Roxio Easy Media Creator converts already compliant MPEG-2s?

[Darth Paris]

I am trying to use Roxio to burn some files that I converted w/ TMPGEnc to a DVD. My files total out to be 4.1 GB before I imoprt them. When I import them and save a disk image(my burner doesn't like Roxio so I use dvd decrypter to burn images) it is over 6 GB so it won't fit. While it is saving the image it says that it is encoding the files. Is encoding in this case mean that it is reconverting or just putting them into .vob form? Is there a way to stop it from encoding the files if they are compliant?

[maek]

I have had this problem before.

The answer is yes, I believe it DOES re-encode the files.

I don't personally think that Roxio's authoring is all that great, simply because it blindly re-encodes whether you want it to or not. I suggest using DVDAuthorGUI and then burn the resulting ISO image with Roxio (I'm assuming that you have Version 7). That bypasses the re-encoding and you have still retained the quality of your TMPGEnc Plus conversion.

[Darth Paris]

I'll try that, Thanks.

I was going to try to add a menu, but if I can't get it then that is ok.

[maek]

Actually, you CAN add a menu with DVDAuthorGUI. The great thing about DVDAuthorGUI is that it IS flexible that way. You can even create some motion menus, if you want. I believe there are some guides along those lines...

DVDAuthorGUI also allows you to setup navigation, too, so a menu item can point to a title and even a specific chapter point that you can specify.

The best part--it's FREE!

As I've said, I use Roxio for editing, because it's simple, cheap, and version 7 utilizes timeline editing. But I NEVER use it for authoring.

You can also use ffmpeggui to encode your audio stream into a Dolby Digital 2.0 file. DVDAuthorGUI will take both elementary video and audio streams and multiplex them for you.

[Garibaldi]

. Is encoding in this case mean that it is reconverting or just putting them into .vob form?

Some programs are like that in that they will "reencode" your video even though its in the correct format to begin with. My recommendation would be to use a program like GUI for DVD Author to make your menus ect. Then import the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders into a data dvd with Roxio and burn.

[Darth Paris]

Thanks for the help guys.

(Oh yeah Garibaldi, B5 rocks!)

[Garibaldi]

Thanks for the help guys.

(Oh yeah Garibaldi, B5 rocks!)

Oh Yea! Your the first one to notice where my username is from. Jerry Doyle is a great actor! B5 really was a great show!

[fourthquark]

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[Darth Paris]

DVDAuthorGUI is doing something strange. When ever I create the folder for the DVD the Video_ts and Audio_ts folders are empty. The .iso is empty as well. Everything appears to go ok becuase it multiplexes all the vids. Any suggestions?

[Garibaldi]

DVDAuthorGUI is doing something strange. When ever I create the folder for the DVD the Video_ts and Audio_ts folders are empty. The .iso is empty as well. Everything appears to go ok becuase it multiplexes all the vids. Any suggestions?

Wait a sec. Are you using GUI for DVD Author (what I recommended) or are you using DVD Author GUI- they are 2 seperate programs. As far as the empty folder do you have the correct output path set (are you looking where your current output is set)? Also, if you are using GUI for DVD Author go to Create Batch. This should export a bunch of files to your folder. Then simply run mainbatch.bat and it will create your vob and ifo files.

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[maek]

Try contacting liquid217 at liquid217@hotmail.com. He's very good at answering questions about his program.

[liquid217]

don't forget the underscore
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what does the log say after the authoring process begins? More than likely, there will be an ERR message.

[maek]

My bad!! Sorry.

[Darth Paris]

Here is what comes from the log.

DVDAuthorGUI 0.993 - 9/29/2004
***please wait while the titles are multiplexed.
*multiplexing title: 1.....
INFO: [???] mplex version 2.0.0 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)
INFO: [???] File C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan Jackson\Desktop\RvB_Episode20_HiRes.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [???] File C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan Jackson\Desktop\RvB_Episode20_HiRes.mpa looks like an MPEG Audio stream.
INFO: [???] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [???] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [???] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [???] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan Jackson\Desktop\RvB_Episode20_HiRes.m2v)
INFO: [???] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [???] Frame width : 720
INFO: [???] Frame height : 480
INFO: [???] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [???] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 8000000 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [???] CSPF : 0
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan Jackson\Desktop\RvB_Episode20_HiRes.mpa)
INFO: [???] MPEG AUDIO STREAM: c0
INFO: [???] Audio version : 1.0
INFO: [???] Layer : 2
INFO: [???] CRC checksums : yes
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 49152 bytes/sec (384 kbit/sec)
INFO: [???] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [???] Mode : 0 stereo
INFO: [???] Mode extension : 0
INFO: [???] Copyright bit : 0 no copyright
INFO: [???] Original/Copy : 0 copy
INFO: [???] Emphasis : 0 none
INFO: [???] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [???] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 8566496
INFO: [???] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [???] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [???] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 0
INFO: [???] New sequence commences...
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 752
INFO: [???] STREAM e0 completed @ frame 752.
INFO: [???] STREAM c0 completed @ frame 1046.
INFO: [???] Multiplex completion at SCR=2273426.
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000752 sector=00002626
INFO: [???] Audio c0: buf= 2944 frame=001046 sector=00000598
INFO: [???] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
INFO: [???] Video Stream length: 5284109 bytes
INFO: [???] Sequence headers: 42
INFO: [???] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [???] No. Pictures : 752
INFO: [???] No. Groups : 42
INFO: [???] No. I Frames : 42 avg. size 24890 bytes
INFO: [???] No. P Frames : 210 avg. size 8747 bytes
INFO: [???] No. B Frames : 501 avg. size 4793 bytes
INFO: [???] Average bit-rate : 1682000 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Peak bit-rate : 4688000 bits/sec
INFO: [???] BUFFERING min 16 Buf max 214001
INFO: [???] AUDIO_STATISTICS: c0
INFO: [???] Audio stream length 1206144 bytes.
INFO: [???] Syncwords : 1047
INFO: [???] Frames : 1047 padded
INFO: [???] Frames : 0 unpadded
INFO: [???] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 1163
INFO: [???] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
*authoring title(s).....
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.10.
Build options: gnugetopt iconv freetype
Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: Locale=C
INFO: Converting filenames to US-ASCII
INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS
STAT: Picking VTS 01

STAT: Processing C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan Jackson\Desktop\1\title1.mpg...
STAT: VOBU 16 at 2MB, 1 PGCS

INFO: Video pts = 0.178 .. 25.303
INFO: Audio[8] pts = 0.178 .. 25.306
STAT: VOBU 31 at 6MB, 1 PGCS
INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes:
INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2
INFO: TV standard: ntsc
INFO: Aspect ratio: 4:3
INFO: Resolution: 720x480
INFO: Audio ch 0 format: mp2/2ch, 48khz 20bps

STAT: fixing VOBU at 2MB (17/31, 51%)
STAT: fixed 31 VOBUS
INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
INFO: Scanning C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan Jackson\Desktop\1/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO
*process complete

[Darth Paris]

You know what? Something is wrong with the world when you pay $50.00 for some software when you can find better stuff on the net for free. Anyways...

I just tried it agian and now there are two .ifo files in the video_ts folder. I will try again later, but at the moment I need tog et some spleep.

[maek]

Don't feel too bad, though. I still use Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 to do some editing. I think the timeline editing and other features are still worth it -- I just don't use it to author only because their encoder sucks and they insist on using CBR bitrates.

But for an editor, it's simple to use and doesn't require much of a learning curve.

[liquid217]

Hmm, you mention that all of your files total up around 4 gig, but it appears that dvdauthor is only working with a 6 meg file. How long does it take to multiplex the files? It sounds like there might be something wrong with the m2v header. You may want to try someshing like restream to see if there are any problems with the m2v.