Hi,

I used TMPGEnc Xpress v4.0 to encode video for my website. The website player is set up correctly and working when I use a mp4 downloaded from youtube.
Once I use my encoded files they buffer completely before they play. So no streaming is possible.

Since ther is no possibility making a difference while uploading to the site and the site is not changed the problem must be one of the file created.

I did encode my file exactly as the one I got from Youtube but it had no effect at all! Still no streaming while the youtube on is. I tried multiple files. No effect.


Here is the media info of the 2 Files to compare:
(Tried to rename the mp4 to flv, no effect as well)


1. The TMPGEnc one that is not streaming:

Complete name : C:\...\Example.MP4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 18.9 MiB
Duration : 1mn 6s
Overall bit rate : 2 396 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-23 22:45:48
Tagged date : UTC 2010-10-23 22:45:48

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 299 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.100
Stream size : 18.1 MiB (96%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-23 22:45:48
Tagged date : UTC 2010-10-23 22:45:48

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 773 KiB (4%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-10-23 22:45:48
Tagged date : UTC 2010-10-23 22:45:48



2. The Youtube on that is streaming:

Complete name : C:\...\Ich pflocke euch.flv
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 161 MiB
Duration : 9mn 14s
Overall bit rate : 2 434 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-09-26 13:47:49
Tagged date : UTC 2010-09-26 13:47:49
gsst : 0
gstd : 554440
gssd : B4A7D0A82HH1287942535764773
gshh : v18.nonxt3.c.youtube.com

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 9mn 14s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 301 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 3 265 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.100
Stream size : 152 MiB (95%)
Tagged date : UTC 2010-09-26 13:48:31

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 9mn 14s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 176 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 8.46 MiB (5%)
Title : (C) 2007 Google Inc. v08.13.2007.
Encoded date : UTC 2010-09-26 13:48:10
Tagged date : UTC 2010-09-26 13:48:31



ANY IDEA? I got no clue! Please help!

I'm guessing it has to do with the .flv container. 4.0 XPress can't output to flv so...

How about uploading your video to YouTube, then download it as an flv?

Thats no option. This is what I have TPGEN for.

Anyone from pegasys feeling the need to reply?Will never ever buy again if there is no help on this...

I`m pretty much pissed off! Wasted 2 months time looking for the reason. Shouldn`t a program you buy work?

In all fairness, it's not 4.0 XPress' job to make the video able to stream, so I'm not sure why you're expecting it.

The real question is, what is this website player that you're using and what are the video specs that it needs to make it stream?

Also, no one from Pegasys will answer you here; this is just users helping users. If you want a response from Pegasys, use their product support forms:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

I had the same problem with mp4 files encoded with TMPGenc Xpress 4.xx not streaming. After some research I've figured it out.

1. TMPGenc Xpress doesn't write the atoms in the mp4 file header in the order required for streaming. I use the the free command utility mp4box.exe to arrange the atoms in the correct order (mp4box -optimize file.mp4). There is also a free GUI for doing this operation named MP4 FastStart.exe.

2. Only the output of the Baseline profile has been streaming for me after the rearrangement of the atoms in the mp4 file header.

You might try renaming the file extention to f4v instead of flv, f4v uses an H.264 container, while flv files use either On2's vp6 or an older version of sorensen's spark codec. or also some freeware codecs will produce an flv file. google bought On2 and they are using what was supposed to be Vp8(also H.264 or perhaps x.264 like the upcoming version of Tmpgenc mastering works has. and open source codecs for the audio. regardless, the f4v extention might do the trick.

It doesn't works...why?

The product was discontinued before Windows 7 was released. If you can run it in XP compatibility mode, it might work.

It works for me (DVD Author 3 + Windows 7 64 Bit). However I have the problems mentioned in my own above question!

>It doesn't works...why?

Does AW4 use the same transcoding/encoding engine as is contained in Express 4?

Is there any image quality advantaage to transcoding/encoding files to DVD or Blu-ray formats using Express 4 rather than letting AW4 do it?

I just installed a GTS 450 Nvidia card, when I try to select overlay mode when I am adding filters it's greyed out, can someone tell me what I can do to get it working?

I forgot to mention Iam using Windows 7 with DX11

I forgot to mention Iam using Windows 7 with DX11

Do you have any other programs running that is using the overlay? For instance if you're using a program like PowerDVD, you won't be able to use overlay mode.

No Im only running the main program with nothing else taking up video resources in the background.

With my Radeon card I had the option to select it and if something else was using it I would get an error saying I cant enable it, but now with the Nvidia card it is greyed out.

Ive tried the last 3 versions and they are all greyed out.

Was doing a bit of research and it looks like Windows 7 handles hardware overlays in a different way than older verisons of Windows-- this is most likely why overlay mode won't work on your machine.

The 4.0 XPress overlay mode probably uses a DirectDraw API, but Windows 7 uses Direct 3D 9 for overlays.
Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd797814(VS.85).aspx

I tried 4.0 XPress on a Windows 7 machine myself and sure enough, the overlay mode was grayed out for me too.

I'd have to run a virtualmachine and run virtual XP with Windows 7 to get it to work right? But wouldn't that be a huge memory hog doing it like that?
Well at least I could get my settings the way I want them and save the Txp4 file and re-open it again on Windows 7 in Tmpgenc.

Just thought I'd share my experiences of the past few days.
After using (and loving) TAW4 under 32-bit Windows XP for some time, I upgraded to 64-bit Windows 7. TAW4 installed just fine and works flawlessly - on NEW projects.

When I opened a project created under my old installation however, the only elements visible on the Menu pages were those I had added to the template myself (like extra text boxes). The backgrounds and buttons from the template itself were nowhere to be seen.

I had a hunch this was because the name of the programs directory has changed from "C:\Program Files" to "C:\Program Files (x86)" for 32-bit applications like TAW4.

Sure enough, when I copied TAW4's "Templates" directory:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Pegasys Inc\TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4\Template"
...into another location...
"C:\Program Files\Pegasys Inc\TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4\Template"
...all of my old projects started displaying correctly again.

Seems that TAW4 doesn't know it should be using the %ProgramFiles(x86)% environment variable instead of %ProgramFiles% when it identifies that it's in a 64-bit environment.

Hopefully this work-around will help some folks until a fix can be made in later versions of this excellent software.

The DVD will have 4 tracks (4 independent video clips).
It will also have a short first play video separate from the clips.

I want a top menu following the first play clip with links to the four tracks.
Two tracks are to play the video directly with no separate track menu
Two tracks are to have a track menu with links to 5 chapter points in their video and a return button.
Each video will also have additional chapter points that are not linked to menu buttons, but used to allow faster navigation withthe skip button..

Can I do this with AW4? Not obvious from its highly strcuture process, tutorials, or Help files.

Yes, this is possible. The key is to use the Global Menu Settings to set which menu pages are displayed.

So your process would be to first create your menus as normal, then go to the Global Menu Settings and uncheck the track 1 and track 2 pages so they don't appear. Any chapter points you set will still work when playing the actual movie.

You can set almost anything (buttons, thumbnails, etc.) to either visible or invisible with the global menu settings.

Try it out in the trial version if you can.

Thanks. Your response helped me a lot in developing an undestanding of how AW4 works and solved my immediate issue as well.

As a previous user of Reel DVD, Encore DVD, and DVD LAB Pro, AW4 is rather different. The big diffence in Menu building appears to me to be the concept that AW4 gives a near complete starting point, and I remove, hide or inactivate rather than add items.

I think every encoding tool now uses H/X 264 for HD encoding except you lot, why is this? This is the only thing that is putting me off buying this software. I would like to have a few HD movies on 1 blu-ray disc, and am currently using mulitAVCHD for this, but its not as easy as Authoring works.

I like this software because I find it user friendly so I can edit my videos. I've tried to buy it, but I'm told each time that there's something wrong with my credit card information. I've tried to find a phone number so I can purchase the old fashioned way by giving my credit card information to an operator, but haven't had any luck.

What's up with you people who make this software? Don't you want to make a profit?

EDDY

Try the Paypal option or fax your order.

Fax order form:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/shopping/OF_en_20100427.pdf

I know that some retailers have problems if your billing address is a PO Box, so if that's your case, then that might be the problem.

I have been using DVD Author 3 for a few years with no problems. My sister-in-law gave me MPEG-4 clips of her vacation which are HD. I wanted to put the clips together, add subtitles, and burn them to a DVD that can be viewed in a regular DVD player. Everything goes the same as usual until I start the output. About an hour into the output, which it says is 17% done, the process stops and I get the error message:
>Could not initialize QuickTime (-9461).
Thinking that the problem was with QuickTime, I installed the newest version, but that did not solve the problem.
Is there some setting that needs to be changed when working with HD videos? Does DVD Author 3 work with HD MPEG-4 clips?

When you import the file, what file reader is being used?

You can see the file reader in the Clip Properties window that appears right after you import the file.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2llmygy.png
(this screenshot is from Authoring Works 4, but it's pretty much the same in DVD Author 3).

When I import a MPEG-4, the DirectShow file reader is the one that is being used.

QuickTime file reader was used.

Thank you for the screenshot. That helped me locate the information.

There's a couple of things you can try.

1) Open QuickTime Player (Windows Start menu-->QuickTime-->QuickTime Player). Then open the preferences (Edit-->Preferences-->QuickTime Preferences). In the QuickTime Preferences window go to the Advanced tab and make sure the box is checked for "Enable encoding using legacy codecs". If it's already checked, or if this doesn't fix the error you're getting, try option 2:

2) Disable the QuickTime file reader.
In DVD Author 3, go to the Preferences (Options-->Preferences), then go to the File Input plug-in section (Input format list-->File input plug-in). You should see a list of the file readers. Uncheck the QuickTime file reader and click the OK button to confirm your settings.
This should force your MPEG-4 file to be read by a different file reader, most likely the DirectShow file reader. Try and import your file. If you get an error that the video or audio part can't be opened, then you'll need to install some codecs. ffdshow will probably do the trick, and you might need Haali Media Splitter if you don't have that either.

Thank you very much, tkrave. Option 2 worked.

I really appreciate your help in getting my DVD Author 3 to work with the MPEG-4 files. We ended up with a nice DVD.

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I specifically downloaded tmpenc express to change the playback speed on films & lectures, basically speed them up, are there any options as i cant see this anywhere in the demo i've downloaded

No options to alter playback speed in filters or options

Which is surprising even VLC allows you to change the playback speed decoding ...

As far as I know, only TMPGEnc MovieStyle can speed up or slow down the playback speed (of all the TMPGEnc products).

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tms_feature.html
Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the "Time Stretch" feature.

If you learn some of the basics of AviSynth, you can easily write an .avs file with whatever you want to do - such as change the speed (& lower the pitch), crop, fade, etc... TMPGEnc AW4 & XPress both import .avs files, along with most other encoding programs that will accept an .avi file.

I am trying to create mp4 file from my AVCHD camera clips. I can create mp4 file, but I cannot find any way to create chapters in the mp4 file. Can TmpGenc Express 4 do that?

As far as I know, there is no way to make chapters with an mp4 file, as the format does not support it (it's like trying to make chapters with an AVI file)

That's not entrily true. Next to TmpgEnc I've been using an application named Handbrake. That can create chapters for your mp4 files.

You can mark keyframes in 4.0 XPress, but I'm not sure if they can be turned into chapters for mp4 files.

1. Convert .vob to .m2v
Advanced Tools -> MPEG tool -> Demultiplexer

2. Clip addition source
From a file -> browse where the new .m2v file is -> select Cut-edit and on that window I only see 2 frames (the star and end frame) and I don't see anything in the midle.

Am I doing something wrong ?

Thank you,
Gonzalo

P.S: If I open the .vob anyway, on the Cut-edit window I can see the complete video.

Not sure if you're doing something wrong...I demuxed a vob and I was able to cut-edit the .m2v file just fine.
Have you tried it with other .vob files?

I still don't understand why I can't see the full chapter after doing these steps:

Select 4 chapters:
http://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3800&d=1286822993

Demux video, audio and subtitles
http://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3801&d=1286823016

Final result of the ripping process:
http://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3803&d=1286823042

Now, with all these files I go to TMPGenc:
http://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3806&d=1286823587&thumb=1
http://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3807&d=1286823597&thumb=1
http://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3805&d=1286823580&thumb=1
http://forum.videohelp.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3804&d=1286823568&thumb=1

Why, why, why is the chapter empty ?

I start thinking that this could be a bug on TMPGEnc, if not, it doesn't make sence. (to me)

Thank you anyway for your help.
Gonzalo