With variable bitrate encoding, having HD sources/output and various filters enabled (precision video denoise for example) on less than top-of-the line PC's, can make encoding last several hours, even days. It would useful to be able to encode the first pass, save the results and continue at some other time.

It's be nice to have this feature, since Windows now natively supports it.

Will there ever be support for MXF transcoding as this is the format I archive to.

Contact support directly with your request.

Was managing to import to the timeline *.ts files at 720x576 size. Now trying to import *.ts files at 1280x720 and the programs appears to import but simply displays a black image. The audio is importing fine. Is this a restriction of TMPGenc as I can import and edit these larger files with other programs on my PC and play them with VLC media player.

Any input appreciated

Hi all - an update and the solution in case others are experiencing this problem.

Solution supplied by tech support at Pegasys

'....make right-click over the preview screen and disable
these 3 options:
- Use fast rendering mode
- Display in progressive mode...
- Lower the preview picture quality...'

Also restart the program.

All then worked fine so my thanks to Pegasys

It was most likely the "Use fast rendering mode" that was causing the problem. I think that is what they used to call the Video Overly option which switches between software video rendering and rendering via your graphics card/hardware.

In most cases, another application is using Video Overlay, thereby making it unavailable to use in TMPGEnc (or vice versa).

I just paid 100$ for this and it won't even open
I get an error message
this operation is not permitted with a sorted string list
what the hell does that mean?

Contact support:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

I'd like to report when I import a TS video with DVB subtitle (TV program recorded from Hong Kong), the subtitle will not correctly display, it becomes smaller and places on the middle left hand side of the video area. http://goo.gl/S2il1Z
Normally, it should be view like this on the video. http://goo.gl/6feUw2

I have attached a sample TS file http://gdurl.com/cZPJ/download
for your team to study the problem, I hope it will be fixed in your next update release.

Thank you for your attention and look forward to your reply soon.

I also have the same problem because the subtitle is in SD resolution and the video is HD resolution in the TS. Usually, modern decoders can read the flag and resize the SD subtitle to full HD size, however, TMPGEnc software fails to resize the subtitle properly. Hope this can be resolved in the next release version.

I have a different kind of subtitle problem. The subtitle will not display at all or it will display later than it should. Program can skip several lines of text and the all thing is very erratic. I think it started after the last update. My Video Mastering Works version is 5.4.2.103. TV program is recorded in Finland and is broadcasted by YLE which transmits the subtitle stream separetly from the picture. I wouldn't have any problem if the subtitle was "burned" in the picture like commercial TV-stations have. I guess i'm gonna have to downgrade my program until this problem is solved.

Well as it turned out YLE had the problem with it's subtitles not the program :(

I have the similar problem as TS. The TV program (.ts stream) I recorded and later edit on TMPGenc with subtitle enable, it will display on the left centre of the video.

Is there any way to place the sub on the bottom~??

Hi

The source is a DVD with AC3 audio.
I want to make a MKV file with the video transcoded to H.264, but "passthrough" stream copy of the AC3 audio.
How can I do that with the TVMW5 tools (the demux tool doesn't seem to allow me to extract the AC3 stream from the DVD source as such) ?
When I attempt to create a MKV encoding job with H.264 video and AC3 audio (with same parameters as the source AC3), it looks like the audio track is transcoded anyway, not simply copied.

Thanks for suggestions ?

You need another software if you want to mux the audio directly in to a MKV file with H.264 codec, DVD ripping software.
My sugestion for a very good DVD ripper is DVDFab 9, because it works very fast and creates excelent quality MKV's out of DVD's, well as long the bitrate is practically the same as it is on the DVD.

But if you want to do it the free way and dont care much about file sizes, then there is also the muxing method, where you just direct mux the DVD movie to an MKV file.
There i suggest MKVToolnix. That one works very fast in muxing DVD directly in to MKV.

TVMW5 is a video editor, not a DVD ripper.

I understand TVMW5 is not a DVD ripper, but its wizard does a good job at allowing to transcode from a non-copy-protected DVD; hence my question: when I get as far as being able to transcode the content of such a DVD to MKV (H.264 + AC3) using TVMW5, why can't I just bypass the audio transcoding step and stream copy the AC3 during transcoding (there must be a way ?)...

Since your last update to 5.1.2.56 TAW is not the same, as it was !

some details, that i have found:

1. "source"-> i can not more go up/down with arrow-keys to select a track (i work as much as i can with keyboard).
2. for example DVB-S records show silly Gigabyte-counts below in "estimated size", for example: a 1 Gb file is shown as 296 Mb !!! I cant use anymore this diagram, because i dont know: is the authored DVD now full or not ?
3. if i set "normalize" in the "cut & chapter editor" -> "audio filters settings"-> ok-> ok, the settings in track-> audio are resetted to the standard !
4. if rendering is ready and i want to burn, the 4,5 GB diagram changes for some bytes less, if i change between the identical 2 LG-burners(same actual firmware) and the same DVD-R, whats this ?

and a wish: i WANT to import and author DTS-soundfiles !!!

i (and maybe some other angry buyers) wait for your technical support-answers,
or better: the soon next update with all the fixes to this fails and wishes.

buying betatester wrote:
2. for example DVB-S records show silly Gigabyte-counts below in "estimated size", for example: a 1 Gb file is shown as 296 Mb !!! I cant use anymore this diagram, because i dont know: is the authored DVD now full or not ?
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My answer:
DVB recordings should not be used directly in any video editors, before they have been checked and eventually repaired with a tool such as VideoReDo TVSuite Version 4.
Recording errors can easely happen due to DVB signal errors, which causes video editors not being able to read and determine the recordings correctly.
VideoReDo TVSuite Version 4 can repair all these errors, so the recordings becomes 100% error free and fully usable in any video editor you desire to use.

VideoReDo TVSuite Version 4 is not freeware, but a must have tool for every one who has a digital reciever with PVR option and want to edit and save their recordings for the future on another media.

Reggarding your DTS request, scroll down and find my Freetalk subject about FFDSHOW and Haali, which explains how to get support for standard DTS from DVD and MKV movies.
The DTS on Blu-ray discs, called DTS-HD Master will not be supported.

Thank you for your answers, Persen.
but:
i use after DVB-S recordings the freeware-tool PVASTrumento.
so the files are eventually repaired (i have near 100% station receiving), thats not the thing.
the thing is: before the update the diagram worked, after the update not.
so its definetly a question about the update, not my recordings !
and i mean as i said: i want to author DTS(HD)-files, which are since bluray more and more on the way. and its a standard for music. so, where IS the DTS(HD)-import and authoring ? - nevermind....

new question: how to deactivate in taw 5.1.1.55 the news center, that starts everytime i start TAW5 ?

i want an update with all the fixings !!!
- thats the only answer !

I have checked out that PVASTrumento that you use to see what it is and what functions it has.
From what i have read on videohelp.com and afterdawn.com , then it is an old MPEG2 tool, it has not been updated since March 2009 and has no full MPEG4 support, which is a huge problem, since all HD signals today are in MPEG4 and therefor requires tools that has full MPEG4 support.
PVASTrumento might be able to open them, but when reading and outputting files, it is forced to ignore possible MPEG4 errors, due to the lack of full support. That means that you end up with files who contain errors that has been ignored, but then is revealed when trying to open them in softwares such as TAW5 and TVMW5.
I hate to say this, but you have to spend money on a propper updated DVB software, such as VideoReDo TVSuite Version 4, but then you also get free updates for the rest of your life.

But to get the support of DTS-HD Master, you are required to invest in Blu-ray ripping software. I use DVDFab 9 for such work, where the full version comes with several ripping and converting options.
When you in its settings set it to have support for HD audio, then you can convert DTS-HD Master to standard DTS or Dolby Digital, but since you don't have output as DTS in any of Pegasys's software, you might as well just convert the audio directly to Dolby Digital.

Turning off the loading of the News center. When it loads, choose Settings and remove mark at Connect to server at application start-up, choose OK to the warning and after that Apply.
That usually does the trick.

OK, i had read and understand your message.
but WHY TAW 5.1.1.55 working like a flow and the update to 5.1.2.56 NOT ???
the only reason can be the update !
because my system and my work doesn't change.
and THANKS for the disable-tip of the news center, so this problem solved.
but every time i start TAW 5.1.1.55 (i cant work fluidly with the update) i get a message window "A newer version (5.1.2.56) is available!" - view download page - close.
how i can disable this window ? i dont mean the message center.

I want to convert some home movie clips to mp4 for web use (and mobile devices), namely Facebook.

The source files are either old sd quality, pal,4:3, 720x576i (DVD compliant)

or

recent AVCHD camcorder footage:- 1920x1080i pal.

I came across this guide for mp4/web settings...

http://www.videoproductions.com.au/html/mpeg4.html

It says keep interlace setting if source is interlaced (which they are), but I would have thought progressive would be more suited for web? or is it de-interlaced elsewhere?

Are these settings any good? I would like the best possible settings maintaing the orig resolution.

Many Thanks

Step 1 in that tutorial is talking about the settings for the source file, so yes, if your source is interlaced, keep it as interlaced in the clip settings.

Encoding it as progressive happens later, in the filters or in the encoder settings (as seen in step 5).

I don't think there is any harm in encoding it as progressive. I do that myself with HD videos I upload to YouTube in order to get the 1080p display option.

Will there ever be a support for Radeon cards? Mine is a Radeon and each time I encode something it takes hours to finish, so I got to set to encode faster. But this kind of fast means lower quality video, I prefer speeding up with the aid of a graphic processor. Why Radeon is not included while they have cuda?

Not sure. It's been requested numerous times so I'm sure they're aware of the demand.

thanks for the reply. I'll contact them direct

Hi everyone. I'm new to this software and I'm trying to import several tga and png image sequences (about 2000 images) using either the source wizard or add files feature.
There does not seem to be an easy way of importing them for re-compression as a movie file. Some other software I have used will recognise the sequence and let you just select the first file and it will gather the rest.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Which software can do this? I'm just curious because it's something I've wanted to do.

I'm having trouble aligning to the centre (vertically and horizontally) objects in the timeline. Either text, or video/image clips. If their size or position is changed, there doesn't seem to be a way to properly align them to the centre. The alignment/position settings at the text properties windows, and the left/top sliders at the timeline window, do not help. Is there another way I'm missing? Thanks.

Just use simple math.

Subtract the height of your video clip/text/whatever from the height of the timeline setting. Divide the result in half and that is your Top setting.

Do the same with width to get the Left setting.

Makes sense! Thanks tkrave. A couple of "align to centre" buttons would still be nice, for faster operation.

I agree George!