I was wondering what the best settings would be for Encoding.

I have a Laptop with both Nvidia GPU and Intel-GPU (together with the CPU).

Is there a way to get GPU rendering activated? In the settings there is an option to activate Nvidia CUDA, which I did. Furthermore I see decoding option for GPU and activated it. However under the tab Encoding it gives me the option "Intel Media SDK Hardware priority", which I did not use but left at "standard".

Now when I encode a blu-ray I see my GPU is not working, only my CPU at 100%. Are my settings good as they are or is it better to activate the Intel encoding? Any suggestions for improvement?

The software works as is, but in comparison to another software that I tried (where the GPU does most of the work) it is alot slower. Therefore I was wondering if I am overlooking some option here?

Some Help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance ;)

First open up the NVIDIA Control Pannel
There go to Adjust desktop color settings and choose to use NVIDIA settings and click on Apply.

Then when wanting to use CUDA in Authoring Works, you also have to remember clicking the "Correct the performance optimization at next launch"
After then having clicked the OK button, it will perform the optimization.

When its then done, close Authoring Works completely and then start it up again.
Now CUDA should be working, well at least it does at my place, but mine also a desktop computer with only one GPU.

I just began getting a "disk writing tool cannot be started" error. Why? Should I just uninstall and reinstall the software?

Can Authoring Works 6 burn BDXL discs?

I reinstalled my PC and the Pegasys Softeare, now when i try to open TMPGenc Authoring Works 6.0.14.16, i get this message: Failed to Initialize the VMESys.dll
An error occurred during a process (error code: 0x08004916)

Hello, everyone. I am creating a DVD with the following:

Friday
Video 1
Video 2

Saturday
Video 1
Video 2

Sunday
Video 1
Video 2


Each video is set to 'Back to Menu' after it plays. I can add a 'Play All' button and it will play them all. But, I'd like to be able to add a button to play both Friday, Saturday, or Sunday videos, and then come back to the menu. Any suggestions are appreciated. All videos are on the same track.

Thank you,

BlackLion

I don't think this is possible in this software. If they are separate video files you can change the end action of each one in 'Bluray global menu settings'. Under the General tab, you'll see 'track playback end action'.
This IS possible using DVDA software - you can assign those things to any chapter point. But that's a whole new learning curve. :-(

Hi all,

My project is reaching authoring stage. I have a number of videos to put on DVD, with a mix of live audio and commentary. The commentary is available in various languages, each of them to be mixed with (edited) live sound.

At the moment, I'm still flexible on the file types I can create (audio with Audacity, video with ffmpeg). These are the possibilities I see as possibly useful, and let's assume an English and German soundtrack as an example:
- Video (mp4 or avi):
v1: video only
v2: video with embedded live soundtrack
v3: video with combined live soundtrack and one language commentary
v4: video with three embedded audio tracks (ffmpeg outputs):
a) Live
b) English
c) German
v5: video with two embedded audio tracks
a) Live + English (pre-ixed)
b) Live + German (pre-mixed)
- Audio (wav or mp3)
a1) Live sound
a2) English commentary
a3) German commentary
a4) Live sound and English commentary mix
a5) Live sound and German commentary mix

There are many possible combinations, and when I'm looking for 'best', I mean first of all: combinations that can be made to work (so that a menu page or language button on the remote control allows choice of audio for German or English - both always including live sound). But also: if there are multiple good options in that respect, which combinations would be the most efficient in disk space?

I am looking at:
- v1 + a1 + a2 + a3
- v1 + a4 + a5
- v2 + a2 + a3
- v3 + a3
- v4
- v5
There might be others combinations I have not thought of...

Does anyone have experience with this?

Does the Trial version add a logo or alter projects in any way? I want to see exact finished products before committing to a purchase.

Thanks!

These are the only limitations the website lists for the trial version:

Usable for 30 days after initial startup.
License screen appears at every startup.

Hi!

There are so many beautiful Templates for Blu Ray Menu avaible - but why i can´t edit them,like i want? Everywhere at the used items in a template all files are locked and can´t change or modify - why ist it?

Thanks for your help!

Regards!

Kay

I think it's just a limitation of the software; the pre-made templates are always locked. I think the most you can do change some colors and fonts for editable text.

Can Authoring Works 6 create an ISO(Image File) to burn the video to Blu-ray with ImageBurn software?

The option is there to create an ISO, but it's been a while since I've actually used it. Should work though.

I am authoring AVCHD Progressive, using 1080 60p files that are from my camcorder, the Clip Checker shows that they are “High@Level 4.1 (HDMV Compatible) and is allowed to author file structure without re-encoding. All good.
If use files that are 1080 60p encoded with an external x264 encoder (not by TMPGEnc), I cannot get AVCHD Progressive compliant file, the Clip Checker shows a message:
“Does not meet the AVCHD Progressive PAL standard”:

https://i.loli.net/2021/03/04/qXlAabURGYvLIhi.jpg

What causes this problem?
Are there any specific x264 settings requires to follow?
What are recommended external, third party x264 settings to get AVCHD 2.0 (Progressive) compliant file that that Authoring Woks, Smart Renderer would accept and do not require re-encoding?

I see that I can adjust a chapter point to a new position one frame at a time by right clicking on it and selecting 'previous frame' or 'next frame' but then I have to do the whole process again 10 times if I want to move it say 10 frames. Is there another way of doing this? Keyboard shortcut anyone? Otherwise it's quicker to recreate a new one and delete the old one, which seems a nonsense. In DVD Architect software it's simply a case of 'dragging' the marker to where you want it!

So I used TAW6 demo and never had this issue but I ended up buying the program and now I keep getting RE errors with my files.

I was able to correct many of the errors listed for the BDMV standards but the one still showing is the Track: High@4.1 level (HDMV compatible). Problem is my video file is High 4.1 so I don't know why this is showing.

Any way to fix this so my files do not need to be re-encoded?