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I'm importing wtv files (from a BBC HD channel) and TMPGENC refuses to recognose the audio track. Works fine with standard def files but with HD nothing. These are bog standard recordings from Windows Media Center so I'm not sure what the issue is. The original files play fine in WMC and in WMP.
In the next version to release could you add to the clipping process the ability to realign the subtitles in the subtitle editor automatically. I haven't had any problem moving them with the "shift start time" feature but I have to calculate the amount of video I clipped and the range to shift. It would save me a lot of steps if it was automatic.
In the next version to release could you fix the subtitle editor so subtitles that are centered would center all lines that either wrap around or are added using the ENTER key. Currently, the longest line is centered and all others are left aligned to the start position of the longest one.
Has anyone had any luck using VMW5 with HDV-encoded QuickTime Reference files?
My main workflow is to capture and edit in HDV on Avid Media Composer 5.5. The sequences are then exported as QuickTime Reference Files referring to a mix of HDV and DNxHD clips which are then decoded by QuickTime using the Calibrated{Q} XD Decode decoder plug-in (and the Avid DNxHD codec).
This works perfectly on Xpress 4 but is a total mess on VMW5. The playback on the Cut-Edit screen is just of a black screen or a horribly flickery one and the output from various encoders looks exactly the same.
I'm in a bit of a fix since I (stupidly) surrendered my Xpress 4 license in the upgrade and am left without any rights to a working encoder so any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
At 5.5 it's not possible to have HDV QT refs.
How have you managed something like that.
This future has been eliminated because it was problematic on the MAC side of MC.
I'm not sure I understand you: HDV/Long GOP exports to Quicktime Reference have been in MC since one of the 5.0 point releases (5.0.3?) and continue to work perfectly in 5.5. You will need a third-party decoder to play the files though - hence the need for Calibrated{Q} XD Decode. I believe that if you're on a Mac (I am not), you can use the HDV decoder installed with Final Cut.
Anyway, back to VMW5: support has confirmed that there is a problem with the Quicktime 7 reader component but have no ETA on a fix.
So - if you're using HDV Quicktime Reference files and you're upgrading:
*** DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR XPRESS 4 LICENSE WHEN UPGRADING TO VIDEO MASTERING WORKS 5 ***
Pegasys will not re-enable your Xpress 4 license - even if you offer to pay for it - I have asked.
I would like to save some space from my DVDs library. My idea is to create a Blu-Ray from some DVDs with menu (re)creation.
I would like to create a blu-ray with, for example, 7 movie, a top-menu and a menu of each movie (to choose audio language and subtitle language), obviuosly without recompress audio and video track (I want to create a MPEG-2 720x576i 25fps blu-ray).
I done following steps:
1) Extracted and demuxed movie (audio, video and subtitle track) from each DVD
2) Extracted background image from each DVD for background menu image
I tried to create a blu-ray from these files with Adobe Encore 5 (with success) but this program it's very memory hungry and entire process it's very slow.
Should be possible since DVD-Video is BD compliant. This will cause smart rendering to kick in and output should be pretty fast since your DVD video won't be re-encoded.
I recently purchased TAW4 and love it, after using DVD Author 1.6 for so many years this is like a major upgrade in every sense of the word.
My question is, I know I can add the free templates from the English TAW4 website and purchased ones, but I notice if you change the language on the website to the lower one, which is Japanese and goto the TAW4 section more than templates is available for download, including Buttons, Backgrounds, and Frames, but these upon installing places the files in the right directories, but on running TAW4 none of the Japanese Buttons, Backgrounds or Frames show.
Is there anyway to have these free downloads work for the English version of the TAW4, or can we download working copy of these for our version??
I know others want to know this as well.
TY, great program BTW
I don't think it's possible. Each language version has it's own templates, buttons, etc. and I don't think you can mix them with other language versions.
Hi,
using authoring works since v3.0 and now v4.0
I wish to have an option in menu layout to make "track icons" same size.
I often change preview icon sizes and use same template file in several projects. But whenever i have different number of tracks, the icons comes in different sizes (default and custom). If i had an option to make them all same size as "equalize horizontal distance", it would same me a lot of time.
You can already do this by selecting all of the icons and then resizing with the handles or by inputting specific dimensions.
Select multiple icons with ctrl + click.
Once selected, resize as you normally would, and all selected icons will resize at the same time.
To apply the settings of one track page to all track pages, first go to the alter track page.
Then, click on the "Edit menu" button and select "Copy the menu item layout to another page". You can then select all the other track pages in your project and they will then have the same icon size and layout.
If I have a pre-existing video in a lower bitrate (e.g., 3 mb/s?) and I'd like to do anything I can to improve it. Will encoding to a higher bitrate (e.g., 5 mb/s) provide any value at all, or will I just have a larger file of the same quality? I realize detail can't be added back in once it has been removed. But...
At the lower bitrate I am seeing quite a bit of artifacting, especially in motion. If I understand correctly, encoding to a higher bitrate will contain less partial frames. So even though it is basically the same image there is less processing?
My gut says no possible improvement at all, but I thought I'd just throwing it out there to make sure.
I record a lot of football games for my "archive" and want to edit them and add transitions between each "cut" - but HOW?!
When I open a clip (.ts-format) and start cutting it in edit clip > cut-edit I end up with say seven pieces on the left of the screen numbered #01, #02 etc. But when exiting I still only have one clip and can't make any transitions.
Do I have to do this in timeline mode (which just seems like a hassle to me) or can I edit my clip, make it appear in "pieces" and just add transitions and then save?
Also, I've been having problems with the audio in my clips. When I edit a file and render it (format doesn't matter) the audio goes silent after 3 minutes in the finished version.
It sounds like you are only adding keyframes. You need to split the clip into separate pieces; use the split clip button to set where the clip should be split. Once you click the "OK" button to leave the cut-editor, you will be asked which parts you want to keep -- just select to keep all parts. Once you are back in the source stage, you will see your clip is separate pieces and can then add transitions between them.
No idea what the cause of your audio problems could be. Is there any corruption at the 3 minute mark?