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As I understand it, CUDA support in 4.0 XPress is mainly for filter processing (deinterlacing, sharpen, color correction, etc.), not encoding.
Since Authoring Works 4 doesn't have the filter functions that 4.0 XPress has, the developers would have to start from scratch and utilize CUDA for MPEG encoding to make it worthwhile.
I'm not sure if that's really the reason, but it could be a possible reason.
you are actually correct in this matter and its because im suffering with a cold that i totally forgot about reading cuda facts with tmpgenc.
it is the reason work doesn't deal with cuda because cuda is most effective with filters especially if you are using the video noise and multiple video adjustments.
I use TAW (german) on Vista with the most actual patches and SPs. PC is a C2D E8500 with 4 GB RAM.
Since I use TAW I tried to install the free template-packs published by Pegasys, but every time I start the installer, a metallic grey window with no text appears and can only be killed via taskmanager. Even waiting an hour or more does not lead to an installed template-pack.
Are you installing the German template packs or the English ones? They are language-specific. You'll need to go to the German page and use the ones from there:
i got error message during output process says
there is no enough space on the disk . (error code 0x80070070)
while i have enough space on the disk but and i have done many project with no problems .
i have TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4, vista business .
can anyone help solving this problem.
thanks
It's true, you don't have enough space. I've already run into this problem myself.
In your TMPGEnc Authoring program:
1.) click the "Options" button at the top right.
2.) select the "Preferences".
3.) select "Work folders" at the left of this new window that pops up.
4.) on the right, make sure the location of the "Temporary files folder" has enough space* for your project.
*If you you are creating a DVD file, then you should have twice the size as the size of the DVD you are authoring (single DVD of 4.7 GB means you need about 9 GB of free space), and if you are creating a DivX file, then you should have roughly an extra Gigabyte of space (with 4 GB file make sure your drive has total 5 GB free space.
Of course, the important thing to make sure is where your "Temporary files folder" is located, and might as well make sure where your "Output" is located, this is found in the "Work folders" as well.
I'm trying to create a simple DVD menu, but can't quite get the result I want.
All I want to do is create a single menu page for two movie files with a launch button for each file. So far, so good.
However, when either movie file has played, I want the DVD to return to the menu, and not play the next movie. This is the part I can't achieve. The answer must be simple, but for the life of me I can't figure it out.
I'd tried setting the track playback action you suggested before I posted the question, but I just can't get the thing to return to the menu after the first movie has played. As far as I can see, I'm doing the right thing, but it won't do what I want it to do.
I think I've spotted a problem when looking at the structure of the authored DVD. There are two movies, "The Wedding" and "The Reception" but the file structure appears like this:
VTS_01_0.VOB (the menu)
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB
It seems the two movies have been merged into one movie with a scripted chapter break between the two.
Doing the same thing with Nero produces this file structure:
VTS_TS.VOB (the menu)
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_02_1.VOB
VTS_02_2.VOB
The two movies are kept separate, and when "The Wedding" ends it returns to the main menu.
It's so frustrating. TMPGEnc is a much better program than Nero, but for some reason I can't get it to perform this one simple task.
Using tmpgenc 2.525 free trial.
I ripped a disc containing 100 or so individual vob files and proceeded to do a batch conversion outputting each file as seprate m2v and wav files (deinterlaced-with noise reduction.)
At the end of the process, ALL of the vobs under 1MB in size produced a 32kB m2v/ 7KB wav ; tmpgenc says conversion successful, but the m2v and wav is blank/empty. All of the other vobs above 1MB worked fine.
Perfoming a conversion not in batch mode produces the same results.
I skimmed the FAQ but im not sure how to word my query.
Anyone have any ideas?
I am fairly new to the world of encoding. I have been following some guides to convert my blu rays to WMV for the pure lazy enjoyment of playback through the Vista Media Center and the Xbox 360 extender.
It seems like for the audio choice most people are recommending Windows Media Audio 10 Professional for 5.1 which upon further investigation appears to be lossy. I was wondering why this was the preference over the Audio 9 lossless for 5.1 since the xbox 360 will support lossless. Is the professional 10 lossy better quality than 9 lossless? Is there another reason for choosing the later?
Well, I read the Wikipedia etc. definitions of each but I would still really like to hear a general opinion, from those who use this software to encode, on WMA 9 lossless vs. WMA 10. I'm intersted in hearing any experienced opinion on quality or any other insight as to why I might choose one over the other when encoding to WMV HD.
The biggest question is space. I've been ripping DVD's to WMV for playback on my XBox 360. I've been using WMA 10 2 Pass VBR 384kbps, 48kHz, 5.1 Channel 24 bit with a peak of 768kbps and max buffer of 4000ms. I'm not sure off hand for BluRay, but I think they use 96kHz on the audio. What ever they use you should match on the settings for your encoding.
As far as using lossless or lossy. VBR can sound exactly like the lossless version, because during the more complitacted/demanding parts the bit rate is able to increase and during less demding parts it lowers it self down. Using a VBR is greatly preferred to using a CBR. Using VBR instead of lossless greatly increases the amount of space saved on your hard drive. Which is key when you're talking about source movies that are 20GB+. As for being able to hear a difference it really depends on what you're listening to and what you're using for playback. If you've got $10,000+ worth of stereo/speakers and listening to an orchestra playback you might be able to discern some small difference. And even then it can vary by listener.
You can also always run test encodes with different settings and see which one is best.
It might be possible, but since I don't have a Blu-ray burner, I can't test it. Authoring Works 4 forces you to use a blu-ray writable drive if it detects a blu-ray file structure. If you have one, you might be able to stick a DVD in it instead of a BD disc. I have a feeling it might detect what type of media is in the drive and force you to use a BD disc though.
I'm working on converting my DVD collection to WMV files. Thought I had everything working. My latest rip, The Da Vinci Code, I can't figure out how to get the forced subtitles to work. So at the parts where they're speaking Latin and other foreign languages you get no english subtitles. If I watch the DVD on the same computer I'm encoding with the subtitles work at those specific spots automatically. I get options for selecting subtitles, but they just enable it throughout the entire movie and not at those specific spots. Anyone know how to get the forced subtitles working?
As far as I know, all subtitles in 4.0 XPress will be forced, as in, encoded into the actual video. You'll need some pro DVD authoring software to do what you want to do I think.
I think you're misunderstanding what I'm asking. On some DVD movies the DVD will force the subtitles on and off throughout the movie for foreign language speaking parts. I'm fine with TMPGEnc Xpress burning the subtitles into the video track, but there is no way that I can see for it to just do it during these forced on parts and not the entire movie.
From doing some Google searching about "forced subtitles" and subtitles on DVD, during foreign language portions, there seems to be three methods.
Subtitles that are already burnt into the video track.
Subtitles track that only has those foreign language portions.
Subtitle forced on and off during the movie.
The last one is the one I'm having problems with on Xpress. If I turn on the subtitle I get them throughout the entire movie. If I leave it off you miss all the foreign language parts of the movie. And there is no special subtitle track on the DVD with just those portions.
Now I downloaded a trial of DVDFab which gives you a little checkbox for only showing forced subs. So you select the subtitle track and then check "Only Show Forced Subs" and you get the results I'm looking for. Tmpgenc is a much better piece of software and I'm not really looking to spend $50 to get one feature that can be added to Xpress quite easily. I'm basically hoping the ability is already there and I'm missing it somehow or it'll be added a future patch.
There's no way to only show forced subs in 4.0 XPress. If you can export one of the subtitle streams as a file, you can edit it with a subtitle or text editor. Just delete all of the subtitles except the forced ones and then import it back into 4.0 XPress.
Little update. I talked to the support people, who confirmed that forced subs can't be done currently. They've added it to the user feature request list. So hopefully an update will implement it soon.
I haven't done this with DVD so I'm not sure it works the same but this is what I do when encoding Blu ray to WMV and want to keep the forced subtitles.
1. I import the .m2ts file from the blu ray into TSmuxer(free). (Not sure about this step for DVD)
2. I demux the english subtitle streams. (Takes a couple minutes)
3. I them import the demuxed subtitle stream into Suprip(also free)
4. Then I click the auto OCR button and sometimes not all characters are recognized properly so I go through and put the corrct letters where the OCR didn't automatically select the correct character. (one I did last night took about 5 minutes on this step)
5. I then select the check mark for forced subs only and save. (creates .srt file)
6. Now when I open TMPgenc Xpress 4.0 and import my video, I then use the subtitle filter in Clip/Edit (I had to add the subtitle filter to the list of shown filters in TMPgenc as it was not shown by default) and I import my newly saved .SRT file (forced subs only)that was created with Suprip and encode to WMV.
7. Works great!
When I add MOV video file, the audio is not import. The audio is not in edit window not yet in output file.
Video codec is avc1 and audio codec is mp4a.
I need help creating a PAL M DVD, which is the standard used by Brazil, using TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. My understanding is that PAL M has a similar a frame rate and scan line to NTSC; however, the color carrier is different.
Unfortunately, PAL M is very different from the PAL used in some countries in Europe.
Would someone be kind enough to help me configure TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress and TMPEnc DVD Author 3 with the proper settings so that I can make a working PAL M DVD?