MPG to DVD Conversion

[Mj05]

Hello,
I´ve tried a couple of times to convert MPG-files to .MPA and .M2V using TMPGENC and then author the files using IfoEdit. But when I play the DVD in my DVD-player the picture is moved to the left so only parts of the movie is shown on the screen. Does anybody know why the video is off centre? Have I missed any setups?

[flaninacupboard]

what resolution did you encode to?

are you sure your original .mpg files are DVD compliant anyway?

[Baldrick]

if your source is dvd compliant try author with another tool like dvdauthorgui.

[Mj05]

How can I tell if the mpg file is dvd compliant?

[Baldrick]

open with latest gspot beta or avicodec and tell us the information. or check www.videohelp.com/dvd#tech

[Mj05]

The movie is divided into two mpg files. Avicodec says:
File : 794 MB (1.1 GB), duration: 0:55:24, type: MPG, 1 audio stream(s), quality: 80 %
Video : 951 MB, 2400 Kbps, 25.0 fps, 480*576 (16:9), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD), Supported
Audio : 88 MB, 224 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, 0x51 = Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0], Supported

So I combined them using Merge & Cut in Tmpgenc. Then I use Simple De-multiplex to get the mpa and m2v files which I run through IfoEdit to get the VOB, IFO and BUP files to burn to my DVD.

[Baldrick]

480x576 is SVCD and it is not dvd compliant. if you just author it as a dvd you get a "dvd-svcd" and they doesn't work perfect on all dvd players. if you want a working dvd you must reconvert to dvd.