Before I buy this product, I want to make sure it works.
Please reply, thanks.

If you have a DirectShow-Filter for RM, the answer is Yes. If not, the answer is No.

In other words: Can you use Mpedia Player 6.4 for playback of RM? If not, you can't use XPress for Re-Encoding such files.

Is there one available? User-made or otherwise.

No, you have to use DeLogo, X-Logo or LogoAway in VirtualDub.

i have a bunch of vob files that i want 2 convert so that i can watch it on other stuff that cant play dvds. can tmpgenc convert the dvd files to other readable formats?

Yes - in most cases

I used the guide http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=59422 . The problem is that after some weeks DVD2AVI stopped doing for frameserver for TMPGenc. Now I need to convert VOB --> AVI (large mute AVI, maybe split into many files max 2 GB large) with DVD2AVI, extact the AC3 sound, convert AC3 --> MP2 with BeSweet and multiplex the final MPG (without sound, made by converting the 'mute' DVD2AVI AVIs (max 2 GB each) --> many mute MPGs (with TMPGenc) ---> (multiplex) 1 large (> 1 GB) and mute MPG with the 'MPG with sound' done by loading as input the large 'mute MPG' with the MP2. You can even make a dummy MPG 'with sound' using TMPGenc with Motion Search Precision = lowest auality, since you only use it for its sound (a TMPGenc run is needed to convert 48 Hz MP2 --> 44.1 Hz MP2 inside the movie; you cannot multiplex directly a 48 Hz MP2 to a MPG, Choode in File__Environmental Settings__Audio engine, Sampling frequency convertor = high quality).

Sorry, this was an answer for the 2.5 version. I never used XPress.

Before i purchase, do any of the products convert DVR-MS?

Yes, TMPGENC Xpress 3 will do dvr-ms. It is the only product I've found that does it well. Worth the money.

ANY WAY TO IMPORT TMPGENC 2.5X TEMPLATES *.MCF INTO XPRESS3,
OR
CONVERT *.MCF TO *.TXPE WHICH IS XPRESS3'S TEMPLATE FORMAT?

Hi Everyone,

Any idea why when I preview a Divx source file I don't get any sound? Will I get sound in the final encode?

Thanks!!

If you load the movie with VirualDubMod you can see, doing Stream --> Stream list, the audio stream of the file. But if you cannot hear it, it either is missing or you need a proper sound decoder for it.
Maybe, if there's one, if you Demux and convert it to .MP2 using BeSweet + BeSweet GUI, you can hear it (if BeSweet provides you a proper decoder by himself. I don't know. I can even hear the .AC3 Dolby Surround sound).

Adobe Premier supports AVI type 2 files for editting without rendering first, but for AVI type 1 the timeline must be rendered first before editting. Does Xpress support conversion to AVI Type 2? I couldn't find any option to select a Type 2 AVI format and the only AVI option available that Premier was able to load in had to be rendered. If Xpress can do this I'd likely buy it as I own DVD Author and am happy with its abilities? Anybody know the answer to this?

Patrick

Hi. I would like to request these features in future TMPGEnc products.
JACKET_P folder and DVD-text creation. TMPGEnc can be used to create JACKET_P folder for DVD, but it is not very easy to do. For those people that don't know what these are, follow this link...
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=235177&highlight=jacketp

I downloaded the trial version of TMPGEnc Express 3.0, and frankly I was APPALLED by the quality of the picture after spending 2 hours transcoding a video clip recorded by Media Center 2005! I have transcoded a lot of movies from MPEG2 to DivX/XviD in the past and have NEVER seen quality this bad, even if squeezing the file size down to 3-400MB for a movie. If this is the quality that the purchased product puts out, then I am VERY happy that I did not buy this product!

I am also experimenting with TMPGEnc Express with dvr-ms files. I absolutely love their cut/edit system for getting rid of commercials, but I find the DiVX support creates an aweful looking file.

Does anyone know of the proper settings to use for the DiVX support? I've played around with tons of different settings (using the 5.2.1 DiVX Pro codec) and nothing seems to really help. TMPGEnc will only do one pass, and it looks really bad. I've tried all the different presets within the codec.

Anyone?


>I downloaded the trial version of TMPGEnc Express 3.0, and frankly I was APPALLED by the quality of the picture after spending 2 hours transcoding a video clip recorded by Media Center 2005! I have transcoded a lot of movies from MPEG2 to DivX/XviD in the past and have NEVER seen quality this bad, even if squeezing the file size down to 3-400MB for a movie. If this is the quality that the purchased product puts out, then I am VERY happy that I did not buy this product!

Help. I'm having trouble understanding the different products. What is the difference between: TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress AND TMPGEnc MPEG Editor?

If "TMPGEnc MPEG Editor" is an upgraded and improved version of a program contained in "TMPGEnc Plus 2.5" AND "TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress" in the upgraded version of the entire 2.5 package, then does 3.0 also contain an MPEG Editor? Also if 3.0 is an "upgrade" then that Mpeg editor should be at least as good or better than 2.5, right? Although, probably, not as good as the new stand alone MPEG PRODUCT.. Am I correct?

Anyway, as you can see, I'm confused by the whole thing.

I want to buy 3.0 XPress but am hesitating if it doesn't have an MPEG Editor on par with 2.5.

Let me know.

When "Video mode" is set to "3:2 pulldown playback", the encoded video stream fails the VBV buffer test using the program "Mprobe". Please verify this. Thank you.

When I convert an .avi to dvd format, all I get is one big file that won't burn for a dvd. I have to use Dvd Author to re-convert to .vob. Why?

DVD authoring requires .vob files.
However, inside each .vob file are elementary video stream and elementary audio stream produced by TMPGEnc.

The "container" is different but the "content" is the same.

The re-conversion by DVD author should NOT take a long time, since all it needs to do is to re-mux and not re-encode. If you experience re-encoding rather than re-muxing, I suggest you check the encoding parameter or check the dvd authoring software.