Review: TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4
Today we will be reviewing the excellent shareware program TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4, powerful software used to author DVDs from all types of video sources.
If you would like to download a free trial of the software from Pegasys, you can do so here: Free trial
Getting Started
At first glance, TMPGEnc has an easy interface. There are four ... [ read the full article ]
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Thanks for this review - all looks pretty cool I must say!
I have an important question. For me, the main attraction and usefulness of TMPGEncDVD Author 1.6 was its complete lack of any re-encoding capability. This made it ideal for me to author captured digital TV programs (which are already in DVD-compatible mpeg2 format... well almost, DVD Author would always bring up a "black" - i.e. not terribly serious - warning about the bitrates, this warning could be easily ignored and I've never had a DVD player refuse to play a resultant disc).
The old program's inability to re-encode (as opposed to the likes of NeroVision etc. which insist on re-encoding even when it isn't necessary) made it perfect for my application, as I was always getting the best possible result, and quickly too.
Can you please tell me if this new version works in a similar way - and if not, is it possible to shut off its desire to re-encode?
Quote:Can you please tell me if this new version works in a similar way - and if not, is it possible to shut off its desire to re-encode?
TMPGEncAuthoring Works 4 is similar in that it won't re-encode anything that's already compliant with your output format (DVD, BD, DivX too I think). By default it is set to not re-encode compliant video, however you can always force it to re-encode everything if you so desire.
I say download the trial and test it for yourself to make sure your recorded TV programs aren't re-encoded before purchasing the software.
I have been using this software since version 1.6 and am now running the latest version on Windows 7. I am having trouble with the disk writing tool. Many of the disks appear to burn correctly but then will not play. The computer still sees the disk as a blank disk. It I burn the same disk using Roxio it plays fine. Anyone else having this trouble?
