downloaded & installed TPMGenc 4 Xpress. On first attempt to start it says The Trial Period is Over, which is rediculous since it was just installed. I'm trying to run it on Vista32 sp1.

I have a season of a cartoon series that is in avi format. I want to convert them to wmv so i can play them in my zune. I have successfully done so with the first few episodes but for some reason a particular episode is sativking at 99% with 2 more frames to encode. Is there something I can do to force it to finish or maybe just quick without the 2 last frames? I have tried stopping then encoding process and am left with a file that is 50 mb shorter than the rest of the episodes. Any ideas?

Dear Pegasys,

you may add support for TP0 files decoding simply by ignoring first 288768 bytes of the file. Than it can be handled as already supported TS file. Please contact me if you want to have sample of the TP0 files, typically produced by Homecast SAT receivers.

What about support for 2-pass XviD encoding in one step ?

Regards
Petr

Hi

Sometimes, we find forced subs in an subtitle stream mixed up with normal ones.

(Note: If we extract the subtitles to vobsub files and edit them with subresync, we find that there are both normal and forced ones.)

The forced ones are usually needed translations to our language (it is not english)

We need an option to include only forced subs, not all of them. This could be an on-off option once we have chosen the subtitle stream. Also, showing up if there are forced subs in a stream would help a lot.

Is anyone nows any workarounds for this forced subs issue, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

Hello,

how do I remove the white Watermark in Tmpg Express 4.0. I mean the white crap in the right side of a reencoded movie.

Are you using the trial version? The watermark is part of the trial restrictions. The full version won't add a watermark.

If you're talking about some other watermark that was already in the video, then that can't be removed since it's encoded into the video.

I recommended TMPGenc to good friend of mine a week ago. Typically he uses Fairuse Wizard for his encoding, but after hearing about all the good things I had to say about TMPGenc from me, he gave it a shot. He got back to me the other day and claims that the same DVD to DivX encode at the same settings as those he uses in Fairuse Wizard take 9hrs in TMPGenc as opposed to 3hrs in Fairuse.

Does anyone know why this may be the case?

Hard to say without knowing the settings he's using. Got any details?

It could just be that particular encode - more fast action scenes maybe? My old P4 3.2GHz would vary from 4 hours up to 12 hours encoding similar length DVDs. (and using TMPGenc Xpress 3.0) Anyway, my new Q6600 quad core encodes everything I throw at it in 1 hour flat. So I recommend u get a Quad Core :)

Hi, I installed the latest trial version of xpress and cannot enable GPU encoding. Everything relating to the GPU, under the preferences menu, is greyed out. I have two 8800 GTS cards with the latest driver installed(Jan 14, 2009) running on Vista Ultimate x64. I have attempted installing version 2.1 and 2.0 of the cuda driver, but nothing has worked. GPU encoding works fine in both badaboom and powerdirector. Any idea why I would not be able to enable it in TMPGEnc?

Thanks.

From the product webpage:

"The GeForce8800 GTX/GTS video card using the G80 core is not currently supported."

I should have looked better. I just assumed since it worked with other software it should work with this. Thanks a lot for the reply.

Wouldn't worry too much about the cuda support anyway. It actually makes conversions slower on my system (QX9650 quad and 8800 GTS 512 2xSLI), and on many files the conversion stops with error "parameter is incorrect" at the very end even when not using any filters at all!

Well, yes it will be slower than the CPU in most cases. If you're not using filters or MPEG decoding, then you should turn it off.

I have enabled CUDA but when encoding program show 0% CUDA.

Can you help me ?

Can some one please tell me the best settings for encoding a m2ts file or vob file for apple tv. I already moviestyle but I purchased Xpress for more editing options. Thanks

Below are the specs from Apple's website. You should use the MPEG-4 AVC output and you can probably follow Apple's H.264 specs (at least, that's what MovieStyle seems to have done).

Video formats supported:
-H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): Up to 5 Mbps, Progressive Main Profile (CAVLC) with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, 960 by 540 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

-iTunes Store purchased video: 320 by 240 pixels, 640 by 480 pixels, 720 by 480 pixels (anamorphic), or high-definition 720p

-MPEG-4: Up to 3 Mbps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 720 by 432 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Audio formats supported
-AAC (16 to 320 Kbps); protected AAC (from iTunes Store); MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps); MP3 VBR; Apple Lossless; AIFF; WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through

Hi all

I have a trying to convert a DVR-MS file from Vista Media Center to divx. It's natively widescreen.

Regardless of what settings I use I can NOT get TMPGEnc 4.6.3.268 to output anything that isn't 4:3.

Aspect Ratio in Clip Properties is set to Pixel 16:11 (PAL 16:9)
This is also set in the Format section.

What am I doing wrong ?

Which DivX Profile are you using? Are you in Advanced mode or Basic Mode?

I can keep things widescreen with Encode mode set to Advanced and then using no profile, Home theater profile, or HDTV profile.

Are there black bars at the top and bottom or is the image squashed?

I know, in the mpeg tools section, there is a demuxer and a muxer for MPEG 2 Program Streams.

If I have a folder full of already-multiplexed MPEG streams (Program Streams), can I point the batch tool at it and have it demux and re-mux in one step?

The batch tools is disabled in the trial version.

The specific need is to correct errors in the original mux process.

Thanks,
Dan

Unfortunately, no. The batch tool is for projects that are ready to be encoded, so your files will have to demuxed, muxed, edited, formatted, etc. before they are put into the batch encode tool.

I imagine you won't support an OS that is still in beta but this OS does rock. Tonight, after a few weeks of use, I've ran into my first problem which is trying to install Xpress 4.0 crashes the window installer. Just thought I would give people a heads up.

Good to know! Thanks!

Nevermind...there was a windows cmd line one could enter to counter the issue with the windows installer. Program works great under windows 7.

Cool! What exactly did you do to counter the issue?

I'd also like to know what he did. I haven't encountered any issues installing, but the only version I can get working is the trial. Apparently noone has managed to get their licensed version to work. It crashes at launch. Can anyone say if they have theirs working?

I have a short transition clip, about 2.5 seconds, which I try to export as elementary streams, but audio is not there. If I use PGCDemux, everything comes out fine.
Is there a problem in Xpress or some settings I need to use to get short audio?
I have the latest version of the software.