Hi
I want to convert an uncompressed avi at 720p (1280x 720) into an mp4 file but I can't, the maximum size it'll let me is 720x576. is there a way to do this in tmpgEnc 4.0 express?
thanks
Fabrice

When selecting your output format, there's a drop-down menu to select between ISO MPEG-4 and MPEG-4 AVC. Select MPEG-4 AVC and you'll be able to choose HD resolutions in the settings screen.

I have an AVC1/H264 mp4, with AAC audio, I've tried converting to MPG2 (DVD) format. The output is purple... I can barely see video. Audio is fine.
I've tried checking & unchecking the mp4 file reader, as well as the avchd reader.
I keep getting the same purple output.
The source video plays in any player (wmp, mpc, zoom, gom, etc.), so the source is fine.
What am I missing? Is there a way to get TX4 to use CoreAVC to read the file?
Any ideas?
Thanks!!

By the way, I was able to convert the source to DVD with ConvertX, but would prefer using TX4.

Can anyone tell me why the subtitles setting is set to subs1 all the time.
When i press subs 2 and then restart the player again it goes to 1
Also if i put default none subs does it mean that if i put subs 1 on it wont show?
Cheers

when i try to create a blu-ray disc from a over the air capture in mpeg-2 ts format author works 4 crashes unless i allow it to render the file first then it works but this takes over 8 hours when i authour a dvd it does not require to render the video so i can create the dvd in a matter of 10 minutes or so
any idea why it want to re-encode the video for blu-ray?

I have a large HiDef file I want to edit with XPress (AVCHD format; m2ts extension). I can load it into XPress OK and edit out adverts OK.

But then I only want to resave the file IN THE SAME FORMAT without conversion or re-encoding - only minus the cuts I have made. Is this possible? If so, how?

I don't see any template to output the file in the same format as the input format?

Thx
NigelS

There's no AVCHD output so no, it's not possible. Even if there were an AVCHD output, it would still re-encode everything...at least, that's what happens if you take a DivX file and output as a DivX file for example.
Conversion is its main purpose after all, not editing.

Yes, it is mainly for conversion, but it does have a really nice setting of editing tools that make editing out TV ads really easy.

you can do it to the extension , by select either hd or bluray output, select the mpeg output on the right which will bring up a new settings (if you then look on the left colum you will have 2 selections, the top one is the main default so right click and delete)

then its a case of messing with the settings

it will still encode slightly becuase of the cuts to the file.

As per title...

can You 'smart render' AVCHD' and output to a folder (not a BD disk)?

Don't think so...my AVCHD footage is set to full-render by default, which means smart rendering can't be applied. Most likely it is because AVCHD uses MPEG-4 AVC/H.264. Smart rendering will only be applied to MPEG-2 video for BD output.

Thanks for the confirmation.

I think AVCHD was just an after thought with Author Works 4.

Can't understand why there is so much emphasis on BD output when AVHCHD to <ANY OTHER MEDIA> is quite standard now with domestic hd camcorders.

Author Works is way behind it's competitors as far as AVCHD is concerned.

I think it's more the limitation of their smart rendering engine being limited to MPEG-2/DivX. I think that's why they don't have H.264 Blu-ray output.

Remember that using smart rendering depends on your output format. You can output your AVCHD as a DVD or DivX but it won't be smart rendered (even if their engine supported H.264) since H.264 is not compliant with the DVD-Video or DivX Ultra format--it would have to re-encode it regardless.

I think they only mention blu-ray and AVCHD together because they figure if you wanted to shoot something in HD then you'd most likely want to keep the HD quality. You can output your AVCHD as a DVD or DivX (and not burn) but it would never be smart rendered.

I have a JVC Everio HD300 (AVCHD) camcorder,i am annoyed with the MTS files, for they counldn't be edit on Adobe Premiere but now i found out a fastest and easiest way to solve it-just use a professional HD Video converter which can convert MTS/TOD/MOD to wmv, mov, mp4, avi, etc. without any problem.The software seems to do a decent job. I've had good results converting the .mts files to .mov, with the settings mpeg2, 1200, 1280*720, 25fps, aac. The files look good on my PC running Adobe Premiere, edit easily, and convert well to DVD format.
http://www.pavtube.com/hd-video-converter/

I would like to ask if i import a vob which doesn't need to be re encoded and in the cut edit timeline cut some parts ,is it going to re encode the vob (since i have trimmed it)?

If it doesn't need to be re-encoded, then it won't re-encode the whole thing, it will only re-encode the few frames around the area you cut.

I would like to ask if i import a vob which doesn't need to be re encoded and in the cut edit timeline cut some parts ,is it going to re encode the vob (since i have trimmed it)?

Why the enable nvidia cuda setting does not work on the program?

i also clicked on the correct the performance optimization at next launch and nothing happens....when i'm converting... the cuda percentage is at 0,0%....

it is better convert using the hardware video decoder setting?

Can someone give me the details for putting the cuda working on the conversion?

If you're just doing a straight conversion, I don't think CUDA will be utilized. It's used when you are applying filters mostly.

cuda only wrks when you are using the filters, specifically strong filters such as the video noise reduciton

New updated available. Big addition is wtv input support. See revision history here:

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tme3_rireki.html

It would be great if there was a pause button for the batch encode tool in tmpgenc express.

Thanks

I think hitting the abort button on the active project will pause it. Then click on "No" to resume. Elapsed time will continue to increase, but the actual processing will be paused.

I think what you are talking about is in Tmpgenc eXpress itself. Im talking about the batch encode tool, its almost a completely different program. If you have the cpu meter on your gadgets in win7 you can tell that all cores are running while encoding. Theres nothing i can do, like putting the cpus on idle, to make the cores release like in the physical tmpgenc express programs does when you click abort.

No, I'm talking about the batch tool that you can access from the Windows start menu (Start menu--> All Programs --> TMPGEnc --> TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress --> Batch Encode Tool).

When clicking on abort, all CPU activity goes to 0% until you resume.
http://i50.tinypic.com/s58bxc.png

You are right, thank you! Im thinking maybe i didnt give it enough time to show me the cpus decreasing. Im sometimes impatient, lol who am I kidding, im impatient most of the time. Thanks for the help.

ps There should still be a pause button lol but im content with i got for now

Google the SysInternals utility Process Explorer. (www.sysinternals.com)
After it's opened up, right click on the process and select "Suspend".
Select "Restore" to continue.
This used to drive me nuts also until I found this freebee.
Works perfectly for me!

I want to ask is there a way to copy dvd9 into 2 dvd-5 but preserving the menu and
add a text "PLEASE INSERT DISC 2" or "please insert 1".I have tested few different programs but no one them have the text at end.
Thank you very much.

There's no way to import a menu from a DVD into this program so no, it's not possible.