Hi there, I am trying to convert my massive dvd collection to blurays, so that I can watch them without having to swap dvds, and I am unsure of what type of subtitle formats this new one supports. I have tried vobsub subs and they do not render properly, but srt does. As well, Substation alpha, and advanced sub station alpha files do not appear to be working. I have over 400 dvd's that I want to convert over, many of them are anime series that I own and others are tv shows. Do I have to manually covert all the substreams to srt files? And how does it manage the dual audio on these, does the first track become track 1, and the second track 2? When I import the mkv files I have made, since mp4 does not play nice with dual audio, I do not get to hear the dual audio in preview, and most times it just crashes (my main concern is that sometimes the audio streams switch on the source dvds so english is first then on another it might be second). I have the demo right now, and I want to buy this product as I am sick of making AVCHD's with multiavchd, except that program works perfect, but not every player you buy supports AVCHD. I have rendered a few of my english only tv series, and it works AWESOME, but I really want to make sure in regards to the dual audio aspect, and your support of them and the massive substreams.

I think .srt files are your best bet. I would search the web and see if someone has already created an .srt for your movies/shows. The other supported formats are proprietary to TMPGEnc software, I think. There is support for XML subtitles (.xsubtitle) but I have no experience with that format.

As for audio, if the source is DVD-Video, you can use the Source Wizard to import from a DVD and it will let you select which audio tracks you want to import. You can then set which audio track is the default and assign a language label to the audio track if necessary.

well that totally sucks. I would like to use other programs to master the files. I did try importing the dvd directly, and you have no control over anything. Once it is imported the amount of work to create the links and chapters is astounding. Specially in multi pgc discs. At least when I rip something to mkv I can grab the chapter names and embed them, and when I move it to multiavchd it sees these properly (along with all subtitle and audio tracks). Kinda sad that a FREE program was 2 years ahead of this, and is still a tonne better.

I do appreciate that the team has finally added h264 codec for bluray, but you need more subtitle and audio support guys. What is the point of having mkv input if it can not see more than one audio track in that mkv properly, and can only handle one type of subtitle format? If I can not manually master my files and import them properly, I sadly see no point in buying this :(

Hold on. Are these actual DVD-Video DVDs or just data DVD with a bunch of video files on them?

Personally, I find the DVD-Video importer to be pretty good, and I can easily import subtitles, audio tracks and chapters, even with importing multiple PGCs...so I'm not sure what you mean when you say "you have no control over anything".

Basically, any MPEG transport stream is easy to import (Blu-ray, DVD, AVCHD, etc.). The only tedious part is renaming the chapters.

Yes these are actual store bought dvds. As I said I want to move my entire anime collection over to bluray, along with my tv and movie dvds. I started doing it to avchd, but found it a pain as a lot of players in the beginning did not support them, so when a player would die, I had to take a disc with me and test and test. Yes my ps3 will play them, but I do not want to have my laser burn out and have to spend another 250 or so to buy a new one ha. Streaming them over the network was my old option, but as hard drives have increased in price drastically, it is more economically viable to port them to bluray.

Renaming the chapters is a huge pain. Seriously. Specially when I have some discs that have 8 episodes and then some special features. Then I have to move the chapters around, to have the special features at the end, etc. I do prefer to use vidcoder or handbrake to master my files as they will actually use all 6 of the cores on my i7 970, where as tmpeg does not even come close to pushing it. Plus all the other tweaks I can do with x264 to get the best out of the least amount of bitrate. When you are trying to fit 2-3 seasons of a series on one bluray, it can be torture, specially when there are 24-26 episodes per season. I am also finding with the demo that it does not always encode the files to ac3, even if it is set in the master options. I have done some tests with divx rips of my own content where the mp3 soundtrack was converted to LPCM. Yes these are ancient haha.

I have been transcoding my own stuff for over 10 years, moving dvd to vcd, svcd, then divx and xvid, and even have older stuff that is in OGM format haha. Yes I still have the originals of EVERYTHING, but I know I am not the only one in this boat of wanting to use external apps to master their files before authoring them. I have yet to see if CCCP will allow this program to master a DTS file in an mkv from some of my personal bluray rips. I own everything I am trying to convert and master to different formats. Call me lazy, but I do not want to have to swap discs when I want to to a TNG or Urusei Yatsura marathon.

If I use vidcoder, it will grab the episode, add the subs, add the chapter breaks and name those breaks properly in the mkv file. Authoring works will grab the episodes, grab the audio and subs, but does not grab any chapter names, or episode names, it all has to be done manually. What is the point of having mkv input, if you are not using all the information that is stored in the mkv?

btw thanks for the input tkrave.

When loading a Blu-ray from the harddrive (BDMV) I get the following error:

The selected disc contains titles with audio that cannot be decoded. Sinds audio that can not be decoded does not display in the selector, some titles may not have a selectable audio.

The audio problem is with te main movie.

I bet it has DTS Audio? TMPGEnc only supports dolby digital..so you need to recode audio to dolby.

Dunno why TMPGEnc doesennt have passtru for all those things..audio or video

How do I recode to Dolby Digital?

you can use eac3to

Maybe there is a work around for AW5: Haali Media Splitter and latest version of FFDSHOW, who i use now due to a decoding problem i had with some .ts files.
Download them and install, do NOT change any settings, just install with pre-set settings.
Haali Media Splitter and FFDSHOW can be located on videohelp.com

Suggested by tkrave to me:
Options-->Preferences-->Input/output format list-->File input plug-in
Here i removed every marker, EXEPT for the one at DirectShow file reader.

I have just given an MKV file i have with standard DTS a try and found out that i was actually able to open the file and also the DTS audio within with out problems. AW5 can how ever not encode with DTS audio only Dolby Digital, the DTS will be converted to Dolby Digital 5.1

Note: Blu-ray's with DTS does not come with standard DTS, they have DTS-HD Master.
But you can give it a try, since i was able to open an MKV with standard DTS.

I also have the problem, that DVB recordings (h264 / ts) doesn't use SmartRendering. For deeper details: recordings are done by using KNC-One DVB-C card, as software for recording come DVB-viewer (www.dvbviewer.com). The recordes file is transport stream (ts) conform to h264 standard.

Each recorded file will be full encoded. I hope for fix of this problem. In this condition it is unuseable for me - and sure - for other's too.

If there a way to force SmartRendering?

Thx for help and hope for you to become another satisfied customer.

What are the actual characteristics of the video file? Use MediaInfo and post the info here.

there is an issue smart rendering h264/avc/mp4.

I tested the situation creating a blu ray with an h264 video only file with no audio. the file outputed had a much different size and the bit rates did not match.

cannot add mp3 music to DVD menu background.
i get error:
Loading error occurred at address 0075AC2B of module 'TMPGEncAuthoringWorks5.exe' with 00000310

this often happens when using variable bitrate mp3

try a constant bitrate mp3 or wav or ac3

this mp3 file is constant bite rate (CBR) and it works in TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 !

hmmm any answer ???

No problems here; I can load a mp3 as the bgm without any problem.
Have you updated to the latest version?

Have you tried contacting support?
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

Request the ability to produce both a DVD and a BD from the same Project including custom menus.

Oh yes, that would be a very useful feature. Not all of my "customers" are using BD, so it would be great to create BD and DVD from the same project.

Thanks.

Mister Pickert

When importing Blu-ray to Authoring works 5, Subtitles are messed up.

When after saving a custom template, I found that the "play all" button from the top menu & "close" button on the pop up menu have disappeared.

If I go back through the procedure of setting the the template, both buttons are present, but again disappear if the template is saved.

Good catch! Happens for me too.

Like the improvements made, but one item that I have hit a problem with in the creation of proxy editing file.

In Version 4, you could import several files at once and select the option to create the proxy as part of the importation process.

However, I am at a loss to find this mean of importation in version 5 :(

Does anyone have any idea where to find this, or has it been lost in the update?

Hi,

I do have exactly the same problem. I really liked the option of V4 to select to create a proxy file direcly in the add file dialogue.

Now I always have to go to the "extended tools" and create the proxy file in a extra step. That is really a step backwards in usability.

Can this be brought back please?

Regards - Peter

Yes, I'm missing this too. Any way to add it back?
I try to have proxies created at night so that during the day when I'm working it's efficient. But now there's no way to "batch create" the proxy files.

So there is a way to batch create proxy files.
Start TAW
Click on Advanced Tools
Under Proxy File, click on Create
Select the files you want to have proxies for by using the Add button
Click on Create

Dear Sirs,

I cannot activate smart rendering function for any of my H.264 DVB recordings ( it is not possible even for a cleaned HDD copy of original H.264 blu-ray)
Maybe it is a restiction of a trial version ????????
If not, please give us a specification area required to get desired smart rendering.
Smart rendering works only for AVCHD camcorder files.

Regards

I am unable to change CBR bitrate when in smart rendering mode, it is always stuck on 25000
http://www.videoproductions.com.au/TAW5/TAW5-cbr-bitrate.png

I can change it only in 1 pass VBR or 2 pass VBR

We need more advanced settings in the encoding of motion menus, such as Closed GOP and GOP structure, similar to all the advanced settings of Mastering Works

this is important so that the motion menu has the same parameters as the main movie tracks that may be encoded in Mastering Works with all its advanced settings

I would like to request chapter playlists, these are very handy for playing any one or more chapters within one track and then upon completion to return to menu

I am sure it would have been requested 1000 times but I like to add one more to make it 1001 requests

I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about, but for DVD projects, you can select an action at the end of chapter playback.

Go to the Global DVD menu settings-->chapter tab, and you'll see a dropdown for the chapter end action. Choose to play the next chapter or go back to the track menu.

I only use it for Blu-ray production

let me expand what is needed:

lets assume one video clip has 10 chapter points

now, I want to create a menu button and link it to chapter5, upon pressing the menu button, chapter 5 should be played and then at the end of chapter5, the menu should appear

or, I may want to link a menu button or text to a chapter playlist, such as chapter 3, 5 and 7 and then the end action of the chapter playlist should be the menu

also, a movie playlist is needed, example there are 10 tracks with 10 movies and I want to create a menu button to play movie2, 4 and 6 and then return to menu

these are very simple things done in DVD Lab Pro, see attached examples

chapter playlist
http://www.videoproductions.com.au/dvd-lab/DLP-chapter-playlist.png

movie playlist
http://www.videoproductions.com.au/dvd-lab/DLP-movie-playlist.png