I use tmpgenc dvd author 3 to do my family movies. Those movies are built from 60 to 120 seconds little AVI files. Each AVI file is named from the date/time it was recorded. I would like to get the chapter name (file name) displayed when I listen to my dvd movie. the subtitle is the best way to do this. But, I have to manually add a subtitle for every little AVI I include, and name it the name of the file.

Is it possible to automatically add a subtitle writing the name of the new chapter to the screen everytime ti changes?

My movies are build with 5-10 tracks, each containing 10-20 little avi files (chapters).

Thank you.

As far as I know, there is no way to automatically create subtitles from your filename. Sorry, but I think you'll have to do it manually.

On a related note, is there any way to force subtitles to show even though the playback device has them turned off? One of the shortcomings of this program is that you cannot add your own text/credits to the output unless you use subtitles, but then the DVD playback device has to have subtitles turned on in order to see them.

I don't think there's a way to have subtitles on by default. What you could do for credits is make some simple images with text and create a slideshow that appears after your video clips.

>I don't think there's a way to have subtitles on by default. What you could do for credits is make some simple images with text and create a slideshow that appears after your video clips.

Yea, I thought of that, but it's not very professional looking compared to text overlaid on the video content. I'm really surprised that TDA does not have this feature...even an older copy of Nero I have has it.

I instal tmpgenc dvd author 3 to my pc, but tmpgenc doesnt recognaise my dvd recorder, only shows cdrw (i have 1 dvdrw and 1 cdrw).help please!

Sorry if I've missed a simple answer somewhere but, does anyone know any way to transfer a proxy file between projects, i.e. between dvd, blu-ray and DivX, that use the same source video?

Hello, under what circumstances is the vfapi server used?

I've opened an avs file (simple avisynth script with one line,
directshowsource("my.avi") )

Tmpgenc3xp.exe is using 65% cpu and 40MB memory.
vfapiserver.exe is using 35% cpu and 400MB memory

Using the latest version of Tmpgenc 4 how can you make files bigger then 720 bye 480. Once I have made a divx file with the program and play it thier is space on the left and right side of my computer screen and top and bottom are okay. I want the image on my full screen and I have divx play in full screen anyone have any idears thanks.

It sounds like it's displaying at 4:3 on a 16:9 screen. Is the source 4:3 or 16:9?

If your source is 4:3 and you want to force it to display at 16:9, then you can change the pixel aspect ratio in the clip properties window.
Note that changing a 4:3 image to 16:9 will stretch it horizontally. If the source is 4:3, you should keep it 4:3 if you don't want the image to be distorted.

In the clip properties window, simply change the aspect ratio to NTSC 16:9, PAL 16:9 or Display 16:9 depending on what the original aspect ratio is (for example, if it is NTSC 4:3, then you should use NTSC 16:9, unless you purposely want to convert it to PAL or whatnot).
Once you get to the Encode Stage, set the Aspect ratio to a 16:9 ratio as well.
You shouldn't have to change the actual resolution of 720x480.

If you really want to make the resolution bigger, for a DivX file you'd need to select the HDTV output profile. You'll then be able to go up to 1280x720.

You can also set the DivX profile to "none" and you can go past the 1280x720 limit of the HDTV profile.

Sometimes when I encode a movie I get the full screen but in the middle of the movie it switches back to letterbox give me the black on top and bottom then later it goes back to full screen is there something I can change to keep this from happening? I want to keep it the movie full screen all the way through.

What kind of file format is it and what profile are you using? If it's a custom profile, are which aspect ratio conversion setting are you using (letterbox, pan&scan, full screen)?

nevermind it was the dark knight and the movie is supposed to do that.

I am new to DVD Authoring - I have a very long 'clip' with numerous chapters.
I want to add transitions.
How do I do this? Do I have to create separate clips instead of chapters?

Transitions can only be applied between clips, so to insert a transition into one clip, you'll have to first divide the clip into two or more clips.

To split your clip, use the clip split button in the Cut-edit window. The clip split button has an icon that looks like this:
<-|->
(two arrows and a bar in the middle).

First, navigate to where you want to split the clip. In your case, it would be at the chapter mark. You can simply double-click on the chapter point in the chapter list to go directly to that frame.
Use the clip split button to set the split point. Then click "OK". A clip split window appears. Click on the "Split" button to register each division as a separate clip.

Once you have two clips, go back the Source stage's main window and click on the "Transition editor" button on the right side of the window. This opens the transition editor window.
Here, you can select your transition and press "OK" to apply it. Back in the Source stage, the clip listing should now show the transition duration and animation type.

created my 1st dvd

have main menu then track menu

when i choose main menu layout each option seems to have 3 function buttons but whatever i do the only one i end up with is PLAY ALL whereas what i want is something like NEXT PAGE/TRACK MENU so i can go to track menu and then either select a track or PLAY ALL

anyone please??

I'm not sure how you can just have a Play All button and nothing else. You should have a Play All button and at least a Track thumbnail or text button to access your tracks.

If you can explain exactly what you are doing in more detail, maybe I can help you more.

Hi

The feature I use most is the quick encode from explorer, but I would like to modify the defaults, is this possible?

I love this program and I've tested most of the others, they simply aren't in the same ball park.

thx

This is possible. The Quick Encode feature uses the first encoding profile for each device (by default it should be "Standard Quality"). With MovieStyle open, you can right click on the first (or left-most) encoding profile and then change the setting to a different predefined profile, or even use a custom profile. You would have to do this for each device you would like to change the defaults on.

Hello,

Is it normal that the VOB file finalization procedure was so slow ?????

For a full DVD, it need about 4 minutes 30 for the "build track" and almost 10 minutes just for the VOB finalization.

With Version3, it was much faster.

Is there a way to improve the speed of finalization.

My source files are one 1 hard disk, the output is on another hard disk.

Hi there,

There are some options in TMPG Enc that enable caching into the temporary memory (RAM) of the computer. If these options are enabled the process of outputting the Audio and Video files is significantly faster.

Tick all of the following settings in preferences:

Preferences
Multithread settings
Use multithread for filtering
Use file caching
Prefetch video while encoding (default setting)
Prefetch audio while encoding (default setting)

The last two settings were disabled after we installed the software. The first output of a half hour video took an hour. After enabling this setting it took 10 minutes.

Cheers,

Karen

have created my 1st dvd-with title (main) menu and track menu (its a music dvd)

is it possible to change title page button function from "play all" to "next" so it does not skip the track menu?

Isn't there a thumbnail and/or text link to your track? If you have a track menu it should be there. That is what will link to your track menu.

Is there a way of changing so the output is not the 2 folders: audio_ts and video_ts? So it's .iso instead for example?

No, but you can use the Writing Tool to convert the video_ts folder into an .iso file.

Maybe Im doing something wrong, but i cant seem to delete my completed batch progects.

I have the same problem. If I try to delete the files, I get "Access is denied". Then, I can't even take ownership of the files... and I'm an administrator. It happens with all the VOB files.