The free trial version of TMPGEnc Video Mastering works has a 14-day time limit.
[8] In August 2002, TMPGEnc DVD Source Creator was released and bundled with Sony "Vaio" PC in Japan.
[13] The TMPGEnc Free Version was updated in 2008 for compatibility with Windows Vista (SP1 included).
[7] TMPGEnc Plus in first releases provided advanced MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video encoding with various technical options, MPEG-1 Layer II and Layer I audio encoding, support for external audio encoders (such as toolame, l3enc, mp3enc, LAME), internal video filters (such as deinterlacing), support for various input formats (AVI, MPEG, WAV, sequence JPEG, TGA files, etc.)
[7] TMPGEnc encoders can read most video formats, as long as the appropriate DirectShow filters are installed in the system.