I have batches that I want to run from the command line, how do I do it?

For example: I have a batch My-MP4-Video.tvmw5

would I use a command line like this to start the batch encoder:

c:\>TMPGEncVMW5BatchTask.exe My-MP4-Video.tvmw5

or

c:\>TMPGEncVMW5BatchTask.exe My-MP4-Video.tvmw5 START

Thank you!

Also, I need to start this from the command line!

Has anyone got TMPGEnc 3 working on Windows7 64bit? I just bought a new PC, and installed the software, but it doesn't recognise the drive? I've tried swapping in my old DVD writer, but it still isn't recognised.

Is there a patch or something that will make it work with Win7?

Thanks

In SRT subtitle files, the codes indicate that a text should go in italics. These codes are used universally (for example, if you download an SRT file of subtitles from a Subtitles site they are used).

Please add support for this code so that we can put subtitles in italics. Thanks!

I ran into the same problem (and I'm a profetional subtitler): the easy solution is to load the subtitle file, the save it to .subtitle; at this point edit the file with notepad or similar.
You will find lines like

1,1,"00:01:53,120","00:01:55,520",0,"<i>Signor Hogan! Signor Hogan!</i>"

having an "Italic layout" already set in Authoring Works (it gets saved to the .subtitle file) you set it by substitution. Looking in the first lines you'll see the list of layouts (virtually numbered from 0 to ...). Let's say the second one (virtual index: 1) is italics, substitute all occurrencies of ,0,"<i> with ,1,"<i>
At this point if you reload the saved .subtitle file you will get italics.
Just remove by substitution all <i> and </i> occurrencies, save and reload.

If strange characters appear when reloading the file, check the text encoding (throug Notepad++, for example) and try converting to ANSII: this worked for me.

About mixed italics and normal text in a single subtitle... well, this is a bit more complicated.

Hope to be helpful.

Ivan

So, currently with TAW5, if I'm right, there is no [straightforward] way to have captions containing a mix of normal and formatted (color, italic,...) characters ?

bumping this thread up.

I would like to author a Bluray from a ProRes file and I am adding .srt subtitles and having the same problem.

Italic text is not recognized although it is in the proper format for .srt files as in <i>text</i>

Do we have a solution for this?? Should I use a different format for the subs?

Please give us a solution

I purchased this software and it seems to be finicky with certian divx and xvid files as version 4 doesn't have any issues. I can't get a hold of anyone from tech support and was wondering of things I could check or do. With these files all it has is the sound and no video. I have updated my quicktime, xvid, and divx codec and nothing works. I put them in tmpeg xpress 4.0 and they work fine.

i7 3930k
16GB ram
windows 7 64-bit
intel 520 raid 0

Have you tried emailing tech support? Use their forms:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

What file reader is being used when you open the file? Check the Clip Properties screen. I'm guessing it's using a reader that wasn't in 4.0 XPress, like the Media Foundation reader. You can disable it in the preferences.

With TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress I could set the 'Task count' in the 'Batch encode tool settings' dialog to 2 or more (up to the CPU core count) and that many batch processes would run in parallel, with the remainder displaying "Waiting output turn..." With my newly purchased TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5, with 'Task count' set to 2 in the 'Batch encode tool settings' dialog, only one encoding process runs with the remainder displaying "Waiting for Dolby Digital audio output queue..." Can anyone tell me how to get more than one batch process to run at a time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdYYq1LEtfE

I discovered that the new Slideshow speed filter can be used to turn a group of time lapse photos into a video. The above video was made from 350 photos taken 5 seconds apart. The program split them into 2 slideshow clips because of the 200 photo limit. I set the photo duration at 1 second, and a crossfade transition of 1 second. Then I set the speed filter to 10 times faster.

The photos are 4000x3000, so I first set the pan and zoom to crop to 16x9 aspect ratio. The corner handles appeared, but I couldn't drag them, although I could move the x,y of the picture. I have the text size set to 125% in Windows 7 (Personalize/Display). Setting it back to 100% worked around this problem, but makes it hard to see the screen on my TV across the room, where I like to work. Hopefully, this bug will be easy to fix.

Another bug I discovered is that the Position/Size values for a keypoint seem to have limits, so they aren't correct when you zoom past a certain point by dragging the handles. Also, if you change them manually, the amount of zoom doesn't always change. I think you need to change both height and width whenever you change one of them, if you have fixed aspect ratio checked.

The 200 picture slideshow limit means there is often more than one clip. When going from the end of one clip to the beginning of the next one, it is important to be able to match the keypoint values. Since the displayed values aren't correct at higher zooms, there is no way to do this except by dragging with the mouse, which is inaccurate and frustrating.

So it would be very useful to be able to copy and past keypoints (Sony Vegas has this feature). If the displayed keypoint values were correct, you could do this one value at a time, but that's tedious.

Another bug I noticed is that when you get to higher zoom values, the x/y motion gets "jerky." I suspect this is a truncation problem from using single instead of double variables in the code. This is noticeable in the high zoom part of the video.

Finally, instead of using linear zoom/panning between keypoints, it would be more useful to have smooth starts and stops. That is, instead of starting off at full zoom/pan velocity, you accelerate up to that velocity and then decelerate back down to 0 at the end. Sony Vegas has the option to set different types of keypoint acceleration, but just changing from linear to smooth would probably be good enough for this program, and avoid having to add more input options.

I'd like to say that being able to use the slideshow speed filter to make time lapse video with crossfades between pictures at full resolution is a fantastic feature that I haven't seen anywhere else. Being able to zoom and pan within the slideshow without loss of resolution is something other programs can't do either.

It would be useful to raise the limit of pictures in a slideshow from 200 to as high as possible (3,000 to 5,000 maybe?). The ability to join two slideshow clips together so you could zoom between keypoints in different clips would serve the same purpose.

Thanks for a major improvement.

hi,

open a iPhone 4S created mov video i cant change the framerate from detected 31,583 to that one i want (30fps). this is why my output clips are jittering.

any idea ?

regards Stefan

Can't you change the framerate in the Clip Properties tab of the Clip Editor? Since it's a mov file, you should be able to set the framerate (usually, only MPEG files have a locked framerate setting).

I've been putting a bunch of TV episodes onto Blu-Ray. All of these are retail DVD and they seem complient to me. They're all 720x480 yet when I import them, they show up as full render. I've made sure smart render is selected yet I still get full render. What am I doing wrong? Here's most of the specs

Video stream format: MPEG-2 Video
Profile & level: MP@ML
Size: 720 x 480 pixels
Aspect ratio: Picture ratio: 4:3
Framerate: 29.97 fps
Display mode: Interlace
Field order: Top field first
Rate control mode: VBR (Smart rendering 1 pass VBR)
Max. bitrate: 15000 kb/s
Bitrate: 8000 kb/s
Min. bitrate: 1550 kb/s


Please help!

Are they all 4:3 or is there a mix of 4:3 and 16:9? Putting 4:3 and 16:9 videos in the same track will cause some of them to be full rendered.
Are you putting them all in the same track? Try putting them in separate tracks.
Are you importing these directly from the DVD?
Did you choose an NTSC Blu-ray project?

They are all 4:3.
They are all in separate tracks.
They are imported directly from DVD using DVDShrink or DVDFab.
I chose NTSC Blu Ray Project

Can you use MediaInfo and post the video and audio info?

General
Complete name : I:\X-MEN THE COMPLETE SERIES DVDRs\XMEN_SEASON1_DISC1.DVD5\VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 521 MiB
Duration : 21mn 16s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 3 421 Kbps
Writing library : encoded by TMPGEnc (ver. 2.524.63.181)

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Duration : 21mn 16s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 777 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.268
Stream size : 423 MiB (81%)
Writing library : TMPGEnc / 2.524.63.181 2.524.63.181
Color primaries : BT.470-2 system M
Transfer characteristics : BT.470-2 System M
Matrix coefficients : BT.470-2 System B, BT.470-2 System G

Audio #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 576ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 52ms
Stream size : 13.5 KiB (0%)

Audio #2
ID : 189 (0xBD)-129 (0x81)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 576ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 52ms
Stream size : 13.5 KiB (0%)

Audio #3
ID : 189 (0xBD)-130 (0x82)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 576ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 52ms
Stream size : 13.5 KiB (0%)

Text #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Delay relative to video : 25s 912ms

Text #2
ID : 189 (0xBD)-33 (0x21)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Delay relative to video : 25s 912ms

Text #3
ID : 189 (0xBD)-35 (0x23)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Delay relative to video : 25s 912ms

Text #4
ID : 189 (0xBD)-36 (0x24)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Delay relative to video : 25s 912ms

Text #5
ID : 224 (0xE0)-CC3
Format : EIA-608
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1
Bit rate mode : Constant
Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%)

Text #6
ID : 189 (0xBD)-34 (0x22)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video

Menu

Weird, seems like it should smart render. Have you tried directly importing the DVD from TAW4 and skipping DVDShrink/DVDFab?

Otherwise, try contact support and send them that video info.
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

>General
>Complete name : I:\X-MEN THE COMPLETE SERIES DVDRs\XMEN_SEASON1_DISC1.DVD5\VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_1.VOB
>Format : MPEG-PS
>File size : 521 MiB
>Duration : 21mn 16s
>Overall bit rate mode : Variable
>Overall bit rate : 3 421 Kbps
>Writing library : encoded by TMPGEnc (ver. 2.524.63.181)
>
>Video
>ID : 224 (0xE0)
>Format : MPEG Video
>Format version : Version 2
>Format profile : Main@Main
>Format settings, BVOP : Yes
>Format settings, Matrix : Custom
>Duration : 21mn 16s
>Bit rate mode : Variable
>Bit rate : 2 777 Kbps
>Width : 720 pixels
>Height : 480 pixels
>Display aspect ratio : 4:3
>Frame rate : 29.970 fps
>Standard : NTSC
>Color space : YUV
>Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
>Bit depth : 8 bits
>Compression mode : Lossy
>Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.268
>Stream size : 423 MiB (81%)
>Writing library : TMPGEnc / 2.524.63.181 2.524.63.181
>Color primaries : BT.470-2 system M
>Transfer characteristics : BT.470-2 System M
>Matrix coefficients : BT.470-2 System B, BT.470-2 System G
>
>Audio #1
>ID : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)
>Format : AC-3
>Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
>Mode extension : CM (complete main)
>Format settings, Endianness : Big
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>Duration : 576ms
>Bit rate mode : Constant
>Bit rate : 192 Kbps
>Channel(s) : 2 channels
>Channel positions : Front: L R
>Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
>Bit depth : 16 bits
>Compression mode : Lossy
>Delay relative to video : 52ms
>Stream size : 13.5 KiB (0%)
>
>Audio #2
>ID : 189 (0xBD)-129 (0x81)
>Format : AC-3
>Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
>Mode extension : CM (complete main)
>Format settings, Endianness : Big
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>Duration : 576ms
>Bit rate mode : Constant
>Bit rate : 192 Kbps
>Channel(s) : 2 channels
>Channel positions : Front: L R
>Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
>Bit depth : 16 bits
>Compression mode : Lossy
>Delay relative to video : 52ms
>Stream size : 13.5 KiB (0%)
>
>Audio #3
>ID : 189 (0xBD)-130 (0x82)
>Format : AC-3
>Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
>Mode extension : CM (complete main)
>Format settings, Endianness : Big
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>Duration : 576ms
>Bit rate mode : Constant
>Bit rate : 192 Kbps
>Channel(s) : 2 channels
>Channel positions : Front: L R
>Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
>Bit depth : 16 bits
>Compression mode : Lossy
>Delay relative to video : 52ms
>Stream size : 13.5 KiB (0%)
>
>Text #1
>ID : 189 (0xBD)-32 (0x20)
>Format : RLE
>Format/Info : Run-length encoding
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>Delay relative to video : 25s 912ms
>
>Text #2
>ID : 189 (0xBD)-33 (0x21)
>Format : RLE
>Format/Info : Run-length encoding
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>Delay relative to video : 25s 912ms
>
>Text #3
>ID : 189 (0xBD)-35 (0x23)
>Format : RLE
>Format/Info : Run-length encoding
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>Delay relative to video : 25s 912ms
>
>Text #4
>ID : 189 (0xBD)-36 (0x24)
>Format : RLE
>Format/Info : Run-length encoding
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>Delay relative to video : 25s 912ms
>
>Text #5
>ID : 224 (0xE0)-CC3
>Format : EIA-608
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1
>Bit rate mode : Constant
>Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%)
>
>Text #6
>ID : 189 (0xBD)-34 (0x22)
>Format : RLE
>Format/Info : Run-length encoding
>Muxing mode : DVD-Video
>
>Menu
>
>
>
>
>

I've completed a blu-ray project, but the play and track buttons don't work on my set-top blu-ray player. I ran a simulation before outputting the project and all worked fine. Any suggestions as to why this happened? I'm pretty sure it's not my blu-ray player because I did a couple of test projects that worked fine.

Question resolved.

I'm trying to create motion menus in TE-5. I've been selecting the start and end points, but sometimes get a message that they need to be validated. Is there a way of doing this other than simply selecting those points? Odd that it sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't.

Question resolved.

Hello!
I download and install TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 (trial)
But this program can't import my MPEG-2 HD-video, only audio track was imported.
This MediaInfo example of my source files:
====================================================
General
ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : D:\m2t-original\hdv10_30.m2t
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 2.00 GiB
Duration : 2mn 38s
Overall bit rate : 108 Mbps

Video
ID : 2064 (0x810)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : 4:2:2@High
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : N=1
Codec ID : 2
Duration : 2mn 38s
Bit rate : 102 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 100.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.973
Stream size : 1.89 GiB (95%)

Audio
ID : 2068 (0x814)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 3
Duration : 2mn 38s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -490ms
Stream size : 7.28 MiB (0%)
==========================================================
Whether you plan such enhancement in your program?
Thanks and excuse my awful English.

It might be the 4:2:2 YUV format that is the problem.

You should email that info to support to confirm.
Use the "Pre-Sales inquiry" form here:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/contact.html

I've used TMPGENC Authoring Works for several years now and have thoroughly enjoyed the software.

I've hit a brick wall, unfortunately, when trying to take high def video from my Samsung HMX-H205 camcorder and import it into Authoring Works 5 to subsequently put a bunch of video files together to create a BluRay disc.

My camcorder saves the movie files as .MP4 files. Everything I've found seems to point to the Authoring Works 5 software not wanting to "play nice" with the .MP4 files.

I've tried converting these MP4 files to several different other formats, and just as with the MP4 files, everything seems to work fine until I get ready to create the appropriate folder/file structure within Authoring Works 5 to later burn to a BluRay disc.

No matter what type of file I'm dealing with (either the original MP4 file or other file types I convert the movie files to), Authoring Works proceeds to begin re-encoding the files and tells me it'll take approx. 118 hours to re-encode all 22 gigabytes of files.

There's no way I'm waiting 118 hours to create files to be placed on a single BluRay disc.

Can anyone provide me with any specific info. on what the issue is with the MP4 file type and exactly how I can convert the MP4 video files to a "DVD compliant" video file that I can simply put into TMPGENC Authoring Works 5 to where Authoring Works 5 will like the files as they are and won't begin trying to re-encode all of them?

A little confused here and very frustrated and just want to simply arrive at a lesser time-intensive process to ultimately get my movies with some easily-navigated menus onto BluRay.

Thanks.

Can you post the details of your source file? Use MediaInfo to get video specs and post it here.

Just looking at the specs of that camcorder, it sounds like the video should be Blu-ray compliant already.

Does the Smart Rendering icon (a blue "SR") on top of the thumbnails in the EDIT Stage?

Did you select an NTSC or PAL Blu-ray output format?

You mention DVD compliant; do you intend the final output to be SD and not HD?

Here's the info. via MediaInfo that you requested. More info. follows the MediaInfo text, too.


General
Complete name : C:\Users\Brad\Desktop\BluRay\06_2011\Florida Trip\Day 3 - Ft Myers Beach\HDV_0416.MP4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : JVT
Codec ID : avc1
File size : 116 MiB
Duration : 56s 704ms
Overall bit rate : 17.2 Mbps
Writing library : SEC
@sec : UNG

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.2
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 56s 690ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 17.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Minimum frame rate : 59.920 fps
Maximum frame rate : 59.960 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.137
Stream size : 115 MiB (99%)
Title : HMX200
Language : English

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 56s 704ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 886 KiB (1%)
Title : HMX200
Language : English

I get "FR" text instead of the "SR" text you mentioned.

I selected NTSC BluRay.

I intend the final output to be burned to BluRay. All of my various video files (above and beyond the single file I've posted MediaInfo text for here) total about 22 GB in size.

Thanks for any help / info. at all that you can provide.

Thanks for the info.

I think it's the profile and level setting of Main@L4.2 that is the problem. According to official Blu-ray video specifications, level 4.2 is not compliant with the Blu-ray format. It needs to be High@L4.1 (or lower) or Main@L4.1 (or lower).

See this white paper for the official specs (Page 14):
http://www.blu-raydisc.com/assets/Downloadablefile/BD-ROM-AV-WhitePaper_110712.pdf

tkrave:

Many thanks for the info.

tkrave:

Silly question I guess. How do I take the existing video that comes straight from my camcorder and "adjust" or convert it to the specifications you mentioned?

Well, TAW5 is converting it to the correct level when it's outputting, so that's one way to do it.

Any solution will involve a complete re-encode, so you might be stuck there. The level can affect many characteristics of the video.

The manual for that camcorder mentions Normal, Fine and Super Fine quality levels for HD recording. What quality level is it currently set at? Try Normal setting and see if it uses a lower level in MediaInfo.

TKRAVE:

Thanks for the additional recommendations. I'll try to adjust that "super fine" setting to either "fine" or "normal" for a short test clip this eve. and I'll then look at the characteristics of the video using MediaInfo to see if anything's majorly different.

Thanks again.

Tkrave:

Okay... I adjusted what you suggested down from "super fine" to "fine" and then "normal", recorded a short clip, evaluated the characteristics of the clip using MediaInfo, and the "Main@L4.2" characteristic is still there.

Sucks...

Not sure what to do now. Just seems nuts that I've got a high def camcorder that supposedly puts out movies in a format that I would think TMPGENC Authoring Works 5 could easily import and run with without having to do lengthy re-encoding, but that just continues to not be the case. I know the audio format of AAC is apparently a problem spot, too, with TAW5 from what I've read online in a few other areas.

Any other suggestions?

I'm going to contact the manufacturer of the camcorder to explain this in short as well and see if there's a firmware update available for the camera that will subsequently resolve some of my file format issues or if I'm just stuck.

Thanks again.

The video simply isn't Blu-ray compliant; that's not TAW5's fault. TAW5 is doing what it needs to do to make it compliant. It's unreasonable to put the blame on TAW5 in this case.

It's quite telling that Samsung's product description doesn't mention Blu-ray/AVCHD compatibility; if it were able to make a compliant video, you can bet they'd use that as feature for marketing the camcorder.

tkrave:

My fault... didn't mean to complain so much. Just frustrated that I seem to be having to jump through 100 hoops just to get lots of video I've recorded and archived to an external hard drive over the past 2 years to a BluRay disc.

I've found several programs using www.videohelp.com that will take a video of a higher level than "Main@L4.1" and change the level to anything I want, which in this case from our conversations, seems to be no higher than "Main@L4.1".

The audio format is still AAC though, so I'm now looking into a utility that will convert that AAC audio format to whatever audio format that TAW5 is o.k. with and can hopefully handle just fine without having to further re-encode my video files.

Any suggestions there as far as a preferred audio format that TAW5 deals with just fine, as well as any free audio conversion tools that should do the audio file format conversion for me?

Thanks again so much for your assistance.

AAC is also not Blu-ray compliant, so again, it's not whether TAW5 likes it, it's whether it's Blu-ray compliant or not. Dolby Digital/AC3 is probably the best choice. The only BD compliant audio format that TAW5 can't smart render is DTS.

Does TAW5 not import the AAC audio correctly? If there are no problems, you can let TAW5 convert it to Dolby Digital.

You can also use TAW5's demultiplexer to separate the audio and video streams into separate files. That way, you can use another program to alter the video file and let TAW5 or some other program re-encode the audio.

Changing the level setting in the header might work, as long as the actual video data conforms to level 4.1 or lower. If it exceeds it, you will probably have to do a full re-encode.