Just a general question...is there any consensus on the most space-efficient codec? Playback compatibility is not an issue, I'm just wondering about the highest quality for lowest bitrate....at the moment I'm using h.264...which is the most efficient of which I know, but would anyone suggest anything else? Thanks!

I'd say that h.264 is the best at the moment in terms of quality/bitrate.
DivX is probably the next best choice, but I think you'd get slightly better quality with h.264 at the same bitrate.

Got an e-mail earlier from tmpgenc enews concerning 4.0 express.
Said 4.0 express was updated to 4.5.2.255
However when I go to web site and pull the latest build it is TE4XP_Retail_4.5.1.254_setup_en.exe.
Has anyone been able to pull the version 4.5.2.255?

Only the foreign language versions carry the 4.5.2.255 version, feature-wise it's identical to the english 4.5.1.254 version.

I have already purchased the full version of the product, but recently, had to have my computer cleaned, which removed the software from my harddrive.

I still have my serial number, but can't figure out how to re-install the program without having to re-purchase it. Is it possible to re-download the full version as long as I have the serial?

Thanks.

Nevermind, I think I found it. Thanks!

If anyone else is wondering how to re-download purchased software, here's how you do it:

First, you must register your product. (If you've purchased your software in the last couple of months, then you've probably already done this, since it's the only way to download your software. However this wasn't required a while back, and anyone was able to download the full version from the download page; this message is for those people.)
You can register your product by going to the registration page and setting up a user account or logging into your user account if you already have one.

After logging in, you should be at a page with all of your registered products listed. If your product isn't there, you can register it on this page.

In the list of your registered products, there should be a download link next each product. It's pretty much self-explanatory after that.

I've ripped a HD-DVD disc and demuxed it as you cannot convert .evo files in TMPGenc 4.0 Express. After remuxing the contents back together to create a .ts video file I can succesfully load the video into TMPGenc but when trying to load the audio stream which is a .mpa file it says

"It may be an unsupported file or there is only a video stream."

TMPGenc says it supports mpa, am I missing codecs or something? Is there a way of converting the mpa into another format like ac3 or something that I could try instead?

Thanks in advance.

Can someone please explain the difference between these two programs?

Does TMPGE 4.0 XPress do everything that MPEG Editor 3 does, plus more additonal features?

thank you

While there are some overlapping features, they are actually two different beasts.
They each have their own unique video processing engine.
4.0 XPress' is for converting many different types of files to other formats.
MPEG Editor 3 is strictly for MPEG video formats and is much better at handling MPEG video than 4.0 XPress.

One of the biggest differences is what they call Smart Rendering.
MPEG Editor 3 has it, and what it does is it allows you to make changes and edits to your video without having to re-encode the whole video.
4.0 XPress does not have Smart Rendering, and the whole video will be re-encoded no matter what.

4.0 XPRess is overall the more flexible program in terms of the types of input and output formats, plus it allows you to add filters, and set your own output settings.

MPEG Editor 3 is great if you work strictly with MPEG video formats (DVD, Blu-ray, HDV, etc.) and plus you can input video directly from your HDV camcorder and burn your outputted video to Blu-ray (BDAV format) or DVD with it which you can't do with 4.0 XPress.

Hi folks, I just purchased TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress and I was very happy with it. I only tested it out with one clip at the time. The clips are MTS files that come directly from my Sony SR11 video camera. I bought TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to convert the MTS clips to M2T clips which make them easier to edit on my dual core system.

Today I try to convert 10 clips with TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress and as I load the clips into TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress, I get this error message that says "Could not open the video part of the file XXXXXXXXXXXX, only the audio part can be opened. You can see the actual screen cap at:
http://testshots.com/images/tmpgenc_issue.gif

I've done some research but have not found a workaround for this issue and I need to get it fixed as quickly as possible.

I look forward to your help!

-Dean

I just submitted a support email to TMPGenc but I understand it may take up to a week to get a response. I can't sit here for a week waiting to hear from them. If they can't get this issue resolved immediately, I'll call Visa and get my money back and purchase another product that will actually work for my needs. If anyone from TMPGenc is reading this board, please help me fix this issue immediately or refund my money and I'll move on.

Thanks!

-Dean

So this only happens when you load multiple clips, or does that one video file give you the error no matter what?

What are the attributes of these clips? Are they different than the clip you first tested it with?

The more information you can provide about the clips, the better.

>Hi folks, I just purchased TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress and I was very happy with it. I only tested it out with one clip at the time. The clips are MTS files that come directly from my Sony SR11 video camera. I bought TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to convert the MTS clips to M2T clips which make them easier to edit on my dual core system.
>
>Today I try to convert 10 clips with TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress and as I load the clips into TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress, I get this error message that says "Could not open the video part of the file XXXXXXXXXXXX, only the audio part can be opened. You can see the actual screen cap at:
>http://testshots.com/images/tmpgenc_issue.gif
>
>I've done some research but have not found a workaround for this issue and I need to get it fixed as quickly as possible.
>
>I look forward to your help!
>
>-Dean

I seem to be getting the same problem with every file that i have tried too.Did you find any fix,Or what the problem is?

I installed the latest upgrade of Express 4 onto my Vista system, and when I go to run it I get an error stating that necessary files could not be
found or properly readed. Then it says to uninstall and reinstall. Oddly enough, this error only occurs under my account. Other accounts on my PC can run the app without problems. Also if I install the prior version it works fine. Support gave me a few hings to try, but none worked. Any ideas?

This is my problem:

When I make a MPEG-1 from a QuickTime Movie the result is a freezes and jerking
/ bucking .mpg File. Especially at the beginning and End of the movie the picture seems to hang behind the sound and then jumps forward to the correct position. I tried everyting to get rid of the Problem, disabled MultiThreading, tried different resolutions, changed the VBV-Buffer Settings (0/48/64...), tried constant and variable Bitrate, tried every possible Options at GOP Settings, I tried almost everything. But the movie is always stuttering at some positions.
If I use for example WindowsMediaPlayer or QuickTime Player and jump forward in time (push the slider to the right) the player needs 2-3 sec. to continue playing without stuttering.
I use TMPG for a long time now and always had this problem making MPEG-1.
By the way a college of mine had the same problem. And we have nearly the same system, a dual-Xeon HT System with 7525 Chipset/ Serverboard.

So please is anybody out there who has any Idea how to fix my problem???

Sorry, haven't had this problem with any of the QuickTime movies I have.
I have a completely different problem on one of my .mov files where the image is misaligned so you can only see 1/4 of the video. Plays at normal speed though with no jerkiness.

Do you have the latest version of TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress?

Hello,

I make some tests to see if tmpenc xpress 4.5 can make stream for blu-ray. I use scenarist for authoring.

Mpeg2 preset seem to work.

But i want to finc AVC preset, is somebody working on it?

Thx for the help

Philippe PERQUIN

Not sure if they're working on it, but you can always make your own AVC preset if you know the specifications required. Just select MPEG-4 file output, alter your output settings, and save the preset so you can use it again later.

hello,

It seem to be a little bit complicated.

I make a lot of test but each were impossible to import in scenarist HDMV.

Philippe

I was looking at the specs for Blu-ray today and it seems that AAC audio is not in the official specs. 4.0 xpress only allows AAC audio with the MPEG-4 AVC format, so that may be why it isn't importing into scenarist.

Acceptable Audio streams:
Linear PCM audio stream
Dolby Digital audio stream
Dolby Digital Plus audio stream
Dolby Lossless audio stream
DTS digital surround audio stream
DTS-HD audio stream

Video-wise, Blu-ray specs for MPEG-4 AVC are:
High profile at level 4.1/4.0
or Main profile at level 4.1/4.0/3.2/3.1/3.0

Max. bitrate: 40Mbps

HD resolutions:
1920x1080x59.94-i, 50-i (16:9)
1920x1080x24-p, 23.976-p (16:9)
1440x1080x59.94-i, 50-i (16:9) MPEG-4 AVC / SMPTE VC-1 only
1440x1080x24-p, 23.976-p (16:9) MPEG-4 AVC / SMPTE VC-1 only
1280x720x59.94-p, 50-p (16:9)
1280x720x24-p, 23.976-p (16:9)

SD resolutions:
720x480x59.94-i (4:3/16:9)
720x576x50-i (4:3/16:9)

Hello i'm ok with the blu-ray encoding, i have a sonic cinevision.

I only encode elementary video but when i try to import the file i have this error message:

Error : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

And scenarist not take the file.

Philippe

Sorry, not familiar with scenarist errors. You might want to try Doom9 forum or a scenarist forum.

Here's a post about a similar error:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=128631

Hello,

It's seem like a problem with the file header when you encode it in normal, video only.

A stream analyer like elecard streamAnalyzer can't open it also.

Maybe header are not well written?

philippe

Hello,

I just downloaded TMPGE-XP4 and imported my first video file (a .TS file captured from DVB-C). The import is quite long (11 minutes for a 2h30' movie) but this is not the problem. The problem is that the display does not give the right video frames. It displays a queer abstract colored picture. If I call for the cut editor, it is the same.
I searched in the help manual for an action to be taken, but I did not find any. Is the preview and cutting not possible for all formats ?

:) Gabier

Can you play it in Windows Media Player?
Maybe it's a codec problem.

I can play it with VLC.
I made another test with a short clip. In fact I suspect TMPG4XP does not import TS files from DVB-T/C/S source. If the input is the raw TS file, I have the problem described above. If I convert this TS file to m2p file with ProjectX, then I can input this file in TM4XP and the frame previews is correct.
The content is not quite the same because when converting from TS to m2p, ProjectX strips off all stuff but video and audio (for instance subtitles). But I suspect that this is not the problem. Rather, TM4XP does not understand the TS structure (188 bytes packets, etc...). It is advertised that TS files inputs are OK, but in the help the TS files are not in the list of input files. It is said that only TS files from HDTV camcorders are possible.

If this is confirmed, I have wasted my money because I bought TM4XP in order to convert TS files from DVB-C to compliant MPEG2.

Gabier

Hm looks like you're right. 4.0 Xpress can only import the MPEG-2 transport streams .mpg, .m2t, m2ts, and .mts.
Sorry, I haven't worked with .ts files but I thought it was possible too.

Hi,
I'm trying to convert my newly bought course from Lynda.com. so I can play them on my Ipod. The file is a .mov file and I can add the file to the source window in TMPGEnc, but can't preview (prelisten) to the sound of the file. When I go and do the encoding itself I get an error... does any one have an idea on this? Is it a bug in TMPGEnc? I asking if it is a bug simply beacuse when I tried a software called Mediacoder it will convert the .mov file just fine... but TMPGEnc will not...

Best Regards
Jerry

To answer my own question, hehe, is an answer I read from other answer on other topics, but to resolve my problem only do this:
If I turn off the Quicktime plugin and let DirectX handle the files things are OK.
And that's all!

/JJ

Not an issue but more of a complaint/comment: I had TMPGEnc setup and working on my old computer but when I installed on my new computer, audio wasn't present in any of the converted clips. It took me a little while to realize that I needed AC3Filter in order to make it work.

I'm not very knowledgeable about video encoding/decoding/editing but I consider myself very proficient with technical issues with computers. I'm wondering how the general population buying an HD camcorder would realize what the problem was and fix it?? Maybe the answer is that the average HD camcorder buyer wouldn't be buying TMPGEnc XPress. I could've missed it, but is there any concise documentation detailing the additional components needed in order to perform general tasks? I'm not saying to call out specific products, just to say what types of plugins/utilities will be required. In my case, it's a simple task converting the very large .mts files to Divx (I archive the .mts files).

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress uses the codecs installed on your computer. If you can play your movie files outside of 4.0 XPress, then in most cases you shouldn't have a problem using them in 4.0 XPress. It was even possible to import AVCHD files before they were officially supported because of this flexibility.

It's possible that AC3Filter installed some codecs that you needed.