I have bought a new Imac with Core i7 sandy bridge which has AMD 6970M graphic processor. I have not been able to detect or activate Intel SDK Hardware encoding for H.264.

At this point I am not clear if only grahic chips produced by Intel can utilize this feature.

According to intel forums:
The hardware implementation is installed by the graphics driver and should be under \program files\Common\Intel\MediaSDK\s1\2.0 to ensure the hardware implementation libraries are on your system . libmfxhw32-s1.dll is the Sandy Bridge hardware implementation library.

Also even if the above dll is present the following can prevent the dll from being accessed:

Yes, libmfxhw32-s1.dll is the Sandy Bridge hardware implementation library. If the file is present and can’t be loaded, then there could be a few things that can be going on.

- There’s a discrete card in your system that’s set as the primary video card. This will turn off QSV, and prevent the HW DLL from loading

- The registry values are incorrect which prevents the MSDK dispatcher from finding libmfxhw32-s1.dll

Well I dont event have libmfxhw32-s1.dll

I would assume that only Intel graphics chips can use Quick Sync. How does an i7 have an AMD graphics processor anyway?

I myself cannot use the Intel SDK hardware encoder because I only have discrete graphics on my machine. Kind of annoying that I'd have to buy a new motherboard just to try this thing out.

Just took a look at the imac specs. I see what you're talking about now with the i7 and AMD processors. I think you won't be able to use Intel Hardware encoder since the iMac is using the AMD/Radeon processor to display video; it would need to use the i7's GPU.

Well I have found the solution which is not yet available. This should work for anyone with discrete video card. I am going to post this on its own thread

http://www.lucidlogix.com/product-virtu-universal.html

I have the same problem with Virtu and a geforce 560 Ti

Hi
Hope someone can help here with this error 'There is no usable writing drive installed'
I have a SATA Atapi iHAS124 B DVD Recorder that works fine with other DVD writing S/W.
John

Hi

Got the same problem with an "Optiarc DVD Writer - AD-7240S" which I believe
is a Sony drive and I have read that Tmpgenc has issues with Sony drives.

Glad I found this out using the trial version as I would be very unhappy
to have purchased the full package and found it could not write to DVD.

I tried installing with the Anti-Viruse disabled but that didn't fix the
problem.

Oh well, just have to use another package - Shame, I like Tmpgenc tools.

(I wonder if Tmpgenc people read these posts?)

Hi,

I am joining various avi files into one single file.

I would like to insert chapter markers to jump directly to the different chapters.

¿is this possible with Mastering Works 5?

I have been trying with keyframes, but these are not recognised afterwards by my multimedia player.

Thanks.

It depends on your output format. Certain output formats have the option to convert the keyframes into chapters. MKV and MPEG for mobile device formats have this option in the "Other" tab. There might be other formats that have this option, but I haven't checked them all.

Lately the editor stopped working issueng an error" Read Error occured at Adress xxxxxx of module UtilsPresentation.vme.

Files that I used to edit before can't be edited... I can still output to files.

I am using Windows 7 Ulitimate 64 bit (service pack 1).

Any help on the issue???

My original video file that I used for my most recent project is an AVI file with 3 audio tracks(Italian,English and German).
I got the authoring for it done so it was all ready to burn to a DVDR,but when I played it back,the only audio track is Italian.
What..??
I am going to have to do it all over now,but how can I be sure that this time,the English audio is included?

Is the issue that the source matrerial has Italian as the default audio track?

Are you authoring a DVD with three user-selectable audio tracks, or do you intend to produce a DVD with on audio track only.

Tell us more about how youauthored the DVD and prepared the sosruce material.

Did you enable the Multi-audio option of the Clip audio properties / Track settings.

I want to produce a DVD with one audio track only;English.
The AVI has 3 audio tracks
1.italian
2.english
3.german

In the clip settings, can you select the English audio track?

Can I edit an FLV video in this Program?

No, it is for MPEG video only. Maybe if it's an MPEG in an FLV container, but other than that, no.

Hi. I'm trying to convert an avi to mpeg using mastering works but it won;t recognise the audio, which is a channel ac-3 stream. I presume the format simply isn't supported so i'm wondering is there a workaround or something i can do to change the audio so MW will recognise it. Thanks.

5.1 AC-3 is supported by TVMW5 so it might be something else. Can you post the details of the file? Use MediaInfo and post the info.

ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 50mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.16 GiB (27%)
Title : English


TVMW5 doesn't read the audio at all, doesn't even recognise it when i importthe video file.

That's DTS, not AC-3. DTS is not supported.

AC-3 (Dolby Digital) is supported.

Hello,

I

- started i new project with a clip
- then edited it
- then i used some filters
- then clicked on "timline" an choosed my clip for the new timeline
- now i'm in the clip-timeline-editing-mode
- then i added some layer with mosaics
- then i switched to 'format' and choosed my format

-> finally switched to 'encode' and 'start'

Problem: every layer with the mosaics and every change in the timeline-editing-mode were ignored

Is there is hidden 'apply to movie'-button or something.

What's the secret?

thx in advance
OPPS

There is no apply button; if it's in the timeline and the layers are active, they should be encoded.

If you can post a screenshot of your timeline, that would help me get a better idea of what's going on with your timeline.

http://www.oakmedia.de/ss.png

Hmm...everything looks OK to me.

When you're in the Encode stage, try the preview and see if the mosaics and edits show up correctly.

Also, what version of TVMW5 are you using? What is your output format and settings?

> When you're in the Encode stage, try the preview and see if the mosaics and edits show up correctly.

No, no mosaics or anything else that i edited was shown. The preview shows the result as it is at the end.

> what version of TVMW5 are you using?

5.0.6.38

> What is your output format and settings?

DVD standard MPEG file -- nothing special or changed here so far.

Still, within the Edit stage the mosaics are there the entire clip, the preview within the Encode stage shows no mosaics at all.

Strange.

I haven't been able to reproduce this; I can always see the edits and mosaics in the preview and the output is always correct.

Try to start a new project and this time, start in Timeline mode.

Also, is this a legit version of the software or a crack? In the past, there have been bugs and issues that only occur in cracked versions.

> Also, is this a legit version of the software or a crack? In the past, there have been bugs and issues that only occur in cracked versions.

Ah, ok. This is a cracked version. I bought TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress and other Software from Pegasys in the past -- just wanted to know if it's worth it to buy or not.

Still not convinced from this new version.

Thanks anyway

Well I don't think a cracked version will give you an accurate view of the product. Try the trial version; I'm pretty sure you won't have the same issue.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tvmw5.html

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB 16X PCIe Video Card

Will this card work with cuda engine spur?

the cuda what better speed will i get than i have now?

Should work; I'm using a GTX 460.
The Cuda functions should help speed if you add a lot of filters to your video. You can also use it to encode H.264 but it may or may not be faster--depends on how fast your CPU is.

ok thanks mine is also over clock i will try it


Core™ i7-950 3.06 GHz

Is it possible to encode 1080i video in VC-1 elementary stream using TVMW5 ?

I understand selecting "Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile" produces VC-1 video (and allows for interlaced output), but the output container is always .wmv, with or without audio.
My authoring program (Sonic DVD it) expects .vc1 as (ES) as file format for VC-1 video (SMPTE VC-1 (elementary streams only): AP@L3 and AP@L2 ).
Will simply renaming the xxx.wmv file produced by TVWM5 to XXX.vc1 do the trick ?

Or is a true VC-1 elementary stream a different animal ?

BTW, I noticed that although Microsoft Expression encoder is installed on my computer, TVMW5 only uses the "old" VC-1 implementation, i.e. "WMV9 Advanced Profile".
There is a difference in the produced output:
With Microsoft Expression Encoder, MediaInfo reports:
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L2
Codec ID : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Description of the codec : VC-1 - VC-1 Advanced Profile

and with TVMW5:
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L2
Codec ID : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile

But does that have an impact on the Blu-ray compliance of the produced video stream ?

"Is it possible to encode 1080i video in VC-1 elementary stream using TVMW5" ?

Anyone ?

Impossible with any sofware....You can put your vc1 elementary stream into mkv using graph edit firt with matroska muxer filter or new VLC video player can put it into ps stream using convert option and without any encoding, like direct stream. That's works very well.
Cheers.

OK, but how do I create a VC-1 elementary stream with TVMW5 ?

Is there a way to import chapter markers/points from an editing program?

It looks like TVMW5 is assuming that the input video uses the full RGB gamut (0-255), and hence, converts to "legal" video (RGB 16-235).
This is causing a problem (at least with some codecs) when the input video is already fully broadcast compliant and needs to be converted without affecting the color/luma values.
This problem occurs e.g. when using Avid's DNxHD codec in .mov containers as input file, to be converted to DVD-compliant MPEG2 files.
The solution would be, like in competitive products, to allow the user specify the color range of the input file (0-255 or 16-235) using a check box box or dropdown list at the "File Import / Clip Properties" page.