Mpeg encoder - 'cos DVDs are actually nothing more than MPG2 -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com V&S Extreme Photography http://www.bikehouse.demon.co.uk Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk Put Out The Lights On The Age Of Reason
It sounds like they just don't like the square pixel PAL format you're using. Standard PAL is actually 720x576 I'll know more in a couple of days as I'll be putting Encore through its paces for an NTSC DVD project I'm working on -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com V&S Extreme Photography http://www.bikehouse.demon.co.uk Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk Put Out The Lights On The Age Of Reason
Because I have put the prospect of a refund to him and he has knocked me back, offering instead a "discount on future purchases to compensate for the disappointment". I don't approve of what he is doing, either. On several levels. I have learned a lot in the last couple of days, however.
Well if you have two AVI files then its easy innit? And not theoretical at all cause the AVI files could be of your brothers daughters hen night, see? Anyway, given AVI files use any of the multitude of DVD authoring programs out there (e.g. DVD Creator, Pinnacle Studio 8, Ulead DVD Moviefactory, etc, etc) and drag both AVI files into a new project. Then give them each a name (for the main menu page). And a little piccy if you want. Then tell the program to create the DVD and it'll go away and re-encode the AVI files to the suitable format (inc sound), create all the rest of the files that a video DVD needs, and then burn the DVD. (some s/w just encodes & makes the files and lets you use whatever burner s/w you like to do that bit) Voila, one DVD playable in your average DVD player which will have a main menu with two items in it, each one leading to one of your AVI files. frag
But then, IIRC, Monsters Inc. has the extras on the same disc as the main feature whereas I thought someone said Nemo is a two disc version? It's still possible that these are just X-rentals if one assumes the original has nothing more than the main feature on the first disc. 6.19gb would be the correct size for a full res DVD (standard 8mbps) that's around 90 to 100 minutes long -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com V&S Extreme Photography http://www.bikehouse.demon.co.uk Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk Put Out The Lights On The Age Of Reason
What were you trying to do with Nero? All I use it for is burning, other stuff actually makes the files it burns. Haven't got a clue. I'm just getting into this lot myself and its a steep learning curve. I'm trying to grab shows off Tivo and archive them onto DVD. I was using TyStudio and just burning the files it produced which is supposed to work, but the actual VOB files it produced had a wierd resolution contained in the header, which *most* DVD players ignored and played happily, but the one I *had* (Philips 963SA) didn't, and hence wouldn't play them so I had to delve into re-encoding them. There's something out there that will let me hack this info in the headers but I've not tried that yet, and don't need to now cause I've changed DVD players to an Arcam (well, I don't *think* I need to!) I like DVDShrink cause you just bung a DVD in, de-select all the odd sound tracks and the rubbish extras, whack the compression up to '9' on the menus and extras you do want, tweak the compression on the main movie so it fits, and hit "Go" - simple And its free. frag
Pip wrote 1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories 2: Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt) 3: Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong) 4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean 5: Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia 6: China 7: Reserved 8: Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.) For more information than you really want about DVDs try here:- http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
Oops, that should be 4gb -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com V&S Extreme Photography http://www.bikehouse.demon.co.uk Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk Put Out The Lights On The Age Of Reason
Don't stop there. Tell him to blow his "discount on future purchases" out of his ass or you'll report him to Ebay. A refund is your right. Keep going until you get it! -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor), http://LeilaniWeb.co.uk (editor), /* 966 DVDs, 278 games, 33 videos, 80 cinema films, 70 CDs, laserdiscs & news /* intolerable cruelty, kill.switch, veronica guerin, top spin, surfing h30 New DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum - http://tinyurl.com/2k49p
Didn't realise I could alter compression on the menus. Something to learn for next time -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor), http://LeilaniWeb.co.uk (editor), /* 966 DVDs, 278 games, 33 videos, 80 cinema films, 70 CDs, laserdiscs & news /* intolerable cruelty, kill.switch, veronica guerin, top spin, surfing h30 New DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum - http://tinyurl.com/2k49p
How do I change that then? I'm stuck with what I'm getting from my DVD Recorder. -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor), http://LeilaniWeb.co.uk (editor), /* 966 DVDs, 278 games, 33 videos, 80 cinema films, 70 CDs, laserdiscs & news /* intolerable cruelty, kill.switch, veronica guerin, top spin, surfing h30 New DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum - http://tinyurl.com/2k49p
I don't know, but I'd like to know how I can force Encore and TMPGEnc to do what I want. -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor), http://LeilaniWeb.co.uk (editor), /* 966 DVDs, 278 games, 33 videos, 80 cinema films, 70 CDs, laserdiscs & news /* intolerable cruelty, kill.switch, veronica guerin, top spin, surfing h30 New DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum - http://tinyurl.com/2k49p
Yup, in the version I have (3.12 IIRC) open the tree view in the left hand pane to reveal the menu, main feature and extras and you can select 1 to 10 (10 being 10 second frame grabs IIRC) compression on most parts. frag
The two avi file will play on window player but Pinnical Studio 8[1]says it does not recognise the format. As does the other DVD creation files. Nero recognises them but will only burn avi to svcd or vcd and each file it too big to get on a cd (I don't know the options how to split them up smaller). If I tell it to burn to DVD it will only accept the DVD format of files. If I use Nero 6 [1] to produce an image on HD it does it in it's own format that nothing else recognises and each time I try it the whole process takes 2 hours to tell me it don't work. Tried these options, no go. [1] Is it because these are paid for real genuine versions and not bootlegged copies that it doesn't work. I've got some other s/w to try yet that came with another machine plus the new DVD burner I installed ( but having trouble with it. It says it should down load a new version but the new version wont install.)
Thats a big problem. They are in an unknown format so the programs cannot import or work with them. They could be DiVX format AVI files, I think Studio 8 doesn't know about these. What you need to do first is convert them to standard AVI files. Do a Google for some software that will 1. Inspect and tell you what format the files are actually in and 2. convert that format to another one that Studio 8 will import and work with. http://www.jmcgowan.com/aviconvert.html could help Just use nero to burn files produced by other s/w, its cile creation stuff is rubbish. Nah, i got genuine version wot is paid for and it works with AVI files. frag
Anyone know? -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor), http://LeilaniWeb.co.uk (editor), /* 966 DVDs, 278 games, 33 videos, 80 cinema films, 70 CDs, laserdiscs & news /* intolerable cruelty, kill.switch, veronica guerin, top spin, surfing h30 New DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum - http://tinyurl.com/2k49p
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor), http://LeilaniWeb.co.uk (editor), /* 967 DVDs, 280 games, 33 videos, 80 cinema films, 70 CDs, laserdiscs & news /* confidence, final fantasy x-2, yu-gi-oh!, intolerable cruelty, kill.switch New DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum - http://tinyurl.com/2k49p
