avi to dvd problems with VIDEO_TS output folder

[spigfry]

Hi there, I'm relatively new to encoding on a Mac - I tried to convert a .avi (DIVX) 624x256 12bpp 23.976 fps 622.4kpps -

to a dvd ffmpeg - mpeg2 720x480 4000 kbps 23.976 fps

Quicktime is decoding - the output is autosized to DVD 16:9 framerate NTSC film

Anyway - I ran the encode and the following files came out


title.mpv - about 3gig
title.ac3 -
title.mpg - about 3 gig
title.mpg.DVD folder containing AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS

BUT

VIDEO_TS contains only VTS_01_1.VOB which is about 19mb ???

I can't play that VIDEO_TS file thru apple DVD player

quicktime plays the .mpg without sound (even though QT A3 codec is installed)

VLC plays .mpg no probs with sound - also plays the VTS_01_1.VOB which is about the first 5 minutes of the film

Questions: Can I just throw away title.ac3 and title.mpv as I assume they are the demuxed audio and video?

Where did the rest of my VIDEO_TS file go?

I tried deleting the title.mpg.DVD and then reauthoring the .mpg file in the ffpegX tools -> author section and it produced another title.mpg.DVD file with exactly the same problem

Any ideas? - Also can i change the .mpg into a DVDr format?

thx in advance

[Case]

quicktime plays the .mpg without sound (even though QT A3 codec is installed)

This is to be expected; the AC3 codec doesn't decode audio in muxed MPEG files, as the codec was intended for AVIs.

Can I just throw away title.ac3 and title.mpv as I assume they are the demuxed audio and video?

Don't. Using these files will save you some time (see below).

Where did the rest of my VIDEO_TS file go?

The log might mention an error for abortion of the authoring.

Your source is 23.976 fps, which needs a "3:2 pulldown"-setting to be DVD compliant. So rename mpv to m2v, use the Pull Tool on the m2v, then Mux (with Author checked). Test in Apple DVD Player again.

[spigfry]

thx for the help, retried it and it worked fine, just a couple of Qs:


when i drop the .avi file into ffmpegx and select dvd ffmpeg as the output source, the output framerate shows as:

ffmpeg mpeg2, 720x480, 4000 kbps, 23.976 fps, no crop

Is this already DVD compliant, or do i need to change it to 29 fps?

if this is the case, is there an option to change the frame rate to 29 in the initial encoding?

thx

[Case]

Is this already DVD compliant, or do i need to change it to 29 fps?

Neither, afaik.
- Use the DVD mpeg2enc preset, then you can turn on "Set 3:2" in options, or
- Use the DVD ffmpeg preset, which unfortunately doesn't have such an option, then use the Pull tool to set 3:2 pulldown on the m2v, then mux, as described before.
Maybe future releases of ffmpegX will simplify this process...

[spigfry]

thanks again, appreciate all the help