mpegappend question

[erzimeriah]

ok. heres the skinny. i used mpeg append to mess with an m2v file that i extracted. i was told by someone in this forum that i could change the bitrate of the mpeg so it could fit on a dvd-r.

here's the problem, i used mpeg append and it does not give me an option to change the bitrate, no options in the pull down menus or anything. i know it created two logs for dvdsp, but i looked in them to see if i would change the bitrate in the info files and found nothing.

am i missing something? or do i need to get a newer version of mpeg append or do i need to get another software that will do the bitrate conversion?

i am in desperate need of help!

please!

[jchansen]

You can't just change a bitrate; you have to reencode it with something like Mediapipe (OS X) or MPack (OS 9). First export to something like Motion JPEG in quicktime, then reencode it.

Jeremy

[incredible]

Hi, erzimeriah ....

as I posted yesterday night ...
http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=96441

If you rip a DVD ... use extractor to rip its content into 1 File for video and 1 file for audio!
If you already got segments of an mpv movie, I think you should use mpeg append and after that reencode the movie in MissingMpegTools to the desired bitrate to fit on a DVD-R with 4.3 GB.

There is no other opportunity to decrease the bitrate of a movie than reencoding!

[erzimeriah]

hey incredible you have been a savior, i was getting really frustrated.
thank you very much!

as per your above statements:
after i have an mpeg file that has been through mpeg append i take it into missingmpegtools and i can reencode it there and change ONLY the bitrate?

is this correct?

thanks again!

[incredible]

hey incredible you have been a savior, i was getting really frustrated.
thank you very much!

as per your above statements:
after i have an mpeg file that has been through mpeg append i take it into missingmpegtools and i can reencode it there and change ONLY the bitrate?

is this correct?

thanks again!

YES!

It depends up on what mpeg type you want to reencode!
I am not sure if MMT works with mpeg-1 as a source file, but if your ripping and appending result is a mpv file than go ahead but be sure that also all values in MMT are entered the same as the original movie (mpv) contains (aspect ratio, FPS, etc...)

[erzimeriah]

ok i noticed that you are saying an mpv file and the files that i am working with are m2v files. are these gonna work or do i need to convert them?

[incredible]

ok i noticed that you are saying an mpv file and the files that i am working with are m2v files. are these gonna work or do i need to convert them?

Well ".mpv" and ".m2v" files are both mpeg-2 files, .. it doesn't matter. ".mpeg" is (as the name says) a mpeg-1 file.
But you have to watch out for the aspect ratio and the framerate (which type of movie you want to convert ... is it a PAL 720x768 or a PAL SVCD 480x576 or a NTSC) but as I said ... whatch during the converting with Videolan Client what you will get.