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Currently decoding & encoding in TVMW 5.0 can be accelerated by using CUDA. While gaining the speed, CUDA processing is not that great in terms of quality to compare with CPU only. Hardware acceleration with similar to CPU processing quality can be achieved by using Intel Quick Sync technology. There are currently only several programs that can use this technology, like CyberLink Media Espresso 6 etc.
Would be great if TMPGEnc VMW 5.0 is one of those programs too!..
Check Preferences->Input/output format list->Intel Media SDK (Hardware). You should see "+" for Input and Output. If not, make sure the onboard GPU is active (sounds like you are also using a discrete NVIDIA GPU). You should see the "Intel HD Graphics" icon in the system tray. Normally you need to have a monitor plugged into the onboard GPU for this to be active. Motherboards that support Lucidlogix's Virtu technology can activate the onboard GPU with a single monitor connected to the discrete GPU. That said, I was not able to get this working with TVMW5, so I uninstalled the Virtu drivers, and plugged a "VGA Dummy" into the onboard GPU. I purchased one from EBay, but you could probably make one for a few dollars. Hint, you can setup your multiple displays so that the "fake" monitor touches the real ones in a corner, that way you can still do the Windows 7 drag and snap functions.
I purchased TVMW5 for the sole purpose of encoding 1080i STB captures to 720p using QuickSync, and it does a great job IMO. One-hour programs take 30 mins, about 4X faster than the single-pass x264 software encoder, with comparable quality (if you give it enough bandwidth). This is on an i5-3570K under Win7. TVMW5 seems to be finicky on the Intel driver version though, I remember having to re-install an older driver when an Microsoft's auto-update pushed a new driver onto the machine.
Intel needs to do a better job promoting Quick Sync support in video tools, it really is a killer feature in Sandy/Ivy Bridge CPUs, and like you mention, there are few applications that utilize it reliably at the moment.
Ironically, I came to this forum looking for CUDA issues. I just got a GTX 670, and while CUDA is recognized, it is not utilized (during encoding, load is split CPU/GPU: 100%/0%, which wasn't the case before. I am using the GEFORCE 306.23 driver from last week. Reverted to 301.42, same results.
Thank you for a great answer! I have a i7-2600K processor on a Z68 motherboard with a discrete video card GTX 570 (now a single monitor is plugged into it...) I don't know, what format 1080i to what format 720p you are trying to convert... I have a great success using CUDA decoding and encoding only AVCHD files (CPU/CUDA up to 30%/70%). When I deal with MPEG-2, CUDA does not help.
I will try to switch my monitor to the MB video output just to check if it works. Do I have to also adjust BIOS for Quick Sync to become active? Then if it works I might connect a second monitor (I don't have one...) Never heard of VGA-Dummy though...
Most motherboards will by default auto-enable the onboard GPU if a PEG device (PCI Express Graphics) is not found. Since you have a discrete GPU, you might want to force it on in BIOS. Then again, plugging the only monitor into the onboard GPU might override this. The BIOS may also have a RAM setting for the onboard GPU. In my experience, this doesn't have any affect and is not reflected in the Intel GPU driver information, but if you got lots of memory, it doesn't hurt to maximize it.
I mis-read the encoding Status display in TVMW5. The CPU/GPU load shown is only for the filters, not the encoding stage. Since the only filters I have are the default resizer/deinterlacer, neither of which are CUDA-accelerated, the load will always show 0% for CUDA. To test this, I added a Sharpness @100 (to make it obvious), and the status now reads:
... Pre-processing (CPU=15.4%, CUDA=84.6%)
Instead, I tried monitoring GPU load with GPU-Z. With CUDA encoding, it registers about 10% on the GTX 670 (about 4% for the Sharpness filter mentioned above). Tried it again with a relatively weak GT 430, and the GPU load was 60%, which makes me think TVMW5 does not utilize all the CUDA cores available.
My source files are H264 in a MPEG-TS container (HW:Hauppauge HD-PVR, SW:SageTV/MediaPortal), target files are AVC/H264 in either MP4 or MKV containers. I think all the hardware encoders only come into play during H264 compression, probably because CPUs have become fast enough to deal with MPEG-2 with reasonable speed.
I agree, for a given bitrate, QuickSync results in better image quality than CUDA, and is the preferred encoder given a choice.
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Thank you for the good explanation. I'm currently evaluating MW5 on my Notebook - equipped with an Intel Core i5-2520M but I cant get QuickSync enabled. MW5 says its available but not usable. My Notebook as no discrete GPU and I've already tested it with external Monitors aconnected.
I have a Sony PMW-EX1 camcorder, which records files in MP4 container using MPEG-2 codec. Currently, if you trying to input those files to TVMW 5.0 only audio part can be seen - video is missing. Also, if the duration of the recording exceeds ~13 min., clips separate due to 4GB limit of FAT32 formatted cards used by the camera.
Would be great, first, to be able to input XDCAM EX MP4 files, and second, merge those separate chunks of 4GB or less in size back into 1 long file seamlessly. This could be achieved with the help of Sony XDCAM Browser (it does the merge) if it is launched within TVMW 5.0.
I'm a bit lost trying to get a blu ray menu to work the way I have it in my head.
I'd like it so that when the disc is inserted it automatically plays a short 10 second or so intro clip. This then fades to black and then a different 15 second clip fades in and plays, over the final frame of which the video stops and the disc menu appears.
Can this be done with Authoring Works 5 and if so how?
You want to create a First Play Track. In the Source stage, click on the arrow next to the "Add a Track" button on the left hand side of the screen. Select to add a first play track.
The first play track will play once you put the disc in the player, then the menu will appear after it.
So you'd want to put the clips you mention into the first play track, and then add transition effects for your fades.
Cool, thanks for that. Next stumbling block. After playing the first play track the disc immeadiately goes on to play Track 1 rather than go to the top menu. I've got the playback settings set to "Play the header track only" at disc insertion and and "display the track menu or top menu" for track playback end action (I only have a top menu), but it refuses to go to the top menu without user input.
Your disc insertion action should be set to "Display the top menu". I think the header track refers to the first actual track, not the firstplay track. The firstplay track will always play first no matter what insertion action you use.
I created an AVCHD movie and in the output section set the target size to a single layer DVD. In disk writing tool it says the output size is 4478 megabytes and refuses to write to the disk because there is insufficient storage size. I have reprocessed this movie and it comes out the same size again. Why is the program not compressing the files adequately, or if it is, why will disk writing tool not write the file.
From what I've read from other peoples' experiences, that tool is a bit hit and miss. I think people have reported it going slightly over or under the target size.
You may want to try setting a custom target size a little lower than the actual DVD capacity.
You can create menus of emerging as bluray movies, Lord of the Rings in a menu appears on the main menu and merge as one. If possible someone can guide me to incorporate a menu similar to my projects. Thanks
I think you're talking about adding a "first play" track. In the Source stage, right-click on the track list and select "Add a firstplay track". The firstplay track plays once you insert the disc in your player and will go directly to the top menu after it plays.
All you need to do is make a video that transitions to an image or the first frame of your menu background.
I have seen it posted on here before that we have to use the 299 version of the Nvidia drivers or else mkv files will not import properly. I have a kepler based card and I have to use new drivers or else my display is craptacular. Will any pegasys employees please look into this issue. mkv files crash or the program just hangs when they are trying to be imported. I am using my own collection of DVDs to rip to mkv so I can author blurays without having to swap dvds. And I find it impossible to make the program work any more. Even with direct show filter enabled it is NOT working. Please FIX this issue. 5 months and no update to the software that we all paid for is pathetic :(
Hi There
I'm brand new to TMPEG. How do I add an audio track over the slideshow and video clips that I have just added, so that the music will play when and where I want it ?
Am I missing something in the tutorial ? I cant seem to find anything that tells me how to do it !
TAW4 isn't a sophisticated editor, so it'll take a bit of work to do what I think you want to do. If you have software with a layered timeline editor, you should use that instead.
You can replace the audio of a video clip or add audio to a slideshow, but if the video clip and slideshow are in the same track and you want to add audio over the entire track, it gets a little more complicated.
TAW4 can only change the audio on a per-clip basis, not for the entire track. So in order to have audio span multiple clips/slideshows, you'll need to encode the track first (just output as a DVD/BD without burning it to disc). This will combine the video clip and slideshow into one clip.
You can then import the encoded DVD/BD track and it'll show up as one clip which you can then replace the audio for.
The second issue which could be difficult is getting the audio to start when you want it to. TAW4 has an audio gap tool that can offset the audio by up to 1 minute. If you want to start the audio at more than a minute later, you'll need to add dead air to your audio track with an audio editor (Audacity is a good one).
Obviously, this is not ideal but TAW4 was not designed for this type of editing.
I downloaded the trial version (from cnet and again from softpedia) and the install program (over 200 mb) does not work. When I run it a box pops up too fast for me to read and then Mega Zipper opens and shows an empty archive. What do I need to do?