I have video from my camera in a .MOV file that says it's frame width:height is 640:480 (4:3). I want to include it in my 16:9 DVD (Pinnacle Studio 14)along with a number of photos. I would like to resize the video so that it fills the full width of the screen but with the correct aspect ratio; by cropping the top and bottom off the video. After much tinkering with the Clip Settings/Aspect Ratio and applying resize and crop filters, it still will not generate the correctly sized output. Please help, I'm loosing my mind!

This is what worked for me.

When you crop your video, make sure the dimensions after the crop are 16:9. For example, the width of my video ended up being 644 pixels, so my height needs to be 362 pixels to make it a 16:9 image.

For the resize filter, the only thing I needed to change was unchecking the "keep aspect ratio" box. It's kind of counter-intuitive, but leaving it checked added black bars to the sides of my video (for DVD output). Leave everything else at their defaults. The format chosen in the format stage will make it the correct dimensions.

In the format stage, choose DVD standard MPEG file as your output format (since it's for a DVD) and make sure to choose 16:9 as the Aspect ratio.

In the Encode stage, click on the preview button to make sure it looks the way you want it to. It should look just how it does in the crop filter screen.

Actually, you might need to keep the "keep aspect ratio" box checked for your video. See how it looks with it check and without.

I say this because my source file is a 4:3 DVD-Video MPEG-2 so its pixel aspect ratio is probably different than your .mov video and this could make a difference in how you should process your file.

I have a question regarding subtitles. When I use TMPGEnc to create a MPG backup of my movies sometimes the subtitles are not in the MPG. By subtitles I mean the ones that are part of the movie itself not the different languages. For instance District 9. During the movie there are several times when the alien’s words show at the bottom of the screen. But when I look thru the video I can't find it. I see the director comments, foreign languages, etc., but not the captions. When I do the conversion there are no captions.
Am I missing something?
When this happens I end up just copying the DVD in it’s entirely which wastes a lot space.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
Dave

TMPGEnc doesn't support line21 captions for some dumb reason. Your only choice is to try ccextracter to create a srt file then get a program like Aimersoft that will convert to mpg using the srt file so you get the captions back.

Should be mandatory for serious video editors to fully preserve Line21 in any conversion because there is no excuse not to.

After converting to Mp4 format, the file doesn't play until it's completely downloaded in flash player.

Is there a way in Xpress to move the boxes to the front of the file or do I have to use a separate tool like MP4Box or a similar tool to move the boxes to the beginning of the file.

Thanks.

try playing the mp4 file with another player, flash player sucks

Rufine-- I got Xpress 4 to create a streaming file (I use FlowPlayer) by using the following settings:

container: iPod video
profile: main
level: automatic (4.1 and less)
framerate: 29.97 progressive
rate control: 1 pass constant quantization (also works with 2-pass variable, and maybe others, I only tried those 2)
motion search: 63
bitrate buffer: 0 (auto)
video system: automatic
detect scene change: checked
GOP length: 250
B frame count: 3
Reference frame count: 5
I picture: 23
P picture: 24
B picture: 26
Entropy coding mode: CABAC (I also tried CAVLC, which I think is better for portable devices)
motion estimation: quarter pixel
audio - object type: low complexity
audio - output format: raw
no thumbnail info entered

I'm not quite sure what made it a streaming file, but its nice not to have to use another tool to fix it for streaming! I have a feeling it was the "iPod" setting... let me know if you find out.

HI,
I have a dts audio file i need to use for my project.
But tmpeg X4 does not recognize this audio file to import.
Does anyone have sugestions on how i can use my dts audio file?

Hello, will you guys be willing to consider re-adding in the Manual IVTC operation of TMPGENC Plus 2.5 with Hybrid IVTC Support? By this I mean that, ok, for the pattern "10", all users of the TMPGenc Plus 2.5 Manual ivtc'er all knows that it refers to NTSC Video (30fps), so we can set 10 as (30fps), and for the standard patterns such as "1001001010", we can associate it as the standard "2:3/3:2 pulldown". This, for me and dozens of others, would be a big selling point. I don't really care for the conversion operations, i'm more into the IVTC aspect of the encoder, which always brings me back to tmpgenc plus 2.5.

Also, if you guys consider this, can you make it so that we can have the option to create a timecode file for the hybrid ivtc handling? I'd be willing to pay a lot of money for a program with an ivtc'er as good as the one in TMPGenc Plus 2.5 than can also handle hybrid material. Hell, i'd pay top dollar just for a program with the Ivtc'er alone. :)

fsfgh

My TMPEGExp quit working and will not open. This happened after I used DEP to open all files, then used it again to return to the original setting.
Anyone experienced something similar?

After creating a mp4 file, the mp4 doesn't start streaming until loaded.

I read you can use MP4Box or a similar tool to move the boxes to the beginning of the file.

Does XPress allow you to do something like this or do I have to use another tool??

Thanks.

Hello,

I bought TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress 2 yrs ago,wanna ask

Can TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress cut (.ts) 1080p video without re-encode?

Because i tired a software called "VideoReDo TVSuite4" can make it and quick.

What i want to do is...

Learn More About MPEG Video

Why is Native MPEG editing important to you?
MPEG is a highly compressed format. Most full-featured video editors like Premiere, Ulead, Avid, and Pinnacle convert MPEG files into uncompressed video for editing and then re-encode it when saving the edits. The result is that it can take hours to save your video rather than just minutes as it does with VideoReDo.

More importantly, each recoding results in a reduction of quality. With VideoReDo's perfected smart rendering technology you can edit again and again without degrading any of your precious videos.

Works with many formats
MPEG1, MPEG2, Transport Streams (.ts), Windows MCE DVRMS files, Siemens M740AV .CRID files, and Topfield .rec files. The result is that VideoReDo TVSuite works with the widest variety of TV PVR and DVR formats.

Nope. 4.0 XPress is a video converter, so it's main purpose is converting and re-encoding.

TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 3 and TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 have Smart Rendering which will allow you to edit MPEG video without re-encoding.

Thank for you information, it's useful.

well not true.

if you encode the end project as the original files then it should be using smart encoding, where it only encodes where it needs to.

What's not true?

4.0 XPress does not have smart rendering; you make it sound like it does.
Would it be awesome if it had it? Of course. However, it simply doesn't have it.

yep sory i was thinking of works 4.

I need to do a Bluray with the H264 codec! The H264 does not use TMPGEnc to Bluray! Does anyone know another encoder to show me? Adobe Encore I do not like! Does FFDSHOW do with Bluray H264? What preset to encode video with a Bluray H264 in FFDSHOW?
Thanks

HI

I have a question, I-m working with TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress, I-m trasnforming a video (M2V File)in Progresive Method NTCS 29.97 FPS.

Can someone tell me how see if my M2V files are in DF or NDF (Drop Frame or Non Drop Frame)?????


Thanks

FFmpeg and others allow video stream copies so I dont need to re-encode the video stream. How can i do this in TMPGEnc4XP?

You can't. The one thing I don't like about the TMPG line of software is how much the different software packages overlap. You'd have to spend another $65 on a license of TMPG MPEG Editor 3 if you want the ability to convert without re-encoding. Xpress & Editor dont talk to each other directly so you're better off using something free to do that conversion.

That sucks. I use TMPGEnc4XP because of the batch and subtitle features only. I often find the reencode sucks though.
I don't know how to show subtitles in the free versions....any direction would be great.

I wish to encode a few video clips into 1 single file. I try to find way to insert transition/animation between each clip. How to do that? Thank you.

This program can't really do transitions...well, it can to a simple fade-out/in but that's it.

To do the fade-in/out effects, go to the filter tab in the clip editor window.

Can we use the software to create projects on our workstation and start the encoding process via command line on encoding servers? Thanks very much!

Hello, I have the same needs. Windows Web Server (IIS).
I would like to encode the videos that users uploads.
Command line, C#, ASP, SDK, something...
Thank you.

TMPGENC REALLY needs a command line interface. I would pay 3 times as much if this was possible.