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I am trying to make a DVD from an mp4 video. In the video there are several scenes inside a pitch black tunnel, but in the DVD output all these black scenes have been transformed to grey/white. How do I get TMPGEnc Authoring Works to not convert black to white, but let black be black in the output?
I just downloaded the latest Xpress 4.0 update which claims to import .wtv files. The "add file" dialog box does not include wtv in the "all supported file" filter. Adding a wtv via drag-n-drop results in "Cannot open the file xxx.wtv". I am running Win7.
I have a DVD I want to re-author. As far as video quality is concerned, am I better off using TMPGEnc Xpress to encode the original DVD's video content into an MPEG file and then use that MPEG file as the source for my re-authored DVD, or am I better off just using the original DVD's VOB files as my source files for the re-authored DVD? I was planning on using 2-pass VBR as my video encoding scheme in either case. Seems like the 2nd option would be best as it avoids another encoding step, but I'm not sure if there any differences between the encoding engines in TMPGEnc Xpress and DVD Author 3.
I'd say go with DVD Author 3. Since you're going from DVD to DVD, TDA3 won't re-encode the content, ensuring the quality will remain the same. As you've said, going through 4.0 XPress will just create another generation of encoding and could make the quality worse. However, if you are trying to make the content look better and want to apply some of 4.0 XPress' filters, then that might be the only reason I'd use XPress over TDA3.
I'm not sure what (if any) the differences are between their encoding engines other than the fact that TDA3's is more limited, but it's a moot point in this case since TDA3 won't re-encode the DVD content.
Thanks tkrave. One more thing I forgot to mention...I am editing out the first 10-15 seconds of the original DVD using TDA3. Does that mean that it will be re-encoded?
It shouldn't be re-encoded, even if you cut-edit it. That's the beauty of smart rendering. It will only re-encode a few frames before and after the section you cut-out.
I have a DVD I want to re-author. As far as video quality is concerned, am I better off using TMPGEnc Xpress to encode the original DVD's video content into an MPEG file and then use that MPEG file as the source for my re-authored DVD, or am I better off just using the original DVD's VOB files as my source files for the re-authored DVD? I was planning on using 2-pass VBR as my video encoding scheme in either case. Seems like the 2nd option would be best as it avoids another encoding step, but I'm not sure if there any differences between the encoding engines in TMPGEnc Xpress and DVD Author 3.
I have purchase this software à long time ago and now there are a new update version.
I'm going to my user account of the official site and add my license to the new version in English mode.
previously i have delete the French license version and on the account my license is note active .
After install this update, the software still no to validate my license.
TAW4 will not import my DVD-RAM into the source wizard. Why not? I select the drive and folder (DVD_RTAV)that contain the .ifo .vro and .bup files. but it won't import them. my drives support DVD-RAM, so that's not the problem.
I have a bunch of high-definition files that I'd like to edit. The proxy files are invaluable. I'd like to queue up creation of the proxy files, so that I don't have to add a file, wait for the proxy to be generated, add another file, wait again, ...
Instead, I'd like to add 20 files at once & come back the next day to have all the proxy files created.
Thanks!
This is possible. Just select multiple files when you are adding clips instead of just one file at a time.
You can either drag and drop multiple clips, or ctrl+click multiple files in the file selector.
I'm trying to automate the batch file process by generating a "tbe" file using a number of standard settings without having to go through the Wizard on each pass. I know others have done something similar but I want to control the Start an End frame on each pass, which I don't believe these other programs handle.
However the "tbe" file stores the Start/End Frames in a 10 byte binary time format which apears to be rather obscure. Does anyone know how this data is coded?
I want to create a menu for a movie.
The movie is in Japanese.The subtitles are in English.
I have both files in the same folder.
One folder is the movie (AVI)and the other folder is the subtitle file(.srt).
When I go to select the subtitle to add to the project,TMPGenc won't open it..something or other about it not being a valid format..?
How can I get this on to DVD with the subtitles?
Go to the Subtitles tab in the Clip Editor as shown in the picture, activate a subtitle stream by checking the box in the Subtitles list, then click on the "Edit menu" button and select "Import". You can then select your .srt file and all the subtitles should show up.
Now I have a new problem.I can get the subtitles to appear when I do as you instructed above,but when I choose to go the clip editor,so that I can create chapters,the subtitles are gone..??
>The subtitles won't show up in the cut-edit window, but don't worry they're there.
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>You'll be able to see them in the Simulation Stage.
>how come I can see the subtitles in the simulation stage but whenever the output stage starts I can't see the subtitles anymore even in the output file?
please help me. :(
By default, the subtitles are "off". You'll have to go to your DVD's subtitles menu page and select the subtitle you want to use, just like a store-bought DVD.
We're starting a local access television station and would like to use TMPGEnc Xpress to break apart shows (to insert "commercials" and station information, etc). I don't actually need to insert the ads using Xpress, but rather, to simply break the show into multiple clips.
I've had no trouble doing this with smaller files, but some of the larger files prove difficult: When I load a 700MB file and begin to scroll through the show in the "cut-edit" window, the program becomes non-responsive and I have to kill it. Is there a solution to this?
I suspect it has something to do with rendering thumbnails in the timeline, but I'm probably totally wrong.
I'm on a Windows Vista Home Premium laptop with 2GB of RAM.
Incidentally, we plan also to use Xpress to reduce the size of very large (4GB) video files to something more manageable.... I hope this is the right tool!
For large/HD files, the faster your processor, the better. More RAM wouldn't hurt either.
Navigating clips that are large can be a bit slower. Sometimes you can fast-forward through clips faster than it can render the thumbnails and when that happens, it tends to slow things down. Just be patient and the program usually catches up.
Personally, I think 4.0 XPress is great for converting video to better compressed formats such as DivX and MPEG-4.
When I converted an AVI file to MPEG and burned it to a DVD using Windows DVD Maker, the sound and video get progressively out of sync. Any idea why this is? I was thinking that setting it to "MPEG for DVD" was wrong and that I should set it to "MPEG file".
Check to see if it is out of sync before you output the file. I think there is a bug where the audio can become out of sync when an imported file uses the DirectShow reader.