A few years ago I used to use TMPGEnc and TMPGEnc DVD Author to process mini DV tapes from my (elderly) JVC DV3000 camcorder. The procedure was capture tape content via DV (Firewire) port with Windows Movie maker, export from WMM as AVI, process AVI in TMPGEnc to get m2v and wav files, then process these files in TMPGEnc DVD Author. Always worked reliably, and still does on my XP PC that presently resides in my garage. But slower than hell.

Now have a fairly fast Win 7 64-bit PC with working firewire port and would like to use this machine. One problem is that Windows Live Movie Maker doesn’t export AVI (why MS left this out beats me). So considering buying TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 but having read the spec several times it appears that it won’t work with my old miniDV tape camera.

Am I right in this? If so I guess I’ll have to dust off my old PC and work in the garage. It’s not worth buying a new camera just for the one project.

Check:
http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/video/articles/22658.aspx

Reads as though you can D/L and install an older version of Windows Movie Maker that runs on Win7 that might allow you to capture and export, if TMPGEnc and AW4 will not do it for you.

I believe that camera records to Mpeg4 format, and I know AW4 will import
Mpeg4 files, though I've never used it straight from a camcorder (I use Avid Liquid as my import and editor). Just try it straight from the camcorder.

The camcoprder came out in April 2002, and records DV (standard definition)format files on MiniDV tape. It would not be MPEG4.

Not sure how this works but if I use ‘Import from Device’ (JVC-3000) on Win Live Movie Maker and save, the resulting file is a good quality AVI, not a WMV as I expected.

Installed MM2.6 for Vista and it works OK on Win 7 except there isn't an 'Import from device' option. But since I now have the AVI generated from Live Movie Maker that's no problem. Thanks for help - much appreciated.

I have been using TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress for over a year to recode video files. I've had no problems with avi files until I upgraded my DivX to the DivX Plus Player 8 and the associated DivX Plus Codec Pak. Now TMPGEnc hangs when I try to load an avi file for processing. MPG, MOV and WMV files still work fine. The only way I can get the avi files to work (mostly XVID codecs) is to recode them with VirtualDub using the DivX 6.9.2 codec first. Then TMPGEnc will process them. I've tried uninstalling the DivX upgrade and reinstalling TMPGEnc but no joy. Is there an incompatibility between the latest DivX release and TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress? If so, how do I revert to an eaarlier version of DivX? I tried a system restore but did not have a restore point available before I upgraded DivX. Thanks

TMPGEnc 4.7.4.299
Win7 SP1

I have two mini anime series episodes in 720p that i want to put on blu-ray disk. What i want to do is have a menu with both series start button on the main menu and when clicked takes me to a menu with the choice of episodes. Can this be done and if so how.

does the tmpgenc a.w.4 support dts hd or true hd

no

I have decided to buy a brand new notebook and I am concerning if I can use my TMPEnc Authoring 4 actual user license into the new one computer. Will it work or I would have problems? Thanks in advance. Slfreire

Should work, just don't use it on two computers at once, or do multiple installs on different computers in a short period of time.

I have been using Tmpgenc for years. I love it. Not long ago I switched to
Mozilla Firefox. Can't take explorer anymore. Not long after I started having system crashes when using Tmpgenc.

The system doesn't crash every time I use Tmpgenc, but when it does crash, I am
either opening a Tmpgenc editing session or one is ending.

It has gotten on my last nerve. Someone on a forum suggested it could be a flash
problem. I uninstalled flash and had the same problem.

Can't find any virus's on the system.

Anyone out there care to opine?

Hi everybody !
Is it possible to buid a menu (in this case DVD)in order to have a legal warning clip or text displaying automatically and remaining independant of the menu itsef.
Up to now, I could obtain this with "play header track only" in the options, but the problem is that this warning clip is also displayed from the play all button in the top menu.I tried to play with the link editor with no result.
Does anyone have a solution?
Many thanks in advance for responses

Make it a Play First item that is ahead of the menu?

Yes, add a "firstplay" track in the Source stage. Click on the downward arrow next to the "Add a track" button and select "Add a firstplay track". Any clip in your firstplay track will play once you insert the disc in the player; after that, it shouldn't play again.

I really like the new software, is there anyway to use the original source audio instead of re-encoding it?

Thank you for the suggestions.

I look in preferrences under CPU/GPU and see all the following enabled:
Enable MMX, Enable MMX-2, Enable SSE, Enable SSE2, Enable SSE3, Enable SSSE3,
Enable SSE4.

Also shows:
Physical CPu: 1
Core: 4
Logical CPU: 4

Other items are greyed out.

Any one know of any settings that need to be changed?

thx :)

Whoops! Don't know how my last message ended up here. :(

RE: Pass-through audio
Process your video as Elementary video-only (NOT process the audio) when you transcode the video. Then add the original audio back in when you author your finished video.

If your video/audio comes to you in the original container, use the MPEG Tools and demux the video/audio first and then just transcode the video. Or if TMPGEnc MW5 can't read the demuxed video file, then process your original file as Elementary (video only).

You didn't mention anything else about your workflow so I hope this helps.

Hi, your Video Mastering software is amazing! I've been trying the trial version and completely impressed by MPEG2 and AVC/MKV encoding features, and prepared to buy the full version. There's just one thing that's missing, and would extremely help me. I'm converting video from 8mm tapes, using Matrox MXO2 mini capture box, capturing uncompressed AVI files at 720x576.
My videos have some tape distortion on the bottom and tiny distortions or black lines on the top and sides. I crop those distortions to get the pure video. Now I'm trying to convert the video using x264 encoding at 1280x720 50fps (deinterlaced), which does look nice on several TVs I tried. The issue I'm having is related to cropping and getting the right display ratio.

The closest thing that I found so far is if I set 1280x720 with 'Display 4:3' option. If I crop the way I want it, the software records little black bars on the bottom screen. Now if I tweak the cropping, by cropping more on the sides, then it perfectly creates the full screen video. But this way I do loose some little recording on the sides. Would it be possible to have a custom display aspect ratio choice, or if the software could automatically set the right aspect ratio of (for ex:) 720x576 full screen PAL video, based on the cropping done?

Thanks!

What I mean is instead of the software having to record the black bars, I'd like the codec to correctly create the black bars on the sides, based on how I cropped the video, maintaining the correct aspect ratio by the codec, of the new cropped video :-)

I have a dubt
If i put a avhcd video on blu ray disc i have to click on TOP (UPPER) FIELD FIRST
But now i want to Put my old dv video (AVI DV) on a blu ray disc. I have to click on Top or Low field first?
tHANKS
EMIDIO

I am wondering if I have a .m2t file that I am frameserving out of premiere that is 29.97 interlaced, can I encode it to .mp4 at 30fps progressive or more likely a 29.97 progressive framerate or should I keep the 29.97 interlaced framerate and de-interlace it? I am uploading it to vimeo and I am having a hard time seeing any difference but 30fps I know should probably not be my best option.

I've managed to create a simple Blu-ray menu in TAW4.

It has a title screen consisting of PLAY ['play track button'] and CHAPTER ['chapter menu button'].

During simulation, pressing CHAPTER takes me into pages 1,2,3 etc. which feature 'thumbnail of chapter' and 'play track buttons', as well as 'go to the next page' and 'previous page' buttons.

However, while clicking the thumbnail picture correctly takes the viewer to the appropriate chapter, clicking on PLAY in these pages always starts the film at the beginning. What I need is for PLAY within the 'chapter' pages to also take the viewer to the appropriate chapter, just like the thumbnail does.

I'm stuck at how to change the PLAY button in the chapter pages to not start at the beginning but jump to the appropriate chapter, while retaining the title menu PLAY as 'play all'.

Any help on how I can achieve my goal?

The Play button refers to Playing the track from the beginning; it can't be set to play from whatever chapter page you're on. To start playing from a specific chapter, you would use the chapter thumbnails/text. It might be more intuitive to remove the Play button from all but the first chapter page.

Play may also start the play at which ever button is highlight. Move the lighlight with the navigation/cursor buttons. The default if no button is highlighted is the first chapter.

keyop is talking about the play button in the menu, not the play button on the remote.