TMPGEnc DVD Author warning!

[felix_the_cat]

Hi, All

Before I burn a DVD I am looking for some confirmation or suggestion.

I’ve Shrink 2 DVDs to get movie and some extras, and then used TMPGEnc DVD to put everything on one disk. When I hit “Begin output” and got this warning:

The current bitrate is video 9800kbps, audio 448kbps, combined 10248kbps.
The combined video and audio can be no more than 9,848Mbps.

Ignore for non-standard DVD

I’ve ignored the warning and got final movie, which can be played on PC.

My question is: “Will it be OK to burn this for compatibility with standalone DVD?”

Thanks in advance.

[ShibaInu]

I think the max bitrate allowable for a standard DVD is 10 Mbs or it may be 9.8... either way, you have exceeded the limits... the only thing I can suggest is try burning it to a rewriteable and see what happens.

When you encode your video with TMPEnc, what is the max video bitrate that you are using? When I use TMPEnc, I usually set my max bitrate to 8Mbs to avoid this problem.

Hope this helps.

[Yorel]

Works in my Norcent. Burn to DVD-RW and try it in your machine. They wont play in my Toshiba SD-3750.

[jester1x]

I think what he is trying to do is strip out the main movies plus some extras and reauthor it using TMPGEnc's DVD Author (not author a reencoded movie). I've tried the same thing and have received the same warning. But, I have never burned the files to a DVDR when I received this warning. (Don't want to waste a disc unnecessarily.) I just burned the movie by itself onto a DVDR.

What I don't understand is why a store bought dvd will play fine, but one that is reauthored will not (now exceeds the max bitrate limit)!? Wouldn't one come to the conclusion that using (in essence) the same files mean that a reauthored disc would play just as well as the original? If someone can explain that one, please enlighten me!

[Cornucopia]

According to DVD DeMystified, max VIDEO bitrate is 9800 kbps, max AUDIO bitrate is 6144 kbps (for PCM) and max COMBINED (multiplexed stream) data rate is 10.08 Mbps.

Maybe the author of TMPGEnc is getting confused, maybe the terminology in the warning is just confusing. Thing is, even though players are supposed to be able to play anything up to the limits of the spec, there have been known problems with (particularly older) players not having the stamina for bitrates above 8.5 Mpbs, so it doesn't surprise me that they're giving a warning. Other major authoring softwares have disclaimers and technotes in their manuals saying to avoid authoring with the highest bitrates. Too bad really.

OTOH, if your player has no trouble with it, go for it.

Scott

[scottvf]

I just ignore it, and it plays fine on both my dvd players and on my friends player. Haven't had a problem yet.

[felix_the_cat]

Hello everyone,

Here is an update.
I’ve burnt movie on +RW, but my “Classic 102” could not read it. So, with my fingers crossed, I’ve burnt on regular disk (+R). Resulted DVD (good video and audio quality) played OK, without any problem.

I guess, it is OK to have couple of bits difference of the standard , unless TDA miscalculated the original bitrate. It is also possible, that DVD players have build to play audio and video that has higher bitrate than outlined in the BOOK, sort-of a fail safe.

Again, thank you all.

[Gurm]

I've seen this before. It _seems_ to be a bug in TMPGEnc DVD Author where it adds up the bitrates wrong.

You should be able to ignore it safely.

- Gurm