I have two tracks and I want to create a menu page with a Play button(for track one), Chapter button (for track one)and play button for track two (no chapters) is this possible?

I do not believe this is possible.

When you have chapter pages, you can't directly play the track from the top menu unless you select the Play All button, but that would play all of your tracks.

The closest you can get is to have a Chapter button for Track 1, and a Play button for Track 2, but you won't have a Play button for Track 1 on the top menu.

Shame, this is so easy to do in DVD-lab. Wish the menu was more easy to customize!

My systems stays OFFLINE.

How can I get around the PITA License Validation Connect to the Internet.

ILOK would be the way to go to cover your self as a company.

But to expect professionals to have their systems connected to the internet all the time is RIDICULOUS.

I don't think there's any way around it. It requires internet connection for validation which happens every couple of weeks it seems.

hi i install tmpgenc 4.0xpress,i have an hd file 1.45min length to encode to mpeg,but the encoding is so slow.. it said about 8hours to transcode..! what am i doing wrong? my pc is windows 7 64bit 8 cores and the power uses tmpge is only 12-15 per hudrent,in task manager the tmpge has 32bit number,but my pc is 64bit,is that wrong? plz help me.

I´m using the latest version of Authoring Works, but I have a problem with a video.
Can I rotate the video in 180° with the software?
If yes, how?
thanks.

If your video is upside-down, then it might be a YUV decoding setting. This answer is from the TMPG knowledge base (this answer was for 4.0 XPress, but it can also be applied to Authoring Works 4):

Question: The source AVI file displays upside-down.
Answer:The codec used for each AVI file may be different. Check what kind of codec was used to create the AVI file then try the following.

1.Launch TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress;
2.Click the Options menu button located in the upper-right part of the main window;
3.In the menu, select the "Preferences..." option then, in the "Preferences" window, select the "Input/output format list"->"AVI settings" item in the tree list;
4.In the list of available codecs, double-click on the codec used by your AVI file then, in the "AVI codec settings" window uncheck the "Decode in YUV" option if checked.

Is there any way to add a logo with Authoring Works 4. If not then can anyone recommend a program to add a logo to DVD video without having to encode the entire video?

Why does MPEG Editor 3 take the frame rate of 23.97 and converts it to 29.97? Is there a way to keep the same frame rate as the original source?

Everything else is correct but this.

It's possible that the framerate actually is 29.97 internally but has a flag to play at 23.97 fps. TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 3 can't change framerates as far as I know, that's why the input file must already be compatible with your output format.

There was an issue in authoring works 4 where the software was outputting the incorrect frame rates. I sent the programmers the issue with documention and they correct the software dode. may be the same issue here.

Using Tmpg to resize avi's very succesfully and then one out of around 40, the audio disappears. I have the codecs on PC because it plays the original fine and audio shows up in settings/audio but isn't there in edit or on the output file

I am trying to create a dvd and when I click the Start Output button I get the following error message "Incomplete Cursor Link: The Top menu's "Top" menu group "Track" menu page button cursor link is incomplete."

I am not doing anything differently creating this project and this is the first time I've seen this error. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
JF

Is this with a DVD with a custom menu? The "cursor link" is probably referring to the navigation links in your top menu. This is basically how your dvd remote navigates from one button to the other when you use the arrow buttons on the remote. These navigation links are completely editable in a custom menu and the error might be caused by a button not having enough navigation links to other buttons.

Go back to the Menu stage and select the top menu page. Go to the link editor and check the links for the track menu page button. Do this by clicking on the track menu button to select it. Small handles should appear on the four sides of the button's bounding box. Click and drag a handle to another button to link the two buttons.

Drawing a link from the bottom handle to another button means that in the DVD menu when you are on that button, pressing the down arrow on the remote will navigate to the other button. Hope that makes sense.

I had the exact same problem and this fixed it! Thanks, I never used the link editor before, just overlooked it. Where my problem came is I had made a few discs with different video clips on each but each one had almost the same menu, so I just edited it slightly each time. I went from having 4 clips on my track menu to 3 on the next disc and I moved the clip at the bottom left into the middle. This must have taken away the link from the 2nd clip to the 3rd clip. Once I drew an arrow to connect them again, it was fine!

Thanks again.

I have been using TMPGEnc 4 for a few years importing several different video formats and sizes. All of a sudden I am starting to get this error message. > Not enough storage available to complete this operation (error code 0x8007000e)

I read a topic post that had a similar error message where the person was told that they actually really didn't have enough space - so I checked this out and just to see I changed my temporary output folder to my main disk drive folder which is telling me that I have around 30GB of free space which should be sufficient for a 4.7GB DVD output and I changed the final output folder to be saved in the same main disk drive folder aw well, but unfortunately, I got the same error code. Can someone please help? I have been trying to figure out what I did wrong even did a system restore to make sure - I can't figure out where I'm going wrong?

Try contacting user support:

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

I'm new to TMPGEnc and I'm trying to take advantage of CUDA for filtering. I think I have it fully enabled and have done the performance optimization. I've added every filter under the sun and the encoding is still using 100% CPU and 0% CUDA. Are there certain input formats or output formats that CUDA is used for. The video I am trying to encode is AVC and I'm trying to encode as MPEG-4 AVC CBR high profile.

What kind of CPU do you have? If it is more powerful than your GPU, 4.0 XPress will use the CPU instead.

i have cpu- p4 2.66gzh cloxked at 3.00ghz and gpu is nvidia geforce 9400gt
still im getting cpu=100% cuda=0%

i do have the same gpu nvidia 9400GT (PCIe) and a core2duo 2,66 and i do get 0% cuda
maybe theres a bug

Hi there,

I'm trying to output an MP4 H264 for hi-def broadcast at 50Mbps. I'm really happy with the results of the encode other than the colour which is washed out. Is there a solution to this in the software?

Cheers,

Chris

There is a color correction filter that you can apply in the Source stage. Though if it's getting washed out during the encoding process, I'm wondering if the Main Concept encoder is to blame and will it then just wash out the color adjustment filter as well?

Hi, I recently purchased TMPEGEnc and vary happy with the results so far on my HV20 camera (I use it to do the reverse pulldown process to get the 24P material).

I also have a Panasonic GH1 camera that records 25P (the sensor is progressive) in a 50i container (AVCHD) - Aka 25PsF.
If i wish to convert the AVCHD files back to 25P what would be the best method?
1)Choose the deinterlace filter? (and if so, what would be the exact settings)
2)Just save as progressive frames file when choosing the format (for example, choosing Mpeg4 template and 25fps framerate) without using any filter?


Thank you for you help,
Itzhak W.

I believe you only need to set it as progressive and 25 fps in the format stage. The deinterlace filter is actually always active and set to "deinterlace when necessary" so when you choose progressive in the format stage, it will use the filter.

You can always change the deinterlace settings though if you require a specific deinterlacing method or do not wish to deinterlace at all.

Thanks for the reply,
I'll try exporting to 25p (without choosing any special methods) and see how that works.

Itzhak.