I work with a Matrox Axio HD system on top of Premiere, and we capture lots of uncompressed content that must go through TMPGEnc Xpress for MPEG encoding.

The frame size of uncompressed content captured by Premiere is 720x486.

These extra 6 lines don't bother that much (I normally crop them), but the clip is recognized as squarel pixel (1:1).

Content using 720x480 normally is identified as 4:3 or 10:11.

When I encode the content to MPEG-2 4:3 NTSC, the final video is resized, creating black borders on top and bellow the final clip and resizing the 720x486 (1:1) to fit inside the final 720x480 (4:3) MPEG file.

I could remove the option "keep aspect ration" from filter Picture Resize (and apply cropping to remove the extra 6 lines), but since it's not always me doing the encoding, I fear that others might forget about this procedure creating MPEG files with black bars for the final videos.

I see two solutions: TMPGEnc Xpress should recognize 720x486 files as 4:3 aspect ratio, or have some of the presets for MPEG file creation have Filters embedded into them.

I work in an environment where we digitize tapes (VHS/miniDV) with Adobe Premiere CS4. This results in raw avi, type 2 files.
We encode these .avi files to mpg1 and mp2, for archival purposes, using TMPG 4.7.1.284, on Windows XP SP3 workstations. We use some templates, which can be downloaded here: www.sendspace.com/file/wlyowz
This all works perfect.

Doing an upgrade to 4.7.3.292 we experienced the following problem: the audio is out of sync with the video when you watch the file. The audio is a bit quicker than the video, between 1 and 3 seconds. This is unacceptable.

To test whether the problem is related to our windows installations, we build a new machine, put a fresh install of Windows 7 on it, Adobe Premiere for digitization, and TMPG X-Press 4.7.3.292
The problem persists. Encoding other files, doesn't seem to be a problem.

Is this a known bug? Is there a known solution?
Please give us some insight.

Not even a reply!
Useless support!
We'll flush those ten licenses down the drain and go for Canopus.
Thanks for the attention.

As the forum index says, this isn't officially moderated and you won't receive any replies from a support employee; only other users will reply and apparently none of us can help you.

If you want a real response from TMPGEnc support, you need to fill out their support form:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

Is it still possible in version 4 to create a DVD where the video content is in VCD format and stays in VCD format? It worked with version 3.

All I want to do is convert some DVD-RAM material to DVD-R...

No problem I thought, download the trial version of TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress on my desktop (running Vista) to see what the conversion quality it is like.

Using the source wizard to import the clip from a DVD-RAM disc I get this error message:

Unsupported File (error code 0x80048003)

Not a good start and searching the net provides little information on this. Importing other formats on disc such as WMV works fine, the issue only appears to be with RAM.

I downloaded TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress to my laptop which is running XP and using the same disc the source wizard recognises it and imports the file, no problem.

I then check to see if it is a hardware error with my DVD-RAM drive by connecting an external drive to my desktop PC, still no go, same error meessage as above. Just to check the external drive also works with the laptop, TMPGEnc recognises the file.

On my desktop if I copy the complete 'RTAV' folder to the hard drive and using TMPGEnc I import the VRO file directly, this way it recognises it allowing me to do the conversion!

There we have it, a rather sorry state of affairs, hopefully there might be some ideas on what could be wrong?

Regards,

the colonel

I have a simple Title page with 8 clips on one track. Each clip has
the option of either Stereo or 5.1 embedded in the clip (added with the
multi audio function). I'd like to add a couple of audio buttons to the
Title page, one to select the default 5.1 and one to select Stereo, but
I see now way to add buttons to an existing custom template. Is this possible?

Thanks,

-Craig

If you have multiple audio sources, an audio button should automatically appear on your track page. You can't manually add an audio button; it simply checks to see if there are multiple audio tracks and then adds the audio button for that track menu.

Well, all my clips have a 5.1 and a Stereo audio file associated (Stereo is the secondary audio file), but my simple 1 page Title page (which has all the clips
on it) does not show an audio button, nor, can I get one to appear using
the DVD menu Global Settings (there is a check mark to display Audio button on page but when I check this, it doesn't add anything to the page. Interestingly, when I go to simulate, and use the buttons associated with playing the DVD, there is an Audio button on the controller with which I can switch between the audio streams, but most DVD controllers don't have such a
button, and instead rely on an on screen button to switch back and forth.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

-Craig

The audio button only seems to appear on track menus, so make sure you choose "Track menu only" or "Top and Track menu" when creating a custom menu. If you create a title page for your track menu, the audio button will show up there, otherwise it should show up in the track menus.

Does this tool suports creation of multi angle track ?
If so i can i do that ?

Thanks

No, it does not support multi-angle tracks. Would be cool though.

FWIW: DVD-lab Pro does, but lacks some other capabilities found in AW.

Hi Everyone,

I do not want to use the audio made while filming. Because this is a tutorial DVD I want to voice over the actual recorded video footage itself. Can I do this within this program?

Or do I have to record my voice and then import that voice file into the program?

Thanks for your advice

Janet
New Zealand

You will have to record your voice-over audio track separately in some other app and then import it into Authoring Works 4.

In the clip properties window, you can select your VO track as the audio 1 source instead of the default (which should be the movie itself, and thus the original audio). With the new audio track selected, the original audio should not be present.

Thanks. What a pain not being able to record in the same program.

CUDA no run in GeForce 9800 GT. CPU is 100% user and GPU 0%.

the cuda will only take effect when a few filters are used.

In a previous post I asked how to reorder clips, but I see now that I simply misunderstood the nature of the software. I see now how to reorder clips, but my problem is otherwise. What I want to do is divide up a single clip into multiple clips then place slide show transitions between the clips. The problem is that apparently neither "splitting" or "cutting" in the "Clip Edit" menu actually splits the clips; the most I can do is divide the clip into chapters or eliminate part of the clip (by cutting when the endpoint of the cut is the end of the clip). So the only way I can think to do what I want is to take the same clip, import it twice, cut the first half out of one and the second half out of the other then put a transition between them (because in that case TMPGEnc author will treat the clips as truly separate). There has to be an easier way. (In Windows Movie Maker, for example, all I have to do is select "split" and it's done.) Any suggestions are welcome.

There is a split clip function in the cut-editor.

Just move the playhead to where you want to split the clip, then click the split clip button (it looks like: <-|-> ).

Then click OK.
A dialog box appears asking what you want to do. Click on "Split".

You now have two clips.

GEEZ, THANK YOU! ive been trying to figure this out for like twenty minutes; i almost switched to a different program.. though, the more i use TMPGENC Mastering 5, the more i start to wonder (surely, like every other time) when i'll hit a snag in the editing requirements and have to revert programs AGAIN, but for now, its nice to finally have a 'one-stop-shop' program, of sorts (back when i used to edit a lot, i was converting to lossless AVI and editing strictly in VirtualDub/MOD, with audio being finalized in Cool Edit Pro- now Adobe Audition. lately, ive only been converting full videos, which i did with Handbrake, but man... this Mastering Works is.. WORKING for me, surprisingly well!)

Simple question: I want to reorder clips within a track. Can't figure out how.

Drag 'n drop.

In the Source stage just drag your clips up or down.

How can I make the background sound for my title page actually be the same sound that is on the motion clip showing? (the first 30 seconds of the movie)

In the Menu Editor, double-click the background to open the Menu Item editor for the background.
Select the "BGM Audio Selection" tab.
Check the box next to "Use audio from the background source".

I have been using TMPGenc 2.5 Plus for some time, and it converted MP4 files with no problem. However recently I upgraded to Windows 7, and some programs seem to have been changed a bit during the upgrade.

I don't know if the following is directly related to the upgrade or not. I recently installed a few other video editing programs and uninstalled them after trying them, so may be related to an uninstall...

Now, when I try to convert an MP4 to MPEG1 or 2 using TMPGEnc Plus, I get a message that infomrs me the file cannot be opened because there is no MP4FileLibU.dll installed.

I searched for such a file and found it in my Pinnacle program, copied and pasted it directly into the folder for TMPGEnc with the rest of the .dll files. Still same message. Is this supposed to be placed in another file for TMPGEnc, or installed elsewhere? I cannot get as good quality control of the output for MP4 to MPEG with the opther programs I have.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Seizan

Added...

A friend told me to ask if someone who is using TMPGEnc 2.5 PLUS would please do a search for the MP4FileLibU.dll on their PC and post the locations. I can then just copy and paste the file into the same places, reboot, and see what happens...

That might just do it, maybe.

Regards,

Seizan

Copy the file to the system32 directory, then go to start, execute and type
"regsrv32 mp4filelibu.dll" without the quotes and press enter, this should solve the problem

Seems like that should have worked but I get a message that it is an invalid entry. Doesn't work.

Did you try to regsiter the dll-file as Administrator ?
regsvr32.exe