Few questions about authoring a PPV to a DVD

[phatk9999]

Hello everyone.

I have a PPV movie here encoded in Xvid format that I like to convert to DVD. Normally I convert the movie using either ConvertX or WinAVI to a DVD-compliant format first before adding the final touches with DVD-Lab Pro. However, I'm in a quite of a bind here, since both ConevrtX and WinAVI split the output file into VOBs once it reaches the 1Gb limit. And the way it stands now, I add the VOBs seperately in the Connections window of DVD-Lab Pro and link them with the arrows, but somehow the transition to the next part isn't as seamless as it seems.


So I'm kinda wondering, is there a way to make those transitions so seamless, as if you're really watching it without actually worrying about the pauses in-between?

f there's no other way, would converting the file into an MPEG2 file be an OK alternative?


Thanks in advance.

[fatbloke88]

if you import your vob files that are created by convertx to dvd into Dvd Lab pro(right click in assets window at the bottom and select the first vob file) it normally asks if you want to join them (you can select from the menu that pops up) or failing that use vobmerge to join your many vob files into one.

[guns1inger]

So many things wrong with your process.

1. WinAVI is rubbish

2. Don't use an AVI to DVD converter if you are then going to author in another program. Waste of time.

3. If you are going to author in another program, for example, DLP, learn how to use it properly

4. Take the time to learn about your subject, or accept that the results will be less than you hoped.

The DVD specification says that no VOB will exceed 1000 MB in size, hence the 1 GB VOBs you see on every DVD ever created.

The correct method is to use a dedicated encoder to create you video and audio streams, then import these into your authoring tool. If you are too lazy to learn how this is done, and insist on using an all-in-one tool, then you need to learn how to get the video and audio correctly back out again.

DLP, when you attempt to import a VOB, asks you if you want to join the VOBs and demux the results. You should answer yes. I know it takes some time to perform these tasks, but if you do, you will get smooth joins because there will be no joins. if you are getting pauses at the joins then you are not importing the files correctly.

Your other alternative is to use VOB2MPG to extract the mpg files from the VOBs, then import this into DLP. Again, when DLP asks you if you want to demux, say yes. If it doesn't ask, it is because when it did ask last time, you said no, and not to ask again. It is an option that should never have been given to users in the first place.

[phatk9999]

So many things wrong with your process.

The correct method is to use a dedicated encoder to create you video and audio streams, then import these into your authoring tool. If you are too lazy to learn how this is done, and insist on using an all-in-one tool, then you need to learn how to get the video and audio correctly back out again.

It's not that I'm lazy. I just don't happen to know what I really need. The thought of a dedicated encoder has crossed my mind already, I just don't know what I can use.

[guns1inger]

HCEnc is very good and free. Use FitCD to create a basic avisynth script that does your resizing, and encode this with HCEnc.