Super Newbie Guide for DVD 2 DVDR quick question

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I have followed this guide and just made a backup which I am ready to burn. I am just curious as to whether or not I need to follow the last two or three steps that use DVD Maestro and IFOedit because there is already a Muxed file created from BBMpeg, and it appears that all I am doing is making Maestro Mux another file which ends up being the same size by dragging the .MPV and .AC3 files and having Maestro analyze and mux them again. I am new to this all, but if I can just use that muxed file created from BBMpeg, the only thing I can think of is that when this guide was written it used DVD2SVCD ver.1.0.9 build 3. I am thinking that maybe BBMpeg wasn't part of the software bundle at that time and those additional steps had to be followed. Is that the case? Can I just burn the muxed file without the last few additional steps? I don't see the author's name on this guide, but the first sentence says this guide is based mostly off the work of Miji's DVD2SVCD method, and it is titled SUPER NEWBIE GUIDE FOR DVD 2 DVDR. Any help with this would be appreciated.

[Adder_78]

I have followed this guide and just made a backup which I am ready to burn. I am just curious as to whether or not I need to follow the last two or three steps that use DVD Maestro and IFOedit because there is already a Muxed file created from BBMpeg, and it appears that all I am doing is making Maestro Mux another file which ends up being the same size by dragging the .MPV and .AC3 files and having Maestro analyze and mux them again. I am new to this all, but if I can just use that muxed file created from BBMpeg, the only thing I can think of is that when this guide was written it used DVD2SVCD ver.1.0.9 build 3. I am thinking that maybe BBMpeg wasn't part of the software bundle at that time and those additional steps had to be followed. Is that the case? Can I just burn the muxed file without the last few additional steps? I don't see the author's name on this guide, but the first sentence says this guide is based mostly off the work of Miji's DVD2SVCD method, and it is titled SUPER NEWBIE GUIDE FOR DVD 2 DVDR. Any help with this would be appreciated.

dont use that muxed file.... you have to use DVDmaestro or any other authoring-program to create vts-titleset or image that you can burn... its very easy step to do... there is plenty of guides out there...

www.doom9.org
is great place to find more guides... good luck 8)

Zzzzzzzzzz

[defense]

thank you for the reply. I haven't used that muxed file as of yet. I did follow the guide for Maestro and created the .ifo .bup .vob files and I just tried it in my standalone player and it works perfect! Just one question though, why doesn't it auto-run in my standalone player? Actually, it doesn't auto-run in my DVD-Rom either. When I put it into my standalone player, it shows it as "DVD" but then it stops. I have to press "play" on the remote or the player itself for it to start up. That is asking me to do too much. LMAO....In all seriousness, it isn't that big a deal, I just don't want to make another back-up that way, if I can make it auto-run somehow. Any help on how I can have it auto-run?

[Adder_78]

thank you for the reply. I haven't used that muxed file as of yet. I did follow the guide for Maestro and created the .ifo .bup .vob files and I just tried it in my standalone player and it works perfect! Just one question though, why doesn't it auto-run in my standalone player? Actually, it doesn't auto-run in my DVD-Rom either. When I put it into my standalone player, it shows it as "DVD" but then it stops. I have to press "play" on the remote or the player itself for it to start up. That is asking me to do too much. LMAO....In all seriousness, it isn't that big a deal, I just don't want to make another back-up that way, if I can make it auto-run somehow. Any help on how I can have it auto-run?

in the DVDmaestro:

Connections -> "first play" in the "target" screen right click and select first chapter... then when you put the dvd in the standalone it should play automatically the movie... 8)

Zzzzzzzzzzz

[defense]

Adder, you mean do that "after" I add the .mpv AND .AC3 files? I've already followed a guide and made my output VOBs, IFO, and BUP files, but are you saying that after I add those files I can click in the target area and select first chapter? Then It will output will all of those options, one of them being to play from Chapter 1, which will allow me to autorun the movie? Thanks again

[Adder_78]

Adder, you mean do that "after" I add the .mpv AND .AC3 files? I've already followed a guide and made my output VOBs, IFO, and BUP files, but are you saying that after I add those files I can click in the target area and select first chapter? Then It will output will all of those options, one of them being to play from Chapter 1, which will allow me to autorun the movie? Thanks again

yes... before you hit the compile button... if you have compiled already then you should delete those files and open that project again in dvdmaestro and just do it again with that first play -> chapter 1 etc...

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[alisononhere]

right, i`m very new to all this, i want to be able to copy dvd to dvdr, but i don`t know where to start, i have an imac sdvd with loads of ram, i`m a bit stupid when it comes to this computor business, but willing to learn, if its told in plain old english, anyone who can help me, please email

thank you

alison

[defense]

@ adder...I am in Maestro right now. When I initially add my .MPV AND .AC3 files, I use the import media assett into the lower right corner grey box. Before I drag them into the main screen where I seperate audio and video, I do see the screen you are referring to. But when I right click on the "target" screen, I don't see any option anywhere that says "first play." There are four options when I right click there. An option that says Movies
Menus
Command Sequence
Resume Play

I can't get any other functions out of those options without "first" adding those .MPV and .AC3 files to the Main Window First. Then when I right click on "MOVIES" I see a sub option to select any one of the chapters of the movie. For instance, I am ripping Superman and I see 43 chapters to choose from, but nowhere do I see anything that says "first chapter" Do you just mean for me to go ahead and select the first chapter of the movie itself? Chapter (1) Also, one thing to note is that when I add the files to the main window, I know longer get an option for "first play." It just says "movie1" and shows a list of all chapters with the same sequence. It says under the Movie1 tab, Chapter 1 : Menu Key
Chapter 1: End action, and does the same for the rest of the chapters in the movie. Are you basically saying that I should just click on the first chapter of the movie "prior" to even adding the files to the "main" window? Sorry for the ignorance, but I'm just trying to understand. Thanks in advance

[defense]

@ADDER_78, thanks again for all of your help. I messed around with the tree that showed the "menu" tab and saw that I could get it to allow me to select chapter 1 after I put the movie in the main window. I was able to get the movie to autoplay, unfortunately, my audio is about 15 seconds, literally, ahead of the video and I can't figure out why. I ripped American Pie today and had no problems at all with the same settings. Very frustrating

[Adder_78]

@ADDER_78, thanks again for all of your help. I messed around with the tree that showed the "menu" tab and saw that I could get it to allow me to select chapter 1 after I put the movie in the main window. I was able to get the movie to autoplay, unfortunately, my audio is about 15 seconds, literally, ahead of the video and I can't figure out why. I ripped American Pie today and had no problems at all with the same settings. Very frustrating

is there delay in the ac3-file(look ac3-filename that dvd2avi had made)? you can get rid of that delay with "Ac3 Delay Corrector"...

[defense]

@ Adder, thanks again for the reply. I did a search on this site and I saw one of the posts where you mentioned that delay corrector to someone else. My .AC3 file doesn't have delay in it's filename. I am using DVD2SVCD for DVD and I always click on do not convert audio, use source audio. I just ripped Superman III, and it worked flawlessly, just as did American Pie. That is why I am baffled. I now have 2 movies that look and sound great, no delay, but for some reason Superman I did have the audio 15 seconds or so faster then the video. I do know that towards the end of the converting, I got some type of error that said "memory" problem while BBMPEG was doing its thing. From what i've found, that error is normal when the output file is over 4 GB's. But apparently, that error isn't supposed to do anything, and I am supposed to be able to just stop the process because the files I need, .AC3, AND .MPV are already created. I wonder if that error did have anything to do with the out of synch video/audio. I will try it again and see, even if I get the error again, I will let it go through the entire process. Hopefully that will help. Thanks for your help.

[Adder_78]

@ Adder, thanks again for the reply. I did a search on this site and I saw one of the posts where you mentioned that delay corrector to someone else. My .AC3 file doesn't have delay in it's filename. I am using DVD2SVCD for DVD and I always click on do not convert audio, use source audio. I just ripped Superman III, and it worked flawlessly, just as did American Pie. That is why I am baffled. I now have 2 movies that look and sound great, no delay, but for some reason Superman I did have the audio 15 seconds or so faster then the video. I do know that towards the end of the converting, I got some type of error that said "memory" problem while BBMPEG was doing its thing. From what i've found, that error is normal when the output file is over 4 GB's. But apparently, that error isn't supposed to do anything, and I am supposed to be able to just stop the process because the files I need, .AC3, AND .MPV are already created. I wonder if that error did have anything to do with the out of synch video/audio. I will try it again and see, even if I get the error again, I will let it go through the entire process. Hopefully that will help. Thanks for your help.

try extract that audio with dvd2avi... is that audio file about same lenght as the movie file? if not then there could be also one thing... is that multi PGC movie? you can find that out with ifoedit... just open the main ifo and look that... and look if there is something before you movie starts(15 sec?)...

I mean something like this before your movie starts:

PGC_1 (program chain): [Title(TTN): ?] [00:00.??.?? / 25 fps]... etc.
.
.
[movie starts]
PGC_1 (program chain): [Title(TTN): ?] [0??.??.?? / 25 fps]... etc.
.
.
PGC_2 etc...
.
.
there could be somekind of warning or DD trailer or something which could mess-up everything...

sorry my poor english 8)

Zzzzzzzzzz

[defense]

the audio was about the same exact length as the film. I will check what you are saying and let you know. Your english is great. i appreciate the help. I will let you know later tonight my results with the info you have given. I think there are multiple PGC'S..but I think that SUPERMAN III had the same and I didn't have any synch issues. I will have to check. Thanks again for the info