How do you burn a Test DVD MPEG file on a DVD+RW

[Bstansbury]

I'm running a test on different speeds and formats to see what I would like for my final productions. I'm also doing a test on several MPEG encoders.

Once I create a 30 second test MPEG file,... What selection do I made in Nero -Burning. I have no probems making the VCD's, SVCD, and even Half-D1, but the DVD want VOB files and everything else. The UDF option only burns the MPEG file to the disk. It plays fine but of course in won't play in my DVD.

[andkiich]

You have to author the MPEG file and get the compliant DVD files(IFO/VOB/BUP), then use DVD-Video in Nero to burn. make sure that all the DVD compliant files are INSIDE the VIDEO_TS folder.

For it to play as a DVD it MUST have the proper DVD structure.

[Bstansbury]

Sorry for the long delay in responding to your reply. I was using two systems at once and some of my e-mail got misplaced on the other system.

I knew I need the correct files, IFO's etc,... but not how to create them, as I knew that Nero wouldn't burn without them.

I finally got smart and loaded them into VideoStudio, and went to the finish step and told it to produce a SVCD. It did the whole job in not time since the files were very small, including re-encoding them in it's MPEG encoder. NOt what I wanted but close enough.

I, like many others that have told me the same thing, am convinced that CQ VBR is the best quality you can get for a SVCD. It makes lots of since after you see the finished work. CBR is good but it really wastes the bit rate on sections that don't need it,... and therefore when you are in a fast action scene, you don't get any better than what your constant rate it. VBR is also not that great as it should be. I guess it puts too much emphasis on the action scenes and too little on everything else, and therefore the average video is not that good. CQ(constant Quality @ VBR) allows the bit rate to peak at the high action scenes but still makes the rest of the video achieve good quality. The main problem is trial and error to get a bit rate that will give you a file size to fit a good Quality SVCD onto 1 CD.

Works for me