Got warning "The video GOP is too long" while importing an MPG into DVD Author 1.5.13.44. Strange: the MPG was created with TMPGEnc Plus 2.513.53.162 and *standard profile* (Project Wizard/Video-CD/PAL/Standard-VBR).

If you realy used the Standard-Template, it must be OK.
But you wrote Standard-VBR. VBR isn't alowed for VCD-Format-Videos on DVD. They have to be encodet in CBR (max Bitrate 1850 kbps Audio+Video).

Sorry, I *meant* CBR. I used the wizard, there is no VBR entry.

The DVD plays fine, though. Older versions of DVD Author did not give this warning...

I think your software is great. It might not have great menus, otherwise it always delivers. I have no problems.

BUT,

I was very happy to see motion menus, but have not been able to get audio to play in it.

I placed a valid Mpeg2 file with PCM audio, not ac3.

Why no audio?

Hum, Motion Men27Ô will work on MP2- and PCM-Audio. Only AC3 is no use.

Sorry but audio does NOT work with PCM sound (PAL), only layer-2.

I am having a problem with dolby digital 5.1 sound. What happens is I can only bring in certain clips that have AC3 but sometimes I get audio differs error and there is no audio when I check in clip settings. I have triple check that there are all Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. Anyone know what his might be?

Got similar problems, with demultiplexed AC3s, sometimes. A small program named AC3FIX does the trick, usually. Try to search for it via Google and use it on demultiplexed AC3s.

This happens if the AC3-File do have errors on some Frames. AC3Fix will help.

Big draw back with creating menus. DVD Author allows the user to set a font for all items in the menu but doesn't allow a user setting for font size and color that can be applied to all chapter numbers and chapter descriptions within a project. The same limitation can be found in menu settings like "previous" "next" "chapter menu" and "play track".

It's very tedious changing each of these individually. Is there a quicker method? Why not add more user defined settings?

The menu templates appear to be stored in *.tme files located in the "templates" subdirectory within the DVD Author directory.

I have opened these files in a text editor but I could not edit them with any success.

Can these files be edited? What is used to create the inital menu templates? Once a few more examples are available it will help eliminate the biggest complaint with this program... the menu choices are terrible.

I do like the program compared to others... I just need different menu choices.


Grantman

Unfortunatly, there's no Editor for the Templates now.

OK, now there IS an Editor for the Templates. :)

So will you be posting a link or giving a URL to the editor??

New Version 1.5 has a menu editor....

After I edit the range from the source DVD disc and output the result. The subtilte is gone. Please help!

There is no help yet. TMPGEnc DVD Author supports only on Video an one Audio-Track, no additional Tracks like Sub-Pictures or more than one Audio-Track.

Maybe IFOEdit is the solution for your Problem.

Ive used tmpgenc to convert a divx/avi file into a dvd compliant mpg using the dvd template. Which plays fine on its own no problems at all.

After ive authoured it with tmpgenc dvd authour the sound is very choppy and metallic sounding, anyone got any ideas??
many thanks in advance

hi, i have just converted an avi to dvd with tmpgenc everything went ok at the end i got my two different files (m2v+wav). then i went to tmpgenc dvd to turn the files into vob files so i could burn them with nero but when done it only plays 20 seconds of the audio. this is really enoying please help

This Board is for TMPGEnc DVD Author, not for the Encoder TMPGEnc, which is not able to handle some kinds of Audio-Formats corretly. Use VirtualDubMOD to convert the Audio-Part to WAV first.

I am using the trial version of the DVD Author program,,, which I really like!! However, do I have to convert my avi files to MPEG2 before I can use the DVD author app. I know to make a DVD you need to use MPG2 however I wanted to know if the DVD Author application would automatically convert my avi files for me... currently I have to use the TMPGenc to convert the file then bring the file to TMPGenc DVD Author to make the DVD.... any help would be great!

TMPGEnc DVD Author is an Authoring-Program und do not have an Encoder included. Yuo have to use an Encoder (like TMPGEnc) to encode your AVIs first.

i wanted to know is...is it possible just to put the VOB files...the movie part excluding the rest of IFO and BUP files into Author and make into DVD???will it recognise it properly???????

Yes...

DVDs played on my Philips DVD763SA Standalone DVD player pause for approx 1/2 sec at each point where I have edited the source using Tmpgenc DVD author 1.5.11.37.

When I examined the authored files with Ifoedit, it indicated a 'Layer Break'
at the edit point - I understand this to indicate a discontinuity in the PTS
timecode. I then ran VOB Extras in Ifoedit, and selected Rebuild PTS. The resulting VOB file was then burned to DVD and the pause at the cut point
nolonger occurred. Is this a bug in Tmpgenc DVD Author?

>srb ( Mail ) 2003/08/05 (Tue) 15:46 ( ID:kuahwndk/ek )
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>DVDs played on my Philips DVD763SA Standalone DVD player pause for approx 1/2 >sec at each point where I have edited the source using Tmpgenc DVD author >1.5.11.37.
>
>When I examined the authored files with Ifoedit, it indicated a 'Layer Break'
>at the edit point - I understand this to indicate a discontinuity in the PTS
>timecode. I then ran VOB Extras in Ifoedit, and selected Rebuild PTS. The >resulting VOB file was then burned to DVD and the pause at the cut point
>nolonger occurred. Is this a bug in Tmpgenc DVD Author?

I was trying to figure this problem out as well. The bug still occurs on version 1.5.15.49. This bug might never be fixed, but at least you came up with a remedy. I appreciate that very much!

I just made my 1st mpeg from a dvd with TmpgEnc Dvd Auther but it split it in 2 files due to its size. Is there a way I can make it come out all in one file? Any help would be appreciated.

The maximum Size for a VOB-File on a DVD is 1 GByte.