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TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress BBS [ Sorted by thread creation date ]
I have installed TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress V.4.7.1.284 and I use Vista 32bit, suddenly TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress won't start, it just look like the program will start but nothing happens, same goes for ac3 plug (TMPEGnc Sound Palyer) neither this will run. All the rest of the programs works just fine but this problem i described just goes for theese two programs. I've tried new installation several times and cleaned and changed some possible registers but nothing seems to work. Please help!! :/
I have a mpeg file from sony camera with hardrive I think it was shot Anamorphic 16 x 9 at 740 x480 I can not convert it to AVI without it apearing letterboxed or Squished too tall> how to I convert to 4x3 format keeping center of picture looking normal and cropping sided. I do not want any black sides visable
Don't change any of the clip properties when you add the file.
Use the crop filter to crop the left and right sides so the end result is a 640x480 picture.
When outputting, you can either output it as 640x480 or if you want the output size to match the original, change the size to 740x480 (are you sure it's not 720x480?) and select "Display 4:3" or "Pixel 10:11".
Sorry, forgot you were outputting to AVI. It will depend on whatever codec you're using on whether or not you'll be able to change the pixel aspect ratio. The only codec I have that actually allows you to alter the pixel aspect ratio is the DivX codec - just select the DivX codec and click on the "Settings..." button to the right of the codec list. A DivX Codec Properties window should open. Click on the Video tab and you can change the pixel aspect ratio; by default, it is set to "Square Pixels".
If you don't want to use DivX, you'll most likely have to output as 640x480 if you want it to be 4:3.
You can change the output size after you select AVI as your output format; it should be set to 640x480 if you cropped the image with the crop filter: http://i39.tinypic.com/zx0eg5.png
I would like to request the same. I have a Radeon HD 4850. ATI's Avivo Video Converter or GeForce 9500GT's (utilizing CUDA support) hardware based conversion is a lot faster than processor based encoding (with Q6600). I really hope the next revision of TMPGEnc 4.0 Express will include ATI Stream support.
I grab movies off a streaming video site with WM Recorder. I then would like to convert these asf / wmv movies to mpeg using XPress.
The asf / wmv videos play fine with WMP or VLC but as soon as I open them with XPress (Source), and play them through the Cut / Edit menu video stands still for a long time and then starts playing, while the audio plays right away.
I need to add a 5000ms Audio gap correction for the files to play with audio in sync with the video. This happens with ALL movies I've captured. Why does this happen?
I have been trying out TMPGEnc 4.0 Express and REALLY like the application. I really need it to support Type-1 (which is the newer type by the way) DV files. The only way I can transfer the full tape (1hr) as a single .AVI file is to choose type 1. If I try to capture/transfer type 2 as a single file I get no audio (Using WinDV). I tried EVERY program out there to convert from Type-1 to Type-2, but they all have the same problem; the audio comes out messed up (has a static hiss to the entire video). So, why doesn't TMPGEnc support Directshow so it can accept Type-1 DV files. VfW is the older format, and a LOT of other apps support Type-1 DV. I just cannot purchase TMPGEnc without this support. This is one of the primary roles I want to use the software for - To take my DV transfers, clip out parts of the video and encode it to h.264 to upload to Youtube, etc... Please help!
Which mobile Quadro GPUs are supported by TMPGEnc? My laptop has a Quadro FX360M with the latest nVidia drivers, and CUDA is greyed-out in preferences...
I have the latest TMPGEnc & the latest nVidia notebook drivers 185.85. I see from the link you provided that there are drivers with CUDA in the filename. Aren't the normal nVidia drivers supposed to included CUDA anyways? Why the different driver packages?
Even with the package suggested, CUDA is still greyed-out. Anyone from Pegasys who can comment on which mobile GPUs are supported and which not?
could you add a method of navigating the video by keyframe in the cut-edit screen?
for example, in the program "virtual-dub" when you hold down the shift button while dragging the navigation slider, only keyframes are shown, making it much faster
Would someone please look into adding support for either dolby digital 5.1 or ac3 5.1 output.
I have asked the question before as have numerous others and never once had a reply to say why you don't support it or even if it i going to be implemented.
You do not make it obvious on your features page that express does not support 5.1 output, in this day and age when 90% of people want to convert a file that contains 6 channel audio it is misleading to give the impression that this product can (in my opinion deliberately so)when in fact it can only handle the input of multi channel audio.
I like many others would not have paid for this product as i for one feel ripped off especially as this product is not cheap!!!
You probably won't get an official answer here. This forum is just for users helping other users. You need to email them if you want some kind of real response.
In their defense, they don't say that it does do 5.1 audio on the features page, and if you look at the specs, they only list mono and stereo for the audio output (except for WMV, which CAN output up to 7.1 audio). So if you're assuming it can do 5.1 then I don't see how they're to blame. I don't expect them to have a feature listing saying "NEW! Cannot output 5.1 audio!"
How do they give the impression that it can output 5.1 audio?
Nevermind the fact that you could have downloaded the trial version and seen for yourself that it doesn't do it. I don't know about you, but I don't just purchase $100 software without trying it first.
Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to see 5.1 DD output too, but I guess it doesn't bother me as much since I don't have a 5.1 audio system yet and most of the things I've been converting don't have 5.1 audio to begin with.
TMPGEnc XPress support for AC3 5.1 output (a simple stream copy - no AC3 5.1 encoding) seems to be something like a Trillian Astra final version - with the difference that nobody thinks about or works on it.
Dear PEGASYS, TMPGEnc XPress is a great peace of software, really... but without a simple AC3 5.1 stream copy feature you could cut off DVD input completely as well. I don't want to use TMPGEnc XPress for my iPod only.
I really hope you will think about this... Bluetac and many, many others are right - absolutely!
Dear PEGASYS, I just tried TMPGEnc XPress 4.0 and the quality output is great, but yes, 5.1 is a great missing feature that should be there. I'm, and I'm sure there are a lots of people thinking the same way, owner of PS3, Xbox 360, mini pc or other media reader connected to an HDTV with a 5.1 sound system would like to put their movies and tv shows on these media readers.
Think about that, more TMPGEnc XPress selling could happen.
Oh and... I hope the Cuda or OpenCL integration will be better in the future. When encoding a Divx, only 7% of the power of the GPU was used. I'm already using a software that encode mp4 at 40fps of more in 720p(sure you know what software I'm talking about.). :)
I agree with the others. TMPGenc Xpress 4 is almost perfect. Support for 5.1 DD support will bring it one step closer to perfection.
On a different note, CUDA support for transcoding (not just filtering) will also bring this wonderful program one step closer to perfection. Badaboom has shown how effective transcoding can be on the GPU, but they don't have the image quality TMPGenc has. Come on guys, give us 5.1 output and GPU transcoding and your little "Nothing else comes close!" slogan will be true!
Take a look around, most of the video encoding, transcoding solutions can do a direct stream copy of the audio stream -- AC3 5.1 audio stream included.
So I agree with the others. AC3 5.1 audio stream copy is a must have for this kind of software today.
It doesn't seem like it. I think it's limited so that the audio and video bitrate combined don't exceed 40MB/s. If you choose Linear PCM as your audio stream format, you can get pretty close to 40MB/s.
Is it possible (when will it be possible) to convert the new file format that is used in the new Windows Media Center. The file format is WTV, and not anylonger DVR-MS.
The new Windows Media Center will be available with Windows 7, and can already now also be downloades seperately.
Thanks
All you have to do is right click on the new format .wtv file and choose "Convert to .dvr-ms Format." You can then import the newly created .dvr-ms file directly into TMPGEnc.
Convertion to dvr-ms is not a solution, it's just a waste of time. The software should be able to open wtv files directly - do you plan to implement this feature and when? Thank you, Pavel (satisfied customer)
the conversion wtv to dvr-ms is not possible when wtv is H264 container. When is container for mpeg2 the conversion to dvr-ms works but not with H264.
Did TMPEGEnc directly support wtv ??
Any news on getting 5.1 surround sound fixed or aleast a alternative? Just found out that all my ripped Blu Ray's did not encode the 5.1 as TMPGenc Express 4.6.3.268 had me believe it did. I had selected the WMA 10 Pro and it said the track was 5.1, yet after verifying in my audio receiver, it only plays back in stereo. I checked my standard DVD's and they play back in 5.1, but the M2TS files that were converted to WMV using WMA 10 Pro 5.1 are NOT. Tell me this is being worked on. How can this even be acceptable!
Yeah people that think theirs are in 5.1 just b/c Xpress says it is better check the movies again. If they are, please tell me what your setup is, so I can duplicate.
How are you inputting it into your receiver? Unless your receiver has a WMA Pro decoder, you'll have to input with 5.1 analogue inputs. SPDIF input will only give you stereo (as far as WMA Pro is concerned).
Why would it matter if my reciver could decode wma? Doesn't the computer decode it, and then send it to the receiver? I could understand if the computer couldn't decode it, but if it can then there is no need for the receiver amp to deocode it again.