Hello,

Warning -
"clip GOP too long for a DVD-Video"

Why ??
How Can I correct it ?

PAL DVD
Target size = 4,7 GB

MPEG-2 Video
720x576
16:9
25 fps
Interlace
Tff

VBR (2 pass)
Bitrate Max 6000
Bitrate 3000


Source -

XviD AVI
30 fps
Bitrate 1360
2 h 6 min

Adding LOGO suppot??

Not supported untiil now.
HG

It's really weird, there is a logo support for adding the TMPGEnc logo in the trial version... It would be REALLY useful to a lot of people. Please add logo support, please.

im converting AVCHD footage to images sequences so it could work with adobe premier etc... i have 158 .mts files, how do i make this converter convert each image sequence in a seperate folder? i dont want everything bunched together in one folder making it unorganized and hard to find

Hi! Is there some trick to decode/encode flv files in tmpgenc xpress 4.0?

Regards / Jimmy

You just need to install a codec pack. I recommend CCCP (http://www.cccp-project.net/). I've been using it for it for years.

Hi! Sometimes when I have problem with banding in encoded material I use to add a little noice to avoid the encoder to simplify areas. I wounder if it is possible to ADD noice?

Regards / Jimmy

Hi, I am facing a problem as in TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 hangs at 95% while creating a DVD from a MKV file. There is no error displayed and the program doesnt respond.

Any idea how I can identify what the issue is?

TIA
D

Hello,

How Can I import FLV files to
TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4

Authoring Works 4 can't import flv files. You'll have to use some other program to convert your flv files to another format that TAW4 can read.

Pretty sure you can use Avisynth to frame serve them to TA4.
It has a small learning curve but it is a great tool, as you can pretty much use it to load any format into any program, even if the program doesn't natively support it. Avisynth works by loading a file and then sending the decompressed frames in a raw format that most programs have no trouble understanding. It will even send audio, although it only sends the first default audio tracks if your file has multiple audio streams.

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page

It's really simple to use once you take 5 or 10 minutes to get the hang of it, and can also do processing on the files like cutting, fading, splicing together, and comes with some internal filters with tons of third party filters available as well. That makes it a great solution to doing all your work on the image without having to re-encode it in another format and lose quality multiple times. You will likely need to install something like the Combined Community Codec Pack as well, which gives you great DirectShow capabilities for loading files like FLV and other rarely supported types directly into programs like TA4, through Avisynth's DirectShow splitter.

http://www.cccp-project.net/

So let's say you install CCCP and Avisynth.. Then open Notepad (or any text editor) and type the following - DirectShowSource("path\to\file.flv")

Save it as a "file.avs" file using quotes around the filename in Notepads save file window, then load the .AVS file into Authoring Works 4, or any other video program.

I'm using TMPGenc Authoring Works 4 to put as many of my Anime DVD's onto 1 Disc as possible. I don't know if it has something to do with the fact I am actually "Wrapping" Xvid codec files into DivX containers (divxmux.exe manual says it accepts Xvid as input) however I suspect this is a program limitation.

I have spent countless hours over many days trying to eliminate every possibility that it is TA4 causing the problem and am convinced that it is..

Working with 25 episodes per project, if I split each episode into 3 parts (to apply fade in/out scene transitions) I will get 75 clips. It goes through the initial assembly fine (smart rendering, no encoding going on) however once the Video and Audio tracks are complete and it begins to mux the menu and files together into a DivX File I get a CW-6 error code at around 75/76% without fail every time.

The interesting thing is I can kill the audio tracks and the video comes through OK and the process completes. However if I keep the audio tracks and simply reduce the number of clips (I arbitrarily chose 11 episodes @ 33 clips) the process also completes without any errors.

Obviously reducing the number of clips per track fixes this. As does giving each episode its own track with 3 clips (the only time a 75 clip project will work) - HOWEVER I do not like the menu behavior with more than one Track. As if you hit NEXT or the Track ends, it takes you back to the menu each and every time, and not only that, it takes you to the FIRST menu page, even if you are on menu page 2,3,4,5 - etc..

I don't know if the clip limit is something that can be looked into and fixed, but I have been wondering why for a while now, you guys still haven't done something about the Menu behavior with multiple tracks in a project. I feel they should play the next track automatically just like a DVD, as the whole point of DivX Ultra is to emulate DVD menus.

Also.. TA4 (and to a lesser extent Xpress 4) still suffers from Random lockups when editing tracks. Usually during cutting operations. I have noticed in particular in TA4 if you select your cut range too fast and then hit CUT, it will almost always produce a lockup. I'm not sure if this is solely related to Avisynth served files but I think it has happened with files loaded the standard way as well.

Also if you load an MKV, be it through Avisynth, or straight from the load file prompt, it always triggers multiple instances of FFDshow's Video/Audio decoders, as well as multiple instances of VOBsub/VSfilter, etc.. This did not used to be a problem however I can't solely place the blame on TMPGenc, as it could possibly be an issue with FFDshow, or newer codec packs.

At any rate, please look into solving more of the random lockups, possibly upgrading DivX Ultra menu functionality, and fix the bug (I feel its a bug) with too many clips on one track producing the CW-6 error code.

Thanks for your time.

Sorry I forgot to leave system specs (in case they help).

Intel C2D @ 2.1Ghz
8GB DDR2
Windows Vista x64 Ultimate

Just to comment on the DivX Ultra menu behavior, that's probably a limitation of the DivX Ultra format and not something TMPG can do anything about. Remember that TMPG has no control over the limitations of the DivX Ultra format. I'm sure they would have included it if they could since the post-track playback options are included for DVD and BD projects.

Yeah, you're probably right on that. It's still a nice product aside from that, and I can live with editing less clips/transitions into each episode for the time being, although since its practically the only product that can make DivX Ultra files without re-encoding, I do hope they fix the apparent clip limit bug, and work more on solving the random lockups.

I have various HD source material (HDV,...) that I would like to playback using my Panasonic DMP BD35 BluRay player. This unit can playback BluRay discs, but also native AVCHD files on discs (DVD+/-R(W)) or SDHC flash cards.
At this time I don't have a BD burner or BD authoring program. I just want to find a cheap way to view my HDV videos on this player.

>> Can I convert my HD sources to AVCHD (.m2ts) using TXP 4 ? If yes, what are the settings for the best results (lowest bitrate for high quality)

It can only import avchd footage; it can't output to avchd. Although, you can output as a .m2t file or as a Blu-ray compliant MPEG-2, so that might work for you.

Hi, anyone know how 2 change which link on a menu is highlighted 1st? Ive got about 7 links on a menu and a return link and i want to change it highlighting the return link first.

Thanks in advance

I don't think this is possible with Authoring Works 4; at least, I haven't found a way.

Go to the MENU Tab -> Link editor Tab, click on the menu items and right click on them and go to move to front until you get the items how you want to look on page(Look at the left column on bottom for the list). Now the top item will be highlighted first, next go to the Simulation tab to check that the order is the way you want it (Test It out).

I have just started using TAW4 (4.1.0.47) and I need to change which item is highlighted first in a menu, just as you can with DVDLab.

I tried the above suggestion with a Blu-ray track menu and set of Pop-Up menus.

Changing list order does not change the behaviour in the simulation. The same item is always highlighted first what ever order items are in the list.

(BTW, somewhat surprisingly clicking 'Move to front' moves the item to the BOTTOM of the list and 'Move to back' moves the item to the TOP of the list.)

Hi there,

I have a trial version of MovieStyle and I fed some AVCHD into it.
I want to prepare files as WMV for playback on Xbox 360 which is running as Mediacenter Extender.

TMPGEnc 4 Express can handle WMV 9 Advanced Profile with interlaced settings - works great! But MovieStyle cannot, sadly.

The deinterlacing is quite okay, almost acceptable, but not as good as real interlaced playback.


Thanks
Alexander

Why can I not make a dual layer divx dvd? Why does this not support that? I initially got Authoring Works 4 because it now supports dual layer...but why not dual layer in divx? If this product cannot do this for me, what product can?

I don't know of any product that can make a DivX Ultra file bigger than 4GB. I believe this is a hard limit on the DivX codec side, as I have seen this complaint discussed on their forums before.

I know it isn't a real solution, but what I plan to do is to simply split the load into two projects. Then burn both DivX Ultra files to a dual layer DVD. Once you're done watching the first set, just hit the stop button once or twice (depending on your player) and then load up the second file. You still get menu functionality in the end.

I think I will do that too, thanks.