I work with a Matrox Axio HD system on top of Premiere, and we capture lots of uncompressed content that must go through TMPGEnc Xpress for MPEG encoding.

The frame size of uncompressed content captured by Premiere is 720x486.

These extra 6 lines don't bother that much (I normally crop them), but the clip is recognized as squarel pixel (1:1).

Content using 720x480 normally is identified as 4:3 or 10:11.

When I encode the content to MPEG-2 4:3 NTSC, the final video is resized, creating black borders on top and bellow the final clip and resizing the 720x486 (1:1) to fit inside the final 720x480 (4:3) MPEG file.

I could remove the option "keep aspect ration" from filter Picture Resize (and apply cropping to remove the extra 6 lines), but since it's not always me doing the encoding, I fear that others might forget about this procedure creating MPEG files with black bars for the final videos.

I see two solutions: TMPGEnc Xpress should recognize 720x486 files as 4:3 aspect ratio, or have some of the presets for MPEG file creation have Filters embedded into them.

I work in an environment where we digitize tapes (VHS/miniDV) with Adobe Premiere CS4. This results in raw avi, type 2 files.
We encode these .avi files to mpg1 and mp2, for archival purposes, using TMPG 4.7.1.284, on Windows XP SP3 workstations. We use some templates, which can be downloaded here: www.sendspace.com/file/wlyowz
This all works perfect.

Doing an upgrade to 4.7.3.292 we experienced the following problem: the audio is out of sync with the video when you watch the file. The audio is a bit quicker than the video, between 1 and 3 seconds. This is unacceptable.

To test whether the problem is related to our windows installations, we build a new machine, put a fresh install of Windows 7 on it, Adobe Premiere for digitization, and TMPG X-Press 4.7.3.292
The problem persists. Encoding other files, doesn't seem to be a problem.

Is this a known bug? Is there a known solution?
Please give us some insight.

Not even a reply!
Useless support!
We'll flush those ten licenses down the drain and go for Canopus.
Thanks for the attention.

As the forum index says, this isn't officially moderated and you won't receive any replies from a support employee; only other users will reply and apparently none of us can help you.

If you want a real response from TMPGEnc support, you need to fill out their support form:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

All I want to do is convert some DVD-RAM material to DVD-R...

No problem I thought, download the trial version of TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress on my desktop (running Vista) to see what the conversion quality it is like.

Using the source wizard to import the clip from a DVD-RAM disc I get this error message:

Unsupported File (error code 0x80048003)

Not a good start and searching the net provides little information on this. Importing other formats on disc such as WMV works fine, the issue only appears to be with RAM.

I downloaded TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress to my laptop which is running XP and using the same disc the source wizard recognises it and imports the file, no problem.

I then check to see if it is a hardware error with my DVD-RAM drive by connecting an external drive to my desktop PC, still no go, same error meessage as above. Just to check the external drive also works with the laptop, TMPGEnc recognises the file.

On my desktop if I copy the complete 'RTAV' folder to the hard drive and using TMPGEnc I import the VRO file directly, this way it recognises it allowing me to do the conversion!

There we have it, a rather sorry state of affairs, hopefully there might be some ideas on what could be wrong?

Regards,

the colonel

CUDA no run in GeForce 9800 GT. CPU is 100% user and GPU 0%.

the cuda will only take effect when a few filters are used.

I am having trouble with batch encode, using TMPGEnc 4.7.3.292. When I attempt to add project to batch encode using, I get error message "Incompatible file format," then " batch encode has encountered a time out." This just started happening. I have tried reinstalling program, removing all the DVD Imports, etc. Nothing helps. Can anyone help? I can't figure this one out.
Dave

Let me guest! You used win vista, you can go to properties on right clikc at Tmpgenc menu, click compability and choose "Windows XP SP2". I hope this trick will help you

I have some general suggestions for features I'd like to see implemented. TMPGenc is one of the best pieces of software for the consumer (and probably even Professional) out there and I'd love to see it improved to support even more cool stuff.

It's sold as an Editor right? The one thing an editor should excel at is editing and using filters to enhance/correct video files.. It does a great job already of course, but I see lots of room for improvement / expanded options.

Container Types:
H264 - Why only MP4 output in AVC mode?

AAC - Again why only MP4 output? A dedicated AAC output profile would be great for many video formats.

MKV - MKV is becoming more and more popular with the mainstream. Now even products are being sold with MKV support advertised or at least unofficially given proper attention. I'd like to see support for outputting an MKV project file. Including one or more Video, Audio, external subtitle tracks, chapter entries, etc. All that stuff is very useful.

In addition, Variable Framerate is essential for some projects to be done properly. Add support for VFR decimation which will output the video file along with an MKV timecodes file, whether you make an MKV project file or just output an AVI/H264 and it will give you an additional timecodes file as well, so you can mux it in later.


More Filter Support:

A lot of good filters are available in the open source community that there are no real commercial alternatives for, at least not easy to find ones, or affordable ones.. But within TMPGenc Xpress in particular I'd like to see stuff like...

Image Stabilization (shakey/jittery scenes)
Color Correction PROFILES that we can load into the Color Correction filter. They should be presets for industry standard color profiles used in video broadcast/production.

More Denoising options. I'm sure you can always improve the algorithms for the current Noise Reduction filter, but additionally specific filtering modes targetted at removing Dust/Dirt/Scratches and Film Drain. A mode that concentrates on denoising a lot of the perceptually indetectible background noise in the clip, this would help improve compression efficiency.

Better Crop / Resize design. Currently Crop and Resize are two different filters, and whats more when you do crop the program still treats the image as if it has X amount of pixels. Even IF you go to resize filter and select Custom and input a different resolution, if the H or V resolution is smaller than the original file resolution, you still have to MANUALLY change the encode settings to the new resolution you want...

What is the point of the resize filter if it does NOT do this for you? Its redundant. Also more resize algorithms, mainly Spline36 (neutral) and Spline64 (less chance of artifacts like Lanczos 3 can cause)

(part 2, Forum made me split it)
Better Deinterlace / Inverse Telecine modes. While we already have a pretty big list of options, sometimes none of those options are suitable (I have just such a source where none of them work satisfactory). We need better Deinterlace/IVTC support especially for Anime sources, which are often mixes of 24p/30p material (again MKV w/VFR decimation mode) and in additional to that, old Anime's can have some really SCREWED UP telecine patterns and all kinds of messed up stuff like that.

We should have some kind of an adaptive interlacer, that can not only detect the typical modes, but also detect other odd patterns and anomalies and deal with them without causing weird issues in the video like messed up pans, severe stuttering, or out of sync fields (part of picture updates faster than other part, and looks like Vsync tearing + stuttering) Most importantly it should not produce any kind of messed up result, such as a video that while otherwise runs at the correct FPS and doesn't stuter horribly, does NOT have nasty blending.

A CUDA based solution would be great also because then you can afford to do really complex stuff without slowing things down too much, and get nice results.. Avisynth filters such as *mcBob, *YADIF,*NNEDI2. *SRestore and a general purpose multi-function script like *AnimeIVTC (which can give GREAT results) are all filters and scripts that should be studied by you guys, so you can come up with proprietary non-infringing solutions/algorithms to apply similar functionality. A lot of Avisynth filters would make for GREAT CUDA Accelerated Filters in TMPGenc.


In particular, there are scripts out there now that can use anti-aliasing techniques to really help with smoothing out lines and stuff in Anime and generally make the scene look better and have much less jaggy edges. Another great sharpening filter would be something like aWarpSharp.


I'm sorry to make such a long post and I'm not trying to rag on you guys because you do have a fine product, but it would just liberate my work so much more, and especially aid in backing up and preserving my film collections, if we had a lot more functional and versatile options in the program. It would only be more appealing to people once they see what they could do with even more new CUDA accelerated filtering.

One last addendum, I forgot to mention.

In addition to support for AAC file output from any project.. I would really love to see out projects with the following abilities.

Import MORE THAN ONE AUDIO TRACK. At least give us two tracks like in Authoring Works 4

Additionally, give us the ability to import those tracks and send them to the final output video, WITHOUT RE-ENCODING.

It makes no sense to recompress an already lossy audio file, into either the same, or another lossy audio format.

This would be a great boone to the product, as a lot of people I'm sure would love to work with 2 or more audio tracks in their projects, and not some cheesey "bi-lingual" audio filter.

Thanks for your time.

I've got a brand-new Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Quad core i7 processor, 12 GB memory.

Install the latest version of DivX Pro and the latest version of TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress.

I convert a MPEG2 into DivX using Home Theater Profile, medium quality, MP3 sound using the standard profile with XPress for DivX conversion resulting file will play just fine In Windows Media Player as long as the extension is ".DivX". If I take the convert and rename it with a ".AVI" extension then I get no sound and sometimes video plays at high speed. Rename the file back into a ".DivX" and it plays just fine.

I don't know if the problem is with XPress, DivX, Windows, Windows media player or what but I'm posting messages everywhere I can think. Posted something on DivX forums three days ago and I've got no replies. Thought I would try here.

It is a problem of codecsIt can be a porblema of codecs, or a problem with the container format, or a problem with video player you're using. Although in theory. Divx and. Avi is the same.

surely, is a problem of codecs. Have you installed any codec pack? If so uninstall everything and reinstall the divx codec only. However, Windows 7 does not need the divx codec to see movies in AVI format. Just need the divx codec to see movies that are mkv/h264/AAC format.

Anyway, in tmpgenc, in the preferences menu you can choose the extension AVI (DIVX instead of leaving the default). Try again to see if it works.

Cordialment

PS I understand that your problem is dealt only changing the file extension.

Hi all,
i install TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress on my workstation and see: when i encode avi file (1440×1080) to wmv file (720p)then TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress only use 4 logical Processors on CPU Core i7 (and CUDA performance: 20%)
My workstation:
- mainbroad: P6T Deluxe V2
- CPU: Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
- Display Card: Geforce GXT 280 (CUDA is supported)
- Harddisk: 4TB RAID 0 (4 disk)
- windows: xp pro 32 bit
how to TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress can run 8 logical Processors. can you help me?
Thanks.

Re: CUDA

Did you make sure and enable CUDA in the program options? Using latest drivers? If you turn on CUDA in the program options, it should ask you to restart or something like that, to do a performance test (or warn you it will do it on the next restart?).

I recently upgraded from 4.5 to the newest release 4.7.3 and the program doesn't open anymore. Suggestions. Have removed program and reinstalled. Re-installed 4.5 and it works, but upgrading doesn't.

So it installs fine but when you try to open it, then what? Nothing happens, or do you at least get the startup image?

You may want to send support a message:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

Dear sir/lady
I tried to add greek sub in a movie and the appearence was not actual greek letters. I tried all greek fonts and nothing happened
what can i do

Are these original subtitles or downloaded from the internet?

I get the following error. impossible to enable the overlay mode.Verify if another application is already using the overlay. Does anyone know what might be wrong?

Are you using another video program at the same time? It could be a video player, another converter, etc. Overlay mode is basically when it uses your video card to display the video. You can turn it off and still view your video by right-clicking on the video display area and unchecking the "Overlay mode display" option.

Hello,

when will there be CUDA support for the GTS8800. As descibted on the Nvidia Drivers Page ther's support but running TMPGENC XPress with CUDA is telling me it does not CUDA on GTS8800 - and the App is telling it does not currently support the GTS8800 - so when?

Can anyone tell me what to do, please.

Thanks in advise

I have no problems using my 8800GTS 512MB with CUDA enabled.


I saw your thread at Nvidia forums too, I am wondering if its something about the first generation G80 cards that they lack something the G92's have and TMPGenc either doesn't support or is unaware of it.

I also have a 8800GTS, when I go into the Options, Preferences under CUDA 2.0 that page is completely grayed out so the application doesn't even see the video card. I'm now running Windows 7. Thoughts?

ok so that means that the card you have doesnt have cuda on it.

GTX/GTS 8800 cards with a G80 core are not compatible with TMPGEnc software even though those cards are CUDA enabled.