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  1. Hope someone can help. I have been using TMPGEnc DVD Author V1.6 for 4 or 5 years, and have just upgraded to Authoring works 4. Every dvd I import to re-author is now "smart rendered" which adds about and hour and 20 minutes to the process. The only reason I upgraded was to set the broadcast flag to 16.9 instead of 4.3. I dont need elaborate menus, just something to set the broadcast flag to 16.9 without "smart rendering" what is already a compliant file. I have tried importing the DVD from both Authoring works 4 and DVD author 1.6, but after I set chapter points in Authoring works 4, the program wants to re-render the whole project. If I use DVD author 1.6 the file is compliant and burns with no problems, but has the broadcast flag set to 4.3. I have created thousands of projects with the older program and NEVER had a failure, so am a little annoyed that this problem has arisen. Anyone had this problem before or found cure it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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  2. The only reason I upgraded was to set the broadcast flag to 16.9 instead of 4.3. I dont need elaborate menus, just something to set the broadcast flag to 16.9 without "smart rendering" what is already a compliant file.
    if the only reason you're using that is to set the flag to 16:9 , use restream or dvd patcher on your streams
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  3. I have downloaded both programs and will give them a go, so many thanks.
    I like the way the new program works but still cant understand why it re-encodes the whole project.
    From my understanding, changing the flag alters the mpeg file in no way whatsoever.
    When I tried the 30 day trial of this program it did not re-encode!
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    Is the resolution of the problem video 704x576 by any chance? The DVD spec requires 720x576 resolution for PAL (or 720x480 for NTSC) when the aspect ratio is set to something other than 4:3.

    My DVD recorder records 704x480 and I can record programming from a set top box configured to output anamorphic widescreen, but aspect ratio flags are not provided as part of the NTSC signal, and the DVD recorder can't be configured set the MPEG-2 aspect ratio flag by default while recording. I must use Restream to correct the aspect ratio after the fact. When I provide some authoring programs with the corrected .m2v file, they insist on re-encoding the video as per the DVD spec.

    The funny thing is that when I use a an authoring program that does not re-encode the .m2v files I corrected using ReStream, the DVD players I have seem to be OK playing the 704x480 video as widescreen.
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  5. Thanks for the reply. I am working in PAL @ 720X576. The files which I am working with are created on a Pioneer stand alone DVD recorder, which records a DV signal straight from Adobe Premier. The stand alone recorder, produces a DVD with a 4.3 flag but the video is shot on widescreen, all I want is a pretty simple menu system but a 16.9 flag. Some of the other features in the program are quite useful so using it would be good if I can stop it from re-encoding my video but using the correct broadcast flag.
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    Originally Posted by lostinspace00 View Post
    Thanks for the reply. I am working in PAL @ 720X576. The files which I am working with are created on a Pioneer stand alone DVD recorder, which records a DV signal straight from Adobe Premier. The stand alone recorder, produces a DVD with a 4.3 flag but the video is shot on widescreen, all I want is a pretty simple menu system but a 16.9 flag. Some of the other features in the program are quite useful so using it would be good if I can stop it from re-encoding my video but using the correct broadcast flag.
    I remember reading a post made by a Pioneer DVD Recorder owner saying his HDD machine can be configured to set the widescreen flag regardless of the video signal. Have you checked your user manual carefully to see if this is possible for the model you own?
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  7. Many thanks again for the replies. Have now used dvd patcher to change the flag to 16.9 and re-authored the disc succesfully without re-encoding by DVD authoring works. Thanks again for the fast and accurate posts from all concerned.
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  8. TMPGEnc DVD Author always re-encodes video stream whatever setting you would use. Changes are minor or substantial but never predictable...
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  9. Originally Posted by noemi7 View Post
    TMPGEnc DVD Author always re-encodes video stream whatever setting you would use. Changes are minor or substantial but never predictable...
    Are you saying it doesn't allow pass through of compliant streams?!

    That would be a huge FAIL for any authoring software
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  10. Originally Posted by noemi7 View Post
    TMPGEnc DVD Author always re-encodes video stream whatever setting you would use. Changes are minor or substantial but never predictable...
    This is not true with regards to the video stream. The program will re-write the file structure into a DVD format, but will NOT re-encode the actual video once all input and output settings match (even the broadcast flag which I have now found out after wasting 3 nights). If the settings match then all that will be encoded is the menu which is a new creation not really a re-encoding. The program now does what it was bought to do and I can highly recomend it to anyone who may be thinking about buying it (albeit with a little help from dvd patcher. I have built 6 DVD's with the program now which all work flawlesly and are very easy to make. Many thanks again.
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  11. lostinspace is correct, TMPGenc doesn't re-encode mpeg's when there dvd complaint so if you cut a segment out of a mpeg that's 720x576 (PAL) or 720x480 (NTSC) and undersized it will smart render infact I made a dvd just then with a 40min tv show with VBR bitrate that's pal and it took 2min 03 secs to smart render and make a menu well worth it if all you need is a dvd as it won't output to mpeg again get videoredo for that.

    Note when handling NTSC material make sure it says output NTSC same goes for PAL as I don't think it changes automatically, you can change it before you start the project a the main menu.
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  12. Originally Posted by dylz View Post
    lostinspace is correct,
    If you think so then make an experiment: author/mux 100% DVD complaint video stream in TDA, after then demux it and compare file checksums if they match. They won't.

    In most cases changes are not visable so nothing to cry about. However, TDA is just terrible when it comes to source like DVB stream authoring, and sometimes even a file prepared in TMPGEnc Express.
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    The words "it always re-encodes" in help file don't mean "it re-encodes everything". If this happens after chaptering, I'd look into encoder settings. As I can remember from TDA3 (probable TAW4 behaves in the same way), it had the default setting "always encode chapter points as key frames" and of course that would happen to any DVD compliant source. This setting must be unticked for each project individually (no global setting). Then there are chances it will only re-encode the very last GOP in the movie and leave everything else as is.
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  14. Originally Posted by Alex_ander View Post
    The words "it always re-encodes" in help file don't mean "it re-encodes everything". If this happens after chaptering, I'd look into encoder settings. As I can remember from TDA3 (probable TAW4 behaves in the same way), it had the default setting "always encode chapter points as key frames" and of course that would happen to any DVD compliant source. This setting must be unticked for each project individually (no global setting). Then there are chances it will only re-encode the very last GOP in the movie and leave everything else as is.
    I'd assume that leaving the 'Picture Quality' setting at 90% (found just above the "always encode chapter points as key frames" setting mentioned above) would also make it more likely to re-encode. I always slide this setting up to 100%.
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