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After checking the properties of a mpeg file, that does not show what type of mpeg it is (1, 2, or 4), how do I find out what type of an mpeg it is? Thanks again, Emily.
Hi, After ripping a 5.3 gig DVD to my pc (as .vob files), how do I fit all 5.3 gigs onto a single 4.7 gig DVD-RW? Do I have to compress the files, and if so with what programs? Or are there other methods for me to use. Thanks for any help any of you can give me, Emily.
You can"t put 5.3 gigs on a dvd+rw you will have to re-encode the vob"s to a mpeg2 file then use authoring software to make chapters and menues and burn it to dvd+rw, the reason that there are over 4.7gb on the stope bought dvd is because they are dual layered dvd"s and hold over 9gb, you can use dvd2avi to make a d2v project file from the vob files then encide the d2v file into a mpeg2 file with Tmpgenc useing one of the dvd templates or your own settings if you wish.......
Griff should be able to help you with this. It may be possible copy this DVD without re-encoding using IFOEDIT. There maybe streams contained within the VOBS which you do not need. IFOEDIT can remove these streams and rebuild your VOBS thus reducing the file size and allow you to fit on to a regular DVD-RW.
1. SmartRipper (already done by you). Selecting the Info file as part of the rip is a useful addition. Selecting a single VOB costs you nothing and allows for simpler management of files.
2. DVD2AVI. Create a Project file (.d2v) with the default frame rate of 29. At the same time, create the audio file (usually the .wav file generated from the Dolby downmix option - this will require experimentation - the .info file from step one will guide you to the track.)
3. TMPGenc. Use the wizard to create the MPG-2 file for DVD. Probably the only thing you need to change is the motion detection which should be either high or very high.
4. Nero or Ulead Movie Factory (a superior authoring/burning tool). Just follow directions.
Addendum to step 4. The Info file from step 1 will also tell you what Aspect Ratio to use. Typically 4:3 or 16:9. Set the AR to that in the Info file then use Full Screen Keep Aspect Ratio as the Video Arrange method.
If the aspect ratio is still not correct (i.e., Carmen Diaz looks like Gimili) you may have to set it manually to something like 704 x 390.
The simplest rout to ripping a DVD onto DVD-R, is to strip out unwanted streams from the VOBs.
Get yourself a copy of IFOEdit and open up VIDEO_TS.IFO. Have a look at the streams, and decide which ones you don't need. For instance, there might be both Dolby Digital and DTS sound streams; you may decide that you only want the Dolby Digital, so you can strip out the DTS.
After stripping out all the unwanted streams, it's more than likely that the original 5.3Gig DVD will have fallen to below 4.5Gb.
On the other hand, DVD-Rs are now as low as 80p (UK) (http://www.valuemedia.co.uk) so why not just split the movie over 2 DVD-Rs. To do this, use the "create IFO" option in IFOEdit.
If you jump back about 20 pages in this BBS, (or do a search for IFOEdit) you'll find step-by-step instruction of how to use IFOEdit. And if you're really up for it, go to http://www.doom9.net, this site has the ultimate IFOEdit guide.
Griff is absolutely right. Why bother re-encoding when IFOEDIT can do it in less time and produce a better output. As he says most if not all DVD's will fit on to a regular DVD-R once the unwanted streams and menus are stripped out and is precisely what you will be doing if you re-encode. So why bother re-encoding.
Do check out the link at Dooms site for IFOEDIT. It's has an easy to understand step by step guide.
By the way thanks for the link to the cheap DVD-R disks Griff. I'm thinking of biting the bullet and buying that DVD burner. What's kind of quality can I expect from these disks?
Griff is absolutely right. Why bother re-encoding when IFOEDIT can do it in less time and produce a better output. As he says most if not all DVD's will fit on to a regular DVD-R once the unwanted streams and menus are stripped out and is precisely what you will be doing if you re-encode. So why bother re-encoding.
Do check out the link at Dooms site for IFOEDIT. It's has an easy to understand step by step guide.
By the way thanks for the link to the cheap DVD-R disks Griff. I'm thinking of biting the bullet and buying that DVD burner. What kind of quality can I expect from these disks?
There are several reasons to compress the original DVD files:
1. In spite of what is said here, most VOB sets from the main DVD feature exceeds the DVD-R limit of 4.7 Meg (really 4.5 Meg with overhead files). I wish it was not so but I have not found anything to the contrary. Test: Grab a DVD, any DVD exceeding 1.7 hours main feature - Rip the main files and measure the size. I thank you, MPAA thanks you.
2. Many of those cast-off secondary features are priceless, sometimes better than the main movie. Why cast them off for the sake of a little processing time and a higher bitrate?
3000 kBPS, the default bitrate for TMPGenc DVD, seems to be ideal for the final product.
I sorry, but I'm gonna disagree. In my experience most DVD's I have ever ripped are usually under the 4.7gb size and that is with extra streams included, such as audio and subs. I've only ever had a few very long movies which are over this size.
Right now I have a 16:9 movie which is 1hr 57min on my drive which has only one Video and one Audio stream and no subs. This movie is 3.33gb in size, well under 4.7gb.
Maybe so, if you are doing steam processing with SmartRipper. I will revisit the stream processing and try to pull out just the main film and 384 kbs sound track.
I still would not like to miss some of the add-in features.
IFOEDIT, I found to be unintuitive and unfriendly when I tried it several weeks ago. Maybe I need to get around that.
Mark... If you are seriously thinking of going over to DVD-R burning then give a lot of thought to the actual Blank Media. Anything below a pound will give you many headaches, especially those from BulkPaq... I have tested many Freebies from different manufacturers including the latest Two Speed blanks. Some are good, some are utter crap, but they are still evolving on a daily basis. Yes, Daily!
Go here if you want to get on the Freebie bandwagon. Sign up and go to Test Reviews and get your name in FAST.
Thanks Bill, will give that a go. I'm not gonna jump in just yet 'cos like you say there is the media issue. I want to know if the cheap media works ok or if I should just hold on till the prices drop.
Anybody else out there know of good quality cheap DVD media.
Dee, if it is the add ons you wish to keep then there is nothing stopping you from ripping out these for re-encoding and keeping the main film intact and then recombining using IFOEDIT or maybe use some other authoring program.
> Anything below a pound will give you many headaches..
I've been using Mirros V3 unbranded for months, I've had absolutely no problems with them at all. On the other hand, I have also used expensive brand DVD-Rs, lets say they begin with the letter "I", and have consistently had serious data integrity problems with them about 2/3 the way through. I suspect getting the combo of DVD-R and DVD burner right, plays an important part, but many of the so called branded DVD-Rs are overpriced rubbish - in fact the DVD-R that came with my burner had a noticeable defect on its surface, and wouldn't play in my DVD player, a Pioneer.
> 3000 kBPS, the default bitrate for TMPGenc DVD, seems to be ideal for the final product.
Not in this universe - read the ethos behind TMPGenc.
> 1. In spite of what is said here, most VOB sets from the main DVD feature exceeds the DVD-R limit of 4.7 Meg
I'd say about 50%. I've noticed the fad for including extras seems to be losing its momentum, judging by the latest releases I've seen; this can only be a good thing, since I think they're just padding. There are cases where the extras are relatively interesting, but that's only because the movie itself was so dire.
ASHY, If want to buy a DVD burner I suggest you get the latest offering from Pioneer, the DVR-104, it's reliable and comes from the company that gave us DVD-R. I'd then get a 5-pack of the v3, which will cost around a tenner, and see if they play ok in DVD player. Like I said, I've a boatload of Mirror DVD-Rs and I've not hade ONE dud.
And don't even think about recording DVD movies at anything other than 1x, whatever the DVD-R says on its cover - unless you like shiny round beer mats (coasters).
Personal preference is one thing. What works for you doesn't necessarily mean it will work for everyone.
Fact: The Pioneer A04/104 is the best DVD writer.
Fact: DataSafe White Label 3rd generation DVD-R will play on any modern
standalone. (Not my preference though.)
Fact: There are more than 1000 brands of DVD-R worldwide but only five
companies who actually make them.
Fact: The only difference between a 1 or 2 speed DVD-R is the header.
(I personally have had no problems whatsoever with 2 speed.)
Fact: The prices of DVD-R are falling by the week. The DataSafe White label as
mentioned above is currently down to 89p. That's a drop of 46p in less
than 4 weeks.
It is not my intention to argue or antagonize anyone, but fact should always come before personal preferences.
Personal preference is one thing. What works for you doesn't necessarily mean it will work for everyone.
Fact: The Pioneer A04/104 is the best DVD writer. (For home users.)
Fact: DataSafe White Label 3rd generation DVD-R will play on any modern
standalone. (Not my preference though.)... To perfom tests on every possible combination would take many years.
Fact: There are more than 1000 brands of DVD-R worldwide but only five
companies who actually make them.
Fact: The only difference between a 1 or 2 speed DVD-R is the header.
(I personally have had no problems whatsoever with 2 speed.)... Linear velocity vs laser power does not enter the equation as far as the home user is concerned.
Fact: The prices of DVD-R are falling by the week. The DataSafe White label as
mentioned above is currently down to 89p. That's a drop of 46p in less
than 4 weeks.
It is not my intention to argue with or antagonize anyone, but fact should always come before personal preference.
Hi, I have just encoded a video clip to DVD(using TMPGEne). I have done this before, but went from video clip to VCD, and it has worked fine, after working out a few problems. I changed the bitrate to around 4300 (to maintain high DVD quality) to keep the file size under 4 gigs and then waited the 12-13 hours the process took, looked exactly the same as when I did the VCDs, only took longer. I used Record Now DX (the software that came with the DVD writer) to burn the converted file to a DVD-RW, which took an hour. But when I put the burned DVD-RW in my DVD player, the DVD icon apeared (showing that the player recognizes the DVD), but the No Play statement appeared across the DVD window. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong. Thank you, Emily
Did you actually author this file to create the correct file structure and vobs or did you simply burn the file as is with your software.
The MPEG TMPG created needs to be authored by a DVD authoring program to create the correct file structure before burning otherwise your player won't recognize the files on it.
I'm trying to convert a DivX avi to MPEG-1. This has always worked perfectly before (with other files, in size 512 x 352).
Input (according to WinXP file properties):
DIVXMPG4 V3, 512 x 384, 25fps, 134kbps, 24 bit
Audio 128 kpbs, MPEG Layer-3
Duration: 44:06
File size: 348 MB
I want it in VCD format, PAL or NTSC (guess PAL is the correct choice given fps of source). Conversion works in TMPGenc 2.57, but gives me output file of ridiculous 1 214 MB (!) (using the project wizard).
Tried some different stuff, for instance outputting it in 352 x 288 by making a project myself and changing resolution in (Main window) Setting button->Video tab->size. But this just gives me repeated errors ("-562303043 362016").
Anybody know what I'm doing wrong? I don't feel 100% intelligent right now :-/
I encountered the same problem until someone here previously told me that there is some glitch with tmpgenc and divxmpeg4 v3. Well not really a glitch but the problem is easily solved by using Virtualdub. Just extract the audio using virtualdub and use the extracted audio file for the audio source instead of the divx file that you are trying to convert. Hope that helps.
Thx, works fine. Needs one extra tweak though, I have to set end frame manually (not too much work). Strange though, if I drag the slider to the maximum right and press "set end frame" it displays the correct value, it's only if I leave it at -1 that it predicts the wrong size.
What usually works for me is to decompress the audio using the decompress utility which is bundled in with avi2vcd - that way you get one large avi with decompressed audio and specify it as both audio and video source.
ok when i convert a avi file to mpg, the mpg always goes slow and skips then gradually skips and gets slower untill it just stops after a while then resumes, how can this be resolved?
a better explanation would be, that when i play the mpg file, it goes slow through the whole movie, like skipping through the whole movie, i dont know how to explain it better, but i do need help can someone help me?
There are a couple of things that may be causing this.
1. You have not attached VCD headers to the MPEG. Whenever you encode to MPEG or split the file using MPEGtools you must make sure the stream type is 'MPEG1 VCD' if it's a standard VCD or 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard)' if it's out of standard. Run the file through the MPEGtools simple multiplexer with the option above.
Does your burning software give you any warnings?
2. It could be a fault of your burning software which is not compatible with your player. Which software are you using and are you using the correct VCD burning option?
3. You are burning your VCD at a speed which is to high. Most if not all players have a problem with disks burned above 4x, so if this is the case reduce your burn speed.
the basic problem is that when it is in avi, it plays beautiful, but when converted to mpg it plays skippy like a bitch, so somewhere along the way when i use tmpgenc, i am doing something wrong, thanks for the advice. though :)
so i have converted an avi into svcd and when i watch mpegs - there is this
delay between video and sound.
how do i fix it?
can i fix it EXACTLY or i will have to guess some numbers to try to get it right?
and how do i fix it anyway?
please give me a detailed instruction how to do it?
or maybe there is some website with very good description of what to do in
this case?
You can use "mpeg2vcr" or "bbmpeg" cuz they have to option to off set the audio to the video in the multiplexor to correct sync issues.But it is a game of guessing....................
It is supposed to read divx 5 but I haven"t been able to get it to encode anything but a black screen with sound,but I know other poeple have doen it ...
Hi. I am having the same problem. The strange thing is that I was having no
problems at all. Then all of the sudden it won't open any mpeg files at all
including the ones that I made previously with the program. I'm using the
2.56 plus version. I have a report to tech support but so far no reply.
I also have the same problem.
I'm using the version 2.57.41.146-Plus-EN, that I just bought. (yes I think we have to buy such nice package).
The strangest thing is that it happens on file that I previously was able to open from within TMPGEncode.
It definetely looks like this is a recurent pb since I read similar pb on the list without being able to fix it with the solutions provided.
I'd love to have s.o. from TMPG to have a look at it.
Yes, but you will need an MPEG2 codec to open the file or you could frameserve it from DVD2AVI.
After you have set up the file to be encoded, you would the click File>Output to file>AVI file and then choose the codec and parameters you wish to encode the AVI to.
Took an AVI file that I know plays fine and ran part of it through TMPG to produce a PAL mpg - VCD standard at 25fps, 352x288 - all the standard defaults from the wizard.
Ran the .mpg file with Windows Media Player and picture is fine - but no sound.
Has anyone else found the same problem. It seems quite a basic issue. ??
It may not be media player that is at fault. If your AVi had Ac3 as the audio then it is likely you have encoded your MPEG without sound as TMPG does not support Ac3. Try your MPEG in a proper MPEG player. I recommend WinDVD, it is available as a free download from Intervideo.com. If there is no sound here too then it is your MPEG which is at fault not Media player.
What you need to do in this situation is extract the audio from the AVI to a wav file and use that as your audio source in TMPG.
Try playing it with "dvd playing software" cuz it will play AC3 but if it doesn"t play it then the file probably has no audio but if it is ac3 then you can extract the audio to a wav file with an ac3 decoder you should be able to get it here http://www.mediatwins.com/products/ac3_decoder-download.htm
I'm not sure about the audio. 48kHz, Stereo, 16 bit sound usually means Ac3.
Where did you get this information?
Try extracting the audio to a wav with AVImux. http://www.bsplayer.org/avimux04.zip
Just load the AVI, check the audio stream then right click it and choose PCM as the audio compression.