I'm still trying to learn how to use the SlideShow editor, but I'm getting very frustrated. Here are some tasks that I'd like to do, but I can't figure out any simple way to do them. Let's see if anyone can point me in the right direction.

1) I wanted to put about 300 slides into a show on a DVD. Because it was over 200 slides, the show was split into two pieces. But now I want to re-arrange the order of the slides and I want to move some of the slides from the first piece into the second and vice versa. I can use drag and drop to re-arrange within one show, but it seems that I can't move from one show to another.

2) Is there anyway to splice/merge/join two slide shows into one?

3) I have an existing slide show, but now I want to add a movie clip in the middle of the show. It seems that to do this, I have to split the show into two pieces, but there doesn't seem to be any easy way to do this.

4) When re-arranging slides, is there any way to move multiple slides at one time rather than using drag and drop to move them individually?

All of these seem like they should be simple tasks, but I sure can't figure out how to do them.

Unfortunately, none of those things are currently possible. They're definitely good ideas, and I'd love to see them implemented, but currently it just can't be done.

I'm afraid there's no easy way to do any of the things you want to do; you'll have to do it all manually.

Dear Sir,

I am not very compuyer literate (since I am 69 years old).

Recently I lost my Hard Disc and had to buy a new one. I am told that I cannot transfer my old Pegasis programs to my nre hard drive.

I am not sure how to do this, could you help.

I have bought 3 of your programs but jsu use the Authoring Program (Author 3 or 4, I think)

*personal info removed*

Hi Art,

Maybe someone else can help by posting a message here. Do you mean can transfer or cannot?

My strong suggestion though is please edit your comment to remove your address and email details - they are not needed!


>Dear Sir,
>
>I am not very compuyer literate (since I am 69 years old).
>
>Recently I lost my Hard Disc and had to buy a new one. I am told that I cannot transfer my old Pegasis programs to my nre hard drive.
>
>I am not sure how to do this, could you help.
>
>I have bought 3 of your programs but jsu use the Authoring Program (Author 3 or 4, I think)
>

Arthur, if you don't have your product's serial license number (the number emailed to you when you purchased the product) you should contact support via email using one of the form on the following page:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

Just scroll down and click on the name of the product you own, then you can submit your question to the support team.

If you DO know your product's serial license number, then you can re-download the software by going to the User Account section of their website:
https://secure.pegasys-inc.com/regist/index.php?lang=en

1)If you don't have a User Account, click on the "Create Account" button and then follow the directions.

2)You will be able to register one of your products' serial license number during the registration period, and after you create your account, you can register the rest.

3)Once your product(s) are registered you can re-download the installer for any of your purchased products.

I am a nubie, though checked this help section the site and internet!

Could you please advise how/if possible to normalise the volume across all tracks? I have one music video in each track.

I can see I can adjust the volume per track, like 95%, however my ear is not that good to remember a base level volume and adjust the other tracks relative to it. Hopefully there is a normalization setting which can be applied to the project.

Thanks very much for any assistance! I like very much the software.

Bellow of the "95%", you have a LARGE button thas says: Copy the current audio stream filter´s settings to the other stream. Click it...(I think it´s that one hehehe)

you will need to normalize each file. I know of no setting that will normalize all.

How do i set the a button as default-button when the menu-page is displayed?

It's not possible to set which button is selected by default.

to set the PLAY button selected by default would have been a good choice :-(

The Play button IS selected by default on mine.

It used to be that way with older versions.
Now, with 4.0.7.32, always first visible chapter is selected.
If you just press PLAY on your remote control
you will miss the hidden tracks at the beginning.
So you have to navigate to the PLAY button to see all...
It's only 1 track with several clips/chapters
and I couldn't find out how to pre-select PLAY.
What am I doing wrong?

Not sure what to tell you. I've tested a couple of DVDs and the Play/Play All button is selected by default on all of my projects. I'm using version 4.0.12.42.
Are you playing this on an actual DVD player or your computer?

I have done several projects so far
and I just tried a simple standard thingy...
always the same: first chapter pre-selected.
I can see this in simulation mode first
and later on DVD player as well.

Maybe I will update...
Thanks for your patience, anyway.

It works now!
I have un-checked in menue behaviour
"when displaying a menue during playback..."

How do you pass through video without recoding for blu ray.

I am creating a Blu ray project where I just want to author the video at the native bit rate without encoding or recoding. I tried the automatic setting but the bit rate setting for average and maximum bitrate is greyed out at 23000 kbs.

The original source are 5 separate demuxed TS files that have been edited within the software onto one project.

1280x720 Progressive
50 fps frame rate
PAL
the files each have a different avg frame rate of about 15500 kbs

I am creating a blu ray for both pal and ntsc formats.

please advise

Rick

If you are changing from PAL to NTSC, then it will have be fully re-encoded no matter what. If you are just doing PAL to PAL then it shouldn't re-encode anything unless you've cut some scenes, and even then it will only re-encode the areas around the cut scenes.

While creating a blu ray noticed that the frame rate in the menu drop down for ntsc 720P 1280-720 was 29.97 fps. should be 59.94 fps. The menu upon play back was a little jittery.

Hmm, you're right that's not correct. In the meantime, you can change the menu framerate to 23.976 fps in the global menu settings--Output tab. That framerate should be compliant with the Blu-ray specs.

Playback does not catch up! is the message i get whn hitting the play button in the preview window. What does it mean?

And if i get it to play then the program locks up.

That happens if your PC is working t o hard...your processor is very busy...shut down other heavy programs and try again...you will see the preview.

Well no, processor is doing almost nothing.

Ive updated the graphic-card driver and that solved it.

its seems when i convert a file to blu-ray format the end result for the movie is the movie sticks a little during playback and is not running smooth as it should

hope you guys fix this asap

thanks

Is it somehow possible to create a 720p blu-ray project that's 30 fps instead of 24/50fps? Or if it's possible to just passthrough a AVCHD .m2ts file in 30 fps, rather than having to re-encode it?

Any solution for this is much appreciated, even if it's just a temporary one. Or if it's possible to swap the re-encoded file in the finalized project with the original one instead.

Best regards.

30 fps does not conform to the Blu-ray specs. It has to be 24 or 59.94 fps.

BTW, those were for NTSC. It's different for PAL but 30 fps is still not standard.

How can I write a text in the beginning of a clip in my project?

Use the subtitles editor.
Go here: http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/taw4_tutorial/taw4_tu_subtitle01.html

I have an AVI file that is 700mb and 2 hours long. When I try to burn this using TMPG it will not work. TMPG claims that it will not fit a 4.7gb DVD disk putting the project size at roughly 6gb.

Is there anyway round this? I know it says 120 mins on the DVD and that this may be the problem.

Also, at PC World, 10 Writable, Dual Layer DVD Disks cost £24.99. Day-light robbery!!! lol

On the output panel, before you start the output, set the size to fit on a 4,7 dvd disc (target size). It will be compressed to fit.

I have tried this, but there is no option for compressing to fit a 4.7gb disk, or is there?

Also, I seem to have made the sound run out of sync (on time) but cannot remember where the option is to restore it. Thanks in advance.

You just choose the size on the Output Pannel in the box [Target Size]...there you have:
None (Transcoding will not be done)
Single Layer DVD Media (4.7 GB)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<IT´S THIS ONE
Dual Layer DVD Media (8.5 GB)
Custom Target Size (Use target size setting)

You can also make your movie bigger then 4,7 (chosse Dual Layer DVD Media 8,5)and then use another program to burn the dvd, one that shrinks, like DVD2ONE or DVDFAB.In fact it´s better this way since TMPGEN 4 does NOT use the full space on a 4,7 dvd, if you chosse that size, but a "shrinker" does that when it shrinks a bigger movie like the one you made with 6 Gb.

About the sound...you used an AVI file, and that happens sometimes (AVI is a container with sound and image separated)...solution: convert your avi to mpeg2, and if the sound in the mpeg2 is in sync...them use it for your project, it will be OK for SURE.

Hello,

TMPGenc Authoring Works v4.0.2.14 under Windows Vista x64 is starting well. But if you close it and you want to start it again nothing happens. Vista cursor circle is playing but nothing happen. You can start other programs but not this (again). After restarting the computer it helps - you can start it and work, but if you close it and if you need it again you have to reboot the computer. I was looking into services and processes and I don't see anything running that may prevent it from starting :( I've tried everything: Stopping User Control; program run as Administrator; program run with Windows XP compatibility... nothing helps... :(

Maybe someone had the same weird behaviour and solved it?

Thank you,
Me