I'm a relatively inexperienced user trying to convert WTV files that are not copy protected to a format that my PS3 media server can pass to my PS3 where it can be understood and played on my TV. I have a file I've attempted to convert and after I drop the file onto the source wizard (I've already selected PS3 as my target), make sure it is selected,I arrive at the MPEG-2 conversion settings. The program selects a conversion folder and offers a FINISH button. Pressing FINISH causes an error message to appear: "An error occurred cancelling the title copy to the HDD. Unspecified error: Code OX80004005"
I'm stuck here. Any advice?

Recently I have been getting this error message when importing .mov files into VMW5

ActiveMovie Window: TMPGEncVMW5.exe - System Error
The Program can't start because ad2h264dec.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the programme to fix this problem

The error appears with a loud "Pling" sound. Pressing Ok gets another pling and the second time it disappears - but the file is them imported as usual.
In other words, I can import the files but I get this double error message when doing so.
Any ideas?
I have no recollection of ever installing anything called ActiveMovie
Regards
Douglas

ActiveMovie is DirectShow (made by Microsoft) which basically allows Windows Media Player to play videos. The error may have to do with a codec or something.

I need to encore 2 media from a dvd to MOV to work with AVID
the first disk was good - no problem. The secend disk in the last page of TEMPGE the software worte on the status : "An arror stop the output"
It didnt say whay ... I need help please!

portuadi@gmail.com

Thank you!

I mostly work with VirtualDubMod but this time it doesn't give a good result due to frame conversion, so I am using TMPGEnc VMW 5 (v5.0.6.38).

My source video is NTSC film and TMPGEnc gives me a satisfactory conversion to avi when using the XVID mpeg4 codec. But the resultant file is AVI 1.0 and I want it in AVI 2 OpenDML.

If I select the DIVX 6.9.2 codec this does give me an AVI 2 OpenDML file but with a Packed Bitstream that I don't want.

I prefer to use the XVID codec option as I make use of Zone Weighting throughout the video. How can I save it in AVI 2 OpenDML format, I can't see where that option is if it exists.

I'm using the latest version, and I see options for AVI 1.0/2.0 in the DivX file output (not AVI output). If you install ffdshow, you should be able to select it in AVI output, and make your choices there although ffdshow has removed Xvid encoding from its options. Have you installed the Xvid or DivX codec in your system separately? If so, you might see them in AVI output and make selections there.

Or maybe, you could locate an old, or custom ffdshow version that includes Xvid. Don't ask me where.

Tks George. I have been using VDMod for years with all the codecs installed, so it appears that TMPG XVID doesn't have the AVI2 in its makeup.

DIVX does but it outputs in a Packed Bitstream (FF search doesn't work too well). If I unpack with AVIdemux then have sync issues.

I'll use TMPG with XVID option then run the file through VDMod in Direct Stream copy mode selecting AVI2 that way, (but I get a file that is 200Mb larger with the same Qf as if I used VDMod from scratch - but I can't because of the frame conversion problems with this video).

Shame, 'coz it's a good program otherwise.

I use TMSR4 (4.1.2.57) since last month. I like "Commercial Candidates Detector" for finding easy where CMs exist in ts file.

But after smart rendering, the m2ts files outputted via TMSR4 has not "Delay relative to video" tag. So playback the file, I feel bad because video and audio are no longer synchronized.

Example (data via MediaInfo 0.7.64)

[Original file]
Audio
ID : 784 (0x310)
Menu ID : 296 (0x128)
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : LC
Muxing mode : ADTS
Codec ID : 15
Duration : 30mn 14s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
*Delay relative to video : -149ms
Stream size : 41.5 MiB (7%)

[Outputted file]
Audio
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : LC
Muxing mode : ADTS
Codec ID : 15
Duration : 23mn 44s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 32.6 MiB (9%)


I found a solution to output as mkv. This is not smart rendering for Audio, but needs only a little more time.

I want to support "Delay relative to video".

You should contact user support and ask if you can send them a sample file.

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/support/support.html

I have a DVD with many chapters set at scene changes, all of which have thumbnails. When I preview the project, the chapter thumbs are right where I set them; but when I output the DVD folder, many thumbnails are set 1 frame too soon. This means those thumbnails miss the scene changes.

My workaround has been to output the Keyframe List, import it into a spreadsheet, add 1 to all the values, and re-import the Keyframe List to redo the chapters so they're all set one frame later. Kind of a ridiculous process, but I've had to deal with this bug across several versions of AW4. Are there any settings that can correct this bug?

I would like to have the Audio and Video filters always available on the filter list. As it is, I have to install them on the filter list for each clip. When you have a lot of clips this is a REAL pain. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks for any help!

You can create a filter template that contains all of the filters you want.
Then, in the preferences, you can set the default filter template to load when you start the program.

I have a 6 minute HD (1920x1080) MOV movie file that I want to replace the original audio with my own soundtrack (a WAV) and then post this video to Facebook. The original MOV file is 1.5 GB and I would like to create a file that is significantly smaller in size than that so it will not take forever to upload via my DSL line but still maintain as much of the original quality as possible.

This is my first adventure into outputting HD content...so far, all I've done is DVD MPEG-2.

What format and options would you recommend for this? Thanks!

MPEG-4 AVC H.264 is the format most people are using now for HD video. You can set the video bitrate to roughly half that of an MPEG-2 video and achieve similar detail levels.

Thanks tkrave. As you can see below, the original video is also MPEG-4 AVC bit rate according to MediaInfo and the bit rate is 33.2 Mbps. Should I use that same value when I re-encode it with the new audio, or can I use a lower value without significant quality loss? Mind you, the original video was taken at a concert to the lighting is not all that great, so it's hardly a professional looking video clip.

Complete name : Y:\MVI_0494.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 1.48 GiB
Duration : 6mn 6s
Overall bit rate : 34.7 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-07-14 05:38:57
Tagged date : UTC 2013-07-14 05:38:57
CNTH : 8DB
com.apple.quicktime.make : Canon
com.apple.quicktime.model : Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=12
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 6mn 6s
Bit rate : 33.2 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.668
Stream size : 1.42 GiB (96%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2013-07-14 05:38:57
Tagged date : UTC 2013-07-14 05:38:57
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Correction:

>As you can see below, the original video is also MPEG-4 AVC and the bit rate is 33.2 Mbps.

To be safe you can use the same bitrate. However, if you want to cut down on the file size, you can try a lower bitrate.

Your camera may only shoot at a constant bitrate so there may be excess data in relation to what is on screen.
First, I would suggest encoding with a variable bitrate (VBR). This means the bitrate will change depending on the level of detail needed for a particular frame. If there is a 2-pass option, you should use it.

You can then set the maximum bitrate to a lower bitrate than the source file.
I'd suggest doing some tests if you're not sure about how low you should go.
Isolate a short clip (don't waste time re-encoding the whole video) that includes fast action (quick camera pans/fast-moving objects) and still shots. Then test out various bitrates on it. You can try going low first (11Mbps or so) to see how drastic the difference is. Depending on how that looks, you can then go lower or higher.

I am getting so frustrated, I can't encode some files as it keeps crashing on me, everything I try comes up with a similar error, but the numbers often change. I am trying to encode some XDVDs. This is the message I get........

The output process terminated abnormally (8)
Exception Code : 0xc0000005 (this sometimes changes)
Faulting Address : 0x63d3fb3C (this sometimes changes)
Faulting Module : MovieMPEG.vme (Base address 0x63960000)(this sometimes changes)

Any ideas ? It is really annoying. I have tried different source files, and changes source and output drives, but it still crashes, usually within the first 25% of the files. I have also tried with and without batch queue usage.

Thanks.

For such issues, you should contact support directly. Could it be a RAM issue? Do you have enough?

Thanks. I have a feeling it may be a over heating issue, it seems to happen during the day and evening but works after midnight approx, we are going through a heatwave here (for UK standards anyway) and my PC is kept in a summer house which gets up to 34 degrees. What I have found is that if the temp of my CPU is under 72 degrees then it is okay, as soon as it goes above that for longer than a few minutes the encode fails. My PC seems to run okay though and doesn't reset or hang. This happens with Authoring Works, Mastering Works, and Handbrake.

I can only presume it is this, as it doesn't make any other sense that it works with the temp in the 60's but not the 70's. I thought 70's would be fine though, but perhaps the software has an inbuilt temp gauge that cuts out when it gets to 73 degrees or above.

I am going to try and find a way to reduce my overclock that was done for me.

The proxy file editing feature of TAW makes editing quite efficient. However, MPEG Smart Renderer doesn't seem to include proxy file support. Is there a way to enable this or add support?
Thanks!

Please can you give me a link to download older versions of this.
I just installed the latest version and it is buggy:

1. when importing clips, coming up with 'smart rescue', even though importing those same clips in older versions worked absolutely fine.

2. wont let me drag and drop in a clip, if ive gone to the edit page then come out of it. The edit window freezes, and i have to restart the program. Again, never did this with the old version.

It started doing these things with previous newer versions, and I was uninstalling and going back to the first version i got months ago - this time i thought 'might as well try the latest version released in june' and its got all the same issues, as previous newer versions.

please please can you just send me a link to an older version so i can use that immediately.

thank you.

I have to agree that the latest version crashes/freezes quite frequently, in the most basic of tasks/actions. Also, compared to the other two main TMPGEnc applications, SR4 is slow and feels sluggish. Since it's a simpler application, I'd expect it would run much smoother. I really hope they'll optimize it soon.

I'd also be interested in links for previous versions, since the current one is causing many stability problems to me as well.

Hi,

I wish to purchase a VMW 5 license.

I wish to use it at work and home. If both computers are NOT connected at the same time will I still be able to use either one? Or, do I need to purchase TWO separate licenses though I'm the only user?

Thanks,

JAS

I strongly suggest that you contact Pegasys about this registration matter, because their softwares do contact their server once a while to check for validation to avoid piracy. Their server could falsely believe, that your fully legal purchased license has been a victim of piracy, because it suddently registeres two different IP adresses where it is installed.

I'd like a clarification on this, too. In the shopping FAQ it's stated that the software cannot be used on 2 machines. However, it also states that it can only be used on one machine at a time, and that "You can install the software and validate your license on another machine provided you first completely uninstall the software from the previous machine".

So, is possible to use it on 2 computers without running into validation problems? Is it really necessary to uninstall first and will that prevent validation problems? It sounds a bit silly having to uninstall-reinstall every single time.

I wouldn't install it on more than one computer within a short amount of time; that will lock the license and you'll have to contact support to get it unlocked. What's a short amount of time? I don't know exactly, but I'd wait a couple of days before installing on a second machine. I don't think you have to uninstall it each time though.
Basically I wouldn't use it on two machines unless you are using it very infrequently. If you are using it on both machines every day, then you should buy two licenses.