burning a dvd without authoring it?

[Karmenu]

hey guys i used to encode divx to svcd n burn them using nero

this was extremely easy as i used tmpg enc to encode them

however i gto sick of changign cds in between movies and bought a dvd burner

NOTE i use these dvds on my home entertainment system dvd player (not computer)

i recently encoded a divx movie to dvd with the help of the tutoials

but.. im stuck.. do i have to author it, example make chapters, cant i just burn it on dvd? is nero capable of doing this and is nero "ok" at doing this? or will it produce a not so good dvd

another question is 3000 kbit ok for a dvd file?

for example from divx so svcd it basically 1 divx cd = 2 svcds cd
and thats with no quality loss at all

will i loose quality if i change from divx to dvd at arouind 3000 kbit?
as i have a 2 cd divx.. and i changed tmpgenc to encode it as 50% of a dvd disc so i can fit both on 1 cd... is that a bad thing?

THANKYOU deeply for the help ive looked at all the tuts and ive ended up with a dead end as they show wat to do but dont explain the reasons too much

[BobK]

> i recently encoded a divx movie to dvd with the help of the tutoials

Did you encode it to mpeg-2, vobs or what?

> do i have to author it, example make chapters, cant i just burn it on dvd?

No- you don't have to make chapters for example. You have to convert it to DVD files (which are vob, ifo and bup files)- that's part of 'authoring'.

> another question is 3000 kbit ok for a dvd file?

If it looks good enough to make you happy then it's fine. If it doesn't look good when *you* watch it then it's not okay.

[Karmenu]

i converted it to mpeg2

[guns1inger]

Unless your DVD player can read files at the file level, you will have to author these, as BobK has said.

[Karmenu]

in ur opinion wats a good program to do this with? is tmpeg enc author ne good?

[Hardcoreruss]

Import your mpeg2 file into tmpgenc dvd author and then author. When you have finished doing this you can then burn with nero.

[mats.hogberg]

in ur opinion wats a good program to do this with? is tmpeg enc author ne good?

TMPGEnc DVD Author, or free alternatives IfoEdit or DVDAuthorGUI

/Mats