Everything goes smoothly in design and burn modes then I pop the disc in my player and it always freezes in the last 1 or 2 chapters. It will do the same thing in a computer. Any ideas?

does the project play back properly using a dvd player directly on your computer and not on disc. it is either a dvd burner failing or poor media if it does.

sorry about wording

it is either a dvd burner failing or poor media if it plays ok on the computer player directly from the actual files on you hard drive and not with the DVD disc.

I have recorded a number of radio programs from Freeview using the Microsoft TV recorder in Vista Media Center.

The files contain no video, just audio.

I would like to convert the files to WAV but when I import them into TmpGenC Xpress 4, I get an error telling me there is no video and it ignores the file.

Well I already know this because it was a radio channel I recorded (even though VMC wrote the output as a TV file); is there any way I can process this file? I know you can do video without audio but not the other way round.

Thanks

You can create audio with xpress4 just simply add a image file then at Clip properties in the audio stream you will see that is empty, click the "Browse" button and add your WAV file.
At format stage choose your whished format and proceed to encode.
Its done your audio file should be encoded.

good luck

I own a Panasonic Lumix FX-520 digital camera that shoots progressive QT Motion JPEG 30fps video and never had a problem converting the footage to WMV.

But now, I upgraded to a Panasonic Lumix LX-3 digital camera that shoots progressive QT Motion JPEG 24fps, and all my videos are jerky when converted in TMPG 4.0 Xpress, no matter the frame rate I try to choose and settings! :(

TMPG 4.0 Xpress simply does not read or render 24fps Video properly.

I guess the jerky problem is many times related with the framerate or
when the original size is stretched, so it must be chose the
suitable settings.

I recomend you to record in other setting and try.

good luck

Try setting your footage to 23.976 fps instead of 24

I have 2 projects saved as .tda3 files. Is it possible to combine these into a single project?

Im afraid this is not possible but they may be hear your voice and do somthing about it.

good luck

I would like to use music in my Itunes library for background audio on a slideshow I'm making in DVD Author 2.0 and it won't recognize the format. Any suggestions? Thanks!

>I would like to use music in my Itunes library for background audio on a slideshow I'm making in DVD Author 2.0 and it won't recognize the format. Any suggestions? Thanks!go site:dvdorderonline

Aniosoft iTunes Assistant can convert APE format to MP3 and add it to iTunes library automatically.Also it support convert WAV files and CUE.It can add all files from a folder, and auto create a playlist in iTunes Library.It can clear invalid tracks.

http://www.mustsoftware.com/Aniosoft-iTunes-Assistant--guide.html

Does the Link Editor in Menu creation do anything apart from just show you what will happen if you press the arrow keys.
My menu layout is such that pressing right or left goes to the wrong items, and I would like to fix this without having to redo my layout so that it works.
Experimented with all sorts of combinations of clicks, click-and-drag, right-click etc, but it eith removes the arrows or displays a popup menu.

Nigel

Like you, I was puzzled by the Link Editor at first. I have since learned through a lot of experimentation that you can drag the arrows around so that they point to a different item. I forget exactly how (I'm at work now) but I do recall that there are 3-4 small boxes attached to the outline of each link...one on top and bottom, and one on each of the sides (or at least one of the sides). Think of these boxes as representing the associated arrow key (ie. the one on top represents the up arrow key) and where the arrow attached to that box points to, will dictate what happens when you press that arrow key. I am pretty sure that if you click and drag the box this will allow you move the arrow to another item. Again, I am at work without access to the program, but this should give you some ideas on what else you can try. Good luck.

I want to make or save a project but I want TMPGEnc4xp to start and finish the 1st project then automatically start the 2nd project until done then start the 3rd.

Is this set up possible?

How can I set or configure it to work this way?

Please help.

Thanks.

Its possible!, you must import your project files at the "Batch encode tool" which is at the Start stage of the sfotware.

good luck

I just registered my serial for TMPGenc on the site. (https://secure.pegasys-inc.com/regist/reg_product.php)

And it's showing me the latest version as 2.524.63.181.

Yet when I look on http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/download.html I see the latest (free/crippled) version at 2.525.64.184.

What am I missing here?

For example: http://mark.christopher.casey.googlepages.com/tmpgenc.png

You're not missing anything. Basically if you're honest and pay for the software they give you the 4 year old version, while the free version is actually kept up to date.

Here's the email I got when I asked about this:

"Free version and Retail version are different, the Retail latest version
is 2.524.63.181, and the Free version is 2.525.64.184, so if you want to
use the Free version just download and install it.
Basically this Free version 2.525.64.184 is just the same as Retail
version."

Um, the free version only allows MPEG-2 for 30 days then cripples it to MPEG-1, nice try though.

You would think a company selling software would actually make updates for their paid software, but I guess they'd rather screw around paying customers.

Of course there's a difference between the free and paid versions; why else would one be free and the other not?

They're trying to say that ultimately they are the same, but the free one only allows MPEG-2 output for 30 days. If you want MPEG-2 output for more than 30 days, then you have to buy the 2.5 Plus version. There are licensing fees attached to the MPEG-2 format, which is why you have to pay for it.

The free version was updated to include banner ads, otherwise, it's the same as it was in the prior version. Since the paid version does not need banner ads, it wasn't updated.

Yes, this software is old, but people still use it and so they probably want to keep the paid version around in case people want the MPEG-2 output.

No one is forcing you to buy it, and you can always buy their newer software like TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress.

I used iMovie to capture my videos from my DV Handycam. They are all in *.dv format on my Mac. I want to use these on my Windows pc with TmpgEnc Xpress 4.*.*.

TmpgEnc will not see these files. How can I convert these so TmpgEnc can import them?

I guess you should look in video forums or something else because its for shure that xpress4 still does not support *.dv format.

good luck

Hi, I have a Sony HDR-SR11 camera and capture videos with 4:3 ratio, it records in 640x480 which you can see when you download the MPEG 2 files onto the computer. However, every video editing software I can tell (including TMPGEnc) sees it as 720x480?

I want to convert it to 640x480 AVC (H.264) format. I have played with all the settings I can think of and there's no way to keep it as 640x480 into that format! If I set the output to pixel 1:1 then it's got 5px black bars on the top and bottom. The best solution I have now is to use 640x470 and then there are no black bars, but the video is a little squished.

Does anyone know why it won't just convert the resolution to be the same?
Thanks!
Ryan

Try to re-input your "pixel 1:1 then it's got 5px black bars", than try this:

For widescreen DVD's, it's not the number of pixels that make it widescreen, it's the pixel aspect ratio.
So open up the clip editing window for your clip, go to Clip Properties, and change the aspect ratio to "Pixel 16:11 (PAL 16:9)".
Then, in the Filters tab, crop out your black bars with the crop filter.
Then with the resize filter, set to "Center (Custom Size)", and set the dimensions to 720x576.
Now you can go to the Format stage, choose the PAL DVD format, and select 720x576 as your resolution. When you preview it, it should be widescreen without black bars.

good luck

myself, are you sure that DVD's pixel ratio is 16:11 for PAL 16:9 for 720x576? Mathematics calcalation shows that it must be 64:45 for 720x576. 16:11 is for 704x576.

Hello, I have tried the trial version and I find two problems... 1. I try to convert a simple avi file to DVD Video and it seems that all it can do is create a MPEG file not a Vob or other type of file that can be burned with Nero. Additionally it seems to take a very long time for conversion if any filter is used ... over two hours for 1.5 hr movie. Please help thanks..

If you use any filters it will take an eternity to convert/transcode files, especially if you choose the best settings. But on the other hand are you in a hurry maybe :) ? If I can afford it I go for the best. Always.

Unfortunately TMPGEnc doesn't create DVDs (no IFOs, VOBs, BUPs), it only creates m2v or mpg files which can be imported to a DVD compiler.

Hello!

I have a 25 fps avi (xvid) and want to convert the video part to a PAL m2v file for importing into a DVD project. No matter what settings I choose the resulting PAL m2v file is choppy and if I import it into a VirtualDub it becomes clear why it's choppy. If I progress through the video frame by frame than I notice that every second frame is doubled. The sequence of the frames is like this: 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5, etc. The only difference that I can notice between the same frames is in the image quality, the 1st frame of the couple being more clear, sharp. What settings should I use to get more fluid image sequence? Also I noticed that no matter what settings I choose I can't make my resulting m2v file to have "bottom filed first" interlacing method applied (it's only top field first). If I convert this same avi to a dvd with Nero, the resulting VOBs have always bottom filed first method applied. Also such a video (created by Nero) shows frame by frame progress if imported into a VirtualDub (no frame doubling). What am I doing wrong?
Please help!

Regards! MM

I found out what the problem was on my own. The source material was XviD and in Divx Decoder Configuration Utility I had support for decoding Generic MPEG-4 video enabled. Obviously this was stopping TMPGEnc to read/decode XviD properly resulting in choppy m2v files. As soon as I unchecked this Divx generic mpeg-4 support the output m2v file was smooth.