I'm using the Trial version of TAW5. The subtitles as rendered into subpictures are too large. Is there a way to change the font size?

In the Clip Editor window, go to the Subtitle Edit tab and click on the Edit Menu button at the bottom-right of the window and select Layout Edit from the drop-down menu.

This will open up the layout editor where you can select the font and change the size. You don't select a font size, instead you change the resolution %. In your case, you want to lower the percentage to make the font smaller in relation to the screen size.

I do need chapter page for one video but for other I don't. Can I have on the main page one video that would take me to the chapter menu when I click on it, and one that would not and that would start right away? (I have the main lecture with chapters and an interview without chapters all in separate tracks )

Right now I can either have one option or the other in the main page I can't have both. Can anyone help?
Thank you in advance.
Note I am working in Tmpgenc dvd author 4 and am buying version 5 next week.

How can you prevent multiple clips within a track, from automatically playing when the previous clip ends? The "Do Not Connect The Clips" option is enabled, and page links indicate upon completion, each clip should return to the track menu.

The "Do not connect clips" option is more of an encoding setting and doesn't affect menu behavior.

Is this a DVD or Blu-ray?
For Blu-rays, there is no clip end action option, only a track end action option.

For DVDs, you can set a chapter end action, which will do what you want. You can access it via the "DVD-Video Global Menu Settings" button in the Menu Stage.

I'm using AW5 for Blu-ray creation, so I guess I'm out of luck. I've been unable to figure out a way to setup a menuing system for multi-episode TV shows, that behaves like a DVD: A top menu, episode menu, features menu, where the option to return to the "episode menu" upon completion of playing an episode, exists.

If the "Top Title Menu" were able to allow you to display links to whatever track you wanted, this would be another option, but I haven't been able to figure out a means of doing that, either.

I'm trying to imitate a DVD layout, but on a Blu-ray disc. I've used NERO VIDEO to do this, for years. However, NERO VIDEO doesn't support multiple audio tracks, pop-up menus, or subtitles. But it does allow for many options that TAW5 doesn't; like full duplication of menus and menu items, more flexible editing options, like copy and paste. TAW5, however, is superior in everything else -- and I wish I would have started using it years ago.

I've never owned a BD player that wasn't able to play any DVD or BD disc I've created in any authoring program. I understand the desire for Pegasus and other authoring software publishers to create programs that adhere to strict DVD/BD structure guideline, but I wish somebody would allow you at least the option to create discs that "bend the rules" (at your own risk), since so many players DO handle discs that don't adhere to such strict parameters.

I'm pretty sure the DVD/BD standards allow for what you want to do, it's just that Pegasys hasn't really updated their menu authoring system for years (it's pretty much been the same sine DVD Author 2.0, I think).

I don't understand why they stick to this particular menu structure; it's fine for home videos, but you can't really replicate a typical studio-produced DVD/BD menu, which I think is what most people want today.

If you could just add sub-track menus to a track menu, I think a lot of issues would be solved.

I think they need to completely overhaul the menu authoring system for TAW6.

I haven't used Authoring Works 5 for long, but have been authoring DVD's and BD's with other software, for many years. I can't afford the high-end price tag of professional authoring software, but a lot of these less expensive programs are capable of some professional output features. I just wish there was one that combined them all.

If I could figure out a way to create an "end-of-clip" action for blu-ray menus, I'd be very satisfied with TAW5. Compared to NERO VIDEO, HD content that requires re-rendering seems to be superior in TAW5. It's just that the menuing edit process is quite cumbersome when creating many customized menus, and the ability to link menus, clips, tracks is pretty limited.

I don't know enough about the strictness of BD requirements, but I agree with you in regards to the DVD/BD standards should allow for what I'm trying to do. I would think it's something that would be commonly done for multi-episodic BD creation, with or without Java support. Besides, NERO VIDEO does it (though without subtitle, pop-up menu, or multiple audio track support) and the resulting BD's play fine on a myriad of different brand players.

I don't see a lot of Pegasus feedback on this forum and wonder how much they interact with their customers, or heed user input. Like you said, they haven't really updated their menuing system in years -- and it doesn't seem as though user suggestions are being implemented into the occasional updates. "End of clip" function for BD authoring, copy & paste menu items, duplicate complete menu pages...seem to be pretty standard and basic functions that should have been implemented a while ago.

i am presently working on a very important project on a TV series in which i have to import SRT sub files to each episode of over 100, the problem is that all the sub files are all messed up when imported into TWA5 showing characters like this all over the place <i> yes okay !</i>".

is this an italic character issue, if yes how can i solve it without manually editing all 100 episode of an hour clip each ?
am not a professional in subtitling, is it possible to remove all the italic characters before importing to TWA5 ?

Thanks in advance for all your helps

Because I'm deaf as a doorknob I spend a lot of time dealing with .srt files. They are simple text files so you can edit them with any text editor - my favourite is Notepad++.

With Notepad++ you can do two things that would make it trivial to remove the italics tags from all of those .srt files:
1.) You can tell Search/Replace to run across all open files.
2.) You can use regular expressions. (If you don't know much about using reg exp you could still accomplish your task without much extra work: delete the opening and closing tags in separate steps instead of all in one step.

Hello, I can't find this information anywhere, so I am asking for your help, please.
I don't know how to include free play clips in TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 (or 4) between the first track "locked" track and the track menu.
In other words I am trying to author a Bluray but it's the same if it was a DVD:
in the "First play" Track I need to put the discalimer, and I set the "Restrict control during this track playback".
After that I need to put 3 trailers without the restricted control and after the 3 trailers the track menu should appear.
I really can't understand how to put clips that should play direclty between the first track and the track menu.
Thank you for your help.
W12

I don't think it's possible in TAW4/5 because of the inability to specify end-of-clip actions and other related clip playback characteristics. This is definitely one of TAW's shortcomings which needs to be addressed.

I realize that this forum is designed to be 'User Supported', but users don't have all the answers ... and the TAW design team doesn't appear to want to address the occasional problems that users are unable to address, except in a limited fashion via direct email contact. Whereas, it's far more logical and beneficial to their customers if they would address problems and remedies, publicly ... on THIS forum.

This is certainly a strange way to show customer appreciation to those who are responsible for the success of their products.

It's not possible in this software to add a "first play" item. For a while I was obsessed with first-play videos loading before the menus, and I used a vob file editor to manually add one to the VIDEO_TS folder, but it was a pain in the neck and sometimes ruined your VIDEO_TS folder. Sony's DVD Architect can add a first play, and I think Adobe Encore does it as well. Why these guys don't add that feature I will never know. It definitely makes your DVDs look a lot more professional.

Since I updated to version 5.2.4.63 (over the previous version), every time I start to create the output folder by clicking on the "Start Output" button, I get an error message as follows:

Loading error occurred at address 008E954C of module "TMPGEncAutoringWorks5.exe" with 00000004

The program just waits until I press "OK", then it proceeds to check/erase the output DVD and begin creating the folders. I don't see any errors in the Windows Event Viewer. My OS is Windows 8.1 32-bit and I have 4GB of RAM.
The error doesn't appear to affect the final output, but it is very annoying.

When converting a bluray to a dvd project the menus are still in 16×9 HD format. Am I missing something? How can I make the menus 4×3?

I guess you are missing the Menu Wizard, where you can choose 4:3 SD

Do Proxy files make playback smoother ? When I used Encore you were able to render the project/motion menus in order to get smooth playback.I don't notice any diff.

I don't think proxy files affect the simulation stage. It's only used for the editing window I think.

Thanks

I'm trying to replace out file in a perfect project. I want to replace out the track file with a different one - without losing my chapter markers associated with the original file. Is there a way to do this. I can't seem to find out how. Basically - I had a perfect menu - and movie... but one change was requested from the client. I made the change and now just want to swap out that new file (all timing is the same) for the existing one in TAW.

Any advice would be welcome.
Lori

To preserve your chapter marks:
In the Source stage, double click on the file you want to replace to open it in the edit window. In the Cut and Chapter tab, click on the Edit Menu button (rightmost button under the seek bar), and choose "Export keyframe list".

After that, you can go back to the Source stage and delete the clip from the list.

You can then add your new clip using the Source Wizard or Add File options, then (just like the original clip) go to its edit window, click on the Edit Menu button and choose "Import keyframe list".

I'm not sure how the new file will affect the menu, but hopefully it won't.

Another way you can do this...merely re-render the file out and replace the one that the project is using. As long as it's the same length, the chapter points will line up.

I'm attempting to create a bluray disc from a 20.5GB M4V file.

When adding the file to AW5 with 11 menus the file size increases to 22.3GB and everything is ok and the project will fit on a 25GB BD.

If I add music to the first menu or all the menus the project increases from 22.3GB to 27GB. This seems very strange.

The music added to the menu is a 112 second MP3 file of 4.7MB (megabytes).

Why does AW5 increase the project by 5GB when a small music file is added.

If I remove the music from the menus the project returns to 22.3GB.

Also the footage when added shows it is compatible with smart rendering and this occurs when the BDMV project is created with the BDMV folder taking around 10 minutes to generate. When the 112 second music is added to the menu the project then takes 3.5 hours to render the BDMV folder.

Is this a bug or can someone please explain the reasoning for this increase in project size and increase in render time when music is added to a menu.

Thanks

You might need to check the menu encoding settings. I think you can view/change them in the Global Menu Settings in the Menu Stage. It's possible the bitrate is too high. Your increased output time is also probably due to the menu encoding.

Hi
I have a problem with authoring a Bluray with TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5. The contents is just a movie and one trailer. A main menu is shown. My intention is that after the ending of the movie track, the main menu shows again, but now, no matter what, it continues to play the next track, the trailer.

The track structure is as follows:
- A "First Play" track has a company logo and a legal disclaimer
- Another track has the movie
- Another track has the trailer.

I believe the option for the desired behaviour must be configured during the menu creation, where I set up the structure and behaviour of the Bluray
My process is as follows:
Page 1: I select “Create a custom menú by choosing layout and ítems”
Page 2: I check “Create a unique page for audio and subtitles selector” and “When displaying a menú during playback, display the menu page containing current title/chapter”.
Page 3: Here I chose custom, (not relevant now)
Page 4: I have checked “Top and Track menu” y “Add pop-up menu”
Page 5: In this page I think is the problem I'm seeing. I have checked under “Disc insert action” : “Display the top menu” and under “Track playback end action”: also “Display the top menu”.
I think that means when the movie track ends, the main menu should be shown, but it doesn't. We have tested the other options: “Display track menú” and “Play the next track” but it always plays the next track, the trailer.

Please, am I doing something wrong? Is there another setting that overides this?

Thank you

It sounds like your movie and trailer are in the same track. Go back to the Source stage and make sure they are in separate tracks.

Hi thanks for responding, but that's the point...
The movie and the trailer are on separate tracks in the source selection, as described.

As additional info, the "movie track" has a track menu, pop-up, to select scenes, audio and subtitles, whereas the "trailer track" has no track menu

I've made a test blu-ray with a first play track, two regular tracks and the settings you specified, and it works fine for me.

I know you said you made two separate tracks, but the only thing that could be causing this behavior is if the two clips are in the same track.

The only other thing I can think of is if you're using an old version that has some sort of a bug; what version is your software?

I'm attempting to create a bluray disc using a M4V file which is 27GB.

Authoring works states the file is to large to fit onto a 25GB BD-R so I've set the target media size to 25GB.

However, when the BDVM folder is created the bluray discs is reduced to 12GB and the picture quality isn't a patch on the original file.

I expected Authoring Works to encode the BDMV to fill a whole disc not half of the disc. It certainly did this with Authoring Works 4 when using 1080i MPEG 2 files.

I've tired varying the encoding settings but I can't get Authoring Works 5 to encode the bluray to more than 12GB with noticeable inferior picture quality to that of the original, even when using slow and very slow encoding options.

I have also tried to set a custom target size to 22GB but this still didn't work and resulted in a BDMV of 12GB.

The bitrate on the original file is around 25Mbps and the file encoded by Authoring Works is 12Mbs. Can this be increased to improve picture quality and fill the BD?

At present my only workaround is to use 50GB BD-R and apply no re-encoding in Authoring Works or re-encode the original source file in Premiere CC so it will fit on a 25GB BD. However, before I do this can anyone provide a solution for Authoring Works.

The source video file is 25fps M4V running just over 2 hours.

Maybe recode in TMPGencVMW to under 25GB?

You can manually set the bitrate in the Source Stage-->Track settings. It may take some trial and error to get it to your ideal output size, however.

Each track has its own bitrate settings, so you could lower the bitrate more on less important stuff, for instance.