I'm testing the MW5 trial. Encoding a test clip, it is actually SLOWER to encode using the "Intel Media SDK Software" option than it is to encode with x264 2-pass VBR.

Encoding 1 minute clip:
x264 2-pass VBR ~~ 1:50
Intel Media SDK ~~ 2:05

Isn't this option supposed to be using the Sandy Bridge Quick Sync hardware encoder? It does APPEAR to be working, since the CPU never goes above 30-40% during the encode, but it's encoding much too slowly. I can encode the same clip with Mediaexpresso using their Sandy Bridge support in about 1/8 the time.

My PC has an Intel Core i5-2520M.

Let me know when you guys get this working properly and I'll be glad to try your trial again.

Is the encoder listed as "Intel Media SDK Software"? If so, I think that is why it is slow. For some reason, it is not using the hardware, so instead it uses the software.

I'm using an i7 2600 and cannot get it to use the hardware myself. In the preferences, it shows that the Sandy Bridge hardware is "present but not usable". Not sure why though. Encodes with the Intel Media software take 6x longer than the x264 encoder.

Ok, I see that now in preferences. Mine also says present but unusable. I have a laptop with Optimus, so that may be causing the program to not use the hardware. Hopefully I can get this sorted out.

As for you, what kind of motherboard do you have? I know that certain boards do not allow the use of Quick Sync. H67 is one that does, I'm not sure if any of the others do.

is it possible to make an uncompressed MKV (1:1) copy from dvd files? I'm trying to make a mkv from my home movie dvds but I don't want any audio or video compression. If I left out any details please let me know.

You can use the Advanced Tools to demultiplex your VOB file and then multiplex them into MKV format.

Advanced Tools are in the Start window, then go to MPEG tool and demultiplex your VOB file.

Question:

I am trying to convert a video deposition from VOB files to MPEG-2.

If one clip uploads into a “New Project”, I can't figure out how to upload additional clips.

Also, am getting Error Message: ''Unsupported File. Error: 0x80048003''.

Help! Thank you.

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Using an NVIDIA GTX580 with Windows-7 64-bit and 6GB of RAM. I get the error "An error occured during the CUDA execution (cudaError_t = 30" when I enable the CUDA options. Im running the NVIDIA WHQL driver ver 275.33. Has anyone else seen this?

Determined after running EVGA Overclock utility that the video card was defective.

Hi,

I'm importing wtv files (from a BBC HD channel) and TMPGENC refuses to recognose the audio track. Works fine with standard def files but with HD nothing. These are bog standard recordings from Windows Media Center so I'm not sure what the issue is. The original files play fine in WMC and in WMP.

Are you getting an error that audio stream can't be read?

In the next version to release could you add to the clipping process the ability to realign the subtitles in the subtitle editor automatically. I haven't had any problem moving them with the "shift start time" feature but I have to calculate the amount of video I clipped and the range to shift. It would save me a lot of steps if it was automatic.

In the next version to release could you fix the subtitle editor so subtitles that are centered would center all lines that either wrap around or are added using the ENTER key. Currently, the longest line is centered and all others are left aligned to the start position of the longest one.

Uncheck the "Align text" box in the subtitle layout editor.

>Uncheck the "Align text" box in the subtitle layout editor.

LOL...I can't believe I didn't catch that in the Layout Editor...

No one knows why this error comes out:

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Encoding the avi to MPEG-2

Has anyone had any luck using VMW5 with HDV-encoded QuickTime Reference files?

My main workflow is to capture and edit in HDV on Avid Media Composer 5.5. The sequences are then exported as QuickTime Reference Files referring to a mix of HDV and DNxHD clips which are then decoded by QuickTime using the Calibrated{Q} XD Decode decoder plug-in (and the Avid DNxHD codec).

This works perfectly on Xpress 4 but is a total mess on VMW5. The playback on the Cut-Edit screen is just of a black screen or a horribly flickery one and the output from various encoders looks exactly the same.

I'm in a bit of a fix since I (stupidly) surrendered my Xpress 4 license in the upgrade and am left without any rights to a working encoder so any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

At 5.5 it's not possible to have HDV QT refs.
How have you managed something like that.
This future has been eliminated because it was problematic on the MAC side of MC.

Hi sverkalo,

I'm not sure I understand you: HDV/Long GOP exports to Quicktime Reference have been in MC since one of the 5.0 point releases (5.0.3?) and continue to work perfectly in 5.5. You will need a third-party decoder to play the files though - hence the need for Calibrated{Q} XD Decode. I believe that if you're on a Mac (I am not), you can use the HDV decoder installed with Final Cut.

Anyway, back to VMW5: support has confirmed that there is a problem with the Quicktime 7 reader component but have no ETA on a fix.

So - if you're using HDV Quicktime Reference files and you're upgrading:

*** DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR XPRESS 4 LICENSE WHEN UPGRADING TO VIDEO MASTERING WORKS 5 ***

Pegasys will not re-enable your Xpress 4 license - even if you offer to pay for it - I have asked.

Hi,

I would like to save some space from my DVDs library. My idea is to create a Blu-Ray from some DVDs with menu (re)creation.

I would like to create a blu-ray with, for example, 7 movie, a top-menu and a menu of each movie (to choose audio language and subtitle language), obviuosly without recompress audio and video track (I want to create a MPEG-2 720x576i 25fps blu-ray).

I done following steps:

1) Extracted and demuxed movie (audio, video and subtitle track) from each DVD
2) Extracted background image from each DVD for background menu image

I tried to create a blu-ray from these files with Adobe Encore 5 (with success) but this program it's very memory hungry and entire process it's very slow.

It's possible to do same thing with TAW4?

Thanks in advance

I would expect you can, but I cannot speak to speed or memory use as comapred to Encore CS5.

The ultimate image quality would be limited to the source DVD levels.,

Should be possible since DVD-Video is BD compliant. This will cause smart rendering to kick in and output should be pretty fast since your DVD video won't be re-encoded.

Thanks,

I tried and works without problem.

Compared to Encore, TAW4 lacks some features (not relevant in this case) but it's very simple to use, very fast and not so memory hungry.

Thanks

I recently purchased TAW4 and love it, after using DVD Author 1.6 for so many years this is like a major upgrade in every sense of the word.
My question is, I know I can add the free templates from the English TAW4 website and purchased ones, but I notice if you change the language on the website to the lower one, which is Japanese and goto the TAW4 section more than templates is available for download, including Buttons, Backgrounds, and Frames, but these upon installing places the files in the right directories, but on running TAW4 none of the Japanese Buttons, Backgrounds or Frames show.
Is there anyway to have these free downloads work for the English version of the TAW4, or can we download working copy of these for our version??
I know others want to know this as well.
TY, great program BTW

I don't think it's possible. Each language version has it's own templates, buttons, etc. and I don't think you can mix them with other language versions.

Hi,
using authoring works since v3.0 and now v4.0
I wish to have an option in menu layout to make "track icons" same size.
I often change preview icon sizes and use same template file in several projects. But whenever i have different number of tracks, the icons comes in different sizes (default and custom). If i had an option to make them all same size as "equalize horizontal distance", it would same me a lot of time.

Thanks
Harjeet Singh
New Delhi, India

You can already do this by selecting all of the icons and then resizing with the handles or by inputting specific dimensions.

Select multiple icons with ctrl + click.
Once selected, resize as you normally would, and all selected icons will resize at the same time.

To apply the settings of one track page to all track pages, first go to the alter track page.
Then, click on the "Edit menu" button and select "Copy the menu item layout to another page". You can then select all the other track pages in your project and they will then have the same icon size and layout.

If I have a pre-existing video in a lower bitrate (e.g., 3 mb/s?) and I'd like to do anything I can to improve it. Will encoding to a higher bitrate (e.g., 5 mb/s) provide any value at all, or will I just have a larger file of the same quality? I realize detail can't be added back in once it has been removed. But...

At the lower bitrate I am seeing quite a bit of artifacting, especially in motion. If I understand correctly, encoding to a higher bitrate will contain less partial frames. So even though it is basically the same image there is less processing?

My gut says no possible improvement at all, but I thought I'd just throwing it out there to make sure.