DVD burning of tv shows

[chrismetalrock]

hi i am trying to burn mpegs (about 400 megs for a 42 minute show)
i am using ulead to burn when i select vcd it shows the file size as about 400 megs, but if i use the DVD option it shows the same file as 800 megs is there any program that will burn a dvd and not make such a high quality so i can fit around 10 episodes per disk or am i stuck with 800 as a min. ive tried ulead dvdit and nero, any ones that will work for this>

[ZippyP.]

It sounds like Ulead isn't just burning but also converting the video. Do you already have VCD compliant mpegs? If yes, then look up VCD to DVD in the guides section.

[chrismetalrock]

yea its also converting heh i am looking for a program that burns the vcd compliant movies on to a dvd disk and not converting them, i wish i knew how to convert them to vob so i could just use nero

[jdizzy40]

Here's your answer:

Converting MPEG-2 files to DVD the Easy Way.

Tools Needed: TMPGEnc
IFOEdit
DVD Shrink 2.3
NERO 6 or suitable burning app

Step One: In TMPGENC, close out the project wizard window that pops up. Next click on file>MPEGTools, select De-multiplex. Then click browse and find your MPEG file you want to convert. Double click the video stream 0x00 and save the video part of your MPEG-2 to wherever you want and name it., making sure it has an .m2v extension. The video stream will now be saved. When complete, double click the audio_stream 0x00, but when you save it, first manually change the file to a .mpa extension. The audio stream will now be saved .

Step Two: Now open up IFOEdit and click on DVD Author>Author New DVD. Add the video and audio files you created in the above steps by clicking on the square boxes to the right of the dialogue box. You should now have your Video and Audio files with file extensions of .m2v and .mpa showing in the window. Now go to the bottom and where it says “Output Stream” and click on the square box to the right. Before doing this create an VIDEO_TS folder somewhere. This is where your output stream will create its files. Click okay. Your DVD structure will be created in this folder complete with VOB files extra. If the file is the way you want it. Burn with NERO 6. If the file is too big or you want to edit commercials out go to Step 3.

Step Three: Open up DVD Shrink 2.3. Click on open files and navigate to the folder where IFOEdit put your files. Double click the top file in the folder. Your video will now be opened up in the program with a preview showing at the bottom. Click re-author. Drag as many copies of your file into the DVD window (upper left). Highlight your first copy and then click on the Start/End icon at the top of the dialogue window. Use the start/stop function to trim out commercials etc. Do this with each copy of your file until you have all the commercials cut out. Need more copies, drags from bottom right to the top left. When you are completed. Click on back-up. DVD Shrink will now output to the folder you designate. Burn these files with Nero 6.

This process has worked well resulting in no audio/video snyc issues. It takes less time than you might think to complete. Works great when wanting to put several copies of a series on one disk. Note: If your total file size is in the red in DVD Shrink after all your editing, use the compression feature to bring your DVD down to green acceptable size limit. Good luck.

[chrismetalrock]

heh yea i am wondering why i can put a 400 meg file for a vcd but it wont let me put that file on for a dvd why cant i make a low qulaity dvd disk

[gf]

You can't store vcd compliant files to a DVD unless you convert the audio to 48 kHz sampling rate. That is of course the audio is 44.1 kHz to start with .

Steve

[chrismetalrock]

i know this is retarted but how cna i convert the audio tmpg wont let me

[jdizzy40]

Convert to what? It's obvious your file may not be DVD compliant. When you can control the capture of a file, you eliminate any problems. I think you are trying to use an MPEG-1 file when it should be MPEG-2. If you want to be sucessful you need to know what you are working with. If it is something you downloaded, good luck. I can't help fix someone else's mistake, and I will tell you there are alot of garbage out there floating around. If it plays on your puter, don't expect much more.

[Craig Tucker]

Look HERE to create VCD-DVD

[chrismetalrock]

yes thank you i love you craig :P :P

[Craig Tucker]

yes thank you i love you craig :P :P

Well I hope chris is short for christine then