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For some reason I thought that 4.0 Express could utilize both cores of a dual core CPU system while encoding. I'm encoding VOB files to MP4 and it only uses one core of the CPU. I have all of the usual SSE and Core2Duo / Extreme options checked under CPU options. I'm just wondering if 4.0 Express is written to use both cores or not.
Changing the virtual memory size for Windows to zero seems to have unlocked 4.0 Express to use some of the second core on my processor. Encodes are going about %30 faster now and 4.0 Express is consistently using all of my first processor and half of my second processor. Interesting. Swapping data between RAM and virtual memory on the hard drive must have been hamstringing 4.0 Express for some reason. FYI: I have 3 GB of RAM in my system.
Thx for the info, I wonder if this only affects MP4 output? I have had similar issue with WMV output where only 1 core was being utilize. I will try your method and hope it boosts my performance. 4 GB Dual channel RAM on my Win XP.
For some reason 4.0 Express doesn't always utilize both cores when I start the encode. If this happens I then save the project file, close the program, open it back up and restart the encode and it usually uses both cores. Weird. I think that every time I have had it use both cores I have had the project file saved before I encode. But it is so much faster and worth a few seconds of opening and closing to take an hour off of a 4 hour encode by getting both cores into use.
Strange.
Here since version 4.3.1.222 everything is fine.
Both cores used, 100% each on 1st pass
of straight transcoding from WMV to MPEG2,
95-98% each on 2nd pass.
Of course lower when I export from Non Linear Editor
with various filters applied (EditStudioPro 5.0.1),
because this NLE has not yet been optimised for dual-core CPUs.
In TE4XP give 9000MB temporary space to use results from 1st pass.
The second pass is then definitely faster than the first one.
The previous version also used both cores of my T7600G OC@3.16GHz,
but each only up to 70& while encoding from DV-AVI to MPEG2.
So definitely something seems to have improved.
Emulgator, Since you are encoding to MPEG2 I'm guessing you'd get better use of both cores than for an MP4 encode. MP4 is fairly new technology, but programmers have had much more time to get MPEG2 figured out and optimized. That being said, I'm glad to hear that MPEG2 uses both cores at almost %100 with no problem. After I get done backing up my movies to MP4 I might transcode them to MPEG2 for better stability with media servers and video players that like slightly older file formats.
I'm having a framerate issue when converting 1280x720 MKV files to 1280x720 WMV. The MKV file is 23.976 fps, and when I convert it to an MKV at the same framerate, the playback seems slightly jerky. I've tried changing the de-interlacing settings, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?
Might want to check your MKV decoder, see if theres any settings for playback. Is there any jerkiness when you preview it before encoding? It also might need a 3:2 pulldown to be 29.97fps.
Hi, I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction to help with a newly-developed problem I am having with TMPGExp 4.0. I had it working perfectly on my existing system (P4 2.53, 512mb crucial RAM, Gigabyte mobo) for h.264 encoding, frameserving an HD file from PPro CS3. I'm using XP Pro 64 bit.
But I've since upgraded the CPU to Q6600, mobo to P5K and RAM to 2gb Samsung DDR-800. All programs work ok after the upgrade, and TMPGEnc does also up to a point - when I get to the Format window, and choose "settings" to change/modify the encoding settings, it always crashes. I thought at first I had not installed all codecs needed on the new machine, but they are all there. Strange thing I found is that it WILL take my encoding presets saved before (eg h.264, high quality 1280x720), but still, every time I try to go into 'settings' to change anything about encoding, it crashes.
It only does this on the "quictime movie" encoding type, if I go to encode MPEG-2 for example, that works ok and I can change the parameters witout any problems. This is a strange one, anybody have any ideas? I don't think it's the new RAM as I can change other settings ok.
Hi, I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction to help with a newly-developed problem I am having with TMPGExp 4.0. I had it working perfectly on my existing system (P4 2.53, 512mb crucial RAM, Gigabyte mobo) for h.264 encoding, frameserving an HD file from PPro CS3. I'm using XP Pro 64 bit.
But I've since upgraded the CPU to Q6600, mobo to P5K and RAM to 2gb Samsung DDR-800. All programs work ok after the upgrade, and TMPGEnc does also up to a point - when I get to the Format window, and choose "settings" to change/modify the encoding settings, it always crashes. I thought at first I had not installed all codecs needed on the new machine, but they are all there. Strange thing I found is that it WILL take my encoding presets saved before (eg h.264, high quality 1280x720), but still, every time I try to go into 'settings' to change anything about encoding, it crashes.
It only does this on the "quictime movie" encoding type, if I go to encode MPEG-2 for example, that works ok and I can change the parameters witout any problems. This is a strange one, anybody have any ideas? I don't think it's the new RAM as I can change other settings ok.
You might want to check your external codec, Quicktime or other, might be corrupted. Close down any iTunes, iPod, Quicktime, or other quicktime h.264 related services/processes. Do you have XviD(H.264) installed?
Re-install Quicktime to see if that will help, most likely it is some other software that is causing TXP4 to crash.
Have both TMPGEnc 4.0, and DVD Author and I can't figure out a way to simply cut commercials out of a recorded TV show without having to recode the whole MPEG2 stream. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Right now TXP4 needs to re-encode everything even if you don't edit anything. If you want to do edits without re-encoding or minimal encode then try their TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 2. Its the only encoding software that uses their smart rendering. Hopefully the next Xpress version will implement this.
I simply want to express my gratitude to the makers of TMPGenc and their generous free use of same. It has enabled me to create a dvd of an 8mm film shot 37 years ago.
so im trying to encode my file to xvid in tmpgenc, only problem is im not seeing the xvid codec in the dropdown when i got to file output to file avi
anyone ever had this error and knows how to fix it?
Verify that you have properly installed Xvid on your system first. Go into control panel > sound and audio devices > Hardware tab > select video codec and hit properties > then select properties tab. If you did everything correctly then Xvid codec should appear here.
Restart TXP4 then under format select AVI file output and hopefully its on the list.
First, I just wanted to thank you, nTekka, for your help in the past!
I have a couple of Matroska, MPEG-4 AVC videos, I'd like to convert to mpeg-2.
I was under the impression that tx4 could do this, but when I try to open with tx4, I get the error: "Cannot open file."
The file opens with all of my players, so all the codecs are installed... the highest priority to CoreAVC.
Is it possible to do this conversion?
If so, how do I configure tx4 to read it?
TXP4 can convert it, you will need some decoder first. Try K-Lite codec pack then open up TXP4 Options > Preferences > File input > uncheck AVI file reader and enable DirectShow file reader.
This should work, I used to do this for MKV and FLV before TXP4 supported FLV import.
Hi there.
Played around a bit with TMPGEnc now for a while and had to use "Merge & Cut" for the first time.
My problem is:
I can type in start and end point under "edit" but I can't drag & hold the slider.
I made a compilation of clips from dvds of a TVshow. I separated each clip with a second of black video from the show, so the audio/video format is all compatible. It came out fine, burned a dvd, etc. Now I want to add more clips to it, so I'm loading a snippet of black, a clip, then the first compilation I made, then another clip. The audio starts to lose sync near the end of the first compilation.
I tried loading the first compilation video file several times into the project, separating each clip, and this improved the sync, but at the end of soem of these clips the A/V is either slightly shortened, or hiccups. So it's not a perfect solution.
Sounds like you got a mess going on there, so i'm trying to get it straighten out before I can help. Why not use the original source DVD for your clips if you are redo-ing to add more? What do you mean "A/V format is all compatible"? Im a bit confused by this because adding a second of black video doesn't make two separate clips compatible. This also might be where your problem is for the re-authoring.
I might have to start fresh, but I wanted to avoid borrowing the 20 (retail) dvds, finding/copying the scenes to the computer, and editing them down in TDA. And since I already did it once, seems like I shouldn't have to.
For aesthetic reasons, I wanted to separate each clip with a second of black video. When you add a clip in TDA, the Audio and Video Input format info is displayed in the "Add Clip" window. Or if you click on "Clip Info". If you try to combine clips and the audio is not the same bitrate, it will sometimes throw off the sync. I should have just said ALL clips (the scenes and the moment of black) are from the same retail series of dvds, with the same audio/video specs (the same A/V formats) so format differences are not the problem.
That clears things up a bit, have you tried using the clip link option in Track setting? That might work. If not then check what audio format your source uses and try to extract it then convert to WAVE, this might work.
Last resort is to do all your editing outside of TDA3 and create your file then import it into TDA3. Use TMPGEnc Xpress or MPEG Editor to edit your file, they are more flexible to fixing video/audio issues. Could also try a 3rd party encoder to fix it.
FYI this page is for TDA 1.5/1.6 (I'm using 1.6), not TDA3.
I'm unclear about the "clip link option in Track setting." If I click on "Track Settings" for the track, I get a window with Audio and Video format info. The video is not changeable, but the audio is. Are you suggesting I re-encode the audio for the old compilation?
Actually, since the new clips and old compilation are in the same track, it would re-encode all the audio. But the only way it will re-encode is if I change the audio bitrate (which I don't need to do).
I have TMPgenc Plus 2.5, but am unsure how to use it accurately (I don't have a handle on when to use pulldown, framerate, etc., and it seems to change them if you don't set it correctly).
Opps, Guess I use TDA3 too often and immediately assumed the same software for you. That option isn't in any of the older versions, best way to have your video playback smoothly is to pre-edit them outside of TDA with some external editing programs then encode it as one big file then import it to TDA. From there you can always use the keyframe/chaptering tool to create your chapters.
No the newest version can only import FLV files, it can't encode (create) FLV files. But TMPG might add it if they already took the steps of making it a supported input format, the output should be coming along anytime now.
Subtitles Editor lets you import subtitles in .srt format. Those in 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,633 time format work great, but my subtitles are timed using brackets like {67346}{67401}. Can't find anywhere, what .srt formats would TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 accept. Is there a utility to convert those fomats?
From what I know, theres only one type of .srt format and that uses -> for timing...I have never ran across any curly brackets for timing and it seems to be in millisecond or smaller?. Could be a custom format but I know its not a standard .srt file. As for TDA3, it will only take in srt and subtitle so your only option is to figure out what kind of format your file is and find a software to convert it to a real .srt file. You could make a simple program or script to do that yourself too.
Also, would help us if you can give us more info on your subtitle to search, I'm guessing its been renamed to .srt so that doesn't help us much, is there any other differences between the two format?
Thank you for responding.
Those curly bracket shouldn't be that uncommon, since DirectVobSub plays them correctly with WMP. After some digging, I finally found that those numbers in brackets represent frames. So when my movie plays 25 fps at 00:30 I get {4500}. I found a converter, but it only reads first bracket, so I get those double subs on screen when conversations pick up. Hope that helps others, and I'm still looking for good tool for conversion.
Hmm, I see, that makes sense. As for the tool, I might be able to make one if you can email me a sample or two of your subtitle.
Send it to my "Fake" email account, where all spams and junk goes that I don't mind sharing to the public ;) I still check it so if I see your email i'll make sure to work on the tool and email it back to you.
can you guys put a guide step by step how to do this,,i have the same proablem,,downloaded subs for a movie and try to inport in to the tmpge 3 and just dont what to go,,i try with subtitle workshop to save in a lot of different format and still does not work,,please can you uys explain step by step how to do this,, ,,to put them manual (copy) will take forever man,,, thanks
Hey im using TMPGEnc 4.0.0.9 and i cannot import .srt subtitle files.. is this a problem in the actual program its self? can i upgrade and maybe they fixed it?