when using the source wizard and selecting a tv-recorded file to convert to MPEG-2 PS, when the conversion process starts and the re-multiplexing window pops up, it immediately says 100% but then hangs there for several minutes, still converting. the conversion still works in the end, but sometimes I'm not sure if it's still working or if the app simply crashed

I've noticed that as well. So far, it's never crashed on me, just had to wait for it.

same here

Hi,

is there a way to use TMPGEnc with line commands?

I need an automatic routine to demux mpg files. I just need the mp3-stream. Because I want to create a command routine in foobar2000 the demuxing is just one step of many, so I need to tell the MPEG Tools to demux by command line , but how?

Can anybody help please, best with a link to line commands...?
Thanks

Hi There.
This is my first post on the forum:

Please can you help us. We have just purchased your software in order to import our HD 1920x 1080 50i footage from a SONY AVCHD camcorder and convert the input file to a PAL 16:9 standard definition file, so that we can edit it and mix it in a Final Cut Pro timeline with other standard definition footage also shot 16:9.

When we select the avchd clip in order to input it we get the following meesage for every clip:

"Files with a “M2TS” extension cannot be opened ‘as is’. We recommend you use the Source Wizard’s DVD/BD importation functions

Do you want to open the file anyway?"

When you have 400 clips this becomes very challenging. We have tried using the Source Wizard to import but we get the exact same message. Please help us.

Please can you also reccommend the best way/ settings for us to accomplish our goal of converting the input 1920 x 1080 (16:9)footage to PAL DV 720x576 (16:9)so that we can mix with the other cameras, and so that we dont have to re-render the footage in the final cut pro timeline?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Kind regards
Anthony

You should submit your question using their official support form, because this forum is just users helping users.

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

There doesn't seem to be any way to bypass the message, but you can skip using the source wizard and just drag n' drop your files into the program.

As for DV output, you might need to use the AVI output format and use a DV codec that fits your needs.

If you used the source wizard, you'd never skip the message because of the fact that your file seems not to be connected with the structures such as Stream folder, Playlist and Clif inf so on. so you should choose the file or folder as is recorded structure, in this case you'll never see such message or at least once when you D&D the file. However you talked about the files not being included AVCHD or BDMV folder, there's no way, its surely lemon.

any plans to include an option for a 2-pass encode using CUDA encoding? looks like 2-pass is only available for x264 right now.

thanks

Hi

It's technical difficulty of doing so on such hard devices like as Geforce, AMD and QSV, and more speaking, this products uses native Nvidia Encoder, so it depends on it whether it's possible.

I'm this > < close to purchasing VMW5, especially with the latest updates and bug fixes, but I have to figure out *some* way of importing DTS audio.

Is there some trick, filter, plug-in, add-on, or pre-processing I can do to allow VMW5 to accept my DTS-HD Master Audio input sources (MKV files, for example)?

- Dave

I think the only way is to convert the DTS audio to another format before bringing it into TVMW5.

I am in desperate need of some help. I was given this website as a place to go as I was told this software was easy to use. I went ahead and downloaded the free trial version so I could test it out before I buy it, but I do not think all the key features are in the trial version. Can someone tell me if there is a tutorial on the Video Web Mastering 5 that I can view? Basically I need this software to accomplish the following things for me - editing the film by removing lots of unwanted footage, highlight my son before the play starts by a light or arrow, have a title page in the dvd before the footage starts, adding cool music to the tape, and touching up sections of the tape that might be a bit blurry and divide each play into its own key frame.

I am frantically trying to do a video highlight football tape for my son's game highlights. There is a serious amount of this that needs to be trashed as I am only pulling out certain plays. I also want to "showcase" him in a way such as an arrow or a ring around him or a spot light around him. Will this software do this? I have purchased many softwares in the past as the store clerk assured me it would do it, and it ended up being way way to difficult and I ended up returning the software.

I am not a computer genius but I do know my way around a computer so if anyone could offer me guidance or help it would be greatly appreciated as I have a deadline to have this tape finished and I was hoping with all the rave reviews I have heard about this, this one would be the one.

I think what you want is a video editing program where you can add menus, titles, and special effects.

Windows comes with a free one, Windows Movie Maker. It's pretty basic and I have never used it so I can't tell you if it does all you need. I use Pinnacle Studio and Adobe Premiere Pro but there are other consumer level programs. Sony and Adobe both make good ones too.

You mention touching up sections that might be a bit blurry. If they are out of focus you won't be able to sharpen them well enough to be worth looking at.

With any of these programs there will be a learning curve so if you need a polished video by next week it's not going to happen. :-)

Joe

lotton34: You can do most of what you want to do with this software, but you will not be able to make DVD menus and burn it to DVD with this software.

What Video Mastering Works 5 can do:
- cut out unwanted footage
- overlay an arrow pointing to your son (though you'll need to create or find an arrow graphic that is on a transparent background); you can also animate/move the arrow along with your son if the camera or your son is moving.
- or if you prefer, you can use the Mask filter to highlight your son. The mask can be moved to follow your son.
- I believe you can add/overlay music in the timeline editing mode.
- touch up sections of video (there are filters for sharpening); the smart sharpen and contour filters seem to work best in my opinion.
- add key frames (these can be translated to chapter points in authoring programs)

What it can't do:
- create a title page in the dvd
- create/burn a dvd

After installing Mastering Works 5, each time I'm trying to encode some file the tool persistently crashes my system (total system crash requiring reboot).

Now the same happens even if I try to use Xpress 4.0. Also jobs that worked fine before are crashing the system now (even small ones).

The crashes are not associated with particular part of the encoding process or the input file. The problem don't seem to have anything at all with input/output files, locations, formats etc (probably memory allocation/usage or some low level intrinsics).

Similar experiences anyone?
Any ideas?

I've had the same ongoing problem with v4 and I am now trying out the trial version of v5 and it does the same thing.

Random crashes while running. Not getting a BSOD, the computer just resets. Does not happen every time I run the program but right now it's the ONLY program that crashes my computer.

To say I'm not impressed with v5 right now would be an understatement. I was looking forward to being able to encode mkv files. But I'm not going to pay for an upgrade when it does this. If I'm going to randomly crash I might as well do it with something that's already paid for.

And slightly OT, what is in version 4 that they have not put in version 5? I'm assuming they left something out, otherwise why would they have the option to keep both v4 and v5 for $80 or just upgrade to v5 for $60. Anyone know?

my system specs: W7 Pro, i7-920 quad, 12GB OCZ RAM, ATi Radeon HD4870 1GB

>And slightly OT, what is in version 4 that they have not put in version 5? I'm assuming they left something out, otherwise why would they have the option to keep both v4 and v5 for $80 or just upgrade to v5 for $60. Anyone know?
>
>my system specs: W7 Pro, i7-920 quad, 12GB OCZ RAM, ATi Radeon HD4870 1GB
>

I think a lot of people may still want to use the older version even when there's a newer version. It doesn't mean that there is something they left out.

Some people don't like the fact that they wouldn't be able to use their older version once they upgrade. I think I've seen some complaints about that on here before.

By the way, what version of TVMW5 are you using? There was an update yesterday and it might solve the issues you're having.

Revision history:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tvmw5_rireki.html

>By the way, what version of TVMW5 are you using? There was an update yesterday and it might solve the issues you're having.
>
>Revision history:
>http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tvmw5_rireki.html

Don't know about the OP but I am still testing the trial version, 5.0.2.22. Have 6 days left on that. I'll install the newest update and go from there.

Thanks for the heads up on the update. It never would have occurred to me that they would have an update out so quickly.

And I'll probably go with the $80 update ;-) for $20, what the heck but I still want to run it through it's paces first.

Joe

what is setting for h.264 bluray encoding?

http://www.blu-raydisc.com/assets/Downloadablefile/BD-ROM_Audio_Visual_Application_Format_Specifications-18780.pdf

Jump to page 20 and look at the chart for Primary Video Streams.

Please refer to this page.
http://sites.google.com/site/x264bluray/home

Nice! That's even more useful.

Hi guys. In my industry, we mostly work with high bitrate master files - mpeg2, program stream, 50Mbps CBR, 4:2:2 profile, high level, TFF, I frames only with LPCM audio. It is usually referred to as the "50i", as is, for better or worse, one of the standards used across broadcast industry.
Most of your competitor software support it - MainConcept Reference can do it, Episode can do it, ProCoder can do it, Premiere and Sorenson almost can do it (LPCM support is patchy affair). However, Tmpgenc - the software I would like to use the most, for its speed, filters and precision, gradually moved further and further from support for mastering profiles with each release:

In tmpgenc 2.5 Plus, HP@HL, HP@HL-1440 with 4:2:2 colorimetry and 4:2:2@HL was possible, but 2.5 Plus is refusing to mux LPCM audio with mpeg2 video and thus it couldn't create valid files for us.

Xpress 4 and now Video Mastering Works 5 can mux LPCM audio with high bitrate mpeg2 video, but only support Main profiles with 4:2:0 colorimetry.

So my question is - will High profiles and 4:2:2 colorimetry for mpeg2 encoding will ever return and be supported by Tmpegenc software again?

any plans for a 64-bit version of TVMW5?

Please explain to the slower ones of us why a 64 bit version would be worth it. 64 bit is able to use more memory, but would it be faster or something?
Thanks

Gordoncanada, do you need any more reason? ;-)

I have 24GB of RAM and I have too much 32bits software...


Regards, Alkermes.

When I launch VMW5 (using Win7 x64 Enterprise) I get a system error specifically stating "The program can't start because CustomMemory.spd is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." When I click OK, I am able to load and use the program. Also, if I run using Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode, this error does not appear at all and the program runs as expected.

Any ideas?

Also, I did try a reinstall and had the same result.

I've had the same issue.

One other note to add, when I run in XP SP2 Compatibility mode, the error popup does not occur.

I have the same issue with Video Works 5 and now also with Authoring Works 5 :( Any solution to this?

If you have installed Speed Edit by NewTek,
in 'C:\Program Files\NewTek\SpeedEDIT\' or 'C:\Program Files (x86)\NewTek\SpeedEDIT'
you can find CustomMemory.spd file and the rest of 34 files that you need to launch TMPGenc VMW5:

AnimatedVariables.Spd
AssetManagement.Spd
ColorChooser.Spd
CPUDetect.Spd
CustomMemory.spd
CutCopyPaste.Spd
DesktopLaunch.spd
DetailsView.Spd
Devices.AudioVideo.Base.dll
EditPopup.Spd
FileManagement.Spd
FrameWork.Base.dll
FrameWork.Bitmaps.x86.dll
FrameWork.Threads.x86.dll
FreeImage.x86.dll
GraphicsEffects.Spd
ipl.dll
iplpx.dll
NewTek_Framework.spd
nt_tools.dll
Preferences.Spd
proof.dll
RenderTree.Spd
RenderTreeHD.Spd
RTVLib2.Spd
TimeCode_FileAccess.Spd
ToasterTranslations.spd
VideoEditor_Data.Spd
VideoEditor_RenderAPI.Spd
VidRegistration.spd
vtfx.dll
VTNTAPI.spd
WindowsMediaLib.Spd
WindowsMediaUtilities.Spd
YUVLib.Spd

If You don't have Speed Edit, try to search c:\ for CustomMemory.spd file.

Darkman,

I have SpeedEdit. Knowing that the missing files are in the SpeedEdit folder, it doesn't tell how TMPGEnc is going to find or see them??

How do I tell TMPGEnc where the files are? Am I to copy/paste somewhere?
Is there an option in TMPGEnc where I can change default folders on loadup??

What do I do with the information you provided us??

I can't figure out how to add a single sound track over the entire length of a several clip project (removing the sound properties of each clip in advance) With the sound track in a format supported that starts with clip 1 and ends with the last clip...

Any help or ideas would be appreciated. At the moment the only way I seem to be able to do that is to create a project with no sound then later using virtualdub (direct stream copy for video) then add the sound track. With this method I am limited to AVI Only! and I would like to be able to skip having to use another software and do everything withn Mastering Works and generate other containers besides AVI

Use the timeline editing mode and create a layer for your audio soundtrack. Put your clips on a different layer and disable the audio for that layer.

Well that did the trick to add a layer in timeline mode with the audio clip added beforehand in the normal mode as the last clip. So that when I shifted to timeline mode I added a layer and moved the soundtrack (MP3 file) to a layer all by itself. However the previously selected format which was done in normal mode produced an error if I tried to select both video and audio, I had to delete that format then add it again in order to be able to choose both video and audio. Since before the format was set up just for video only.

The new problem is all of the cropping I did previously to each of the projects video clips is lost when encoding? Yet does display when I select a clip in timeline mode.

Any ideas why? the cropping created in normal mode that still displays in timeline mode is not actually being used when encoding in timeline mode?

Thanks!