when loading h264 video only, video mastering works 5 and 6 both report the frame rate as 47.952 fps when it is actually 23.976, other programs correctly report the correct frame rate ie. EyeFrame converter, I am just trying to mux with audio.

Thank you

Hi
I am revisiting this topic (https://bbs.pegasys-inc.com/bbs/list/lang/en/board/TVMW5/keyword/sharpness/topic/70095#topic70095) because I am still confronted to the problem.
The issue is that I found out that rescaling to a lower raster size (downsampling) a somewhat soft 1080 video results in a too soft SD video; one might think (hope) that downscaling would recover some of the sharpness -- NOT ! it is propagating it...(there are good explanations about the reasons on the Internet).

I assume Lanczos yields the best sharpness in downsampling, correct ?

So I wonder what would be the best filter order:
First add some sharpening (e.g. contour) then scale down
or
First scale down then add some sharpening.

Of course this is assuming that the downscaling is happening at the "Picture Resize" filter stage, so the Contour filter can be placed before or after it; but is this a correct assumption ? When does rescaling exactly happening with TVMW6 ? At the "Picture resize" filter stage, or later on (i.e. ALWAYS after the Filter stage) ?

Any other suggestion to enhance the apparent sharpness of the SD video when scaling down a somewhat soft HD clip ?

Is it possible for someone from Pegasys to chime in and confirm (or explain) the order of processing for resizing and other filters ?

I guess I'm still waiting for an answer here...
"Is it possible for someone from Pegasys to chime in and confirm (or explain) the order of processing for resizing and other filters ?"

Understanding the order of processing for "resize" and "contour" (or any other sharpening filter) is important for the final result

From the help file:

>The filtering process will be applied from the top to the bottom in the order of the filter list.

There are also some restrictions to the order:
>The [Deinterlace], [Picture Resize] and [Speed] filters cannot be removed from the filter list as by default, they are used for video processing by TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 6.
>The [Picture Resize] and [Mask] filters cannot be placed above the [Crop] filter.
>The [Crop], [Subtitles], [Paint] and [Perspective Correction] filters cannot be placed above the [Panorama Expand] filter.

Have a TAW 5 project in progress-- I saved it and came back later to find that the program doesn't recognize this file as its own. Tried to import the subtitles (which I had also saved separately) in my usb drive backup version or the project and they show up blank when imported there. Question: is there any program or technique to salvage this non-openable .taw file or the subtitle backup file?

when loading h264 video only, video mastering works 5 and 6 both report the frame rate as 47.952 fps when it is actually 23.976, other programs correctly report the correct frame rate ie. EyeFrame converter, I am just trying to mux with audio.

Thank you

is it possible to encode a multiple soundtracks video file?
i got a multiple soundtracks movie file and tried to encode it with both audio files but i couldn't fine away to do it.. can you help me with that please?

Hi!

Yes its not possible, It would be fine if its supported laters.
Until this, use MKV Merge for Muxing a 2. audiostream.

In Version 4 and earlier, when creating the DVD menu you could add a photo to the background of each page of the Menu when you created the DVD. I do not see that option in Ver 6. Is it there and I'm just not seeing it?

You can't do it in the menu wizard, but you can edit the background of any menu page in the menu editor after you've gone through the wizard.

Is there a way to let the application run a scenes detection and automatically create a keyframe for each scene?

Also is it possible to let the application scan the whole video for thumbnails and load all of them, so when I scroll through the video, I don't have to wait for the thumbnails to load.

Thanks.

Currently have the trial version of Authoring Works 6. Would like to create a BD. This should contain two movies with individual chapters. Film 1 = 3 chapters, movie 2 = 5 chapters. The menu should now look like that: when inserting the disc first a main menu is displayed where you select the desired title, then jump to the appropriate sub menu where the individual chapters or all chapters can be selected. After selecting a single and playing a chapter it should be jumped back to the corresponding chapter menu after its end to select a different chapter.
Having spent quite a few hours making such a menu, I am close to despair. Neither with one of the included, nor with a user menu it is possible.
Question, I'm just too stupid or really can not do that. With other authoring software that works, but they all have either bad encoders, are extremely slow to render, or very expensive.
I'm grateful for every tip.

This probably comes too late for you, but to have separate movies handled the way you want, you need to have each in its own track when you add sources. The first movie would go to Track 1, then create Track 2 and add the second movie to it. You then set the menu up with a title screen and then track screens for each movie.

I had the same problem initially, because like you, I'm used to the way other programs handle menus. This way makes sense to me and it allows flexibility my current software doesn't. I did create a disc this way with the trial version using 10 titles and 10 chapters each. An older Blu-Ray player had trouble with it, but it's a very early model. Another more recent model had no issues that I can see.

I don't think you're stupid. It just takes an adjustment of mindset, common when moving to different applications. Not always easy to do.

Hope this reaches you and that it helps.

I have to write all the keyframes number locations down manually. Is there a way to copy all keyframes to a notepad?

You can export the chapter/keyframe positions as a .keyframe file and just open it in a text editor. It's just a list of the frame numbers where a chapter/keyframe exists. Just hit ctrl + s when you're in the clip editor.

So there's no way to get a list of the keyframes ladled like this?


1:00
2:45
4:53
7:88
8:77
And so on

Because this is what it says when I load it into notepad
0
4823
7270
12516
15142
20101
25939
38988
41503
47885

Not through TAW6, I don't think. You can create a formula in excel to convert the framenumber into timecode, do a google search for "convert frame number to timecode" and you should be able to find some stuff.

thx for your help ill check it out :)

Hello.
Love the product. Thank you.
But I have a question: Is it possible to use a graphics file as a menu item highlight, instead of the frame, or underline, etc. it would be nice to use an animated gif as a highlight and select. anything from animated arrows to 2 underlines (if the selection is 2 lines of text on the background) or even an animated box, like a small theatre marquee.

again, thank you.

James

I am getting the same error in EVERY program from Pegasys, since I upgraded to Windows 10. What the hell is going on? Can't output anything from Smart Renderer, or Authoring Works, or Mastering Works.

Do you have the latest versions of the software? Is Windows up to date?

I haven't had any issues.

Yes. All up to date. Turned out I had to set another decoder for everything. Something is really messed up.

After editing out the commercials and the beginning to a show or movie it will no longer show up in the DVR interface because the metadata was not transferred over to the new file. They use a transport stream with .mpg extension and the metadata is in the first 12032 bytes of information on the file. Is there a way to get this information transfered to the new file?

Thank you for any help.

Royce King