encoded them at 4000kbps and 48khz, 160kpbs for audio). The 4 level didnt seem to increase file size so just used the higher level. Any idea what the levels stand for, and how to decide which one to use? Couldnt find much on google.

Also, I am interested to see if someone has suggested settings for mpeg-2 format as well? While the MP4 is better for compression, it is not that flexible for editing if I want to reedit later. SO I am leaning towards converting all my video to mpeg-2, as these would play in PS3 as well. Am I on the right track, or do you recommend a different format for archiving and playback?!

Also wondering if I should then hold on to my source AVIs, or can I delete those. How big is the impact if I want to edit them later?!

Lastly, what tool would you recommend to join MPG2 or MP4 files after they have been created?! I know I can join them DURING creation, but what if I have some files already that I want to join without reencoding. Is that doable?!

Thanks!

I'm having lots of problems with TMPGEnc 4 Express when encoding MPEG-4. I'm finding that although the input video (MPEG-2) is fine, when I encode, the audio and video are out of sync by 1/4 second or so.

The only setting I've found so far that doesn't gives this problem is to use MPEG-4 AVC format, and set the video size and rate, and audio details the same as the original MPEG-2 file.

I really want to produce an ISO MPEG4 file, but no matter how I try, this always seems to result in a file with audio sync problems.

Any ideas please?

Thanks,

Martin

If you can figure out around how much audio offset there is in milliseconds then you can put this offset into the encoding in the clip editor at the bottom left side of the screen. I had to do this a few times and just made a minute or two test clip with a bunch of different offsets until the audio appeared to sync up.

I tested the trial version of TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress. I really like the MPEG-2 video conversion quality. However, two BIG features are missing and that prevents me from buying it:

1. Lack of good subtitle support. The current support is very poor. I imported H.264 TS files I recorded from HD TV source with embedded subtitles. The program should be able to pickup the embedded subtitles when converting to MPEG-2/DVD with DVD Author 3.

2. Lack of Dolby 5.1 support. The 2nd audio track of my HD TV recording has Dolby 5.1 and it is not supported.

Currently, I use ConvertXtoDVD. It has all of the above. However, MPEG-2 encoding quality is not as good as TMPGEnc.

Any plans to add these two features into future version of TMPGEnc?

I would buy TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress at once -- if it would be able to copy AC3 5.1 from source to target video (AC3 stream copy).

So there is no way for any TMPGEnc product to convert DVD with AC3 5.1 audio tracks to MPEG4/H.264 AVC with AC3 5.1 audio.

It's a great pity. :(

TMPGEnc, please... I will take a look at this forum in the next few days... please help - please answer.


Fucust
(A Fu-ture cust-omer?)

* if I buy xpress 4 now, upgrade to CUDA version is free ?

* why does not "mpeg editor 3" use in "xpress"

I think idiot forced to purchase 2 software, while xpress could very well allow use the "mpeg editor 3"

what is more "mpeg editor 3" is not available in French (though by its simplicity it is not a problem)

I *think* the CUDA update will be free. Don't quote me on that.

MPEG Editor 3 isn't an encoder so it doesn't use TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress' encoding engine.
Why doesn't 4.0 XPress have MPEG Editor 3's smart rendering? I don't know, but it's probably because smart rendering seems to be for MPEG video only.

I assume the cuda version will be like any normal free update, especially since it has been implemented so fast already and the version number is currently .257 (meaning no real major changes other than cuda support settings).

I would love to see Xpress some day be able to edit all formats (or at least avi and wmv) with smart rendering, or at least offer the function of a non-reencoding avi joiner for same-spec avi's.

I do still not logical buy "mpeg editor 3" extra "xpress 4" just to have the "transcoding"

is a little too easy to inflate the bill to increase the software at pegasys.
not counting that multiplies software then one would both have a 2 software with similar interface

MPEG Editor 3 is more for DVR users, HDV camcorder users, or anyone who works primarily with MPEG video. It handles video completely differently than 4.0 XPress.

Just because it has a similar interface to 4.0 XPress doesn't mean it's the same thing. It'd be like saying Photoshop and Illustrator are the same just because they look similar.