I have TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4.0.7.32 and am running it on Vista x64. The company says it cannot guarantee that it will work on x64 but it's been working fine for the past six months except until today when, after I input all of my project settings and loaded a video file I got an error message that said" Could not find a usable media writer drive. You cannot use the media writer function"

The first thing I did was check in device manager to see if my two LG DVD burners are ok and they are, then I did some test burns on my other burning software and they worked fine, so it has to be in the program, however I uninstalled, then reinstalled it and I got the same thing.

Also I know it's not the media because it will not even start the transcoding phase and you don't even need a disc in at that point to see if it's working or not.

I assuming that all of a sudden it has decided it will not work with the two LG burners so it would be real easy to just go ahead and by two newer models, but that's almost a shame because the LG's have just worked flawlessly, however I really like this program so I might just go ahead and get two new ones. Also I did try updating the firmware on them but that didn't help. I'm stunped!

I just installed the Leadtek Spursengine card a few days ago. It seemed to work fine and really sped up my encoding.. but then it started "disappearing" on me, and Tmpgenc gives me an error. If I look in the device manager prior to starting my encode, all appears normal, and I see the card under the Sound/Video controllers section. Once Tmpgenc starts to want to use it, it disappears, and Tmpgenc tells me there's an error. I can restart the computer and it's there once again, but it may disappear again once I try to use it. If anyone has a thought about what to do, I would appreciate it.

Here are my system specs:
Asus P5N-E SLI Mobo
Intel Core 2 Extreme Q6800 CPU (Quad core)
4 GB RAM
Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit
SATA 2TB RAID array (striped)
Leadtek PXVC 1100 using latest drivers
TMPGenc w/latest updates

Just thought I would leave my resolution to this problem...

I uninstalled the Spursengine card in Device Manager, restarted the computer, and manually reinstalled it, and it works (at least for now).

In case anyone is interested in the performance of it, it shaves about an hour and a half to two hours off of my encoding time.

Source file: AVCHD 1920x1080, interlaced, w/stereo DD, ~20mbps VBR
Target file: MPEG-2 720x480, MP@ML, interlaced, letterboxed, 5mbps VBR

The footage really looks good considering it's only a one-pass VBR encode. I think TMPGEnc can do slightly better in terms of quality by itself, but it takes about an hour longer, so I can live with it. The difference is negligible.

Without the SpursEngine, it takes about 3:45 to transcode the footage, which is a little over an hour long. With the SpursEngine, time is reduced to 1:35.

After login on the Pegasysy site only the old version 4.0.7.32 is available for download. I am the only one to have this?

That's the latest version for Authoring Works 4.

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress is the software that was recently updated.

If cd/dvd drive is not detected in winXP (x64) and you cannot start the service "B's Recorder GOLD Library General Service" which can be found by clicking
START then RUN and typing services.msc.

Open regedit in the RUN window (proceed with caution).

Goto HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\bgsvcgen
open ImagePath key and change the path from "C:\WINDOWS\system32\bgsvcgen.exe" to "C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\bgsvcgen.exe"

this worked for me. Effect is immediate. After this mod i was able to start the service which allowed the writing drive to be recognized by TMPGEncAW4.

Before this step "B's Recorder GOLD Library General Service" would not start.

Keep Hope Alive!!!!!

I just purchased TE4XP_Retail_4.7.4.299_setup_en and I am unable to covert blu ray m2ts files ripped with Slysoft AnyDVDHD. Any input would be much appreacited. I have uninstalled two times deleted the reg entries and still no working.

thanks

You have to convert the dtshd audio to ac3 and also Truehd to ac3. You will have to use Eac3to,a program which is very specific and mostly command line based or something like it(a program that downconverts DTSHD and TrueHD streams. All blurays have a combination of DTSHD, TRUEHD, and LPCM. Blurays with LPCM usually have two audio tracks, one being lpcm and the other being ac3.

My suggestion is to learn Eac3to, I didn't at first, and later relized that it was hidden treasure. You can the lastest version from http://www.videohelp.com/tools/eac3to

Good Luck

I am using TMPGENC Authoring Works 4 with my new HD Camcorder. My question is this- I have put multiple clips into one track. Will the track settings override the clip settings, or vice versa? The settings I am wondering about are the video settings: progressive, frame rate, etc.
I just want to know which ones to change. I remember when I used to use TMPGEnc I would do progressive and 23.976 (Internally 29) but I only see that setting as an option in the track setting and not the clip settings.

Ultimately, it will use the track settings since those are the settings it will use to encode to DVD/BD-compliant video, but it will use the clip settings as the basis.
Think of the clip settings as what the video actually is, and think of the track settings as what it's going to be (a DVD/BD).

For example, if your clip is set at 16:9 but your track setting is set at 4:3, it will not squash the video but will instead add black bars to the top and bottom, keeping the 16:9 aspect ratio.

In general, I only change the clip settings if I know for a fact that they're wrong.

Thanks so much tkrave!

Why I can't add .avi files?

Error:

Could not open the video part of the file xxx.avi.
Only the audio part can be opened.

I try with many source and obtain the same error.

It's a codec problem. You either don't have the correct codec or you need to change a codec setting.

Use GSpot to figure out what codec the videos are using.
http://gspot.headbands.com/

Also, can you play the files in Windows Media Player?

I used g-spot. Nothing happend. It still says "Could not open the video part of the file xxx.avi.Only the audio part can be opened."

I can play the files in Windows Media Player. What will I do to add this avi file?

What codec is your video using? Is it ffdshow?
GSpot is just a tool to tell you what codec the video is using; it will not fix your problems.

If your codec is ffdshow, open the ffdshow video decoder configuration (Start menu-->All Programs-->ffdshow-->video decoder configuration). You should see a list of video formats. Under the column for "Decoder" right-click anywhere and select one or both of the options ("Set all stable formats to libavcodec" or Set all supported formats to Xvid"). Click OK to close the window and see if the file can be opened in Authoring Works.

What are the top consideration to improve the speed to encode files in general? I am using AVCHD files from a Canon Camcorder and taking them to WMVHD right now. Is it quad processor, graphics card memory and speed?

I currently have an HP Core 2 Quad Q6700 with an NVIDIA 8600 GT and 4GB of RAM. I'm not sure what all would improve my encoding speed. I did about an hour of video from AVCHD and encoded to WMVHD and it took about 7 hours. Do I need an i7 processor now, 8GB memory, faster card, etc.

If you have windows 7 64bit with those specs, you should fine. Unless you want to spend thousands of dollars for the latest gear, that would only knock a hour off a wmvhd conversion. Check this out http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815122016&Tpk=tmpgenc

I'm unable to convert a Quicktime movie file in TMPgenc Xpress4 when this *.mov file has no embedded audio.
Meaning, the audio is not rendered inside the mov file but plays localy from a server.
When trying to convert it, it keeps asking for a wav file.

Anyone care to try ?

S.

Using Quicktime Pro export the audio to WAV and use this as your audio for TMPGEnc.

Hello.

I saw that a new version of tmpgenc xpress is available in german and in japanese and I want to know if there will be a french version? If yes when?

Thanks in advance.

I myself am French and I find it a pity not to have my software in French, when a file "language.ini" for "tmpgenc xpress 4" and "mpeg editor 3"

to translate or even its software duly paid, if the publisher has not the courage to do it

I am trying to make a DVD from an mp4 video. In the video there are several scenes inside a pitch black tunnel, but in the DVD output all these black scenes have been transformed to grey/white. How do I get TMPGEnc Authoring Works to not convert black to white, but let black be black in the output?

I just downloaded the latest Xpress 4.0 update which claims to import .wtv files. The "add file" dialog box does not include wtv in the "all supported file" filter. Adding a wtv via drag-n-drop results in "Cannot open the file xxx.wtv". I am running Win7.

Steve

You have to use the Source Wizard and select the Windows Media Center recording option.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/images/te4xp/features/wtv01.jpg

Thank you!!!