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I have now spent several hours trying to get the "subtitles page item" (the link to the page where you select subtitle) to display on the top menu, but with no luck.
I have created a project with 6 tracks, and various number of chapters on each track. I have only been able to display the "subtitles page item" on the track menus, but that means you can't select subtitles if you want to just pop the DVD in and watch the entire film from start to end.
Am I missing something obvious? (Or have Pegasys?)
This is a limitation of the software. In TAW5, there isn't a "global" subtitle page. Since each track can have their own set of subtitles, I think they felt that each track should have their own subtitles menu page instead of a single one that sets the subtitle language for all tracks (like on commercial dvds).
Not sure if anyone at Pegasys will ever read this, but if you do please consider this a feature request. It would have been quite nice to have this option.
For this particular project I could work around it by re-authoring the project into not using tracks at all, instead using only chapters.
i had buyed a few days before the spurs engine plug in for TAW5.
i have a cuda-based card in my pc.
but thats not the card, that is supported by your spurs engine, i had found out.
now i want to buy a spurs-engine supported card, but NOTHING to find !!
it seems, that this few cards are not any longer made.
it seems, that they exist around 2008-2010 and were then out of print.
so it seems, that i had payed a few bucks FOR NOTHING ???
why you offer a software, that is useful for nothing ?
Where i can BUY a spurs-engine supported card (in germany) ?
which actual cards support the spurs-engine ?
Does this (older) cards work under win 7 or 8 32/64 ?
do drivers exist ?
i hope, i get really good answers, that bring me forward...?!?
As you now know, CUDA and SpursEngine are not the same thing.
SpursEngine cards are not made anymore as far as I know, but I assume people still own spursengine devices, so I'm assuming that is why they still sell the plugin.
You might want to try ebay or something if you want to buy one.
I had a spursengine card a while ago and it worked fine on Windows 7.
CUDA+SPE= SPEED, OK ~1:1
CPU+SPE=ITS NOT BAD 1,5:1
CPU+X264= BEST, BORED 4~6:1
REQUEST DECODER FOR SPURSENGINE IN PREVIEW (TAW5+TVMW5+TMS+TMSR4)
SPEP_DEC+SPEP_ENC = BEST SUPER RESOLUTION, BEST ENCODER HARDWARE,
NO MORE MATRIX YUV DECODER FROM "passthru" PEGASYS,
ONLY DECODER+ENCODER DIRECT PROCESS COLOR PROFILE
AND PLAYER SOFTWARE BLURAY DVD SPURSENGINE "SPEP2"
(EXAMPLE: TOSHIBA QOSMIO SPURSENGINE SOFTWARE PLAYER)
SPURSENGINE CARD NO COMPATIBLE PCI-E QPI,
ONLY FSB SOUTHBRIDGE COMPATIBLE AMD INTEL
Is there a way to convert video shows that I recorded to my Tivo desktop software and burn as data dvd's which can be viewed on my pc's> I want to convert these data dvd's to a normal format I can watch on my home dvd player for viewing on my h-d tv?. My guess is I may need a plugin of some sort that will work with this software. If any of you out there in cyberspace know just what plugins I need please answer my question. All replies of a knowledgeable nature are welcome.
How do you view these data dvd's on your pc? Do you have to use Tivo software to view it? It will all depend on what format the video is in. You can try using MediaInfo to seee what format the video stream is.
Hope you guys can help. I have two projects saved, they seem to act differently. When playing a track, and the track ends, it goes back to the menu... but the track it just played is highlighted. Great, this is how I want it...
However, another project I am working on seemingly has the same settings, but when a track finishes playing, it goes back to the menu and the first track is highlighted.
I don't have TAW4 currently installed, but I think there is a setting in the Global Menu Settings for what is highlighted when you return to the menu, so check there.
Do you mean you want the menu background to be a video and it loops? Or do you mean the chapter thumbnails are videos and they loop? Or do you mean there's just a video on the menu screen separate from the chapters that loops?
When the disk loads the menu page I would like a short video that I have that has a roll in effect for the title. I have made the video already, and am trying to understand how to display it as the background for the menu.. I would remove the "Title" label and the "Return" label that Authoring Works 5 normally inserts, only having the "Play" text available on top of the background.
Go to the Global Menu settings in the Menu stage and activate motion backgrounds in the Motion Menu tab. You should also set the duration of the motion menu as the same duration of your video and make sure the loop setting is checked.
Back in the main Menu stage window, select the menu you want to edit and double-click the background. This opens the background editor and you can now set a video as the background image.
I’ve done as you stated and in the Menu Item Edit the preview playback works perfectly; however, when I return to the main menu and use the Simulation tab I only receive the audio portion of the clip – no video. What am I missing?
PROBLEM SOLVED!! Actually I had done it right all along. What I didn't see in the Help section was that for the Simulation to show the actual background video playing is that you have to click on the "Motion" tab in the control panel. Sorry for the bother.. Now I have a back ground that "unrolls" across the screen revealing the label as it unrolls, complete with the audio accentuating the effect. Looks great (of course I'm biased)..
The TV station I am submitting my content to said my video & audio levels are out of their acceptable range. I need to make my video level under 100 IRE and my audio level between -12 db & -24 db.
1. How do I check the video & audio level on my file?
2. How do I modify the video/audio level if it is out of range?
I am doing this as volunteer work for a small non-profit that doesn't have the budget to buy any additional software, so I need to use other software can you please suggest any freeware available online that I can use to view/modify the levels if Video Mastering Works 5 can't do it?
I have bought both Mastering Works 5 and Authoring Works 5.
My question first is regarding chapters in Authoring Works, I deal in authoring DVDs and blu-rays with lots of shows on each disc. I am a bit fed up with having to select each show and add chapters on each one individually. Sometimes I have 40+ shows per disc and when making a lot of them it soon adds up to a lot of time. In Ulead Movie Factory that allows you to add chapters on everything automatically at one click, you just select the duration gap between each chapter. Can you do this in Authoring Works ? I can make it automatic when I have clicked the chapter button, but I still have to do this on every video file, instead of all of them at once. Am I just missing the batch option somewhere for this ?
Secondly, I can't seem to encode xDVDs in AW and nor can I crop or use any filters/cropping. So to author a proper DVD I have to first encode and filter it in Mastering Works and then import in AW which is a 2 step process. Given Pegasys own both software, surely they could integrate this in Authoring Works too at an extra cost ? Or perhaps give extra features for those of us who have purchased both, like a plug-in or add on. Will this come on a future edition ?
It would be nice to have a simple timer when Live capturing from DV/HDV device, in order to avoid filling the hard disk unnecessarily when capturing long programs in unattended mode....
I understand this becomes a low-priority request as IEEE1394 capture quickly becomes obsolete.....but:
It would be nice to have a preview window when (live) capturing from a DV/HDV device. This is a.o. useful to position the pleadhead of a screenless DV/HDV device at the correct (start) position, and to monitor the picture/sound during capture.
In my case, I have a DVB-C decoder/recorder connected to my computer via an analog to DV transcoding device. Whenever I want to transfer video from the DVB-C unit, I have to connect it to an external monitor in order to seek the start point of my capture and see the DVB-C device on-screen controls.
It would be nice to be able to do all this right on the computer, from the TVMW5 capture session.
Did I understand correctly that TAW5 only imports .srt .subtitle and .xsubtitle files ?
I am on a project where a large volume of subtitles needs to be added from scratch (i.e. a translator is going to write the text, no existing OCR or .srt files). I need to give recommendations to the writer in order to minimize his work (and mine).
Is there a better method to input these subtitles into TAW5 than copy & paste line-by-line, from a simple text file ? Writing directly in .srt format is not easy for the person in charge of the translation ?
Sadly, no. There is nothing you can do. Have them write into .srt with substation alpha if must, but this program SUCKS for it's subtitle support. You be better off trying multiavchd. Freeware program with a heck of a lot better subtitle support. Pegasys has left us out to dry here with their complete lack of understanding in regards to how important subtitle support is. Or it could be the MPAA breathing down their neck as proper subtitle support would make bootleg blurays extremely easy to make.
You are correct about TAW5 lacking in subtitle support. However, it shouldn't be hard to convert most formats to .srt using the excellent, free Subtitle Edit and then import it over to ΤΑW5.
I am trying to create a slideshow with well over 200 photos (the limit for a slideshow). The problem isn't that it is over 200 photos the problem is that every 200 photos it the program creates a new "clip" within the track. Now I ended up with about 25 clips (some were very short) and I would like to add seamless music to the slideshow that consists of all 25 clips.
Are there ways to do this? Can I add an Audio Stream to a Track as I would for a clip? Is there a way to combine all 25 clips into one singular clip so I can add the Audio Stream to that?
Unfortunately, there's no way to apply audio to span multiple clips. You'd have to output the file to get a single video track and then import that track back into the project, then you'd be able to add your audio. So it is possible with a bit of work.