I hope somebody here can help me out. I've got an m2v file which I am trying to turn into a DVD. I am also trying to include 2 audio tracks - 1 lpcm, 1 AC3. Here are the bitrates they are encoded in (according to mediainfo):

m2v - 7243 Kbps (9800 Kbps)
lpcm - 1536 Kbps, 48.0 KHz
AC3 - 448 Kbps, 48.0 KHz

I am making a DVD-9.

Here's the problem: With these 3 files loaded into DVD Author 3, here is the warning I get when trying to iutput the DVD:

"The clip's total bitrate is too high for a DVD-Video.
The Clip current total bitrate is 11784 Kb/s. However, in a DVD-Video the clip total bitrate should be lower than 9848 Kb/s.
If you ignore the alerts the DVD_Video you build will not conform to the DVD_Video standard. Do you wish to continue anyway?"

This makes no sense to me. I have used 2 different bitrate calculators to come up with the recommended bitrate for the video file, taking into consideration the total bitrate of both audio files. One recommended 7550 Kbps maximum bitrate for the video and the other recommended 7768 Kbps max, so I went with 7600 max bit rate. If you add the video and audio bitrates I listed above together, you will get 9227 Kbps.

So why is DVD Author 3 telling me the total is 11784 Kbps? That's what you get if you add the 9800 bitrate displayed in mediainfo in parentheses with both audio tracks. But it shouldn't be doing that should it? Gspot lists the m2v video bitrate as 7552 Kbps. So add 7552(m2v) + 1536(lpcm) + 448(AC3), and you get 9576 Kbps, still under the 9848 Kbps max that DVD Author 3 mentions.

So should I just completely ignore the warning and still make the DVD anyways? Why does mediainfo list 9800 Kbps in parentheses if it says the bitrate is 7243 Kpbs? Any advice would be much appreciated.

I would just make the dvd anyway and ignore the warning.

I have a source that is 854 x 480 which I converted to an NTSC DVD compliant MPEG (720 x 480) with 16:9 aspect ratio. I then used that MPEG file as the source file and authored a 16x9 format DVD using TDA3. What I notice when viewing the DVD on a widescreen 16x9 TV is that it fills the screen with no black borders, and a little bit of the original content is cropped from each side and the top and bottom with no visible aspect ratio distortion. My question is how does it go from an 854x480 to 720x480 without any aspect ratio distortion or black borders? Thanks.

854x480 is pretty much 16:9 (not exactly perfect, but close enough).

You'll also notice that 720x480 is NOT 16:9.

What the DVD-Video format does is it applies different pixel aspect ratios depending on the format of the video (widescreen vs. 4:3). So for a widescreen video, it's actually stretching the pixels to the 16:9 ratio, and conversely squashing the pixels if the video is 4:3.

So this results in an image that should look 16:9 even though the actual pixel dimensions are not. Since your original video was 16:9 and not wider, it does not require black bars to be added when viewed on a 16:9 TV/monitor.

Thanks tkrave for the great explanation.

I have created & burned DVD-TV disc - for 16:9 HD.

Tech. info:
1.Videos were created from Photodex Producer as HD-1080i - MPEG-2 Video
2.The is was runt hru XPRESS 4.0 with several Filters output was MPEG-2, interlaced, 1440x816, frame rate: 29.97
3.These files were inserted into Authoring 4 - and Menu was created.

Tested several different settings, came up with one, which LOOK GREAT on TV (16:9 - HD flat screen) and DVD-player (very geneneric) at home.
Photos were sharp, colors same as on photographs, details were good - no pixelation.
(It look good on both Menus & the photo/slides)

Burned the DVD, thourougly checked it several times - it played also well on computers.

MAILED it TO CLIENT ... he called yesterday - result on his Office TV was a DISASTER !!! - Blurred photos, colors distorted toward yellow, details blending into patches, even the Menu was blurred ...

QUESTION #1:
WHY it is playing so good on one TV with DVD player - on so horrible on other??

Question #2:
HOW to find some "generic" settings ??

Thanks in advance for any advice on this problem.

Alexandra

Can your client try it on some other TV? I don't see how it can play well on your TV and computer but not display properly on their TV. The only thing I can think of is that their DVD player is not decoding the video properly.

Did you change any track settings in Authoring Works 4? By default, the settings are pretty standard/generic so there shouldn't be any problems with the settings as long as they weren't changed.

Thank you very much for your reply.

My client said, he will try it on more DVD & TV at home.
(He said, he's got about 6 (six) (!!!) of them there...)'

As for your quote: "I don't see how it can play well on your TV and computer but not display properly on their TV. " ... that was my assumption, that once it will play on our ($25- 1 year old) DVD player - it will play without problem anywhere else.

As for "settings" - I'm very much novice to any tranfer from: "Computer-to-TV" jargon or terminology.

I did about 25 different settings (about 25 hours - 3 days) ... (well documented on paper, especialy ones, they did NOT work....) - untill I've got one setting , which worked well on OUR TV/DVD PLAYER.

I'm baffled and confused .... Is this MY problem,(some sttings not done properly ... is this CLIENT problem - something changed on HIS TV/PLAYER ....

... until this will be sorted / solved / discovered "HOW & WHY" ...
regardless how my Slideshows/Photoshows are GREAT ...

I do not dare to approach another potential customer - for fear of getting same response / reaction again ...

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Are we getting ahead of ourselves, technology and computer capabilities ???

... I'm thinking of "poor Leonardo DaVinci" .. and his dreams of helicopter... Just 300 years too early ...

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Comfused & very greatfull for any responce or ideas:

Alexandra

Did you save this project? Can you open it up again in Authoring Works 4 and tell me what the track settings are?

To find out the track settings, go to the Source Stage and in the track list on the left side of the window, click on the "Settings" button for your track(s).
A new window should open. Click on the "Video" tab. If you've changed any of these settings, list what you've changed. Likewise for the "Audio" tab.

If you haven't changed anything, then the problem might be something else.

Thank you for your reply,
I'll check it out as you've suggested.

What type of connection is he using between the DVD player and the TV?

There is a very wide range of playback and display quality depending on the the players, the make and model of set, any upscaling implemented, and the type of connection (RF, composite, s-video, component, HDMI). What looks good on one combinationmay not look good on another. Also, folsk who have gotten used to HD material will fond SD material looks, well, poor. Viewing via a RF or composite connction is about the worst, especially if the color space pushes the limit of the TV standard.

I am trying to install the latest demo version
of TMPGend Authoring Works 4.

The installshield setup runs, then an error message
appears:

Error 1714. The older version of TMPGenc Authoring
Works 4 Trial Version cannot be removed. Contact
your technical support group.

Then the install wizard finishes.

I installed a demo version of TMPGenc a year or so ago,
and had removed it.

I have searched my computer for remnants of the program,
and removed them, but still the error message appears.

Can anyone please suggest a solution?

had the same problem
solution is download "windows installer cleanup utility" search google.
find tmpg references and delete them. 1714 is a windows installer error. not the program itself. now install should be fine.

>had the same problem
>solution is download "windows installer cleanup utility" search google.
>find tmpg references and delete them. 1714 is a windows installer error. not the program itself. now install should be fine.

this also worked for all the installation errors i was getting like
"wizard was interrupted", cannot install, invalid installer, cant find "tmpg..._.msi" no matter how many times i browsed for it and told it exactly where it was!...package corrupt, etc.

Hi all, I am trying to open movie files I have downloaded but it will not let me. The files are AVI's, or so it says.
I am using TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress version 4.7.4.299
I click on add file and then select my file and get the following.
The error message I am getting is
>Can not open video part of file C:\(file location and name).avi only the audio file can be opened.
When I click ok, nothing happens.
Why will it not open these files.

You most likely don't have the right codec for the video. Use a program like GSpot (http://gspot.headbands.com/) or MediaInfo (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en) to find out the proper codec.

Hello,

I'm having a problem burning the output files to DVD. When I open the Disc Writing Tool and select Write Disc I get he following error:

Invalid Parameter. (00000b1f)

If I take the output folder and burn it with Windows it works fine. Just having problems burning within TMPGEnc AW4.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dan

I'm using TMPGEnc 2.5 plus now, planning to upgrade to TMPGEnc XPress. SoI have tried the trial version but discovered that it can't accept the .vdr file frame served from VirtualDub.

Please advise.

Anyway to export subtitles to use with other software?
for example avi or mov with alpha channel so we can use it with motion graphics software like Adobe after effects??

thanks

I think you can only export subtitles you've created (either by typing them in manually or using a .srt file or something) then you can export them as an XML subtitle file (.xsubtitle) or a .subtitle file.

Thanks for the answer!
I can export (.xsubtitle) file but I need to convert it to (srt), tried different subtitle software but it seems (.xsubtitle) is not compatible with other programs.

Hi, I am wondering if this is normal.

When converting an mpg HD into another mpg HD or SD file, I see that only 40% of my Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz (OCed to 3.2GHz) is used. Core Temp says that only one of the 4 cores is used about 75%, but the other 3 cores are running really low like 24% utilization.

My question is is there anyway to use max out all 4 cores to get the conversion done more quickly? Can this program use only 1 or 2 cores unless you apply filters? ;s And it doesn't even max out one core? I already raised the priority from Task Manager, yet not even one core is hitting near 100%.

Another question is CUDA. After the above observation without CUDA, I turned on CUDA hardware encoding as I have the GeForce 9500GT. The GPU usage is only 30% or so according to GPU-Z. Why does it not fully use CUDA to do the conversion as quickly as possible? Is there anyway to make that happen?

Thank you.

I have a problem with TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4. I have dv avi movie file which I ripped from my camera (almost 16gb). I want to create DVD from this file but when I add avi dv file on TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 audio is very slow. This same with output DVD. Please help!

I must add that video is in normal speed, but only audio is slow. This same with created DVD - audio is slow too.

Please help!!! I can't wait anymore!!!

You should contact user support, because I don't think anyone here knows the cause. It might be a codec issue, but i'm not sure.

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

So, the feature I 've always wanted from a media manager is to be able to create shortcut files(that come with their own thumbnail when viewed within windows explorer) in a folder of my choice, out of the scenes/chapters that I set within a video clip , so that when i double click on them the video clip to which they reffer, opens, but in the specific time that the scene/chapter starts at.

This way you can create a library of such shortcut files and categorize them as well.
Example:
Lets say you re a big football fan and you have already used TMPG KARMA to set great goals moments in every match you have.
Lets now say you have a specific player that you admire and you want to only see his goals.
By performing a filtered search through your shortcut scene files you can easily retrieve and watch only the goals of your favourite player!

Thank you for taking the time to read my request and hopefully you 'll find it essential and innovative as I do!

The editor is a perfect environment to be able to edit a frame. Can you add the ability to touch-up a frame by importing it into Photoshop and then exporting it back. Many imperfections found in old movies could be removed with the advanced Photoshop tools, and on a pixel-by-pixel basis if need be.

The provided TMPGEnc filters are good, but they cannot repair a frame to this extent. Adding the Photoshop support would make this product an order of magnitude better as an editing/encoding tool.

I think it is a natural fit. I hope you do too.