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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)?
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. :-)
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).
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?
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>my system specs: W7 Pro, i7-920 quad, 12GB OCZ RAM, ATi Radeon HD4870 1GB
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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.
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.
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?
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
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.
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:
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
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?
I have just purchased Video Mastering Works 5 because I wanted to be able to open and edit MKV files. I tried to open a 720p with size of 4.5 gig. Even after waiting up to 15 minutes, this file will not open and only thing shown is an hour glass. This file does however open and play fine from within VLC.
What type of video and audio streams are in the mkv file? Not all mkv files are alike. MKV is a containter format so the actual video and audio formats within can be pretty much anything.
The fact that you can open it with VLC doesn't mean much since it uses it's own codecs. Try opening the .mkv file in Windows Media Player. If you can't, then you might need the proper codecs. Use a program like MediaInfo to figure out what type of streams you have.
>Well, now you can output in the mkv format (though the streams are limited to certain formats) so I think that's a big part of it.
Right now I run the mp4 through mkvmerge to get my mkv, and maybe pick up a srt and AC3/DTS on the way. Is direct mkv output a nice feature? I suppose. Is this enough to make me pay $60 to upgrade from my TE4? Not really. Especially when Quick Sync isn't working right.
>Right now I run the mp4 through mkvmerge to get my mkv, and maybe pick up a srt and AC3/DTS on the way. Is direct mkv output a nice feature? I suppose. Is this enough to make me pay $60 to upgrade from my TE4? Not really. Especially when Quick Sync isn't working right.
I don't think mkv is really being made into a big deal; at least, I don't get that feeling. A lot of people wanted it though, so those people are talking about it. It's really up to you if you think it's worth it or not. I personally could care less about mkv and quick sync. For me, the timeline editing mode is the best improvement.
Well QuickSync is a major new feature of Sandy Bridge CPUs. Encoding speed supposedly blows everything else out of the water if you're willing to trade a little quality for it. Those of us who have the new i7 are naturally itching to use it. If you don't have the new i7, or are in the AMD camp, then it probably doesn't mean anything to you.
hi there, i tried the tmpgenc 5 demo and seems great so far, but notice one problem.
i have dual vga cards setup, ati 5850 (main) with nvidia 9600gt for physx and cuda stuff.
in tmpgenc 4, the software detect cuda and my 9600 card and woks well..
but in tmpgenc 5, it can't detect my 9600 card.i just got msg says i don't have cuda 2.3. although tmpgenc 4 detects it well.
Hi Folks: I have been a long time TMPGENC Express 4 user. I have loved most of thier products and generally upgrade cause the newer features are always a great addtion. I bought the full edition yesteday and the Timeline Edit feature either needs a lot of improvements or I am just not getting it and a HELP video or guide will be very much appreciated. I must say I had high expectations of the edit timeline as I have used Adobe premiere and was hoping to at least get 1/4th the functionality but am finding that its lacking in many ways. any help appreciated
1. Editing a clip to add something in between a clip.. ie: If a clip was A...B...C, I want to remove B and replace it with X. This is a simple edit function. Only way I have found in the TVMW 5 is you double click the clip which pops up the old edit window. You delete A & C to create a B. Save B. Cut B &C - save A. then cut A & B - save C. Then in the main window you attach the A X & C. This to me is not cut/paste in a timeline. Am I missing something?
2. Filters - Ok the filter screen is still in the old TMGENC EXPRESS 4 where you apply a FIlter to the full clip. I tried that with the Zoom control but zoom does not give you any options to change anything - So is there a way to control aspects of what you are zooming?
3. Timeline Window - I could not find any way of chaning the Time scale. ie: Setting the scale to 1sec instead of 5 sec etc. I am assuming this is not a feature.
Looks like the Timeline tool only helps you do 1 thing.. attach clips to the end or to the front and view them in a timeline view. Thats it. Remember the old TMPGENC Express could do that without viewing it in a timeline. I would like to see a Help file for the TIMELINE edit funtionality to see what I can do with it except add clips to the end or start of another clip
There is a help file, it is in Options-->Help. Or just press F1 and it should go to the help section of whatever window you're in.
There's plenty of things you can do in timeline mode that you can't in normal mode. Animation for one thing. You can also layer videos one on top of the other to create picture-in-picture effects or just use layering to make watermarks. You can also resize and rotate your video. Also, there are timeline filters that are applied to all layers of the timeline in addition to clip specific filters.
1. Why do you need to create B if you want to remove it? Just use the split clip function and set a split clip point at the beginning and end of B. It will ask which parts of the clip you want to keep--keep A and C which will probably be the same color (marked yellow or blue). You'll then have two clips, A and C, then put X between them.
2. I'm assuming you're talking about the zoom filter for slideshows since there's no regular filter called Zoom. If the zoom is applied via the global slideshow settings, then you can't control where it zooms in/out since that is more of an automatic setting. However, if you apply the zoom individually to each image, you can set the point where it will zoom-in/out.
3. There is a slider on the left side above the layers to increase the zoom of the timeline so you can look at it at different scales.
TKrave, Thanks a LOT!!! for your help. The HELP FILE YOU MENTION by typing F1 is PHENOMENAL!. Great job on the help file with all the pictures. You really don't need anything else.
Overall, I could help myself with All the answers & thanks to your help, I found out how to do it. Thanks once again. Really appreciate it. I think everyone should read the HELP file before posting cause its really well done.
My owns answers including responses to what you had
1. Editing A - B - C - removing B and replacing with X - I did not know how to use the SPLIT tool. Ie - first create keyframes in the edit tool, then exit then tmpgenc asks you do you want to split the clip - WOW!!! - This is great. Then it puts the 3 clips in the EDIT Window and then you can move it to different layers at you fill like it--- This is almost the same functionality at Adobe Premiere!. Kudos to TMPGENC for giving us this at this price point
2. I was thinking of picture RESIZE filter but read up the excellent HELP file and its intended for another reason. So Its not really what I wanted. If TMPGENC were to offer a "PAN AND ZOOM" video filter in the future - I will buy it :-). I am addicted to the PAN and ZOOM filter in Premiere and cannot live without it.
3. Found the slider and works like a CHAMP.
All I can say is TMGENC VM works 5.0 is a MUST HAVE for anyone who uses Express 4.0. Wow! - this is phenomenal and I can retire my 4 year old Adobe premiere.
You can actually do a pan and zoom effect with the animation feature. Set your key points in the animation timeline, and at those key points, position and resize your video as necessary. The program will animate the clip to zoom-in/out and pan according to those key points. You can also do rotation at the same time if you need to!
Hi tkrave, once again. You are my hero. The Animation you mention is very powerful indeed. 100times better than the pan and zoom. You can set a lot of animation points on the video and do whatever you want. amazing. Thanks again for pointing out this brilliant feature. Now I am off to some serious video editing. Thanks, Andi
Hi - Animation as pan-zoom update- Have been using the Animation feature for last few weeks and it is powerful indeed - however its a lot of work to get "PAN n ZOOM" or "IMAGE PAN" to look smooth. The "PAN n ZOOM" or "IMAGE PAN" feature in premiere creates a smooth panning & zooming video which looks and feels like a camera zoom. With animation - even if you put a lot of animation points, the pan and zoom looks jittery - ie: Video jumps from animation pt to animation pt. Not sure if there is a solution to create smooth animation effects but I think having a Pan-n-zoom or Image pan filter would be great so you dont have to create 100 animation pts. Cheers, Andi
Yeah, you really need to make as few key points as possible for smooth movement. If possible, keep it to two states per clip (starting state and end state).