I have recorded a DVB-T program with Freeview TV card
Unfortunaly this File has a long GOP (18 Frames)
as PAL DVD standard is only 15 frame this will not drop onto a DVD without some reencoding.

if the Keyframes are at 0,18,36,54,72,
Can TMPGE DVD smart render shorten the GOP's an render new Keyframes at 9,27,45,63
this resulting in a Pal DVD compatable file with GOP's of 9 (0,9,18,27,36 etc)

Hodgy..

When I change the default colour sets for the highlights in the menu editor, it does not apply the new colour set to the button even though I have selected to change the individual button's colour set. Is there a way around this is at the moment I am stuck with the default yellow, white and red colours?

Thanks

Did you change the default highlight sets in the Global menu settings? I am able to change the highlight colors just fine.

I set colors in global menu settings (the only place to change colors and opacity of highlight in fact) and got the same problem as kdw, it doesn't work.

I am interested in Authoring Works 4, but I'm curious about the subbing capabilites for BD authoring. What formats can it import? Can it import pictures based subs extracted from DVD and author to BD?

Can it import SSA? Or is it SRT only?

I can import .srt and .subtitle only. It can extract subs from a DVD, but you won't be able to edit them (since they're pictures). You should be able to use them on a BD project, but obviously they won't look as sharp.

Hello. I'm a longtime user of TMPGEnc, and it's always been completely bulletproof. However, this weekend I upgraded my Quicktime Pro to 7.5.5 and now when I select Quicktime as an output format in TMPGEnc 4xp, I get the following error:

An error occured during the file output initialization. (-2147450879)

This happens as soon as I select Quicktime and try to move to the next step. I don't even have a chance to pick codecs or parameters.

I've unistalled/reinstalled QT, and I've uninstalled/reinstalled TMPGenc. Does anybody have any other ideas what might have gotten buggered up? I can't work without my TMPGEnc. I use it all the time.

Thanks in advance.

Chris

Try opening QuickTime Player, then go to Edit-->Preferences-->QuickTime Preferences-->Advanced tab. Then make sure "Enable encoding using legacy codecs" is checked.

I'm also using QuickTime ver. 7.5.5 and I'm able to select and use QuickTime as an output in 4.0 XPress, so hopefully the above solution works for you.

Hi guyz......
i need some help..
1-can i import subtitle in (image) format?

2-i wana add same some title whole clips any option in tmpeg author 3.0 import and apply in whole clips in same time? ( like a tmpg encoder group filter)

hope u guyz help me soon
thanks in advance


Regards
raza
kuchkahoo4raza@yahoo.com

1) i downloaded trail version but after conversition in the screen for every 5 minitues ''TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress'' lable is displaying on the screen. this will makes us uncomfortable.
is there any option without displaying this banner information on the screen.

2) secondly, i would like to go licenced version TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. so what is the MAJOR diffrerence between trail version and licenced version? and how much its cost? please let me know details

3) is there any best software with you which can convert .mod files TO mpeg format? please let me know the clear details.

well it does state that the trail version will contains the label on it.

and getting a fully licensed version, i believe gives you unlimted support (as you need to give over your details when contacting them) plus you can gain updates which you cant with a trail version., plus gain updates of other templates etc...or is that with their dvd athouring lol

ok mod file exntesnion is simply mpeg-2 video format.

so i woudl say any tmpgenc product can deal with this

could you please tell detail "ok mod file exntesnion is simply mpeg-2 video format" what does it means?

do i need not convert to .mod file to play in cd player or do i need to convert? pls clarify?

wow a cd player

well you will need to convert to a KVCD if you wish to play video file if your player is that old, and kvcd is mpeg-1 complaince format.

mpeg-2 is normal dvd famiyl structure.

you need to tell us what you aim to play your end project with etc

Hi all,
maybe I'm blind, but I'm trying to create a concert DVD with a top and a track menu and like to have the Play All button selected as a default when the top menu is displayed.
Whatever I try (ordering, position) the Track Menu button always becomes active first.
Any Idea?

Unfortunately, that's not possible...at least with Authoring Works 4. It might be possible by altering the output file with another program, but I'm not very knowledgeable about such things.

The output process has so far taken 5 hours 33 minutes and shows that it will take another hour and 16 minutes.All this for a movie that has a running time of 90 minutes?What the hell?It's not supposed to take this long is it?

What format are you outputting it to? What are your track settings? What are your computer specs? What format is the source file?

There are a lot of variables that can affect the output time. Full encoding is usually not in realtime or a 1:1 scale. In other words, don't expect to encode a 90 minute movie in 90 minutes.

The only time output will be super fast is when the source files are already compliant with your output format.

The format was originally AVI and 4:3.Before authouring,I used Mediacoder to transcode(is that the correct term?re-encode?)to mpeg2.
I outputted it to NTSC 16:9 onto a single layer DVD.

So you re-encoded it with Mediacoder to MPEG-2, then used Authoring Works 4 to output as 16:9 NTSC?

Changing the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 will cause Authoring Works to do a full re-encode, which is why it is taking so long. If you output your the track as 4:3 it should output much quicker (assuming it is DVD-compliant).

For the most part, transcoding = re-encoding, but with TMPGEnc authoring software, transcoding means something slightly different. They use it to shrink your content to fit a certain file size (i.e. shrinking a 6GB video to fit on a single layer DVD). It's not exactly re-encoding the video, but instead applies filters to shrink the video somehow. I don't know how it works, but that's what I was told by support.

This raises another question I was wondering.Should I just leave it at 4:3 everytime?I noticed that one of the DVDs I outputted to 16:9 when played back on my 16:9 big screen,does not take up the entire screen.There is just a bit of black around the image(and i don't mean letterboxed).

OK, since i hate vista and so do most of the world, i wish to know if tmpgenc plan on doing their dvd ahtouring and xpress to this os, and i ask this becuase im planning on using windows 7 x64 but will not if the software wont work on it.

As of version 4.6.2.266 it does not work on windows seven RC

Tried on my friend's computer, not mine as i don't use it. i use version 2 free

Hi, all, I recently purchased a new Dell w/ an I72.66, 6GB of RAM and Vista64. While encoding 1080P WMV videos w/ DTS sound I am only using around 45% of my CPU processing power, and the encodes take around 10 hours for a 2 hour movie. How can i set up TMPEG to take advantage of my full processing power?

Thanks
Shawn

make sure your cpu is not placed on limit in the bios, in otherwords some boards have a feature where it wont use half its power unless its needed, and this feature is anoyign as i had to turn mine off with my asus maxismus se formula since the cpu power just didnt arrive.

also make sure that the software and process of the software in task manager is set to high as this will kick the system into high gear for that software

Thx for the response Matt,

Tried bumping it in task maager and in TMPGEnc, no luck. Anyone have any information on Dell limiting the CPU power in the BIOS of the 435MT? I cant see to find any information about this.

Thanks Again,
Shawn

ill have a look at my bios see where it says it on mine, maybe that could helpyou out there.

i do hear though the dell have gone down quite badly in quality wise with their systems

which is a shame

This is not utilizing the full capacity of i7. It's got nothing to do with bios settings. Tmpgenc needs to address this with an update.

It might be one of the 2 or 3 common energy saving settings in your BIOS, but then again it could be the new Core i7 architecture. Try turning off C1E, EIST, T1, and T2 options in the BIOS. If you have hyperthreading enabled then my guess is that 4.0 Express isn't coded yet to do the hyperthreading correctly which would drop you to the 4 actual cores being used instead of the 8 virtual cores with hyperthreading. That would make a %45 CPU load make sense. The core I7 architecture is the first new intel CPU to have hyperthreading in 2 or 3 years, so maybe the software needs an update. I would think that TMPG would have been on this by now since Core i7 has been out since last year.

Also, 10 hours to encode a 2 hour movie in 1080p doesn't sound too horrible. I haven't put my i7 to the test yet, but my old quad core Q9300 could do a standard definition movie in about 2 hours and 1080p has about 4 to 6 times more information than standard definition. Even if you do get the extra 4 cores working through hyperthreading your encode times probably won't get cut in half.

I have de version 3.

When I join 2,3 tracks - 2 or 3 live concerts in one DVD, something strange happens.

Between some of the chapters that are imported to new DVD we can see some square pixels in the image, although the original track don't have them.

How can I solve this?

Thank you.

Luís

Whenever I make a MPEG-4 the final frame of the picture turns white.
Even when I tell TMPGEnc to fade the clip to black, it fades to black and then show a white frame. Does anyone know why this happens.
Thanks.