Bruning DVB-Files from Haupauge NExus S in 2 channel stereo works well, error message about non conform dvd ignored, burned, worked. If files are created with AC3 included, DVD Author says "illegal format" and does not accept MPEG file.

Any suggestions ?

THX, silent.

Have you tried to demux the Video before importing it into DVD Author? A good Demuxer is DS.JAR, but TMPGEnc can do this Job also.

Thank´s, I will try this. But I suppose it should work as it does with 2 channel also, seems to be an error in the checking routine of TMPEGENC DVD Author. When I record AC3 seperately, DVD Author accepts the stream but they are out of sync. Any possivility to sync the audio (add delay of x ms) ?

THX, silent

Have seen TDA accept AC3 as input along with WAV and M2P. How can I force TDA to author AC3 and WAV (plus the video of course) and make my DVD look really professional or is this functionallity reserved for very big money only ?
Is there a free program that does it ?

If you not want any Menus, you can use IFOEdit to produce your VOBs. (TitleSet).
You can use IFOEdit also for muxing an extra Sound-Track to a TitleSet, produced by TMPGEnc DVD Author. But taht's a little complicated.

Using more than one Sound-Track is the Feature i miss in TMPGEnc DVD Author. I will register the Program the same day, it supports this.

Thanks. I'll have another look at this IFOEdit. As you mention it seems rather complicated...
Another well known company has been advertising recently for the new version 1.3 sharing more than one type of sound track on the same DVD. It is misleading as it only means more than one sound track on the same DVD (for different tracks !!!).

I love this tool. Created several miniDVDs as I do not yet have a DVD burner. I especially like the editor interface for removing unwanted sections of an mpeg2 source file without reencoding. Excellent job.

Is it possible to output the edited video as a mpeg file? Or output as xsvcd? I have some people that cannot use DVD-R or DVD+R or miniDVD, but can use SVCD and XSVCD. I don't know if TDA will write xsvcd or not, but if they could save the mpeg file, I could use another tool, as well as make miniDVD with TDA. I tried renaming the VOB to an mpeg, but the program I was using VCDEasy, failed on analyzing it.

Any suggestions? Good product. Maybe a little pricey, especially for download with no media or manual. Does the purchase of the program allow for free upgrades? How are upgrades handled for registred users?

Thanks again.

In the Output menu Uncheck "Create DVD folder" this will output the movie to H/D as a MPEG2 file.

Well, when I uncheck the "Create DVD folder", it disables the "Begin Output" button and will not allow me to click it. Is there something else I should do? I am using version 1.5.11.37.

Use the "No Menu"-Settings to create your File. Then use TMPGEnc to demux it to MPEG.

The quickest way. No need to demux.

Apologies for previous suggestion. Wrong authoring tool.

From "Source setup" select "Add DVD video".
Scroll to the VIDEO_TS folder and highlight it.
When Wizard appears click "Next".
Uncheck "Reading chapter information" and check "Copy the clip video data to HDD".
Select a folder to save the MPG in and click "Ok".
After TMPGEnc DVD Author has finished copying the MPG file to HD close it down.
You'll find the MPG file in the folder you selected. It's a good idea to rename it because it's rather long and can be confusing.

ah, I didn´t know this before. Thanks !

But be careful: A lot of DVD Stand-alone-players will play SVCD only correct, when the audio is 44,1 Khz. Because DVD audio is 48 khz, you will have to reencode audio. All tools I know will demux video + audio, reencode audio and then mux video + audio again.

Thanks for the input. That works. However, one of the reasons I wanted to use the mpeg was to burn an xsvcd using VCDEasy, and VCDEasy will not take mpeg files ( or the original VOB file renamed to mpeg ) from TDA. It errors but I cannot recall the error message. Remember that I start with an mpeg file ( 352x480, 29.97, 2400, 44.1 mpeg2 ) that I capture ( both VCDEasy and TDA both accept this file ), use TDA to edit out unwanted sections of the clip, create DVD output, then either burn to miniDVD or reload and extract mpeg to use in VCDEasy ( wich now will not accept the mpeg ).

Any thoughts on this? What could it be doing to mpeg that VCDEasy does not like? What other alternatives does anyone have?

You could try demuxing in TMPGEnc Plus and then remux. This will result in a new header being written which should allow VCDEasy to read the MPG file.

I cut out two batches of commercials from a video clip. I then went through the instructions to save it as an .mpg (by loading the Video_TS). What I got was three .mpgs, each one a segment where I cut out the commercials. Is there a way to have this as just one .mpg instead of three?

Like i wrote before: Let TMPGEnc DVD Author produce your VOB-File.
Open the VOB with the MPEG-Tools of TMPGEnc and just demux it - ready to go!

Thanks for the input. That works. However, one of the reasons I wanted to use the mpeg was to burn an xsvcd using VCDEasy, and VCDEasy will not take mpeg files ( or the original VOB file renamed to mpeg ) from TDA. It errors but I cannot recall the error message. Remember that I start with an mpeg file ( 352x480, 29.97, 2400, 44.1 mpeg2 ) that I capture ( both VCDEasy and TDA both accept this file ), use TDA to edit out unwanted sections of the clip, create DVD output, then either burn to miniDVD or reload and extract mpeg to use in VCDEasy ( wich now will not accept the mpeg ).

Any thoughts on this? What could it be doing to mpeg that VCDEasy does not like? What other alternatives does anyone have?

Thanks B Racer. What I got was a video file .m2v, and an audio file .wav. Is that what I should expect? I used these two files to encode a mpg using tmpgenc and the audio went fine. The video froze up at 5:16 and stayed on that one frame for the rest of the 20:00 minute video. Any help there? Am I missing something obvious?

The two Files you get are so called elemantary Streams. You can encode the WAV to MP2 if you like to spare Bitrate. After that, you can use an Authoring-Tool for further Authoring.
If your Goal is DVD, any DVD-Authoring-Program can handle the Files. Maybe you have to rename the .m2v to .mpv and the .mp2 to .mpa.
If your Goal is SVCD or XSVCD, use TSCV. That programm includes the Muxer MPLEx, which is able to handle the Files to produce Non-Standard-SVCDs. But you have to set the Mux-Rate to 0 which means automatic.

I've just made my first DVD - from a PAL DV source, encoded with TMPGenc Plus in PAL mode, authored with TDA (bought a licence about a month ago but don't know which version as I've upgraded to the new one - 101036 I think) and burned with B's Recorder Gold ...

But rather curiously the Nero Info Tool reports the disc as NTSC 4:3(Mpeg 1 720x480) which it defintiely isn't - is this a bug in Nerd, TDA or B's Recorder and is it likely to cause any playback problems ?

I've just bought a Nero 5.5 licence and burned the same data which is PAL format made by TMPGEnc Plus and TMPG DVD Author (both licensed and paid for copies) ...

And Nero still reports the disc as NTSC 4:3 (Mpeg1 720x480) ... which it definitely isn't - it's PAL 4:3 720x576 Mpeg2 at 25fps as reported by TMPGEnc Plus ...

Since I've now burned this disc using 2 completely independent burners - B's Recorder Gold 5 and Nero 5.5 ... presumably the incorrect header must be the fault of TMPGEnc Plus or TMPG DVD Author ...

Can the technical support for these products explain this - I live in hope but they seem to be very noticeably quiet on this Message Board ...

I was so impressed with free TMPGEnc I bought a licence for both products but I am extremely disappointed with the level of support for a simple question and may consider phoning my credit card company and complaining and requesting a refund ...

It's a simple question peeps ... why is the Nero Info Tool reporting the PAL output from your products as NTSC ???

If you say it's a Nero problem (and B's Recorder Gold) then I'll take the matter up with them ... if it's a TMPG problem, when will you fix it ?

Many a film has been released into Europe under the PAL badge when in fact it's actually NTSC. One example is the six DVD set of "Taken".

Nearly all the modern DVD players will cope with either format, as will modern TV sets.

TMPGEnc Plus is a brilliant piece of software but it cannot convert NTSC to PAL. File names yes, but not the actual format.

If your burning applications report the video as NTSC then you had better believe it.

QUOTE:
"If your burning applications report the video as NTSC then you had better believe it."

No, sorry. I have the same error showing on nero infotool when burnt with recordnow max, and the source is home videos shot on a PAL camcorder, not rip-offs of commercial DVDs.

I would certainly not call it an error, a minor irritant perhaps, but only after thorough investigation into how you actually shot, captured and encoded the PAL footage. It's so easy to make a mistake when choosing parameters.

For the ultimate test, load the IFO's into IfoEdit and read off what it shows. If you see NTSC you had better believe it.


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95% of all computer errors are sat in front of the keyboard. I am no exception.

Shot with pal 8mm camcorder, transfered to computer via firewire using sony pal dv camcorder that converts analog tapes to digital, edited with pinnacle studio 8 with all footage showing as pal 720x576, exported to avi, encoded with tmpgenc using pal settings, authored and burnt with tmpgdvd evaluation, plays as expected on pal tv, shows as ntsc with infotool.

Maybe it's nothing more than a description -- like the name of the dvd or the name of the author -- which doesn't affect the content at all. Therefore though it says ntsc, in the words of victor meldrew (for uk only) "I do not belive it".

LOL... How could I possibly follow up now that Victor has spoke!

Ifoedit's report is below - which seems to show TDA has written the Video Manager Menu in NTSC although the track is PAL ... I can play the DVD fine although my player can play NTSC but a couple of friends can't play it - could this explain why ?

VIDEO_TS.IFO

VMG Overview:

Video Manager Menu attributes:
Video: MPEG-1 720x480 (NTSC) (NTSC 525/60) (4:3) (pan-scan & letterboxed)

Number of Title Play Maps: 1 (VMG_PTT_SRPT)
Title 1: VTS_1, TTN_1 (Angles: 1) (Chapters: 3) (Start Sector 8)

Number of Video Title Sets on this DVD: 1 (VMG_VTS_ATRT)
Title Set 1:
VTS_1 Video: MPEG-2 720x576 (PAL) (PAL 625/50) (4:3) (not specified perm.display)
VTS_1 Audio 1: Not Specified (Mpeg-1 ) 2ch 48Kbps 16bps


First play PGC: (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)

Menu Language Units: 1
Language Menu Unit 1: []

Language Menu Unit 1: []
Menu 1: [Title-Menu] (entry PGC) (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 2: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 3: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)

VTS_01_0.IFO

VTS overview:

Menu attributes:
Video: MPEG-2 720x576 (PAL) (PAL 625/50) (4:3) (not specified perm.display)
SubPicture 1: Not Specified (2-bit rle )

Title Set (Movie) attributes:
Video: MPEG-2 720x576 (PAL) (PAL 625/50) (4:3) (not specified perm.display)
Audio 1: Not Specified (Mpeg-1 ) 2ch 48Kbps 16bps (ID: 0xc0)

PGC_1 (program chain): [Title(TTN): 1] [00:59:59.13 / 25 fps] (Programs: 3) (Cells: 3) (uses VOB-IDs: 1,2,3)
[Ch 01] [Pg 01] [Cell 01] [V/C Id: 1/ 1] : time: 00:21:42.21 / 25 fps [Pos: 00:21:42.21] [Frames: 32571]
[Ch 02] [Pg 02] [Cell 02] [V/C Id: 2/ 1] Layer Br.: time: 00:18:03.22 / 25 fps [Pos: 00:39:46.18] [Frames: 59668]
[Ch 03] [Pg 03] [Cell 03] [V/C Id: 3/ 1] Layer Br.: time: 00:20:12.20 / 25 fps [Pos: 00:59:59.13] [Frames: 89988]

Menu Language Units: 1
Language Menu Unit 1: []

Language Menu Unit 1: []
Menu 1: [Root-Menu] (entry PGC) (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 2: [Chapter (PTT) Menu] (entry PGC) (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 3: [entry only] (Programs: 1) (Cells: 1) (uses VOB-IDs: 1)
Menu 4: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 5: [entry only] (Programs: 1) (Cells: 1) (uses VOB-IDs: 2)
Menu 6: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 7: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 8: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 9: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 10: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)
Menu 11: [entry only] (Programs: 0) (Cells: 0)

Ok, got the new upgrade, thanx for the ability to add motion menu's even if it is rather simple right now. Thank you very much for letting me hear audio in the preview cut window, and even thank you for the dvd burning engine although it was not a need for me. The baby steps are working and I very much appreciate the relatively rapid response to the problems. I hope you are paying the most attention to the requests for menu support, this is what will set your tools apart from any others.

To tweak the motion menu, let us add direct from dvd video instead of just mpeg files.

please give us template editing tools.

In absense of this, profile tools would be nice.

the biggest complaint I have is the chapter/track pages cannot be deleted if not used, and the highlight colors cannot be changed.

Basically, show us the safe area and let us create our own links/fonts/highlight colors/pictures/video boxes/etc...

For the first time in my life I actually paid for a license for a software program before actually trying it out. WHAT A MISTAKE!

I assumed that anything coming from the brilliant brain of Hori would be the bees knees. HOW WRONG CAN ANYONE BE!

TMPGEnc DVD Author has a long way to go to warrant the cost of a license. The introduction of a writing engine is not exactly what the users are looking for. Pegasys, please get your act together!

Well I did the same - didn't try very long either before bying. But I am still glad of it. There are lots of things that could be improved, but I am confident that it will straighten soon.

Even the burning engine if it is far from looking professional is very easy to use (I have been Neroning up to now). I don't know what the percentage is for while burning a disc as it nearly takes half the time to burn the last 2%. But this is a minor detail I can live with.

The automatic creation of chapters while editing tracks works relatively fine if you don't use the botom option (interval). The option to clear all chapters would be fine if it read 'clear all chapters from this point' instead of clearing all chapters from the beginning, may be both options would be usefull.

I have tried a few other authoring softwares and I am glad to say TDA is the only one that gives me satisfaction using in it's price category. After the long job of capturing, editing, encoding, etc, authoring with TDA is the crowning, then I put my DVD still warm in the player for a few tests and enjoy the anticipation of watching the whole stuff in the near future.

You misunderstand. I bought the license before downloading the software, and I agree, it does have potential, but in it's present form it does not warrant the price.

As for waiting for the final 2% during burning. This is a bug that should have been rectified before the program was released.

I'll try it again in six months time when perhaps it may have reached maturity.

I have a XSVCD and I want to either put it to DVD or SVCD.
The file is 3500kbps when i watch it on computer

Format: PAL 16:9 720x576 delaced
Video: Max 5000 Average 3100kbps
Audio: 224/48
Size: 800MB 32 mins approx

What are suggestions to keep it best quality using TMPGEnc?

And what's the Problem? Just put it onto the DVD, there's no need for Reencoding it.

I noticed the jump in version numbers 1.04 to 1.5, and all we got is a DVD writing engine, and a setup file that is 3 megs larger.

I DO *NOT* NEED ANOTHER DVD WRITING ENGINE.

I *DO* NEED *BETTER* MENUS.

I *DO* NEED MENUS THAT *WORK* PROPERLY.

I DO NOT NEED VERSION NUMBER TO JUMP TO "1.5" just because you figured out how burn a DVD, and I do not like being put closer to paying for an *UPGRADE*.

WE PAY YOU FOR DVD *AUTHORING* SOFTWARE. NOT DVD BURNING SOFTWARE.

So far, TMPGEnc DVD Author is *LAME* for $68... It is a toy.

!!!!NOW PLEASE GET BUSY AND DELIVER WHAT WE PAY YOU FOR!!!!

Thanks

Hey, don't shout...!

> I DO *NOT* NEED ANOTHER DVD WRITING ENGINE.

Agree.

> I *DO* NEED *BETTER* MENUS.

Hum, i need an Editor for the Menus.

> I *DO* NEED MENUS THAT *WORK* PROPERLY.

What's wrong with the Menus? They are working perfect.

I agree. I don't need or want DVD writing function, but I would like to have more flexible menu making capabilities, like those of DVDlab. It already offering the possibility to import VRO files as well as that of cutting the film as I like, TMPGEnc DVD author will be a perfect tool for me if it offered flexible menus.

Let`s say I have a track with the first movie file in AC3 sound. When I try to add a second file with Linear PCM sound, an error message says:
"Character-string `%` is not correct or does not equal to quoted number"

I had no idea what this mean, but after some time I remembered that it is not possible to mix different audio modes in one track. But the error message should be clearer, maybe with a suggestion to add a new track and insert the movie file there.

This is only a test.

When I try to load a mpeg2 into TMPG plus to convert to Mpeg 1 I get a message that TMPG is generating errors and will now shut down. I am using W2k, an Asus P4pe board, 3.06 P4, and a Gig of memory. There is plenty of space on the HD. I can't find the error log, any idea where it is placed? Any ideas of researching this. I have tried updating to the latest, uninstalling and reinstalling.

thanks.

I have tried to add a DVB-S Recording with 480x576, and no wonder, a error message about "non combliant mpeg stream".

But i i patch the resolution of the mpeg, and re-patch the resulting vob, many dvd-player could play such disks. I havent found one which couldnt for now.

It would be nice, if you could add a "i know what i do" option and allow "any" mpeg-stream to add.

This might be a reason to buy ;-)

I would like to have this option too!!!! Please!!!!