Burning, and compressing

[Eric_Cartman]

I am having some problems with burning my DVD's. First off, i am using TMPGEnc for compressing(my cousin recommended it to me) and im using Nero VisionExpress to burn. I converted a movie with TMPGEnc and when i went to go burn it(thinking that i already skipped the middle man by converting to MPEG2 ahead of time) Nero show that the file size after will be 7GB!! I need to know what I'm doing wrong here. I know that movies can only be burnt in MPEG2(TMPGEnc says DVD, but same thing). Also, why would nero have to reconvert it to a bigger size, whne i already did the converting.

Thank you

P.S If i should be using a different program, just let me know.

[Eric_Cartman]

P.P.S
when a disc says 4.7 GB, do I really get that much space??

[gadgetguy]

when a disc says 4.7 GB, do I really get that much space??

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=277889

Edit: Not the thread I was thinking of, but it's the same general explanation.

[Eric_Cartman]

also, i am havng problems with TMPGEnc, some(well all but one) movies are not supported with this program. It there a way, or a different program, to convert these files of mine?

[ZippyP.]

After converting you need to author your mpeg then burn. Nero is attempting to re-convert your files, turn off "make standard compliance" in nero or use another authoring/burning program like TMPGEnc DVD Author.

IF TMPGEnc says it's not supported then check this: https://www.videohelp.com/tmpgenc#problems

[Eric_Cartman]

what is dvd authoring?? Will it work on my DVD player??
I also just tried installing a dvix codec, and it now reads it, but the output says that the audio and video will be individual streams. How would I combine the 2 after i finish encoding??

[ZippyP.]

what is dvd authoring??

Definition: https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?A#Author

Authoring will combine the two streams if you use something decent like TMPGEnc DVD Author.