Product Overview

TMPGEnc MPEG Editor is a greatly improved version of the widely used MPEG Tool (included in TMPGEnc Plus 2.5). It has been reworked into a full-featured software program offering fast and easy cut-editing with high precision MPEG Smart Rendering.
The standard MPEG Tool could only cut on GOPs, which meant rough cut-editing, but with TMPGEnc MPEG Editor and its Smart Rendering function, accurate and precise cut-editing (at frame level!) becomes possible. The Smart Rendering technology included in TMPGEnc MPEG Editor re-encodes only the necessary parts of the video, and not the whole video, allowing smooth cut-editing.
Also, like other new Pegasys software, TMPGEnc MPEG Tool is compatible with the TMPGEnc Sound Plug-in AC3 (for Dolby Digital® 2 ch audio).

Supported file formats are: standard MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, DVD-Video files or DVD-VR (.VRO) files recorded with standalone DVD recorder.

Main features

1. Technical Wizard Interface

Features the same intuitive and popular interface structure as the one used in TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress and TMPGEnc DVD Author.

2. Smooth cut-editing thanks to Fast Thumbnail View

TMPGEnc DVD Author's cut-editing thumbnail view has been adopted and improved for TMPGEnc MPEG Editor. Smooth cut-editing is possible thanks to the new Thumbnail View's Fast Scrolling.

3. Includes the long-awaited Smart Rendering function

Because TMPGEnc MPEG Editor includes the Smart Rendering function, there is no need to take GOP limitation into account when cut-editing. The work can be done at frame level. Portions of video and audio that have to be re-encoded is held to a minimum, keeping the highest quality possible. The Smart Rendering function also makes it possible to seamlessly join several files (*1). Furthermore, TMPGEnc MPEG Editor includes an [Analyze re-encode] function allowing checking of the encoded parts before outputting them.
A comparison figure of the Smart Rendering feature and other cut edit systems is here.

4. Supports source files from standalone DVD recorder

Includes the same DVD importation function as TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress, which allows editing of DVD-video format or DVD-VR format discs from a standalone DVD recorder. Furthermore, multiple formats such as Advanced VBR which were unsupported by TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6 can be imported and re-encoded only where necessary to unify the format, and then be used in TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6. (*2)

5. Supports Victor GR-HD1 (the 1st consumer HD camcorder)

High-Definition (HD) video recorded by the Victor GR-HD1 camcorder, can also be cut-edited smoothly using fast thumbnail view. (*3).

6. Includes Audio filter (very useful for TV recordings)!

Settings such as: Audio gap correction, Volume change, and also Time tone reduction (time tone: used in some countries), Fade in / out, and Bilingual audio (used in some countries) is possible.

7. Compatible with TMPGEnc Sound Plug-in AC-3

If the TMPGEnc Sound Plug-in AC-3 (Dolby Digital 2ch audio) is already installed on your PC, import and output of Dolby Digital audio / 2ch is possible. This plug-in is necessary to use DVD-Video or other content which use Dolby Digital audio. (*4)