Hi,

I'm very new to using Authoring Works 6 - I do like it, but it's taking me a while to get my head round it.

Please can someone help me with a simple request:

I'm trying to make a project that has 2 Tracks with just 1 Main Menu that you can simply Play Track 1 or Track 2. I don't need chapter selection (even though there will be chapters on the tracks).

How do I do this?

Secondly, and it's linked to the above - I can easily add text to a menu, but how do I turn that text into a button? and how do I link that new button to a Track?

Thank you so much!

Creating menues are confusing in Authoring Works, but once done one can save it as a template and be done and re-use it. There is no way to make buttons from written text, but there is a way to remove all fancy buttons and "replace" them with text that acts like a button. The name of that text is initially taken from the name of the Track but can be changed after the fact. But you need to create a new menu to replace them...

Here is a how-to list that should work. Mind you that the current menu will be lost.

- Start with clicking on Launch Menu Wizard.
- Then click on Create Custom Menu by Choosing Layout and Items.
- Duplicate this: http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb792290/menu-wizard.jpg
- Click on Next
- For Menu Structure in the next dialog, choose Top Menu Only
- Click on Next
- Set Disc Insertion Action and Track Playhead End Action to Display Top Menu
- Click on Finish

When done, click on the Blu-ray Global Menu Settings button top left and go to the Track/Chapter Display tab and uncheck everything and click OK. If you have audio/text buttons in the menu and want them gone, go back to the Blu-ray Global Menu Settings button and go to the Item Display tab and uncheck the items you want to go away.

This creates one (1) menu and if you have two tracks you will only see two text-buttons and nothing else. To change background, right click in the menu and choose Background and Audio Settings and click on Browse to choose a file.

If you are satisfied, click the Edit Menu button down in the middle and Save Current Menu as New Template and give it a name.


Menu creation and the lack of mixing both PAL and NTSC on the same Blu-ray disc are the biggest shortcomings in Authoring Works. Mixing both PAL and NTSC on the same Blu-ray disc is allowed by the Blu-ray specifications.

Andy, in the first step in Menu Wizard dialog, iow Menu Structure Settings, uncheck Create Title Page in Top Menu.

Roger, thank you so very much for taking the time to reply and to solve my issue.
I've been able to do this with your generous help, without it, I would never have known how to do this.

Many thanks again!

Andrew

My Speed control filter is not working. I cannot get the "enable" box to permit me to turn the filter on. I have used Mastering Works 5 for years, and the speed control has never been a problem.

Can someone please advise?

Thanks very much.

I was wondering what the best settings would be for Encoding.

I have a Laptop with both Nvidia GPU and Intel-GPU (together with the CPU).

Is there a way to get GPU rendering activated? In the settings there is an option to activate Nvidia CUDA, which I did. Furthermore I see decoding option for GPU and activated it. However under the tab Encoding it gives me the option "Intel Media SDK Hardware priority", which I did not use but left at "standard".

Now when I encode a blu-ray I see my GPU is not working, only my CPU at 100%. Are my settings good as they are or is it better to activate the Intel encoding? Any suggestions for improvement?

The software works as is, but in comparison to another software that I tried (where the GPU does most of the work) it is alot slower. Therefore I was wondering if I am overlooking some option here?

Some Help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance ;)

First open up the NVIDIA Control Pannel
There go to Adjust desktop color settings and choose to use NVIDIA settings and click on Apply.

Then when wanting to use CUDA in Authoring Works, you also have to remember clicking the "Correct the performance optimization at next launch"
After then having clicked the OK button, it will perform the optimization.

When its then done, close Authoring Works completely and then start it up again.
Now CUDA should be working, well at least it does at my place, but mine also a desktop computer with only one GPU.

Hello,

I know it might be a simple question, but I just cant find an answer to it:

I want to produce mp4. I want to add a second audio soundtrack to it. The source has one available. I just cant find the correct setting...

I am quite sure that such an elaborated program can do that, but I just cant find where.

Please help me out with this. Thanks.

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Error on initializing.
Tmpgenc mastering works 7, full version don't start in normal mode or safe mode.
I've got this error on loading:
Failed to initialize VMESys.dll. See below for details.
An error occurred during a process. (Error code: 0x80048016)

I've uninstall and reinstall it. I've update my graphic video card too: Nvidia 1050ti.
My system in windows 10.
Tmpgenc mastering works 7 won't start. Failed on initialization.
Please, help me.

I just began getting a "disk writing tool cannot be started" error. Why? Should I just uninstall and reinstall the software?

Can Authoring Works 6 burn BDXL discs?

Hello, my question is not specifically for TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5, but it is for ***. tvmw files used to save a video montage. How to make valid again a ***. Tvmw file saved in a folder but which has since been renamed or moved (the videos used for video editing are still present in this folder).
Videos + file ***. Tvmw are in the same folder but since the folder has been renamed ***. Tvmw can't find them and I don't know what the name of the original folder was at the time *** .tvmw was created.
Thanks for your help.

Hello, my question is not specifically for TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5, but it is for ***. tvmw files used to save a video montage. How to make valid again a ***. Tvmw file saved in a folder but which has since been renamed or moved (the videos used for video editing are still present in this folder).
Videos + file ***. Tvmw are in the same folder but since the folder has been renamed ***. Tvmw can't find them and I don't know what the name of the original folder was at the time *** .tvmw was created.
Thanks for your help.

I reinstalled my PC and the Pegasys Softeare, now when i try to open TMPGenc Authoring Works 6.0.14.16, i get this message: Failed to Initialize the VMESys.dll
An error occurred during a process (error code: 0x08004916)

Hello, everyone. I am creating a DVD with the following:

Friday
Video 1
Video 2

Saturday
Video 1
Video 2

Sunday
Video 1
Video 2


Each video is set to 'Back to Menu' after it plays. I can add a 'Play All' button and it will play them all. But, I'd like to be able to add a button to play both Friday, Saturday, or Sunday videos, and then come back to the menu. Any suggestions are appreciated. All videos are on the same track.

Thank you,

BlackLion

I don't think this is possible in this software. If they are separate video files you can change the end action of each one in 'Bluray global menu settings'. Under the General tab, you'll see 'track playback end action'.
This IS possible using DVDA software - you can assign those things to any chapter point. But that's a whole new learning curve. :-(

The rescue clips are rendered in low quality, the difference is very noticeable. Other softwares re-encode in much better quality...