Hi, I have a DVD with VRO file. When I try to load the video into TMGEnc authoring works 4 I get 2 titles but when I try to select a title, I get the following error
"this title is protected. You cannot select it".
Any idea what I need to do to make this work?
Thanks

Sounds like it's a commercial DVD and/or copy-protected DVD. TAW4 can't use such DVD's as a source.

A workaround is to use a program like DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter to rip the DVD to your hard drive and then import those files into TAW4.

Thanks for the reply.
I found out that the DVD disc itself has CPRM protection. The label says
DVD-R DL with CPRM. The content of the DVD is a recorded tv show from Japanese TV.
DVD shrink and DVD dycrpter can't load the did and I get error.
I will see if I can get the contect of the DVD on a non CPRM disc

Hello forum,

I could use some help with Blu Ray files (.m2ts). I have been encoding .mkv files without any problems but now when I try to import a Blu Ray folder, I am only seeing a green screen? Do I need to have specific codecs installed to be able to view the .m2ts files? I can view my BluRay's fine in Total Media Theatre, just not in TMPGEnc Express 4.0 (4.7.3.292). I am also running Windows 7 64bit with a Intel E8400 3.0GHz processor and 4G of RAM. My video card is an ATI Radeon HD 4770. Thanks for the help.

its your codecs

Hi...

I need to multiplex 4 mpeg2 files and 1 audio file into a single MPEG2 Transport Stream. Is this possible? If not, can anyone recommend a software that can? I am using a Cineview Quad mpeg decoder card from Vela to playback the videos on 4 screens.

Thanks,
Jeff

Hi, I was wondering what the best (quality wise and quality/size ratio) output file would be for a wmv file that I get from a screen recording program.
Any ideas?

Thanks!

The best option for a Youtube upload would be H.264/AVC, as that's the format YT itself uses and is fairly resistant to transcoding-related degredation at decent bitrates.

i am making a project, that a 4228 mb big, and it is taking the project 22 hours to make the folder, and i have set the speed to higest (with error correction)

How fast is your processor? How much RAM do you have? What is your input video format?

i bet you there are running on either

AMD
core2duo

and they arent running a quad core.

I have been trying to make some dvd menus, but every time i gotta stop the menu making becuse the project is bigger than the dvd.
How can it be possible, that a dvd i am making in tmpgenc authore fils 4.7 gb, when a dvd that look pretty much the same, made in convertxtodvd, only is on 1.3 gb.

For saying this in another way, can i make the projects smaller without doing the quality bad?

It's probably the bitrate settings. Or it might be your audio format. Make sure you're using Dolby Digital for audio. You can also try lowering the video/audio bitrate in the track settings.

Your menu also has its own bitrate settings. You can change them in the Global Menu Settings.

thanks, but i saw a chinese or was it japanese video on youtube.com
and as you said it showed something with the bitrate.
but is there a program or some way, that can tell me the original bitrate on the avi?
because i think it would be stupid to say well i dont really need the subtitles, and then i can have some more bitrate,if the original bitrate is lower than the 1 i choose

You can use GSpot to see the bitrate of the original file.
http://gspot.headbands.com/

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I have not purchase TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 as of yet because I need to know one thing before making a decision. . .

Can you create menus from scratch as oppose to always starting out from menu templates?

Montgal55

You actually can't edit the pre-installed menu templates.

However, you can create custom menus with the custom menu option, but there will still be things you can't control.

Best thing to do is download the trial and try it out.
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/taw4.html

If you have a specific idea of what you want in your menu, just ask and I'll let you know if it's possible.

Hello.

I would like to make a dvd menu for my video, like it was a dvd, that i bourght in the local shop. Thats becuse i have a projekt, were there is 1 movie.
so i tryd to upload a very bad version of the menu that i would like to make.

[IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/2nm2k3b.jpg[/IMG]
if picture does not work use this link:
http://i49.tinypic.com/2nm2k3b.jpg

That's possible with the custom menu creation option. Your track menu will be the chapter menu and the top menu will be what your drawing is. You can then create your own buttons (if you don't like the ones in the program), add a custom background and even make a custom frame for the preview thumbnail.
The program allows you to rotate menu items, but if you want that diamond shape, you'll need to create a custom thumbnail frame.

Custom Frame Tutorial (it's for DVD Author 3 but also applies to Authoring Works 4):
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/lab/lab06_customFrames.html

Dear all,

I was wondering if anyone knows how to get Dolby Digital Audio in a WMV using xpress 4.0? I'm converting my DVD's to WMV files and would love to have the same quality sound output as my original DVD's have. The 5.1 support that the currect version of xpress has is good, but imho DD is just a bit better.

I've seen the plugin on the site to support dd in xpress, but that isn't supported on Windows 7 and is "only" 2 channel.

Thanks!
Michael

That plugin isn't for 4.0 XPress, it's for older software that they don't even sell anymore. All of the features of the plugin are already in 4.0 XPress.

At this point there's no way to encode 5.1 Dolby Digital audio with 4.0 XPress.

I've been encoding my DVD collection to WMV for streaming in my house. I've got no complaints or problems with using WMA 10 Professional for the audio portion. I've been using the following settings for audio:

Audio codec - Windows Media Audio 10 Professional
Audio encoding type - 2 pass VBR (average/peak bitrate)
Audio format - 384kbps, 48kHz, 5.1 Channel 24 bit VBR
Peak bitrate: 768kb/s
Maximum buffer duration - 4000ms

I've been doing all kinds of movies, everything from action to musicals. You can also use 9.2 if you want to go lossless, but you'll increase the file size quite a bit. My opinion it's not really worth the file size. Sounds just as good with the above settings.

On my PC the Cloud1 and Cloud2 menutemplate are 100 % identical altough the tumbnails of them are different. I need the Cloud2 but ist identiacl to Cloud 1 So can someone mail me the cloud2 template?

videl050@planet.nl

If you aren't using track menus, they appear exactly the same. Try making a top and track menu with Cloud2 and see if the track menu looks different.

In cloud 1 the buttons-title are listed vertical and horizental, als the thmumbnail of cloud2 only shows vertical (text) which means i can get more titles on one page.

What I am saying is that not all the menu pages in Cloud2 are vertical text links. The top menus in both Cloud 1 and Cloud 2 are exactly the same. Only the track menus are different.

Cloud 1 is all image thumbnails in the top and track menus.
http://i45.tinypic.com/fxautd.png

Cloud 2 has image thumbnails for the top menu and text links for the track menu.
http://i45.tinypic.com/21bkqrq.png

How do i add a "play all" button to a menu page??

For some reason, the Play All button only appears on top menus. If you want it on a track menu, I don't think it's possible.

Found that there are templates with and without the play-all button.

You can't edit the buttons in the templates, and you can't choose what buttons you want in custom menus.

Does anyone know how I can work with Adobe Premiere CS4 with videos in Full HD (1920x1080 60i Sony EX-3 recorder) and encoding TMPGEnc Xpress 4.0 for master videos or Bluray. XDCAM codec MP4 videos? Frame server does not work anymore!
Is there another way to do this? How can I make a backup of my videos edited with Premiere CS4 using TMPGEnc Xpress? I really like TMPGEnc! He is the best encoder there!
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i too wish that xpress could work together with sony vegas and adobe premier pro, would save a lot of time encoding.

I use Adobe Premiere from 4.2 in 1997, Premiere is definitely very bad to work with the Adobe Media Encoder! He is very slow and the quality of video encoding I do not like! The TMPGEnc is the best! The Pegasys could produce a frame server to Vegas and Premiere?

the problem though is that adobe premier pro has a lot of filters such as tilt and swivel that tmpgenc SHOULD but dont have.