Hi, i keep getting this error in the batch authoring tool...

'TAW 4 is currently outputting.
Output can only be one at a time per computer'

I've tried rebooting the PC but i still get this error.

hi.I'm trying to do the intro movie, which gradually becomes a menu.if possible to make a smooth transition between the first play track and menu ?

It's possible, but not easy.
If you have other video editing software, that might help.
Basically you need to make a video clip or screenshot of just your menu.
Then, in your video editor, transition your first play video into the clip of your menu. Encode that as a single video to use as your first play video in TAW5.

About to try to burn about 8 Gigs of footage taken with a high def AVCHD / BluRay-compliant camcorder.

Would like to burn as an AVCHD disc as to not have to burn to BluRay discs & to keep the high definition properties of what's burned to disc.

Can you only create an AVCHD disc on a regular 4.7 GB disc or can TMPGENC Authoring Works 5 also create an AVCHD disc to a dual-layer 8.5 GB disc?

Thanks for any input.

Trying to load TMPGENc Authorising Works 4 program wants to Renew License. Each time it trys, however, results in error message "Stop Serial". I recently purchased a disk version of TMPGENc Authorising 5 BUT yet not installed it. Any ideas why it fails to renew license?

Did you upgrade your TAW4 license to TAW5? If so, your TAW4 license is no longer valid.

Hi,

I've installed the VMW5 trial as I'm looking for a simple tool to capture home video from my Canon HV30 and convert it something I can use on my PC based media centre.

The software sees my camcorder and is able to capture from it fine, but I have an issue with it stopping the capture seemingly when it detects no video for around a second or so. This mostly occurs on the tape where the camcorder has been powered down/up - i.e. between takes from different days.

The result is I can't leave VMW5 capturing video without babysitting it, as it might get half the way through capturing and then stop. Just hitting the "capture" button again sends it off happily, but obviously not the best solution.

Is there a way to adjust the timeout or sensitivity for loss of video when capturing?

Regards,

Have you tried using WinDV from http://windv.mourek.cz/
I use it all the time.

There is a configurable "disconitinuity threshold" that you can set that may solve your problem.

How do I keep the suited audio source untouched? like if I wanne keep a suited mvid with flac format.

possible? and if not, is the best approach then just to choose Linear PCM (1536) if I dont wanne loose any audio quality?

You can try demuxing the file into separate audio and video files, then convert your video stream to the desired format. After that, mux the new video stream with the old audio stream.

How do I keep the audio source untouched when operating / suiting with flac / looseless?

same with other audio sources & standards.

is the best approach just to choose linear PCM (1536) audio format?

Convert the flac file to wav linear pcm and process that

Assume there is a simple way for the TMPGenc system to take screenshots of a possible encode result, so I cant compare the result against other encodes of the same vid.

like a place where I put in some frame-numbers, so it takes screenshots of that frame(s) and save it?

After you load a clip, right-click the preview screen and there's an option to save the current frame as an image.
I think if you double-click the timecode area, you can input a specific timecode or frame number.

I have upgraded to TAW 5 from 4 can I use my old templates or those are incompatible?

I think if you find the template file in the templates folder, you can rename the extension to .taw5mt, then load it into TAW5 and it should work.

I have just delete them...

Are there going to be more free templates as with TAW4?
Because I bought a template and now it's useless.

Yes, some are out already. If you bought a TAW4 premium template pack, you can download the TAW5 version for free as long as you still have your TAW4 template serial number.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/taw5_template.html

Also, if you have a TAW4 project that used a template that's also available for TAW5, it should be able to load.

Thanks the problem is that I have had the Premium 2 so this doesn't qualify for the 1 that's only available for TAW5

I just upgraded from TAW4 to TAW5. Following the advice of tkrave, I copied my custom menu templates from the TAW4 Templates folder into the TAW5 Templates Folder (Folders are under "My Documents") I then renamed the file extension of each of the templates from .TAW4MT to .TAW5MT I then went into TAW5 and was still unable to locate my custom menu templates, even when using the browse feature to go to the TAW5 templates folder.

Am I doing something wrong or are the files incompatible with TAW5?

I discovered my mistake. I renamed the TAW4 custom menu file extensions from .tda4mt to .tda5mt I should have renamed them from .tda4mt to .taw5mt After doing this and placing the renamed files in the TAW5 template folder (My Documents/tmpgenc Authoring Works 5/Template), my TAW4 custom menu templates worked in TAW5.

When I click on start output,it tells me that the the clip total bit rate(which is 9948) is too high for a DVD-video.
Is it possible to make the bit rate smaller,so that I can get it to fit on a DVD?

You can change the bitrate for each track.
Go to the Source stage and click on the "Settings" button for the track with the high bitrate.
Go to the Video tab and change the Encoder mode to "Re-encode all videos as below".
Change the max bitrate and bitrate as necessary.

Ok..thanks for your help!

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I cannot seem to complete installation of the latest version of Authoring Works:

TAW4_Retail_4.1.4.51_setup_en.exe

Each time I try, the installation ends with this message:

Error 1326.Error getting file Security:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TMPGEnc\TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4\GetLastError: 5

I've tried disabling my AV software and setting compatibility options, which I have never had to do before, but no success. This is the first time ever, in several years of ownership, that I've had an issue installing TMPGEnc software.

Anybody else having this problem?

Disregard. On a whim, I navigated to the folder in the error message and found that all of my TMPGEnc products' folders (except Instant Show Presenter for some reason), had little locks on their icons. I checked the security settings and found that only my user ID was allowed to write to the folder. I changed this to Everyone and the software installed. =D

Now I just need to figure out what changed the security settings. >-(

I just loaded the trial version, and am very satisfied with its performance exept for one minor item. According to the specs, the software should be able to import wtv files, but it won't. It is not a major issue, as I can load the converted dvr-ms file. Before purchasing the retail version I would like to know if this is just a feature not available in the trial version? Also, before installing the retail version, should the trial version be uninstalled?

Hi,

This depends on your .wtv video stream, if it has an MP4 AVC video stream is not possible to import since MPEG Editor 3 can only import based MPEG-2 video stream files, so you may need to import .wtv files only containing such video stream.

Also check about other points mentioned here:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tme3_operation.html#6
WTV file importation is possible on the computer used to record the file, or on computer able to create this type of file. Recordings copy-protected by a DRM scheme cannot be imported. Only WTV files containing MPEG-2 video and MP2 audio can be imported.