English version TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 released

English version TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 released

New Main features compare to TMPGEnc DVD Author 2:

DivX Authoring
Subtitle support
Built-in video encoder



http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda3.html

Yet another all-in-one tool . Hope it just doesn't start reencode compliant dvd mpeg streams.

I still use 1.6...

It would be better if they instead just added the missing functionality to v.2 - DTS audio import and ability to edit menu pages' linking and arrange the number of button items among the pages. Unfortunately they've simply made a one-click thing for housewives.

Originally Posted by FulciLives

As for all the built-in transcoding/encoding stuff ... I wish there was a total and complete OFF option instead of an "intelligent" auto only mode. That makes me very uneasy.

It shows something like 'encode/transcode tasks' box in the output page. I always look into it and feel safe to ouput when I see 'None' in it. I believe the only thing it will re-encode without a warning is chapter point selected at a non-I-frame or a joining point of videos imported to the same track. Still can't find the reason why it ouputs slower than v.1.6.

Originally Posted by SatStorm

I still use 1.6...

I'm using 2.0 now but recently bought the new Vegas 7+DVD and Cinescore suite that was on sale. I wish TMPG would allow you to link stuff like Mediachance DVD-Lab and make menu transitions. Plus the fade-in, fade-out and other effects are very limited and the functionality is not there to get it right because TMPG does not allow you to manually link different points together. ie. There is only a global option for menu transitions, etc...

It's better to just learn Vegas+DVD or DVD-Lab for authoring, instead of paying everytime for a upgrade for TMPG. Version 2.0 hasn't been out that long and now they want us to pay for version 3.0?

Originally Posted by mats.hogberg

IMO, transitions, fades and stuff is prepared before authoring, not a task for the authoring app. But then I'm a purist.

/Mats

Yes I know that. But this program does not have the options necessary to author the DVD with transitions between menus.

Originally Posted by Baldrick

Yet another all-in-one tool . Hope it just doesn't start reencode compliant dvd mpeg streams.

Actually DVD Author 2 sometimes re-encoded the Video recorded in a DMR-ES10. Version 1.5 accepts these MPEGs without problems and the resulting DVD is fully functional.

Originally Posted by FulciLives

As for subtitles I have just been burning them into the video but 3.0 will make that a thing of the past ... if I ever decide to upgrade.

This is the feature I was waiting for.

Don't you people find it a little odd at how Pegasys prices their products? This "3.0" version should be a free upgrade to all users. I don't see any major features added that would make me think this is "3.0". It should be 2.1 as far as I'm concerned.

DivX Ultra "authoring" and subtitle support quite a dramatic change of direction... A direction I'd rather they hadn't taken.

Hey I got some news for ya.People are d/l divx movies by the truckload from the net.Telesync.

So the consensus is stick to 1.5(SL),1.6(DL)?
My only beef with them is the limited text boxes.

I've used 1.5, 1.6, and 2.0. You should really upgrade ot 2.0 as its menu building is really at its most flexible. I'm very happy with 2.0 and really couldn't ask for more. If I need MPEG-2 compliant files for a DVD then there are plenty of other tools that will do that task of converting. I've decided that since my Philips DVD player plays Xvid etc. that the need for a truly authored DVD can be selective, say, just for my home movies that were once on VHS and I want on DVD. Old movies and such I just convert from VHS to Xvid and put 5 or 6 on one DVD.

Steve W

I'm still using 1.6 w/ac3 plugin and haven't seen any reason to switch, and pay $55 to upgade to version 2. I've always been concerned about the transcoding complaints with v2. I sure don't see any cost benefits to upgradings to v3. "If it ain't broke don't fix it" applies here to me.

v1.5 w/ac3 plugin cost me ~$85 and then $12 to upgrade to v1.6. So that's around $100. Another $55 to upgrade to v2 and how much? to upgrade to v3. Seems like this tool is getting very expensive if you were one of its original users.

Originally Posted by SingSing

Originally Posted by SatStorm

I still use 1.6...

1.5.34.89 for me...but I did add/buy their AC3 plugin.

Japanese trial version of TDA3 released.
First post updated.

1. Would have been great about 2 years ago when I kept sending them emails to support Pal and Ntsc on the same disc whcih most dvd players play anyway. Subtitle support etc. I now have a media centre so save all my videos on dvd in Xvid format(Smaller file size and same quality, more vidoes on the disc)

2. Why do people need fancy menus coz I usually find them to be annoying with those stupid FBI warning messages. All of these are just in the way between me and the movies.

3. Internet access compulsory


Just my two cents...

English trial available, http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tda3.html

Does it support multi-channel dolby digital audio or just the standard 2 channel?

Other than the divx menu support, which is great if you have a divx supported dvd player, What are the significant improvements over 2.0?