Avi to DVD Conversion

[Dj-Viper]

Hi,

I have a AVI file of about 700mb and wanted to convert it to a mpeg 2 dvd file so i can burn it on dvd and play it. But when i load the avi in tmpeng and want to convert it, it's about 40 % bigger than the dvd 4.7gb size. I can't change the settings of size etc in tmpeng for some reason.

The question is with wich program or how can i convert the file to a dvd file of about 4.6gb so i can burn it on 1 dvd.

Greetings, Anne

[Tommyknocker]

If you are referring to TMPGEnc Plus!'s greyed out options, try Load-->Extra, then select the unlock template.

[kyemeng]

Use the birate calculator and caculate the optimum birate. In Tmpgenc Plus, under settings, click on the word "Birate:" and select Unlock.

[Dj-Viper]

Hi,

Mostly i work with the wizard of tmpeng. Have tried the things that you tell me, it didn't work totally but i just found out that it was the PCM audio that's makes it so big, but changing it to mpeg 1 layerd helped but the only problem that it gives than that first the video is rendered and than the audio making a video file of 3 hours and 50 mintues for a 1 hour 45 minutes movie. Very strange... indeed...

Any ideas.

Greetings, Anne

[wendi]

Hi Anne!

Same thing happened to me. In my case the avi file had a tonne of empty black dead space at the end of the movie causing an 1 hr 30 min movie to be 5 hours long. No way would this go on a DVD. So i went into tmpgenc - when you get to the screen where you can select Source range - click on the box beside it, then select Setting.

Here you want to drag the arrow to the end to see what exactly is at the end of your movie. If you see alot of black dead nothing, then move the arrow to where you see the credits, hit the Set end frame button and that should shave off alot of crap you don't need.

If you need more help you can email me at cleotay98@yahoo.com

I have just recently figured all this stuff out and am having great success with it, finally !!!

Wendi

[Baldrick]

www.dvdrhelp.com/tmpgenc#problems

[jimmalenko]

...the avi file had a tonne of empty black dead space at the end of the movie causing an 1 hr 30 min movie to be 5 hours long...

sounds like VBR audio.

[wendi]

I have no clue what VBR audio means. After I did the correcting steps i mentioned earlier, it worked out great.



Wendi

[Dj-Viper]

Hi,

Source Range is fine.. No black space behind the movie.. Than i think it's the audio problem how is the best way to resolve that.

Greetings, Anne

[Hardcoreruss]

Open your file in virualdub

Select audio

Full processing mode

Go to file

Save Wav

This will produce a large file probably around 1.1gb

Go to tmpgenc plus

Select the original file as the source for the video

and the one you have created for the audio

Convert

You will then need to export the completed file to a program such as tmpgenc dvd author, guides on how to use this can be found on the site

Once you have authored the dvd then burn it, I prefer nero.

Any probs post back, hope that was clear.

Russ

[Gazorgan]

Let me point out your wasting your efforts. There is absolutely no way ever that encode should be 5 GB. Your AVI is what? 320x240 and you made a 720x480 MPEG2? Why? it won't look any better, it will look exactly like it will at 352x480 or 352x240. you've jsut managed to use 4x the bitrate for no reason.

You can't increase the resolution and make it look better!

Increasing the resolution that much just doubles the pixels, it still looks just as blocky. You only increase resolution to hit a complient resolution or to letterbox something.

Now having said that, a Good MPEG4 encode should be roughly 1/2 a good MPEG2 encode, maybe 1/3 on certain types. Anything more and your just fooling yourself. That means your final product should be in the 1.5 to 2 GB range (it will make a good 2 disk SVCD).

[jimmalenko]

I have no clue what VBR audio means. After I did the correcting steps i mentioned earlier, it worked out great.
Wendi

Read this.

[Po|arbeaR]

Hello,

Personally I use a program called svcd2dvd. you can get it from
www.dvd2svcd.org. I've done around 400 conversions and only had 2 problems. You'll need to purchase a mpeg coneverter for it though pick your favorite. TMPGENC or Cinema Craft Encoder.

It's simple to use just load in your .avi, choose the avi to dvd option pick what audio rate you want and let it convert.

-P

[Dj-Viper]

Hi,

yep, thats it.. With Virtual dub a wav file making and than convert workings totally great... exactly the size of a dvd i come out. already done 2 files with without any significant quality loss, thanxs for the advice..

Greetings, Anne