I upgraded to Windows 8 32 bit from Windows 7 64 bit and now when I try to convert a movie it starts the conversion process and runs for about 20 seconds and stops. Message reads "TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 has stopped working" then when I click on "check for a solution... it returns message "the connection with Video Mastering Works 5 has been severed.
It was working fine with Windows 7!

any suggestions????

Your Windows 8 is in 32-bit or also in 64-bit?
Probably you need to install the compatible codecs or codec pack with your OS.
Also check their version is for 63-bit or 32-bit depending on your OS version.

Or uninstall all those codecs, reboot your PC and try again.

What is your source file format?
if for ex. is an AVI file
When there are issues with AVI format, its because of codecs used,
TMPGEnc software uses DirectShow codecs installed in your PC for reading
your .avi file so possibly the codec needed it is not selected or its
incorrect or not the suitable.
Or codecs used for reading/encoding your file are wrong, weird,
corrupted, incompatible or even broken.

Please try this:
- Go to....Options > Preferences > File input plug-in >
uncheck the AVI file reader and try in a new project, also
try by uncheck all except the DirectShow file reader
import your source file and try again.

or...
- Go to... Options > Preferences > File input plug-in
then uncheck the Media Foundation file reader only.
- import your source file and check.


Please install this as suggestion and try again.
https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases

cheers

I have a non anamorphic letter boxed video clip(4:3) which I want to scale up to an anamorphic 16:9 (still keeping it as a 4:3) and eliminate the black bars.

I normally use teh CROP filter and crop out the black bars whic seems to work well.
Using the PICTURE RESIZE filter seems to do the same job so which is best to use? or does it not matter as thelatter is used by default anyway.

At present I own VMW5 which I use via frameserving with Premiere Pro.
I was thinking about upgrading to H.264 plugin for Premiere.
What i like to know if the H.264 codec is the same for both programs or has the image quality been improved for the plugin.

I guess both should be the same, since both software belongs to Pegasys.
cheers

I often find my 1080i/50 originated videos a bit too "soft" when converted to PAL DVD-compliant MPEG2 video (of course I understand it's been downscaled to 576 lines). I use Lanczos. Any other parameter I could adjust to achieve the sharpest possible result ?

My Mastering Works has stopped joining clips. Now, if I edit several clips together, and click "encode", the outputted result is several separate clips. Can someone tell me what I may have clicked to have caused this, and how I can revert to the normal output?

In advance, thanks very much.

Please disregard my question. I found the answer. Very sorry for the distraction.

I didn't realize my clock was an hour off until after my first video at a deposition. Does anyone know how to remove a timestamp from a video?

If it's encoded into the video, then the only way to get rid of it is to cover it up or blur it out. If you are putting the correct timestamp on it, you can cover it with a solid-colored rectangle and then put the correct timestamp over it. Or blur that area and then put the timestamp on top of that.

Hi,

How to select all files at once in (timeline mode) that are in your timeline accros different layers?

Example:

if i delete a file from the time line there is a gap in the time line all files after the delete file need to be selected and move to the time where the file has been delete to get rid of the gap.

The way i do it now is hold CTRL and select every file that i want to move.
Is the also an other way? and is there a way so select al files at once?

Thanks.

Easiest way to get rid of gaps is to right-click on the layer header and select the "Bring all clips in this layer to the beginning" option. This will remove all gaps in the layer.

You can't select all clips across all layers, but you can use ctrl+A to select all clips in the selected layer.

Out of sudden my Avid files aren't being accepted by my beloved encoder. It crashes.

It gives this error:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: TMPGEncVMW5.exe
Application Version: 5.5.3.108
Application Timestamp: 55a4caaf
Fault Module Name: ippvcg9-7.1.dll
Fault Module Version: 7.1.1.1036
Fault Module Timestamp: 506563c9
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00036209
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1032
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

I sorted it out. I had install some codecs for QT and that was the problem. By uninstalling them it works fine. Thanks.

Does TVMW do any kind of dithering when converting 24-bit to 16-bit audio (LPCM) ?

Dithering is also a question in some video conversion scenarios: see my previous post about this: http://bbs.pegasys-inc.com/bbs/list/lang/en/board/TVMW5/keyword/dithering/topic/69535#topic69535

Suddenly when I save a video it is saved with a long project name and creating a new sub-directory. What did I do to mess up the preferences? I've tried a number of settings with no success.

Ive run into a new problem with Mastering Works 5 that I never had before. I import mp4s that were exported with Adobe Media Encoder at 1920X1080/Main 4.1/11kbs VBR/Stereo 48khz. I use Mastering to bust these down 720X404/800mg streaming size. I've been doing this for years. Now though when I import an Adobe encoded clip it crashes the program. Any ideas why?

Thanks

Is Video Mastering Works 5 compatible with Windows 10? I don't want/need to upgrade to version 6.

You should not even be thinking of Windows 10 yet.
Even though Microsoft keeps trying to push it down the throats of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users, its far from ready for release.
Tons of bugs has been discovered inside Windows 10 that yet has to be fixed, mainly when it comes to multimedia. This means that video and audio editing software will not run smoothly under Windows 10 at all, but very unstable.

Stay away from Windows 10 for now if you actually want that system. Wait for them to have sorted it all out, so thjat it will be a 100% finished product you upgrade to.