xvid to dvd

[andybno1]

ok I got a ntsc xvid which i have converted to a pal dvd mpg and burned onto dvd after vobin the movie, I am having two problems 1. movie when it pans or zooms freezes the pic for about half a second regularly and 2. about 1hr 15 - 1hr 20 into the movie the audio looses sync with video.

How can I fix this problem??

I used tmpgenc to do video, I saved audio to wav in vdub then mp2'd the audio in headach3 to 4800mhz 192 and then authored new dvd via ifoedit.

[daz2712]

I've always done my encoding with NERO VISIONEXPRESS and never had any problems!

[andyp1]

Alba DVD Player and in a PAL region , Can I assume UK.

Your problems are because you converted from NTSC to PAL.

Using TMPGenc to try and convet from NTSC to Pal will give you a judder almost like a momentary pause every couple of seconds , and your audio sync problem is because you seperated the audio and it is the length of the NTSC movie you convert to pal which has more frames per second and so the audio doesn't match the length of the Pal video.

Almost all Pal equipment can happily playback NTSC , So don't convert from NTSC to PAL.

Seperate the audio as you have done , if you sourse is NTSC then convert the video to an NTSC Mpeg with TMPGenc .

Then do your 'vobin' and burn. I'm sure that will solve your problem

Good Luck.

[andybno1]

well as far as I know my dvd player is region free but is classed as PAL in catalogue seems to play any cd/dvd I bung in it and any vcd/svcd/kvcd/skvcd/kdvd/dvd/dvd+rw/cd-r/cd-rw.

I'm only doin it to pal cause the movies for me cousin an I dont think he has a multi region dvd player so was tryin it out in pal got the majority of the film workin fine then as I said around 1hr 20 the audio just goes out of sync.

whats best way to convert to pal from ntsc?? if there is such a thing lol

[andyp1]

You are obviously unclear as to what the region code is.l
Region codes are ONLY found on commercially bought pressed discs , whenever you burn a DVD it is free of a region code .
So having or not having a region free player is NOT an issue.

Converting to PAL from NTSC is a complicated process and is very hard to get right. If you can avoid it then you should.

You didn't say if you are UK or not.

I don't think there is a player sold in the UK that won't play NTSC discs.

[fritzi93]

Region is not the same thing as whether your player is PAL or NTSC. Andyp1 gave you good advice, you should take it. And consult the glossary over <-- there.

EDIT: Oh, you beat me to it! :P

[andybno1]

oh sorry yes its a uk player but I have found that the dvd player I have is the only one that hasn't needed a region code hack with the remote its been multi region straight out the box.

I will certainly give it a try ntsc to ntsc an see if it plays on the dvd player by all means.

[andyp1]

Ok , just a little more to add

Having looked at your original post again.

A couple of my players are region-free.
And thus far the fact that they are region free has been of no help to me. And the reason for this is . Every DVD you buy on a high street in the UK will be Region 2 (You will see that on the packaging) All players bought in standard form are Region 2 Only.
If I were to buy a DVD online and it is from say North America it would be a Region1 DVD. That would not play over here unless your player is capable of playing DVDs that are Region 1 i.e. region free players.

I have never bought a DVD that isn't region 2 , but I do have the option of getting DVDs from different areas of the world if I wanted to.

I think the world is split into 5 regions , the reason for this is so they can release films earlier in one country than another , a film may be released in USA some months before it is released over here .

NTSC and PAL are different TV Systems used America uses NTSC and we use PAL.

The DVD players bought over here will play PAL (obviously) and they will convert the NTSC and output it as PAL from the player so it will play on a Standard UK Pal TV .
Even my PS2 palys back PAL or NTSC without a problem.

If you have a NTSC XVID I guess you D/Led it. As I said earlier Region codes are on Original Discs ONLY so any downloaded file does not have a region code.

The best thing to do is see what your source file is and if it is PAL then encode to PAL , if the source is NTSC encode to NTSC..

Let us know how you get on.

[andybno1]

well at min I am encoding in tmpgenc as ntsc dvd 16:9 with keep aspect ratio selected i have found when I put it through tmpgenc that the auip doesnt encode with the video that was a main reason for vobin together in ifo edit with m2v file an mp2 file.

but lets see how this turns out.

EDIT: ok just stopped the encode to see if there is audio an yet again no qudio would it be a good idea to add the mp2 file in as audio source?

[andybno1]

well done the encode and I decided to select the mp2 as audio source and tmpgenc didn't encode with the audio, I then demuxed m2v vobbed back up with audio in ifoedit and the picture isn't juttery nomore but the audio goes out of sync in the exact same place.

[andyp1]

Ok so you have your m2v now so you just need to do snomething with the audio.

What I usually do is use virtual dub.
Extract the audio from the AVI to a wav.

The I use ffmpeggui and convert the wav to ac3
It's very easy with ffmpeggui (it will convert to mp2 also)

The I use the m2v and ac3 in the authoring software.

One thing I suggest you look at is.

Play the m2v and make a note of the runtime ie 1:30:25
Then play the audio and make sure the times agree.

Have a look at this guide it is the one I use and it shows you how to just encode the video on its own. If you use mp2 or ac3 you should not try and encode the audio. Maybe that where your problem is.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/186739.php

[andybno1]

right I'll have a go at that guide and see how it goes and if I have anymore probs I'll get in touch