I want to encode the DVDs using the AUD-x Audio Codec (being the only 5.1 free codec available). I have the codec installed and can see the codec in other encoders like Virtualdub but TMPGENC 4.0 is not showing the same in the codec list...any ideas?

Thanks & regards.

If the codec is not present I assume that is not supported.
good luck

Has anyone much experience with TMPGEnc products and converting NTSC xvids to PAL? Its suffers in the same way many software packages seem to where the output pauses very slightly every few seconds (noticeable on pans and movement more than anything). I assume TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress uses the system codecs and for that I'm using ffdshow. Any ideas?

I have a quicktime source video that is 853x480.
When I bring this into Xpress, it says that it is 720x480.
Can someone tell me why this would be like this.
Thanks.

Do you have the latest version of 4.0 XPress (version 4.6.2.266)? The revision history says "Fixed: Some MPEG file aspect ratios could not be properly determined."
Not really sure, but it might apply to your case if you're talking about an MPEG-4.

I have media that is 16x9 and my client needs it to be 480x360 (4x3 letterbox).
He doesn't want it to look squished, which is why I need it to have the letterbox.
Is there a way to do this in TMPGEnc Xpress? In Sorenson Squeeze, there is a checkbox for "letterbox". When I do this is works fine, but I can't find anything like this in Xpress. There must be a way to do this and I hope someone can tell me how.
Thanks.

You shouldn't need to set is manually.

As long as you have your source imported as 16:9, just set the output size to what you want and it will letterbox automatically.

I do this all the time for pillarboxing 4:3 movies into a 16:9 frame.

4:3 source - 16:9 destination = auto letterbox/pillarbox.

This doesn't seem to work for me because of the size of my sources. They are 853x480, but the program sees them as 720x480. So the movie comes out 4x3 squeezed instead of 4x3 letterbox. Do you know a way around this?

Bug Error:
I'm transcoding training DVD videos to WMV. When I select 2 pass variable bit rate audio, and then start to encode the video, TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress 4.6.2.266 automatically switches to 1 pass CBR at 16kHz mono. What gives?

I have TMPGEnc 3.0 Xpress running on the same computer, and it runs ok.

I've tried several different DVD's and WMV/WMA formats and they all get switched back to 1 pass CBR (some even switch to 8kHz mono). Anyone else having this problem?

Yes, I also experience this bug!
It seems its new in the latest version. Can you guys please fix it?

It's very annoying, because I cant encode to WMV properly :(

Just use 1 pass CBR 128kbps 48000 stereo and it works everytime.

Thats because 1-pass CBR encoding works fine, the bug is only with the 2 pass encoding :)

Is someone from TMPGEng even watching this bug/thread??

Has this error been fixed or should I still encode audio in 1 pass CBR?

I think this was already fixed guys in the newest version 4.6.3.267,
check about it.

I am converting some DivX files to DVD. These were originally VHS (yeah, I know, but they're family videos so no, I can't just buy a remastered version--these are one of a kind).

I want to add some menues to let me jump to different locations on the DVD.

I have not yet purchased TMPGEnc nor the menuing software. I'm trying to find 2 that are compatible and meet my needs.

To that end, what are the output files TMPGEnc will leave on my disc after conversion? AC3, MP2, VOB, INF, BUP, ISO, MPA, WAV, etc?

Thanks!

(Any recommendations on menuing software? 2 levels, my own still background, text entries with highlighting on selection)

DVD-Lab Studio is the best menu software i've ever used. It will do what you want.

Hi, We've just downloaded the full version of TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress
4.6.2.266 when we entering the key we've got initializing and this takes for hours (application not responding).
System information: windows xp sp3, client is in an windows network with rediretion active.

w.k.r.

Bert

Have the same behavior with latest version 4.6.2.266 (with CUDA).

Screen flickers once and then TMPGEnc initializing screen stays forever.

hello!
I want to use TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to convert a MKV file to divx.
the file,for example,it's name is example.mkv and a subtitle file example.srt is located in same dir.
I have install right codec(I can play/edit in TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress),and I have embed the subtitle into output divx with subtitle filter enable.but too few parameter and effect i can set in subtitle filter(I want make subtitle more lower,but no place to change).I want TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to load VobSub to do the samething and failed.how can i do that?the DirectShow file reader enabled in preference,need i set the priority of DirectShow file reader?

please give me some advice,thanks!

Personally, I use FFDShow filter (with subtitles support --> you have many subtitles options in it, included subtitles size) + Haali Media Splitter (mkv support).

For FFDShow, see:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm

If you're using FFDShow, one advice: activate additional decoder treatments (like deinterlacing, postprocessing and swscaler sharpen) for playback but deactivate everything (except subtitles support) before starting decoding mkv to encode it using Divx HD with TMPGEnc ;)

Hi, what is the maximum no. of clips/files that can be imported for each project ?

Regards
jusko

I import a dvd in TMPG express 4 with 2 audio tracks. 1 dolby digital 5.1 & other 1 is 2.0 channel. But after i encode dvd output file have no audio. Even cut-edit mode have no audio. This problem only i got when i import a dvd with multiple audio. A single audio track dvd have no prob to work with Tmpg express. How can i fix this no audio problem at dvd import ?

I have a problem that seems to crop up once in a while with other users, but I have never seen a solution which works.

My .avi file renderer out at 720x480 NTSC standard digital, DV Type 1, is read into TMPGenc as 360x240. The same files are seen by Widows Media Player as 360x240.

I found this discussion on this board for a similar problem with PAL files:
http://bbs.tmpg-inc.com/delete.php?board=en_te40&number=9&reply=8

I tried ALL the suggested fixes - none work and changing the size in WMP 6.4 refuses to save.

Okay, frankly I don't care if the file displays at 360x240, if it encodes properly. It seems it won't do that, though, as all the parameters are also incorrect - it says progressive, etc. instead of lower field first interlaced. I rendered out an uncompressed .avi and it reads in fine.

Can you help at all? I have been going nutso trying to fix this... I need to author this feature length DVD asap!

Thanks in advance...
Shadow Mihaiu

DV Type 1 is not a supported input format, only DV Type 2 is supported. Maybe that's the problem.

Good morning, i have downloaded the rel. 4.6.2.266 of TMPGenc Xpress4, but the Cuda doesn't work. I don't know if it's a bug or what. The Cuda toolkit and the drivers work, the SDK browser send me a message like this "Application not initialized (0xc0000135) press OK to continue".
I have 2 GPU 8800 GTS in SLI on an Asus Extreme Striker II, CPU QCore Qx 6700, DDR2 2 Gb COrsair Dominator 1066 Mhz and alot of space on the hard disks (6).
If anyone can help me can write here in forume or send me a meil to pasquale.dereviziis@tin.it.
Tnx a lot all, best regards

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*Speed improvements are dependent on your hardware specifications.

The GeForce8800 GTX/GTS video card using the G80 core is not currently supported. Thank you for your understanding.

Decoding benefits apply to MPEG-1/2 video only and may produce unexpected video output quality compared to regular CPU decoding.

I also have a GTX 8800 and CUDA is not supported, will this chip be supported in the future as it is a CUDA chip ? so it seems a bit strange that we loyal GTX 8800 owners are left out !

I have a 8800 Ultra (also using the good old G80 core) and I can't use CUDA either, although every GPU in the 8000 series is officially CUDA-ready. I wonder why they didn't add support for the G80... Anyway, I hope they will support it soon.

I'm wondering if this is a limitation of TMPGenc or of Nvidia? Can't G80 cores normally support CUDA?

And here's on big suggestion to TMPGenc 4.0... Give us the option of removing CUDA from the deinterlacing filter and just using the CPU for deinterlacing. CUDA is helping some of my filters, but is slowing things way down on deinterlacing.

I ended up turning off CUDA support because it makes encodings take longer on my system! lol My specs: QX9650 quad at 3.83 ghz and XFX 8800 GTS-512 G92 (2xSLI) with driver 180.43. Oh well.

Also, most of the time with CUDA on I keep getting an "Invalid sample format. (error code 0x80048002)" at 99% done of an encoding (any source file type) when it goes to use the video fade-out filter at the end!

Something to do with Cuda 2.0 SDK. "Unfortunately Cuda 2.0 only supports Cards that have the compute capability of 1.1 and higher"
Computing capability 1.0 - it won't run

G80:
Geforce 8800 GTS - 320/640M - 96 shader units
GeForce 8800 GTX - 768M - 128 shader units
GeForce 8800 Ultra - 768M - 128 shader units



Check this link here. -> http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=316