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The video I need to convert is either 1920 * 1080 interlaced (from a AVCHD camcorder) or 1440 * 1080 interlaced (from HDV camcorder).
I want to achieve very high quality at about 12 Mbps.
I would expect H.264 to be the best format (best quality, future-proof standard); however I am a bit frustrated of my results so far compared with WMV9 Advanced Profile (VC1) at the same bitrate ! My perception is that while VC1 gives a somewhat softer image compared to H.264, it does a better job at keeping the details of blurred backgrounds or areas with low contrast ! Yes: for me with full HD at 12 Mbps, H.264 looks somewhat crisper/sharper on foregrounds and contrasted objects, but shows more artefacts (blocky patterns, loss of detail) in the shades and soft backgrounds, and this makes the image globally a bit less appealing to me.
I use H.264 with default settings, except 2 B-frames and CABAC.
I guess I can improve that by fine-tuning some encoder settings, but I find the TMPGEnc Xpress 4 help files lacking good info.
Any suggestions to achieve the best results with interlaced HD video with H.264 (and prove me that it is equivalent or better than VC1) ?
are you using spurs engine h.264 or the normal h.264 in tmpgenc4 ?? But for HD either 1920 or 1440 by 1080. i use 16Mb/s H.264 and the results are fantastic, i think you should just up your bitrate a little try 16MB/s and you'll be fine. for 720p i use 8MB to 11. But then again i like a very clean/crisp image.
There must be something fundamentally wrong with the settings I use, or the setup, because at 12 Mbps, the same clip looks very good with VC-1 and "awful" with MP4 AVC (using the built-in TMPGEnc Xpress 4 encoder i.e. Mainconcept); when I say awful, I mean the kind of result I would expect from a 6 Mbps bitrate, not 12 !
And there seems to be a consensus on the Internet to say that H.264 (AVC) should be equal or better than VC-1 at any bitrate.
Will try a test with X264 and see what I get from that.
As a side note, I have the same difference (in favour of VC-1) with SD material at lower bitrates (1 - 2 Mbps): MP4 AVC looks somewhat sharper for contrasted foregound objects, but really awfully blocky for textured/blurry backgrounds and degrades. Strange b/c the general feedback is that H.264 is less prone to blocking artefacts than VC-1 in the same circumstances....
Hello,
I now you have Firecoder blu (based on spurs engine). For normal dvd pal (sd) bit rate 3000 kb/s is good? The quality of image in normal tv color, not plasma not lcd, is good like a commercial dvd?
i would only have the cuda option on if you are actually using it ( and you only use cuda for filter options, like sharpening,resizing, ect ) if you are simply encoding i would turn it off as it can make your encode slower. i turn it off and use the spurs plugin by its self.
I'm using tmpgenc4 w/ spurs engine but there are some settings i would love to have that include :
*2 pass variable bit rate ( with spurs hardware mpeg2/avc H.264 encoding)
*2 pass constant bit rate ( with spurs hardware mpeg2/avc H.264 encoding)
*The ability to set any resolution, and not just choose from the avaliable resolutions
*Better quality when using lower bitrates. Encoding SD video using avc H.264 hardware encoding is unacceptable under 5Mb/s [using avc at low bitrates is why h.264 is a chosen codec]. (Although this may be greatly imporoved if the 2pass constant/variable bitrate was implemented using 2-3 Mb/s).
*the abiliy to output avc H.264 hardware encoding with different audio formats not just AAC eg: dolby digital(AC3),uncompress audio(PCM), MP3... ect
*when exporting as Mpeg2 hardware encoding NTSC dvd the ability to export as 3:2 pulldown playback. So 23.976p is played back as 29.97i
*Motion search precision fucntion to be implemented into with spurs hardware mpeg2/avc H.264 encoding
If any of these are in an update, i'm sure more people with buy this product and those who have it like me will get ALOT more out of it.
Regards Martin Wichtmann (africanmarty@hotmail.com).
i recieved a reply ( i sent this same message to the tmpgecn people ) and it reads :
"Unfortunately this is not possible with the current hardware implementation of the SpursEngine. All the settings currently available are what the SpursEngine processor is capable of and since it is a wiredsystem it is not possible to disgress. Maybe a future implementation will provide a more flexible approach into encoding but for now this is all we have."
The frame rates for Blu Ray menues are not correct, do not match the values in the global menu settings for 16:9 HD drop down menu, AND do not output the frame rate that is selected. Noticed my motion menues for 720P 16:9 HD were unstable but the actual project played fine. I used a software to analyse frame rates for all M2TS folders in my projects to verify my issue.
For example
1280x720P NTSC 16:9
the correct scan rate should be 59.94 fps. and is not listed in the drop down.
29.97 fps is an option in the drop down. Selecting 29.97 fps actually outputs 24 fps which is not compatible with 1280x720P. thus the playback issues with the menus.
My projects are ruined let alone the money wasted on BD-R media!!!!
The frame rates for all menu parameters need to be checked and corrected. I sent the issue to support over a week ago and still have not gotten a response!
1280x720P 16:9 broadcast TV
59.94 fps for ntsc
50 fps for PAL
1280x720P 16:9 used for FILM (3:2 pull down)
24 for NTSC
23.976p for PAL
The jobs I have been working on are either converting 50 fps PAL to 59.94 fps NTSC or 59.94 NTSC to 59.94 NTSC broadcasts. You can not use 24/23.976 in place of 59.94/50. 24/23.976 are used for projects shot on film. The 59.94/50 and 24/23.976 are NOT compatible and will cause playback issues.
If you use 59.94 fps for the TRACK you can not use 24 fps for the MENU.
The defaults are correct in your software in the dropdown menu for dvd track menu setting up but not correct for your menues.
the menu settings for 720p in menu settings should be
ntsc progressive
59.94 fps (not 29.97 - this setting is actually outputing 24 fps)
24 fps
no setting for interlaced
To make the point clearer. you should not mix scan rates... one for the track and another for the menu ...film format for the menu, TV camera/broadcast frame rate for the track... otherwise you will have play back issuses and they are not compatible.
you should not mix scan rates for the menu and for the track. you should not use a frame rate of 24 fps on a motion menu where the source in the track is 59.94 fps.
If the original source has a frame rate of 59.94 fps and you use that source in the motion menu you use a frame rate of 59.94 fps for the track and for the motion menus. you should not use 24 fps for the motion menu and 59.94 fps for the track. There will be playback issues.
the menu settings for 720p menues in menu settings needs to include 59.94 fps for NTSC and 50 fps for PAL. The menu setup currently does not have this setting to accomodate 720P.
ntsc progressive for 720p
59.94 fps (not 29.97 - this setting is actually outputing 24 fps)
24 fps
no setting for interlaced
If the dvd has to 2 audio streams, for example normal soundtrack + audio commentary. Is there a way to keep both audio streams when converting to Divx?
I know TMPGEnc Express does interpolation in deinterlacing.
What I'm wondering is if I'm converting some 15fps video to 30fps... will TMPGEnc Express just double existing frames? Or will it generate new intermediate ones?
I think if you're going from 15 fps interlaced to 30fps progressive, then it will generate new frames. But if you're going 15fps progressive to 30fps progressive, it will probably just double existing frames. You'd probably have to go from 15fps progressive to 30fps interlaced for it to generate truly "new" frames...they'll just be interlaced frames though.
I've only done 30fps interlaced to 60fps progressive and it looks great.
I was curious if there is a way to break up the individual clips in a Track into chapters. For example if I had a 30 minute clip and wanted to divide it into 5 or 10 minute segments. Is there a way to do this inside the program?
Thanks
Each clip in a track registers as a chapter in the menu.
If you want to create more chapters within a clip, you can add chapter marks in the Clip Editing window. Just navigate to the frame you want the chapter mark to be at and click on the chapter mark button (it has a flag icon on it).
You can also use the chaptering tool to automatically add chapter marks to a clip.
In the Clip Editing window, click on the Edit Menu button (the button above the Undo button) and select the Chaptering Tool in the list. You can also use ctrl+k as a shortcut to access the Chaptering Tool.
Hello there. Well simple question, hope any1 can help and sorry for my english by the way. I made a BD from a M2TS with spanish subtitles. All play flawless until subtitles dissappered from minute 30 of the film till the end. What is wrong?,any1 can help me in this issue. Thanxs in advance, cheerz from Chile, southamerica.
If so, it's possible that there is something in the file that Authoring Works doesn't like. It could be some html or an odd character. The point where subtitles stop appearing is where the conflict will be, so make a note of where the subtitles stop working and look at your subtitles file for something out of the ordinary.
If you imported the subtitle from an external file, such as SRT format, then yes sometimes the program will do that. As tkrave says something is causing a conflict. The easiest fix I have found, and I do this with every srt I import: Use subtitle workshop to open and resave the file. I've never had to make any changes to the subtitle file, just open and set the framerate and save it. Problem should be solved after doing this. I don't know why it happens, but if I import an SRT into TAW4 its usually blank or half missing until I open/save it in subtitle workshop. Hope that helps you. Version 2.51 is stable, version 4 is beta. get it here: http://www.urusoft.net/downloads.php?lang=1
I have not experimented with this so I thought I would ask if anyone has. I want to add a bunch of clips to a project but the graph at the bottom of the screen shows my clips exceed the capacity of a standard 4.7 DVD. Will TAW4 automatically adjust the resolution and shrink the video to fit on the 4.7 disc?
Thanks
I'm from Russia, so sorry for my english.
I recently reinstalled windows xp. Install the TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring again and tried to open a project that I saved before reinstalling. The program said that it was not her project! How to convince her that it was not right?? I definitely need to open it - it's too difficult to build it again!
when I open *.tda3 file, it displays an error "This file is not a project file generated by TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring"
But this is a save of this program!!!! I just reinstall it!
I was working on a big project (32 chapters, 140 min total runtime). It was epic and quality. It was practically finished, being the music for the menu the only thing remaining to finally do an output. Saved, closed the software.
The next morning, tried to open it, but I only got the message that reads "this is not a TMPGEnc...blah blah... project". Tried several times, but it just won't load.
All the settings in the project were ok, even I watched the whole project in the simulation screen and all the videos runned without a single problem...
Don't know what happens... Could it be because the size of the tda3 file (11MB)?
Please, help! Don't want to start again with this, cause it will take years to reach the same point!!!
I see that no one ever got back to you on this. That is a bummer.
Having experienced this myself, here is what I discovered. I opened a copy of the TDA3 file in Notepad to see if I could spot anything useful to use to rebuild the file I had worked upon for a week. I saw that that 75% of the file was blank. I compared this to another TDA3 file in Notepad and saw that it was supposed to have data in the whole file. My conclusion is that DVD Author experienced an error and did not save the file completely. I would have resaved it the night before if it given me any indicator that it had experienced an error.
In short, there is no way to fix the file that has the error. If anyone has a clue as to how to rescue that data still present, this would be helpful, but that is a programmers question to answer, not a clueless software user.
What do we learn from this? Always save a backup copy of anything.