mpeg2 by instant dvd not compliant with videopack5?

[cristolin]

hi, buddies, i capped mpeg2 file with usb instant dvd, luckily the famous sync problem didn't show up, yet the file is not compliant with videopack5, any ideas?

[KingJohn]

Read the help file > DVD format, it gives a lot of information on the format.

The films video and audio information can only be saved on DVD in a certain format. The most important parameters of the formats supported by VideoPack-DVD are listed below:

Video-PAL: 720x576, 704x576, 352x576 or 352x288 at 25 fps
Video-NTSC: 720x480, 704x480, 352x480 or 352x240 at 29.97 fps
Audio-MPEG: 48 kHz, stereo at 224 KBit/s
Audio-AC3: 48 or 96 kHz Dolby Digital audio format

As a special case, MPEG1 video streams can also be written to a DVD, provided these comply with the standard with regard to the resolution and refresh rate.

The maximum permissible data rate (also referred to as the muxrate) on a DVD is 9.8 MBit/s for all data together. This is approximately 1.2 MByte/s, which is approximately equal to the read speed of an 8x CD drive. If the data rate is above this, the material is invalid and must be converted.

etc etc

You may have captured with something diffrent

[cristolin]

thanks but i'm talking about mpeg2 for dvd authoring, does your post still hold?

[KingJohn]

thanks but i'm talking about mpeg2 for dvd authoring, does your post still hold?

Yes, read what is needed. You made something different

[cristolin]

thanks man, i just checked the help ducoment in videopack, and followed the video and audio specs now then videopack compatibility dialogue box shows ok with the capped video and audio format, YET STILL, it shows under the system section stuffs like "Mux rate 14106800 bits/sec, Type MPEG2", meaning the file is still not compatible and videopack needs to re-encode. so what can i do?

[KingJohn]

So VP is telling you the Mux rate is 14106800, (1.4 MByte/s ) when it's looking for 1.2 MByte/s ?

The maximum permissible data rate (also referred to as the muxrate) on a DVD is 9.8 MBit/s for all data together. This is approximately 1.2 MByte/s, which is approximately equal to the read speed of an 8x CD drive. If the data rate is above this, the material is invalid and must be converted.