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i am trying out the trial version of "Authoring Works 5"... I have 3 files i want to burn to 1 DVD. Am I right to assume that every file should have its own track?
Also I want to add a thumbnail from each file to the menu. I get a black screen but sound on the playback in attempting to pick my thumbnail
Put clips in separate tracks if you want to play each one separately.
Putting them all in one track will make them play consecutively by default (though there is a new feature which allows you to go back to the menu after a specific chapter).
Typically a black preview screen means that the video overlay mode needs to be disabled or enabled. In older versions of the software, you would right-click the preview screen and toggle the overlay mode. In this latest version, that option appears to be gone, but it may have simply been renamed. Try right-clicking the preview screen and disable/enable "Use fast rendering mode".
The upgrade from 4/23 has not fixed the smart rendering issue. the original video file, avchd h264 hd from my sony camera had a bitrate of about 16000 kb. the outputted file had a bit rate greater than 18000 kbs video. there was no menu, But I used a 24 bit 2304 khz audio file in place of the original 256 hz audio file.
I am trying to take the audio from one mpeg file and combine it with video in another file, but i hace 4.0 express and it won't recognize a wave file or m2p to combine. Does 5.0 do this?
Just download their trial and see for your self, 4.0 express was coveter, v5.0 is video editor and converter too so two-in-one.
v5.0 it will fix your problem :)
I am trying to use TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 to import video from a DVD RAM (.vro file) to my computer. TMPGEnc recognizes the multiple clips on the video (whenever the camera was stopped and restarted I assume) and imports them successfully. But I have not been able to find a way to then save each clip as a separate mpg file (or any video file format for the matter) and I'm wondering if this is even possible. If not, do you have any reccomendations on alternative software to do this? Its critical to me that the software automatically recognizes each clip and allow me to save each one as separate files without having to manual tell it where to split the video. Thanks in advance!
Some NLEs (but not all) state they have the ability to do automatic scene detection and divide video into separate clips based on changes in image content. Liquid, Pinnacle Studio were some that claimed to be able to do it. However, I've not tried it, but suspect the results would be mixed and fooled by events such as a camera flash or scene changes with minimal change in on-screen content.
I'm importing fully edited mpeg2 into TMPEGEnc AW to create a blu-ray disc. All files have the SR icon next to to them, should be smart-rendered. The only thing I want to do is add a few chapters to the video and create a menu.
All goes fine, but the final output has audio sync issues. The audio is not re-encode, it just jump ahead of the video at some point.
When I compare the original file and the output side-by-side (using Videoredo). The audio is perfectly in sync at first. Then, at some point it jumps by one and a half frame (45 ms). It stays like that until later on it jumps by another frame and a half. At that poin, the issue is starting to show.
Each time I use mpeg4 preset with CBR the bitrate is being set to 15000kbps no matter what bitrate I choose.
This is only when I use Intel SDK Hardware at both my laptop Intel QuickSync
or my deksktop Virtu system.
Thank you.
But till now this was working fine.
I haven't had to override the standard mpeg4 settings for that.
I don't understand why the setting for the bitrate is stuck to 15.000.
I see there is an updated version available -- version 5.2.3.66 (March 13)
Having just bought TVMW-5 early this year, I've never installed an update of it on my machine. Do I just download the new version and run the setup again? Will it keep all of my custom settings?
I see that release 5.0.6.23 has been available on the Japan site since April 2nd.
Perhaps it wil be out for the rest of us using release 5.0.5.22 soon.
I created files for BluRay to mpeg 2 with TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 I've imported into TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 to create menus and disc and the same are re-encoded again with a bit rate of less than 8000 "editable" smart rendering in this way it becomes useless software Video Mastering 5.
There is no way to prevent Authoring Works 5 redo the encoding?
The use of Video Mastering 5 has been necessary to use filters
"Sorry for grammatical errors but I do not speak English well"
We hereby confirm I have used blue ray standard mpeg compilant
I created the file bit rate of about 14000
when importing files created in TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5, the average bit rate is 8000 I tried to set the average bit rate to 14000, but recoding the whole thing and it takes about an hour and a half and a blue ray creandomi with lower bit rate and created disc is free for 25%
Can you post a screenshot of where you're seeing the 8000 bitrate?
It still sounds like you've selected DVD-Video as your output format in AUTHORING WORKS 5 (I'm not talking about the video created with Video Mastering Works 5).
I do not know how to send the screenshot.
Then you say at the outset that the files created with TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 are in Blu Ray PAL 25 fps
amount when they choose in TMPGEnc Authoring Works as a project 5 blue ray PAL select the source files and add in track 1 then I press settings, then video and see the list of features including bitrate strangely I indicates 8000 and does not indicate correctly the bitarate used by TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5.
Then I did a test I converted with TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5, a video file in question blu ray project from PAL to NTSC amount of the file created in TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5, blue ray NTSC project and I correctly marks the bit rate used by TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 which in this case is 13 765
Maybe TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 does not recognize files created with Mastering in blue ray 5 PAL.
I hope I have been more comprehensive.
I can't recreate your results. I encoded a file in Video Mastering Works 5 with the Blu-ray PAL output template. This file was then imported into Authoring Works 5 with Blu-ray PAL output. Bitrate is fine and the file smart renders. http://i45.tinypic.com/t7cytf.png
You can upload your screenshot to tinypic.com and post the link to the image here.
I did some tests and the problem and only in mpeg 2 no x264 720x576 PAL SD resolutions and in the other hand all right, but unfortunately I need to use this format because I am transferring files of old super 8 in blue ray, which makes it pointless to use superiorei resolutions could use x264 but the time for the radoppia econding
OK, now I see what the problem. I think it is expecting DVD bitrates, probably because the SD resolutions for Blu-ray were designed for backwards compatibility with DVD-Video.
Encode the video as PAL DVD and it will smart render in Authoring Works 5.
At this point, I'm not sure if this is an error or not. Maybe I can find the Blu-ray official specification somewhere.
You'd be right if it did with resolution 720x480 in NTSC at 29.97 fps SD MPEG 2 but rather with the latter TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 recognizes it as video files for blue ray
Good catch! Encoding at MP@HL for SD PAL MPEG-2 for Blu-ray seems to be the issue.
A workaround until they fix it is encoding at MP@ML in Video Mastering Works 5; doing so will allow the video to be smart rendered and retain the higher bitrate in Authoring Works 5.
Perfect!
We hope to be terminated because of Mastering 5 and selected @ mp automatic "becomes natural to leave the default" file and output are all @ hl.