I really like this program because of it's quality and simplicity, but it's a real pain not having ac-3 5.1 support. After so many requests by so many people, you should have already implemented this feature.

The other request I have is the MKV file output ability. I know,it's a rouge file format, but no harm would be done by adding it while there is such a huge public support behind it.

Thanks

signed.

I don't know why tmpgenc authoring works doesn't have an option for making a blu-ray with h.264. The only available format is mpeg-2. I hope that you are working on it; if not, then you are getting late.

In my opinion, the German translation of TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 is not very successful. It would be nice if you could improve on that in the future or at least allow the user to activate the English version with the serial number he bought.

Hello,

I have been searching for som4e time but found no answer:

Is TAW4 able to force subtitles - maybe in dependency to selected audio?
I have a movie in german language "filled up" with some deleted and never shown scenes in english. I want to show german subtitles on (only) these scenes automatically, regardless whether the user had selected subtitles or not.

I hope my question ist understandeable somehow.

Best regards
Joerg

At first I thought it wasn't possible to force subs, but I just found that it is indeed possible. You can force subs only per track and not per clip.

To do it, go to the Source stage and click on the "Settings" button for the track you'd like to force subs on. In the track settings window, for "Default subtitles stream", just select which sub stream you'd like to force.

Verify by going to the Simulation stage or using the track preview button.

Thank you very much - that's exactly, what I need. So I will invest in upgrading to TAW4

I have two clips to join, but the audio levels are quite different. I tried adjusting the louder one down, then opening the other and listening to see if it is the same, then repeating this but i never get it quite right. Is there some way to visually see the levels, or a better workaround?
R

It would be nice if TMPGEnc Authoring Works would not complain about the maximum bitrate of transport streams as long as they do not actually exceed the limit. It is common practice for tv stations to set the maximum bitrate to 15 mbps just to be on the safe side, while the stream never actually exceeds 5 - 7 mbps.

I imported a transport stream, but the video is completely distorted. Most of the frame is covered with huge green blocks. The sound plays fine. Since I have no trouble playing the clip with VLC Player or opening it with other applications, I guess the source file has to be all right. I rebuilt the stream with other tools and suddenly the problem was gone (while new trouble came up, unfortunately). Possibly TMPGEnc Authoring Works gets confused by some additional information in the original file that is discarded when rebuilding the stream?

Some additional information: The stream is recorded from TV. According to tsMuxeR, there are unrecognized tracks. The identified tracks are:

1: MPEG-2 Profile: Main@8. Resolution: 720:576i. Frame rate: 25
2: MPEG-Audio deu Bitrate: 192Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 2 Layer: 2
3: MPEG-Audio 2ch Bitrate: 192Kbps Sample Rate: 48KHz Channels: 2 Layer: 2

I may add that the video stream is anamorphic. I hope this information helps, since I would love to buy your programmme as soon as this problem is fixed!

I just downloaded the newest version and it seems the problem has been solved! Thanks a lot!

I have source files that are h.264 at 10mbps.
I need to encode these adding fades at the head and tail.
I use TMPGEnc 4 XPress for this.
Whenever I do this I get a problem with the video.
There is always a spot where the video starts to skip and get jettery.
Also, I sometimes get a green line on the bottom of the frame.
Does anybody else have problems like this.
Thanks.

i get an error half way encoding a film and i get these errors pop up.

http://img188.imageshack.us/i/tmpgeerror.png/

i have no idea what it is that causing the error..

anybody had something like this in the past..

any help is grateful

Me, having something like this too....

http://bbs.tmpg-inc.com/bbs.php?board=en_taw4#topic505

http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/board/showthread.php?t=29512

sound slike its apple related ie quicktime and itunes software.

so i would unistall both of those aswell as any codecs releated, clean the system and then rbeoot and reinstall NEW updates and if that doesnt do it, re install works 4

i did what you said and i still get the error .. i removed the quicktime player and codec.. anyone manage to fix the problem

also i still get the de-bugger error message popping up but i still dont have visual studio installed on this machine..

i would do a format and install of the os and start from the beginning, as i think the os is currupt

thanx for your reply.. i think it is the OS as i tried a demo version of nero media and that too shuts down too so i think it is my OS .. ohh well i didn't really want to format and put the stuff back on again.. but it looks like i dont have any other choice.. thanx for your replies :-)

FYI - Free Dads and Grads menu templates for Authoring Works 4:

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/taw4_template.html#dadsgrads

I've authored a DVD alternating between slideshows and videos.
I want to put some music in a slideshow and need that this music continue through following slideshows or videos in the same chapter.
Is this possible?

I could only put some music in a single slideshow, but since a slideshow contains only images, not videos, I couldn't use the same continuos music throughout this "blocks" (thinking of a slideshow as a block, or a single video as a block).

Example:

I have some photos and videos from my trip to New Zealand.
I want to make a chapter for each city I've visited.
I've started with some photos from Auckland (Slideshow 1). Followed my a videoclip (Video 1) and then more photos from Auckland (Slideshow 2).

Slideshow 1 + Video 1 + Slideshow 2 are a single chapter, so I want to use a continuos song for this chapter.

Thanks for any advice.

Is it possible? Sort of, but it won't be easy.

The program has no way of doing it on its own, but theoretically you should be able to do it manually.

For example:
Figure out how long your track will be (the total time of all chapters) then edit your music to be at least that long. Use a program like Audacity or something to create a single, long music file.

Then figure out how long each chapter is (slideshow 1, video 1, slideshow 2, etc.) and split your music file into chunks, each exactly as long as each chapter.
Then add the first chunk to slideshow 1, the second to video 1, etc...

Apparently there is no easy way...
I should have used a simpler software from the beginning, something that just build photos and videos together.
But I was tempted by TMPGEnc AW4 features like custom menus and selectable subtitles.

Now I've spent many hours authoring all slideshows, videos and subtitled all of them. And also build a fancy menu with New Zealand map!

I thought this would be the easy part, that there was some sort of timeline and I could just put music files in sequence! :(
Well, I think I'll have to to what you suggested, or maybe rearrange slideshows putting more photos together (to fit a song length) and videos at the end without songs, just original sound.

Thanks tkrave.

The program has an option to adjust the slideshow length to the length of the music, if that helps.

You can also fade-in/out the music at the end or beginning of the slideshow so the audio won't abruptly cut off.

I've tried to manually edit sound files, but it doesn't work exactly as expected.
After splitting sound files and associate them with Slideshow 1, Video 1 and Slideshow 2, I've noticed that there is a gap between Slideshows.
I mean, the song was splitted exactly in 3 parts (with miliseconds precision) but when playing there is a gap from Slideshow 1 to Video 1, they're not perfect synchronized and this is totally audible. It's not a smooth transition.
I think there is no solution for my problem, so I now I have to start all over in another software that allow this simple feature.

Bad job for slideshow. I will find another software that can auto loop song and auto fade out song when photos run out.

>Bad job for slideshow. I will find another software that can auto loop song and auto fade out song when photos run out.

If you just want to loop audio, then this software can do that. Other than that, you can also auto adjust the slideshow length to your song length.

I reinstalled my O/S (Windows XP SP 2) and TMPGENC Authoring Works and now I get the message "no usable writing device installed". I have the same writer and it worked fine before. Any help?
Thanks!!!

Maybe you need to update the driver for the writer.

ok here goes then