I've been using TMPGEnc since the version 4 days. I like it. V5 with x264 seems to scale better (or at least use more of the CPU consistantly) on my quad system. I prefer to set every setting on the most cpu-intensive/quality settings. This means that encoding takes a long time... even for my over clocked quad core system. AMD opteron CPUs are relatively cheap and I was wondering if it were worth investing in a rendering system. Can TMPGEnc scale up to 16 or even 48 cores well.

I'm guessing it will, but I don't know for sure since I've only used it with up to 8 cores. The x264 encoder uses nearly 100% of my CPU. Optimization varies for the other formats/encoding engines.

Thanks for the feedback. I've only seen v4 on an 8 thread machine (i7 4 core with HT). It did not load the entire cpu. I believe v5 probably does use a cpu better, but I still can't help but wonder about much higher scaling. In other words I could spend like $1,000 for get 12 cores at ~2.2Ghz-2.6GHz or I could spend around $3,000 and get 48 cores. Could you imagine the let down when only 8 cores were being used?

I must be doing something wrong or missed something, because each DVD I burn shows up in WMP with the name "Unknown DVD", and instead of what I named each of my tracks they are simply each and every one of them labeled as simply "Title 1", "Title 2", etc., and next to each "Title" it also lists a "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc., when I didn't even add any chapters.

Can some one please help me to understand and hopefully fix this?

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I have selected motion menu in the background editor and chosen a video file, which plays fine in the menu item editor, but does not show when I click OK and go back to the page editor. Nor does it show in simulation. I have checked motion menu under global menu settings too. A clue may be that there is a padlock showing next to 'background' on the left, but I can't find any way to 'unlock' it.

Also, I want text only buttons on the top menu, but picture buttons on the 'scene selection' menus. Is this possible?

If the background is locked, it sounds like you're using one of the pre-made templates. In that case, I don't think you can animate the background, only the thumbnails or whatever you add to menu yourself.

If you create a custom menu, you can edit and animate the background. Going the custom route also lets you choose a text-only layout for the top menu and a thumbnail layout for the track menus.

i want to author bluray disc 50gb.it should be dual movie 2d and 3d both.during playthe 2d movie there should be one option,when i click on remote 2d button change the movie video into 2d.same like this when i click on 3d option,change movie playback into 3d movi.how is this can be possible .i have original bluray 3d movie "three musketeers"in this movie 2d and 3d both movie.help me?

I'm creating a DVD menu, and I need to move and rearrange a few objects on the menu page. However, the objects are locked, and I cannot find a way to unlock them so that I can move them.

Is there a way to do this?

Not with the pre-made templates.

You can only unlock items for custom templates.

Thank you!

I am trying to emulate the behaviour of a DVD within one DivX file and this program seems to be doing the trick except for one (rather important) feature, and I hope I'm just missing something.
I have multiple pages of menus, but when each clip (movie) reaches the end, it always returns to the title menu, no matter which menu the clip was linked from in the first place - which means that to play the next clip in line, one must navigate back to that menu every time. Very frustrating, is there a way around this??
I'm hoping there is some sort of "End Action" behaviour function like in Adobe Encore which can be set for each individual clip and basically orders a function like "On clip end, return to menu x, button x"

It's not possible with DivX menus. I'm pretty sure this is a limitation of the DivX Ultra format.

When I am encoding a Windows Media Video (recorded tv) .wtv, the encoding process completes, however, the finished video ALWAYS freezes about 15 minutes into the viewing process. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks

This happens with every wtv file or just one? Are you converting to DVR-MS?

This does not happen when I convert it to DVR-MS. It only happens when I load the file in its native form. It does happen with every recorded .wtv file. I was hoping to bypass DVR-MS process, but it doesn't seem like that is possible.

I have the same problem. The hotline doesn't do anything...I have the problem when WTV are in Full HD with E-AC3 sound (Dolby Digital plus)

Hi

I just want a better MPG2 file edited and encoder.
I currently use TMPGenc DVD author 1.5 ( ancient i know )

A friend of mine is now using MPEG editor 3 and I would be happy with that, but can somebody tell me if Video Mastering Works 5 does exactly the same + a little more, or is it a different piece of software altogether

thanks
Scott

They are different.

The main difference is that MPEG Editor 3 has Smart Rendering, which will allow you to edit your MPEG-1/2 video without having to re-encode it on output. If you only need to cut out scenes, MPEG Editor 3 should be good for you.

With Video Mastering Works 5, you will always have to re-encode the entire video when you output, even if you are outputting to the same format and specs.
However, TVMW5 allows you to do more during the editing, such as apply filters, overlay video, add transitions, captions, subtitles, animation, etc. You will be able to do way more with TVMW5, but you will always have to do a full encode at output.

Download the trials first and see which suits your needs better.

Thanks for that info. I'll be getting MPEG Editor 3 for its smart rendering feature. I have the latest Vegas for the full blown stuff.
Cheers
Scott

I usually work with Avid but when I export an Mpeg2 within Premiere Pro and then dropping this to Authoring Works it hangs for some time and it opens after some minutes.

This is not the case when I go from QT (Avid) to Mastering Works 5 to produce an mpeg2 and then to Authoring.

Also the simulation takes some minutes to start.

I've exported MPEG-2 from Premiere Elements (not Pro) and they work just fine in TAW4, showing the files will be smart rendered. Premiere Elements 8.0 uses the MainConcept MPEG encoder -- I don't know what the Pro version uses.

Perhaps you've changed a setting in the MPEG-2 that TAW4 doesn't like? Are you using the NTSC or PAL DVD Standard export preset, or whatever the Pro version calls it?

Even program streams that are encoded with Sorenson Squeeze are coming with big delay and the preview comes with delay also.

Going at Mpeg2 TS for DVD makes the job right. If it is program stream Works won't import it right from both Media Encoder and Squeeze.

I just recently bought some TDK DVD+R 8X DL discs to use in my first venture into dual layer burning.

My first DL project's burn (8X) was successful and plays back fine...that project contained 2 tracks, with each track containing 7-8 chapters.

The 2nd project however is another story. It contains just one track with 11 chapters and the total length is about 92 minutes. When playing back a DVD burned from this project, it stops at around the 42 minute mark (during track 6) and then the player can't read the disc. If I turn the player off and then back on, I can go direct to the start of track 7 from the DVD's menu and the rest of the disc then plays through to the end just fine. The same thing happens on several different players I tried, including a fairly new Samsung BluRay player. One Sony DVD player would not even open the disc.

I used TAW4's disc burning tool to burn both of these discs at 8X speed.

I also tried using a different burning program to burn the 2nd project at 8X and got the same results on playback, stopping around the 42 minute mark.

My next attempt would be to try burning at 4X instead of 8X.

Any other suggestions?

I wonder why the first project with two tracks works just fine? Could the fact that it is two tracks have anything to do with it working?

How does TAW4 determine where the dual layer split point should be? Is that layer split point built into the DVD files or does the burning program determine where it should be?

Thanks.

If playback stops around the 42 minute mark then it sounds like it's a layer break problem. Your first project may have had each track on a separate layer, thus no problems.

Did you preview your problematic project on your computer? In other words, output to a folder on your hard drive and then load that into WinDVD, PowerDVD, TotalMedia Theatre (or whatever) and see how it plays. If it plays fine then it's most likely a layer break issue.

For dual-layer projects I strongly suggest you use ImgBurn.

Output your project in TAW4 to a folder on your hard drive as a dual-layer DVD. Run ImgBurn and select either 'Create image file from files/folders" or "Write files/folders to disc". Select your TAW4 folder and then 'Create Layer Break Position".

If you're not familiar with ImgBurn then you'll have to fumble around a bit. You'll be burning your disc in no time.

When you make a dual-layer ISO, the program will create an *.MDS file which contains the layer-break info.

I don't know what other people do but I always burn at 4X and use Verbatim dual-layer discs.

I equate ImgBurn as the Tylenol of dual-layer burning headaches.

Thanks.

The project does play back fine direct from the computer.

I read elsewhere that IMGBurn would be a good choice, so I downloaded and installed it however it does not recognize my DVD burner. This is on a Win7 64 bit machine. Not sure what to do to fix that, otherwise I would have tried IMGBurn.

Bummer...

What model of burner do you have? Of course you can't go by the nameplate since the internal mechanism is most likely made by someone else, and that's the important part.

You could do one of two things: buy another burner or post a message in ImgBurn's forum.

I've never had one that ImgBurn didn't recognize -- lucky I guess. Because of this I would expect the program to support more drives than it doesn't.

If you're going to burn dual-layer discs on a regular basis it really might be worth it to buy an external and hope for the best. Unpack it carefully and try it with the program. If it doesn't work, take it back to the store and try another one. Or Google around and find one that's known to work. It'll be worth the time and little cost for the lack of future headaches.

I just bought a USB external LG Blu-ray burner and ImgBurn works perfect with it. A safe bet, therefore, might be an LG DVD burner.

Mine is an internal LG burner...not sure of the exact model because it came with this new system I bought a few years ago...seemed like Win7 saw it as STHxxxx something or another but will have to check when I get home. I also have a well-reviewed internal ASUS that came out of my prior system, so I will install it and see if ImgBurn sees it. I never had the need to use ImgBurn on my old system...either Nero Express of TAW3 always worked fine, but that was always for single layer discs.

>Mine is an internal LG burner...not sure of the exact model because it came with this new system I bought a few years ago...

Err...that should have read "a few months ago..."

I uninstalled ImgBurn and re-installed it...during installation I noticed an option called "Enable STPI for All Users" and selected it. That apparently was the ticket as now my DVD brner is recognized. Using ImgBurn, I created an ISO and set the layer break and I'm now in the process of burning it to disc at 4X...will update results when complete and have tested it.

This one worked fine, or at least it's not failing at the layer break poin I set in ImgBurn. Now, was it the 4X burn or ImgBurn that made it work, or both? :-)

I would put my money on ImgBurn rather than the burn speed.

Please can someone advise me how to import mov file with metadata such as time code track and two audio streams.
It seems that this works perfectly in TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress.
Many thanks in advance.

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