Can someone from the development team let us finally know if there will be support for ATi Stream in a future release? Cyberlink Media Espresso has implemented it long time ago, works great and there is more software out there using ATi Stream. Never mind that sooner or later you have to support OpenCL so that the program will be GPU-brand agnostic. Any cares to let us know???

I'm very interested as well. Last ATi gpu are very powerful.

I am surprised that the software publisher still favors CUDA (nvidia card required), so that now there thanks to directcompute directx11 (OpenCL nétant not a must since the software mentioned here are software windows)

well I think that using Direct2D rather than GDI (just there for compatibility Windows XP in my opinion) would be more

Also, I would like to see a GPU encoding support, not only GPU filter processing.

It would like a filter in TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to correct shadow and highlight lighting simular to the one in Adobe Premiere Elements.

I am a new user of TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. I am using it to enhance and convert/compress my old camcorder videos. These are on my HD in DV/AVI format. These videos suffer from poor lighting, noise and ghosting. TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress has good filters to handle the noise and ghosting but it can't correct the poor lighting. Thus I must proccess it first my copy of Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 using its shadow and highlight filter. This gives me a DV/AVI video with corrected lighting. I then process that with TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. It would be great if TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress could do it all.

BTW, does anyone know of a better way to do this.

Not sure what it's like in Premiere, but XPress has the color correction filter where you can adjust the gamma, contrast, luminance, and chroma among other things.

I tried the color filter but didn't have good results. It has lots of options and maybe I am missing something. I tried the simple adjustments (gamma, contrast & luminance) but the results I got were inferior to the Adobe Premiere Elements shadow and highlight filter.

What I believe the main difference is between the two filters is that the TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress color filter affects the entire video frame. The Adobe filter affects the areas of a video frame where the luminosity falls below a certain selectable threshold (shadows) or above another threshold (highlight). The midrange lighting areas are unaffected. This is what I’d like to see a filter in TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress do.

Would it be possible to change the font and fontsize in future version of XPress?

You can already change the font and font size. In the Subtitle filter window, click on the "Edit menu" button and select "Layout editor". From there, you can change the font, font size, alignment, font style, color, add a border, etc.

You can also save a certain style as a layout and then use the "Layout change" option to change layout styles easily. However, I think this only pertains to the project you're working on, so if you start a new project, you have to recreate your layout settings.

@tkrave:

Thanks, I know you can format subtitles that you type in yourself..
But how about formatting subs which you import at "Source Wizard-stage", impossible..

I would like to be able to format original subtitles from a retail-DVD, for example..

You can't format/edit those types of subtitles because they're actually images, not text data. However, there are ways to convert such subtitles with other programs. If it's a major motion picture, chances are someone has already ripped the subtitles into a .srt file. Just do a search on Google, download the .srt file and then import it into 4.0 XPress.

I am unable to import transport streams produced by an Hauppage WinTV-HVR 2250 into TMPGEnc 4.0 Express Version 4.7.6.304. I am forced to pass the .ts through HDTV-to-MPEG2 freeware to produce the mpg, and then import the .mpg. Is this by your design or am I doing something incorrectly.

It only supports MPEG-2 TS files (.mpg, .m2t, .m2ts) or AVCHD (.m2t, .m2ts).

I need help. I am interested in buying this program. So I went and downloaded the free trial version. The installation process was just fine, but as I tried to open the program. It said Tmpgenc program error occured, the program needs to shut down. I tried to install multiple times, but that didn't help. Do I need some other programs to go with this? I even reset my C drive and still nothing. Please help !!!!!!!!!

Could be a bad install. Try uninstalling and reinstalling.

>Could be a bad install. Try uninstalling and reinstalling.

I tried many times and no things work. I can't find the application data for this particular program either after I installed it.

I have been using this product for several years and overall have had a positive experience. However the base product has been falling behind my own needs and started thinking about what it needs to keep up.

1. 5.1 Audio encodes... Ok SERIOUSLY? We still don't have this? Almost every TV show on the planet has this now and movies have moved well past it. It is probably the single largest short coming of the product. It is great having WTV inputs, but we shouldn't have to downgrade the audio.

2. Audio selection from AVCHD... When you have an AVCHD file that has multiple audio embedded into it there is no way to select the specific audio stream for encoding. This requires me to demux the file first and for a product that is supposed to support AVCHD input, it is a clear gap.

3. DTS-HD audio input support... Blu-Rays are moving towards this almost exclusively and it is getting harder and harder to find Blu-Rays that have a DD 5.1 input in English. I think people are moving past encoding DVD's to encoding their Blu-Ray sources and this will be needed to support these activities.

4. MKV container support... This seems to be becoming one of the standards for encoding high-definition video. I personally like the .divx container, but .mkv is a highly supported standard with support in a number of consumer electronics products. Who knows what will win out, but it should be an option as a container.

These are my personal major gaps. Overall I think the product is great with encoding speeds and quality among the best out there. But it is 2010 and AVCHD is quickly becoming the norm. I need a product that can help with taking Blu-Ray and other AVCHD collections and getting them into manageable sizes with high quality and audio that is not overly downgraded.

Just my thoughts.
TM

1) I agree 100%. How hard can it be to get multichannel audio? You want to sell us a *useless* Dolby Digital add-on but it only does 2 channel compressed. I'd pay for the extra funtionallity to cover any royalties to Dolby Labs.
2) Sure, why not. I dont use this feature now but could someday.
3) Both DTS & DD high defintion stream fall back to their core 5.1 audio when hardware is not present to play back the HD stream. I don't see what you're looking to get.
4) MKV is nice but more devices support AVC & MP4 containers than MKV or DivX and TMPEGEnc already does those well. I could live without this but, again, it wouldn't hurt to have this option.

The Dolby Digital plug-in is NOT for TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress; 4.0 XPress already has 2ch Dolby input/output support.

I'm not sure why people keep bringing up this plug-in here. The webpage clearly says it's only for TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5/1.6, TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress, and TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 1.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tsp_ac3.html

Yeah, I know the plugin is included now. I'd grown accustomed to needing it in 3...just old habit. My point is I'd be willing to pay a small fee to get a multichannel audio plugin to support 5.1 DD, DTS, & AAC.

TMPGEnc has been updated to version 4.7.6.304.
Looks like CUDA support has been updated so people who were having problems with the latest drivers might want to get this update.
Driver version 190.38 or higher now required for CUDA functionality.

Revision history page:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/te4xp_rireki.html

Hi

I have been having trouble running my TMPGenc. Whenever i run it, it wants to do a licence renewal and then it just fails. The error message doesnt help either:"An error ocured while retrieving the licence.Refer to details below.The"
There is now description after the "the in the sentence.
Please help.

I think you should contact user support about that.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

While converting MKVs to WMV using 2 pass CBR, at 50% about half of the files I convert will receive an error and the program will crash.

I've deduced it enough to be audio-related. I used to import separate audio and video streams and didn't have the problem until I fixed the need for separate imports. I use AC3filter, and now whenever it gets to 50% it crashes. However, if I go back to my old ways and import the audio separately, it doesn't crash. I have a feeling it's gotta be something to do with my AC3 settings.

Any ideas?

Someone answered to pull down the menu for convert to... quicktime, but I don't see Quick Time Avid Codec DNxHD 145

Mickey

Do you have the right codec installed? Maybe you only have the codecs for decoding.

I was able to download and install the codec, and now I'm able to select it in the QuickTime Compression Settings.

Here's where I got them from:
http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=263545

Screenshot of 4.0 XPress Quicktime compression settings:
http://i40.tinypic.com/166i0q9.png

Once I have set the split points in a video, is it possible to save the clips without encoding them completely? I am at a loss.

Whenever you output in 4.0 XPress, your video will be re-encoded. So yes, if you want to split them, you'll have to re-encode them.

Ok, thank you, I ended up finding a method with Cut Assistant & AsfBin while using VirtualDub to find the key frames.

Having difficulty with converting .avi files to .mpg-1. The converted files playback wioth low audio level even though the audio filter settings (volume) was set higher, up to 200 percent. Any suggestions?