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TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works


TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works(replaces TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress) is here. Among it features is support for many input and output formats, detailed parameter settings, fast and precise cut-editing, video format conversion, compression, material creation, and much more! Import, edit, enhance, and encode your videos with the easy-to-use interface preferred by users the world over. Add video clips in practically any format, cut-out unwanted scenes, correct and enhance your video and audio, then encode to the format of your choice using custom settings or templates for popular formats. CUDA hardware encoding. Full description.

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Version:5.1.1.52
Released:20111007

Size:80.6MB

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Version history:
TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 Version 5.1.1.52 - October 6, 2011
Improved
The Precision denoise filter accelerates much faster and reduces afterimages better than the prior version. Note that it is possible the filtering will not use CUDA acceleration depending on your computer environment since CPU acceleration related to the filtering can be much faster than that of some CUDA devices. In the case that the CPU is faster than the CUDA device, the CPU will be used.
Reference Data:
Input Source Info: 720x480 29.97fps (MPEG-2/mp2) 2229 frames
Output Format: DVD standard 720x480 29.97fps (MPEG-2+AC3)
Precision denoise filter enabled, "standard, strength 100"
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 (2.33GHz), 2 cores, 2 threads
Encode time (Ver5.0.6.38): 7m 57s (when using CUDA GeForce9600GT: 4m 47s)
Encode time (Ver5.1.1.52): 4m 52s (when using CUDA GeForce9600GT: 3m 11s)
CPU: Core i7 920 (2.67GHz), 4 cores, 8 threads
Encode time (Ver5.0.6.38): 6m 36s (when using CUDA GeForce 285GTX: 1m 31s)
Encode time (Ver5.1.1.52): 1m 54s (when using CUDA GeForce 285GTX: 1m 30s)
Precision denoise filter enabled, "standard, protect details"
CPU: Core i7 920 (2.67GHz), 4 cores, 8 threads
Encode time (Ver5.0.6.38): 11m 59s (when using CUDA GeForce 285GTX: 3m 11s)
Encode time (Ver5.1.1.52): 2m 01s (CUDA not used)
Improved (Importation)
Some specific codecs that cannot decode interlaced MotionJPEG in AVI containers will no longer be used. This revision reduces the cause of the display picture being black upon entering the Edit / Filter windows.
When reading a Blu-ray via the Source Wizard, chapter names can now be read.
The framerate is now displayed for each title during TS file importation through the Source Wizard.
Corrected (Importation)
Could not get the program name when reading the file through the TS file reader.
Could not handle half and full-size-space characters correctly when reading ISDB type subtitles trough the TS file reader.
Would freeze when reading some specific FLV files.
On Windows XP, it could not decode some specific MPEG-4/AVC stream that didn't have a notification of the end of stream.
Took enormous amounts of time in order to read some specific MOV files when read though the QuickTime 7 file Reader.
When opening a project file and a "could not find source" error occurs, replacing the missing source file would not work properly. could not work correctly, in case of replacing with other materials since an error occurred such as could not find a clip or other materials, and also such the materials includes a image file or specifying video and audio separately.
Fixed a problem where video files read with the Media Foundation file reader would not display properly when fast-forwarding or rewinding in the cut-editor.
The QuickTime 7 file reader was improved and the following problems have been resolved:
Brightness changed from the middle when reading a MOV file made from the AVID DNxHD codec
Could not decode in the correct order of frames for MOV files shot with specific cameras.
A sound gap would occur when reading some specific MOV files.
Could not open MOV files containing only audio streams.
TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 would freeze when reading an MOV file without the codec despite requiring the codec to play.
The Source Wizard's Blu-ray/DVD/TS analysis reading function was corrected, and the following problems have been resolved:
Could not correctly read specific character strings such as program information when reading a Blu-ray file (BDAV).
Could not correctly read data containing two or more STC sequences when reading a Blu-ray file (BDAV).
Would sometimes not perform correctly when getting the duration of the title when reading a Blu-ray file (BDAV).
A divide by zero error might occur if there was a lot of garbage data in the MPEG stream header when reading a Blu-ray file (BDAV).
Titles might not be included in the title selection when reading a Blu-ray file (BDAV) which contains 50p or 60p video data.
Upon reading Blu-ray (BDAV/BDMV) data, the operation might be overly intensive due to unnecessarily checking at the end of the file when reading the last subtitle data.
Could not read only a part of specific BDAV/BDMV data when reading a Blu-ray file (BDAV/BDMV).
The thumbnail image in the title list would not be displayed correctly when reading a Blu-ray file (BDAV/BDMV).
The MPEG file reader was improved and the following problems have been resolved:
When reading Dolby Digital Plus audio, a memory leak would occur.
When previewing Dolby Digital Plus audio from the file head, there would be no sound.
When opening an MPEG file which contains several types of audio formats, they would sometimes not be reflected in the list for the audio stream selection.
Would refer a wrong proxy file when specifying.
Would mistakenly recognize the size as 1920×1088 when reading a 1920×1080 H.264 MOV file.
When decoding AAC audio which switches the channel mode in the middle, a noise would occur at the switching point.
When reading specific FLV files, the picture would become black and the time would not display correctly.
When reading AAC audio which switches the channel mode in the middle, a audio gap would occur at the switching point.
When the audio packets did not include audio-data in the file head, the FLV file reader would incorrectly identify the type of audio.
Corrected (Output)
The MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoder engine (x264) has been updated.
Upon outputting JPEG files, the component Id within the SOF0 segment was not correctly marked.
Could not correctly display the error when the commit size approached the 4GB memory size during encoding with the x264 encoding engine.
When an exception would occur in the internal encoder, there would be no notification of the details of the exception.
Depending on the timing, it was possible that Memory Access Errors would occur when starting multiple simultaneous encodes from AAC audio or FLV files as the source materials.
Would output invalid files when outputting an H.264/AVC file using the Intel Media SDK encoder and the number of reference frames was set as "1".
If the source file was an H.264/AVC stream with a multi-slice picture field, it could not be multiplexed into an MP4/MKV.
Could not control the VBV buffer correctly when multiplexing some specific MPEG-2 video streams.
When the baseline profile was selected for MPEG-4/AVC output, some advanced settings that should be fixed were changeable.
When CUDA was enabled, the QuickTime file output would be choppy.
A QuickTime file encoded as a MOV was not displayed correctly in some environments.
The value of the average bitrate would change immediately in response to other numerical inputs even if it was changed in the encoding/bitrate settings for output such as MPEG or MKV.
Changed (Output)
When using the x264 encoder, the aspect ratio is now based on the 2005 H.264 standards instead of the 2009 standards since some players still cannot interpret the 2009 standard.
Corrected (Playback, editing, filters)
Noise would appear on a picture when the width/height was not a multiple of 16 when using the Precision Denoise Filter through CUDA.
The Mask filter's (type: Blur) set strength value would revert to the default value when the filter window was re-opened.
After selecting 24fps as the Deinterlace mode, an error would occur when the source aspect ratio was changed in the clip settings.
The vintage picture filter was unable to be used when SSE2 or later was enabled in the CPU settings. Also, an error occurred when it was used in an environment where multi threading acceleration for filtering was enabled.
In the subtitles filter, the characters would display at a shifted position when a specific layout setting was used.
The mask when added through the mask filter would not be deletable by using the DEL key or specifying the unmask range.
In the audio properties window of the clip properties, pressing the ESC key would apply changes to the channel mode setting.
Even though thumbnail would be disabled, the high-speed thumbnail navigation would still work with the Ctrl + number keys.
On a PC which had not been restarted for a long time, an error occurred at startup when trying to edit a project that was previously registered in the batch encode tool.
In the explore view function of the timeline window, a sample format error occurred when playing a source with a width or height of 2048 or more.
When inputting an MPEG-4 file into the Multiplexer(advanced) in the MPEG tool, the default output format would be MKV.
Corrected (Other)
A canceled job still remained in the batch encode tool when the tool was re-opened.
When editing a long clip in the timeline window at maximum magnification, making changes to the volume level caused an extraordinary increase in processing activity.
In cases where network hardware equipment had been replaced since the last license validation, a license validation prompt would be executed again.
An deadlock would occur in communication between TMPGEncVMW5Encoder.exe and the main exe.
On environments where there is an H67/Z68 chipset and dual monitors, the CUDA functions could not be used depending on the connection settings.
In cases where the batch encode tool had been reopened from the taskbar, the tool would not accept the adding of project files by drag-and-drop.
Even though the MPEG extension setting had been changed in the preferences, the setting would revert without being stored properly.
Other minor corrections.

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All features / Full description:
Encoding Made Simple.
Navigate Through Your Project with the Easy-to-Use Interface.

The Start-up Lancher window gives you the first option for your project. If you just need to convert one video, or link together several videos, choose the "Normal Mode". If you want to create a more sophisticated output with layered videos, or mix video with different audio sources, choose the "Timeline mode". Next, use the Format selector to choose the output format and continue to the Encode process. Voilà, video creation made simple!
Intuitive stages take you through your project with ease!


Tons of Input and Output Formats.
If you've got it, convert it.

Natively supporting a wide variety of the most recent formats such as FLV (H.264), WebM, and the MKV container, you practically don't need to install external CODECs. You can edit and output without needing any knowledge in these formats. Furthermore, it also includes AVCHD, Blu-ray disc importation and even HDV capture functions. It even includes the Editing Proxy function, allowing you to swiftly edit Full HD content.


Cut-Edit Your Video.
With an Improved Editing Window.

The Cut-editor window, while keeping its user interface simple for quick comprehension, has been enhanced with functions to support high-definition editing.
Drop Folder image

* Accelerated preview/fast navigation thanks to the Intuitive Draw Technology 3.0 (IDT3.0). The decoding stage can use CUDA or Intel Media SDK (for compatible formats only), making it easier for high definition video editing.
* You can use the mouse to move within an image when the preview image is larger than the display area, making it possible to edit regardless of the image resolution.
*Image with a resolution higher than 2048 pixels is resized.
* Clip Start/End points can now be set through sliders, allowing simplier cut-editing.
* Audio meter displays the channel number and peak level in real time. You can prevent audio distortion by using the audio filters.


Search Smarter, Not Harder.

Use the mouse's right button to quickly search in the scrolling thumbnail strip. Furthermore, by pressing the mouse's center wheel you activate the automatic scene change detection and jump to the next or previous scene change.


The Filter list.
Enhance Your Video with Filters.
Correct, Improve, and Enhance Video.

From filters aimed at improving the image quality of the source (like the Video denoise and Smart sharpness) to the newly added and creative Vintage picture and Speed filters, many types of filters are now available to you.


Encode Your Video.
Use Templates for Popular Devices and Formats.

Using the Output format template, you can safely and simply set-up the encoder, even you use it for the time, without having to verify the player device's limitations. The Output format template selector sets the encoder for you, so you do not need to have knowledge of the intricate requirements of DVD-Video, Blu-ray formats, or highly demanded formats for the iPhone, iPad, PSP and other mobile devices.


Advanced MPEG Tools.
Improved Tools

The MPEG tool, integrated in the Advanced tools window, is a powerfull tool that allows you to multiplex or demultiplex supported video and container formats. This product supports MP4 and MKV containers in addition to MPEG, and supports multistream. Outputted multistream file editing is also possible by selecting an arbitrary stream in the Clip properties. Other advanced tools are the Project checker, allowing you to verify if all files used in a project are available in the host machine, and the Proxy file creator, allowing you to create a ligther, Clip-editor friendly version of a source file that would be too large to process normally.


SpursEngine Plug-In Support.
Take Advantage of SpursEngine Hardware.

TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 can use the TMPGEnc Movie Plug-in SpursEngine, allowing access to the Toshiba made high-performance streaming media processor SpursEngine™.
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Guides and How to's:
Asafs AVI TV Episodes to one DVD(6hr/DVD) - Read
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Tool features, Convert:
AVI to AVI, AVI to DivX, AVI to DVD, AVI to MPG, AVI to VCD, AVI to SVCD, AVI to WMV, AVI to XviD, DivX to AVI, DivX to DivX, DivX to DVD, DivX to MPG, DivX to VCD, DivX to SVCD, DivX to WMV, DivX to XviD, DVB to AVI, DVB to DivX, DVB to DVD, DVB to MPG, DVB to VCD, DVB to SVCD, DVB to WMV, DVB to XviD, DVD to AVI, DVD to DivX, DVD to DVD, DVD to VCD, DVD to SVCD, DVD to WMV, DV to DVD, DV to MPG, DV to VCD, DV to SVCD, MOV to AVI, MOV to DivX, MOV to DVD, MOV to MPG, MOV to VCD, MOV to SVCD, MOV to WMV, MOV to XviD, MP4 to AVI, MP4 to DivX, MP4 to DVD, MP4 to MPG, MP4 to VCD, MP4 to SVCD, MP4 to WMV, MP4 to XviD, MPG to AVI, MPG to DivX, MPG to DVD, MPG to MPG, MPG to VCD, MPG to SVCD, MPG to WMV, MPG to XviD, VOB to AVI, VOB to DivX, VOB to DVD, VOB to MPG, VOB to VCD, VOB to SVCD, VOB to WMV, VOB to XviD, WMV to AVI, WMV to DivX, WMV to DVD, WMV to MPG, WMV to VCD, WMV to SVCD, WMV to WMV, WMV to XviD, XviD to AVI, XviD to DivX, XviD to DVD, XviD to MPG, XviD to VCD, XviD to SVCD, XviD to WMV, XviD to XviD


Acronyms / Also Known As:
TMPGEnc 3.0 Xpress, TMPGEnc Express, TMPGEnc 3.0 Express, Tsunami Video Encoder XPress, TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress, TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works, TVMW

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I've been using this software for a month now and the CUDA encoding works fine on my Samsung i5 Laptop. After using StaxRip and Handbrake for encoding x264 videos TVMW5 is by far the worst when it comes to comparable outputs in terms of video quality to the other software I mentioned.

The deinterlace filters are not as good as the Yadif deinterlacer. I don't know why TMPGenMW5 continues to use their own version, all I get from dvd conversions are jaggy lines around sharp objects. When using Handbrake or Staxrip the edges are sharper and no jaggies at all.

Lastly the video quality is noisy with artifacts and overly soft. The files sizes are much larger than the other software products even when using the exact same compression settings.

This product needs help.

Posted April 04, 2011 by ejai. Tool version 5.05.32 using OS Windows 7
Ease of use 5 of 10 Functionality 7 of 10 Value for money 4 of 10 Overall score 4 of 10






Tried the updated version on some Hauppauge 1212 transport streams I captured in 1080i to convert to Matroska. Results were terrible. When I forwarded through the completed video using VLC there was very visible tearing and when played in normal speed the video was jerky making actor's motions look animated rather than fluid.

I normally use HDConvertToX to convert transport streams to Matroska with excellent results, and it looks like I'll continue with that program until TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works gets this problem sorted out.

Posted February 19, 2011 by mail2tom. Tool version 5.0.3.29 using OS Windows 7 64-bit
Ease of use 9 of 10 Functionality 8 of 10 Value for money 9 of 10 Overall score 9 of 10






after trying TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 demo for a week, i finally decided to buy it. mainly for x264 support and the ease of editing.(light editing)
if you have dual vga setup ati+nvidia for cuda.cuda support will not work for now, hopefully will work in the future as version 4 works just fine.

Posted February 16, 2011 by meshal. Tool version 5.0.2.22 using OS Windows 7 64-bit
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In continuation with last comment...
Further more, if you inspect inner frames, some frames get damaged as well while compressing it too much. Now most of the time I use Lagarith or HuffYUV.

Posted February 16, 2011 by Bonie81. Tool version 5.0 using OS Other
Ease of use 5 of 10 Functionality 5 of 10 Value for money 5 of 10 Overall score 5 of 10






I upgraded from TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to Mastering Works 5 since it is supposed to incorporate the x264 encoder and I'm very impressed with the x264 results. However, I am underwhelmed with the x264 output from Mastering Works 5. The output file becomes very pixelated and jerky when I forward through it.

As a comparison I encoded the same file with TMW5 and VirtualdubMod using x264vfw with the same bitrate and found x264vfw produced a smooth sharp output while TMW5 was considerably less impressive.

Posted February 16, 2011 by mail2tom. Tool version 5.0.2.22 using OS Windows 7 64-bit
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I've been using the demo version for a little over a day now, and I can safely say that this is a quantum improvement over TE4XP. As soon as I get the chance, I'm going to upgrade to the full version.

My only issue is that they still only have an MPEG-2 Blu-Ray preset, but I suspect it shouldn't be too hard to translate one of MeGUI's H.264 Blu-Ray presets. Also, the CUDA encoding option is nice, but I'm still not sure about how Blu-Ray-friendly the settings are.

Other than that, it's definitely a keeper.

Posted February 05, 2011 by CubDukat. Tool version 5.0.22 using OS Windows 7
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Easy to use, great results, accepts pretty much anything out there and can output 1080p WMV with 5.1 audio!

Posted April 28, 2010 by bits. Tool version 4.7.6.304 using OS Windows 7
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Very good program and the color correction filter is the best I've found yet. Pretty bad that the new versions require crap framework. And there's no data available on which is the last version that does not.

Posted April 28, 2010 by Skynet. Tool version 4.2.3.193 using OS WinXP
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This releases supports CUDA under G92 based video card fine (8800 GT are supported). Unfortunately G80 based card are not (8800GTS/GTX/Ultra). I think the developer used compute capability 1.1 leaving G80 cards out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia ... Features_3

My video card is a 9800GX2 running ForceWare 178.24 under Vista x64. My CPU is an Intel quad Q6700. The mobo uses Intel IP35 chipset.

CUDA support could be useful for some filters but not for every situation out there. For example when I enable the hardware video decoder, decoding 720x480 MPEG2 videos is slower.

Some filter combinations are faster when using CUDA, so you need to try what´s faster depending on what you are doing and the hardware you have.

My 9800GX2 is great for games, but for CUDA it is only marginal better than a 8800 GT

Posted November 03, 2008 by ofbarea. Tool version 4.6.2.266 using OS Vista 64-bit
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Well, as it turns out, you must use the latest CUDA-enabled video driver (178.08), which you can get from nVidia. Also, You must have either a 98xx or 2xx series nVidia card for the CUDA options to work with this build of TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress. That rules out a lot of people with 88xx cards.

Posted October 31, 2008 by jabloomf1230. Tool version CUDA using OS Vista 64-bit
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Previous versions worked flawlessly. If you activate CUDA with the most recent nVidia drivers (180.42), it crashes non-stop on any type of encode.

Posted October 30, 2008 by jabloomf1230. Tool version 4.6 CUDA using OS Vista 64-bit
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been using tmpeg products sense mpeg-1 was the de-facto. and the reason i STILL use thire products is it give excellent results, does auto aspect conversion and my videos to this day and version always had proper a/v sync

Posted July 06, 2008 by dannyboy48888. Tool version 4.x using OS Vista
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it is the fantastic video converter with editing functions but it need codecs to be installed for opening many video files like mkv,rm,mov,avi etc so it will be better if it will have all codecs built in to open all kind of video files

Posted June 29, 2008 by parag19. Tool version 4.5.1.254 using OS WinXP
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This is one of the best programs i tested. Only reason i give it a bit low numbers is the conversion for psp do not work so well. The file will not play on my psp.
Only way it could play was with mpeg but i wanted to use AVC which has superior quality.
I tested "mp4 converter" from http://www.mp4converter.net/ and it works like a charm for psp conversion. Funny thing is the file created with mp4 converter plays perfect on psp but not my mediaplayer classic :) (plays fine in windows media player but without sound)

I'm getting a bit dizzy with all new programs and works halfway.

My suggestion is to use TMPGEnc for normal encoding and mp4 converter for psp purpose.



Posted December 28, 2007 by reza666. Tool version 4.4.1.237 using OS Vista
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actually was using "super" before this and quality comparison is a total joke with "super". tmpgenc xpress4 encoded an hd uncompressed avi to wmv8 and the quality is sharp and very clean.

I have yet to try other conversions but have been impressed with TMPGEnc all across the board. There are so many to choose from but always come back to this company's software.


Posted June 22, 2007 by jawtab. Tool version 4 using OS WinXP
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I use version 3.0 and I have to say that this is the best encoding software that I have ever used, I don't like version 4.0 because I had a lot of problems with Lame MP3 audio codec. But overall this is really the best I recommend it to everybody.

Posted April 10, 2007 by shorto. Tool version 3.0 Xpress using OS WinXP
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I have used TMPG 2.5 for a very long time and decided to try out XPress 3.0 when it came out. I was very happy with it for speed and very decent quality. After a few updates it was even able to handle my raw HDTV transport streams! I even bought the AC3 pluggin that works very well because I was so happy with it. The only real flaw I found was that I would have to remux the audio because it would be out of sync after encode. I think its just a matter of an update to have the program compensate for the audio delay. So I would demux the audio before encode and use the cute little delay box they provide to set the delay Example: (-765). It works great! XPress 3.0 doesn't have as many options as TMPGenc 2.5 and isn't as clean an encode but for a good fast encode it is well within reasonable parameters. And when I say fast I mean 3X's faster than 2.5!

But this "comment" is supposed to be about TMPG XPress 4.0. When I decided to upgrade to XPress 4.0 I thought I would see more/faster/better rather than less/slower/worse. 4.0 no longer accepts Raw HDTV transport streams. It crashes every time. A real disappointment. I have tried to contact their technical support on the problem several times and have not received any response. It's been a month and 6 technical support e-mails on the form they provide and to direct e-mails to previous technical support responses. I am sure it is fine with dvd encodes using non-HD sources but that's not the direction I was going...

Either way, I am back to using XPress 3.0 for the "fast" encode and TMPGEnc 2.5 with Virtual Dub and Avisynth if I really want to do it right!

Posted July 10, 2006 by eclipse28. Tool version TMPG XPress 4.0 using OS WinXP
Ease of use 3 of 10 Functionality 2 of 10 Value for money 1 of 10 Overall score 2 of 10






The best feature for me is the video fade filter. Both sharpen filters are useless compared to TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress. I am still in the learning stage but 4 seems a lot slower than 3 with the same basic settings. Not sure why. Nice interface and layout with smooth manual file scanning. I hope the manufacturer replaces the sharpen filter with the previous version.

Posted July 01, 2006 by twinegar. Tool version 410179 using OS WinXP
Ease of use 8 of 10 Functionality 8 of 10 Value for money 8 of 10 Overall score 7 of 10






Got the trial yesterday. Haven't had 1 file that would play after encoding .mp4 or Quicktime using Tmpgenc express 4.0. I have the latest Quicktime pro.

Posted June 16, 2006 by kkmike. Tool version 4.0 using OS WinXP
Ease of use 7 of 10 Functionality 7 of 10 Value for money 3 of 10 Overall score 4 of 10






Now does include AC3 2 channels out of the Box
Still NO support for more than 2 audio channels

To decode quick time you will need Quick time 7.x or later. I need to validate if I need to upgrade to this version of Quick time to be able to decode ACC audio. Embedded DivX codec seems promising.

At least all features of the version 3.0 are still supported. I cannot comment on rendering quality yet, but so far so good. I have tested some of the filters and there are a few new good quality options, but virtualdub is still the king in this area. The new filters are very useful for simple corrections though.

MPEG Tools are still the same as the old one found in version 3.0

The killer feature for me was MP4 and ACC support. I will test all these features over the weekend.


Posted June 15, 2006 by ofbarea. Tool version 4.1.0.179 using OS WinXP
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I purchased this not too long ago after trying it out, but I only recently started getting into it a lot more.

I'd been fighting with TMPEnc Plus for doing downconversions from ATSC to DVD. Somehow, despite using most of the tricks out there to tweak the output, it still didn't look as good as I'd hoped. Now, with Express, I finally have a way to preserve most if not all of the original HD goodness without tweaking things.

My first project with Express was this week's episode of "24," and I have to say that if it looks as good on an actual TV as it does on my computer monitor, I'll be uninstalling 2.5 Plus very soon.

For me the lack of 5.1 AC3 handling is not an issue, since I demux and render the unedited MPEG-2 stream first, then mux it with the corrected audio, then editing in DVD Author (unless I need titles and transitions; then I take it into MediaStudio Pro 7.5). It would be nice to have 5.1 support so that I could do cuts-only editing with audio for commercials, but I have a workaround for that too (edit the original TS in FusionHDTV's cut mode and fine-tune in DVD Editor or MSP 7.5).

Posted February 02, 2006 by cubdukat. Tool version 3.0.24 using OS WinXP
Ease of use 9 of 10 Functionality 10 of 10 Value for money 8 of 10 Overall score 9 of 10






BIG disappointmet. After using TMPgenc 2.5,on trial, and reading that XPress was based on their "Famous" original encoder I bought the Xpress, not the Orignal. MISTAKE!
It is NOT like their original, even they admitted to me it's a different "engine". Quality output is typically 12--15% lower than TMPGENC 2.5. I bought the TMPGenc original for 37 bucks,and extremely happy with it.(give that one a 10+ )
Express useful for making/compiling titles.

Posted January 27, 2006 by Resolution. Tool version 3.3.7.1.16 using OS WinXP
Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 1 of 10 Value for money 1 of 10 Overall score 1 of 10






Don't bother...

NO AC3 support without BUYING the plugin
NO support for more than 2 audio channels

I'd like to be able to say what a great piece of software this is, because Pegasys usually make some of the best around. This time they just seem to have become greedy and careless. Why on earth would I want to PAY MORE to encode my video in AC3 when my equipment recorded it in AC3 in the first place and plenty of other programs seem more than able to handle it?

Shame on you Pegasys, take this piece of chalk and write on the blackboard 200 times "I must not BITE the hand that FEEDS me"

Posted January 08, 2006 by chuffster. Tool version 3.3.7.116 using OS WinXP
Ease of use 8 of 10 Functionality 4 of 10 Value for money 2 of 10 Overall score 3 of 10






The reasonable way to handle the xvid problem, is either to frameserve via virtaul dub or make an avs-script for avisynth. If you have enough hard drive space (like I do), you can also encode the xvid source to uncompressed avi. TMPGXpress reads that fine and without jerkiness.
What I love about TMPGXpress is its ability to transfer any framerate into another without much compication. I have tried that a lot of times and never had any sync problems. Of course this is not a hq transfer but does suffice.

Posted May 12, 2005 by boon23. Tool version xpress 3.0 using OS WinXP
Ease of use 10 of 10 Functionality 10 of 10 Value for money 10 of 10 Overall score 10 of 10






TMPGenc 3.0 XPress frame rate problem with XviD source

This comment pertains to TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress, not TMPGEnc or TMPGEnc Plus

When attempting to encode 23.976 fps XviD sources (as verified by GSpot 2.21) into DVD-compatible MPEG2, TMPGenc 3.0 XPress incorrectly detects the source frame rate as 30 fps, resulting in jerky MPEG2 output.

These XviD sources play perfectly in a variety of players, and encode properly in NeroVision Express 3.

There appears to be no way to override the incorrectly detected source frame rate in TMPGenc 3.0 XPress, and there doesn't appear to be any reasonable work-around.

This problem exists in version 3.0.4.24 (original release) and version 3.1.5.82 (latest version as of this writing) of TMPGenc 3.0 XPress.

Codecs: XviD-1.0.3-20122004 _Final Release_
XviD-1.1.0-Beta2-04042005 _Beta Release_
Platform: Windows XP SP2 on a 2 GHz Mobile Pentium 4


Posted May 11, 2005 by JNavas. Tool version 3.1.5.82 using OS WinXP
Ease of use 7 of 10 Functionality 3 of 10 Value for money 7 of 10 Overall score 5 of 10





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