Is this file really an MPEG 2?

[Garibaldi]

I recently installed Avidemux 2.0.34 test 1 on slackware linux. I then converted an avi video file (Xvid Video Codec, PCM audio) with avidemux to DVD MPEG 2 with Lavcodec (under XSVCD in this avidemux release, but it really means lavcodec DVD) and toolame audio. I then went to file, save video, and saved it as belleville.mpg. It then rendered the video (which is over 10 mins long) in under 1 minute. This seemed way to fast for me, even though it is avidemux. I then brought it into windows and tried a couple tests on it to see if its really a true dvd mpeg file. What are your thoughts? Here are a couple tests I did:

using demux (a variant of bbdemux, found in bbtools - do a google search):

What does transport mpeg mean?

DVD Patcher doesn't even recognize it as a real mpeg 2:

It says that it doesn't even contain a header file! What should I do differently in Avidemux to make this work?

And then I tried ReStream, which seemed to show it contained an XviD codec:

Yes I know that avi is just an mpeg container, could this just be the file outside the avi container? What should I do differently in avidemux to make it really convert the file to mpeg 2 d1?

[BJ_M]

There should be some more info there if it is a transport stream - like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\bjm>G:\bbtool19\BBDMUX.EXE Q:\ENDOFRIDE44.MPG
bbDMUX - version 1.9, by Brent Beyeler (beyeler@home.com)
  speed increases by, Apachez and Christian Vogelgsang

Scanning for PID's, press control-c to quit ...

File Q:\ENDOFRIDE44.MPG is an MPEG-2 Transport Stream

Found PID 0x0000, Program Association Table Stream
Found PID 0x0020, Other Stream
Found PID 0x0021, stream id 0xE0 = Video Stream 0
Found PID 0x1FFF, Null Packet Stream
Found PID 0x0024, stream id 0xBD = Private Stream 1

Summary:

MPEG Transport Packets = 148306
PID 0x0000, Program Association Table packets = 75, total bytes = 13800
PID 0x0020, Other packets = 75, total bytes = 13800
PID 0x0021, Video stream 0 packets = 140380, total bytes = 25825804
PID 0x0024, Private Stream 1 packets = 2187, total bytes = 401798
PID 0x1FFF, Null packets = 5589, total bytes = 1028376

then you would be able to de-mux it into elem. streams once you know the PIDs above ..

what a transport stream is - is in the glossary ( i think) - a type of mpeg stream..

there are tools in the tool section to turn a transport stream into a program stream , then you can patch them ..

[Garibaldi]

So is a Transport Stream a version of a real mpeg 2? I will try running it through bbdmux to get the PIDs too. Thanks.

[BJ_M]

mpeg2 is a component of a transport stream ...

[Garibaldi]

alright, I ran the file through bbdmux:
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[BJ_M]

its not a transport stream .. it doesnt even look like a mpeg

[Garibaldi]

its not a transport stream .. it doesnt even look like a mpeg

That's what I thought too after looking at that. What should I do in avidemux to correctly export the file in mpeg 2 dvd d1 format?