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[viperjay9]

im tired of trial and error so here goes.............

I have 2 divx files and i want to put them both on 1 dvd so chapter 1 is movie #1 and chapter 2 is movie #2. I have tried tmpgenc dvd author, maestro, dvdlab but i get errors in all of them because of my divx files. so i have a m2v and ac3 file for each movie that i created w/ tmpgenc and what my question is how can i get these files to make a dvd like i explained before..

thanks alot for replies

[FT Shark]

Try Ulead DVD Movie Factory 2 or Ulead DVD Workshop, they may accept a divx file. If not, take the m2v and the ac-3 file and use TMPGEnc to combine them togeather into one mpeg

[thingimijig]

well i use maestro.
import all four files (make sure they are named 1.m2v,1.ac3,2.m2v and 2.ac3)then right click untitled project, go to properties and tick either pal or ntsc, click ok.

double click movie 1 then drag your first video file in then drag your second movie file in at the end of the first one.
now right click on the audio line and select sync audio, it will show you which ones it will sync, click ok.

now put a chapter point at the end of the first film.

set your first play to chapter 1 and compile.

thingimijig.

[Vejita-sama]

I also use Maestro and am confused as I do this all the time. What error/problems did you have with Maestro?

[viperjay9]

when i import the m2v i get this:

(top error then bottom)

[Baldrick]

How did you convert to m2v? What settings? You must convert to standard dvd resolutions.

[macleod]

Download DVD2SVCD. It will accept the divx file and convert it to proper dvd res and make sure the audio is in sync (something that plagues a lot of divx files. Once you have converted both of the divx movies. You can take the resulting mpg files, dump them into MF2 and burn them onto DVDR.

There are a few guides in the guides section that will walk you through the process.

[viperjay9]

im trying the dvd2svcd thing (thanks alot for the tip) and it goes through all the steps and stuff and gets to tmpgenc and it encodes sections of the movie like 3 times now, how long will the dvd2svcd process probably take?

[bee]

The way i convert divx to dvd is

Use virtal dub to strip the audio from the divx file and convert to 48Hz if the originals been made at 44.1Hz

Then use TMPGEnc to encode to dvd compatible mpeg files (if you are not fimiliar with TMPGEnc just use the project wizard and select the divx file you want to encode and the new sound file you created earlier)

I've always used dvd movie factory 2 to author in the past but have now started using TMPGEnc DVD author as it's much faster and it's simple to use, if you add both files to track 1 they will be called chapter 1 and 2 (unless you change them) and 2 will automaticly play after 1 without a pause (i've had films in 4 parts and you can hardly notice when it changes chapters)

Then burn with nero .

Hope this is somehelp to you, Bee...

There are dvd author programs that will take the divx and do the encoding and change the sound to 48hz for you but they take forever and the result is usually poor quility.

[macleod]

2-3 passes. Sounds like you have the encoder set to 2 passes with VAF checked. If so, you will be doing 3 passes on the video. Its probably too late now, but with a divx file (unless it is superb quality), your best bet is to do a constant quality set on fast mode. If its a decent/low quality divx file, you won't gain much visually by doing all the other hoop jumping.

Also, TMPGENC will take quite awhile to do it. You might want to try CCE 2.5 (Cinema Craft Encoder). If you dont want to spend the > $2K on it, they have a baisc version for in the $50's I believe.