FYI: TMPGEnc DVD Author Update

The latest release of TMPGEnc DVD Author now includes a DVD Writing Tool,
which can burn DVDs and create ISOs on your hard drive.

I tested it by importing an MPEG Recorded TV Show (extracted by DVR-Ripper).
I was easily able to trim the start/end and remove all the commercials from
the video, and burn it directly to a DVD+RW.

The thing I liked the most about this tool was the fact that it did not need
to re-encode the video after making all the edits.

I had been using Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2, and I discovered that if I make
any edits within that application, it had to re-encode the entire video
before writing the DVD. Not only was this very time-consuming, but it
resulted in additional compression artifacts in the final video.

Of course your mileage may vary, but I just thought I'd share my results
with the newsgroup. You can download a fully functional trial version of
this software at http://www.pegasys-inc.com/e_download.html

-Bob

 

I played with TMPGenc DVD Author Update, and it seemed
OK. It is only guaranteed/tested to work with MPEG2 files
that have been encoded with TMPGenc however. As I usually
first process MPEG2 files to do some clipping (get rid of
the closed captioning artifact at the top of the screen)
and a 2 pass variable bit rate, this would be no problem
for me.

I'd have probably bought it if I hadn't just bought Ulead,
which works OK for me. I never edit within Ulead, I edit
with TMPGenc and then process the files first anyway.
With TMPGenc I can actually get pretty decent quality
using a 2500 average bit rate and a 6000 max bit rate
(also turning on soften block artifacts, sometimes noise
reducing and sharpening as well), which lets me fit almost
4 hours of pretty good quality on a single DVD. The 6000
max bit rate comes from the setting I record TV programs
at. I modified the registry to make fair be 2500, better
4000, good 6000, and best 8000, with me generally
recording at 6000.

I already have something like 4 DVD authoring programs,
and I know I would have to endure some harsh glares from
my wife if I wanted to buy yet another

The program is clearly for the hard core TMPGenc user,
which is me It had pretty limitted menu templates,
and lack of DVD burning directly was a negative, glad to
see they fixed the burning limitation.

Dave