H-To DVD-9 movie to DVD-5 with a MAC keeping Aud/vid in Sync

[Lynx_TWO]

Tools Needed:

DVDExtractor
Quicktime Pro 6.02
BitVice or similar MPEG-2 Encoder
MPEG Telecine (search google for MPEG Append)
DVD Studio Pro

www.google.com to search for the software


At last I have come up with a sure way to copy a DVD-9 disk onto a DVD-5 disk using mac software and get the audio and video in sync every time!

Open DVDExtractor and change the view to cell level. Select the first cell of the movie you want to encode (note: if the first file is under 10 MB, you probably don’t want to select it as it is most likely going to throw the audio and video off sync).

Now select enough of the cells to make a track that is under 1.8 GB. In the options to the right, select “merge files”, but DO NOT DEMUX any files! This will copy part of the movie as a .vob file onto your Hardrive. When DVDExtractor is done, select another portion of the movie, again making sure that the filesize will be under 1.8 GB (some of you out there may need a calculator continue to copy the movie in these small sections onto your Hardrive.

Now select the whole movie, but this time, under the options, select Demux files and demux the AC3 file to your Hardrive. After this is complete, load the first .vob file into Quicktime Pro. Notice how it opens immediately without any waiting? Now export the movie as a Quicktime Movie, MJPEG A or B, and quality on anywhere from 89 to 100% (or Best). Select the framerate as 23.98 FPS.

Do the same with the rest of your .vob files.

Now open the first MJPEG movie. Open the second MJPEG movie. “Select All” of the second MJPEG movie and copy it. Then add the movie to the very end of the first MJPEG movie. Save this movie in “normal” mode and not as a self-contained movie, so it only takes up a couple MB on your Hardrive. Open the third JPEG movie. Copy it and add it to the end of the new movie you created. Continue to copy and paste the files together until you have the whole movie stitched together. Now we are ready to rock!

Use your favorite MPEG-2 encoder (personally, I prefer BitVice) and encode the movie as 29.97 FPS. Now if you open the MPEG-2 file and play it, it will play fast. The reason we do this is it allows us to use a higher bitrate on the file (actually 20% higher), which of course results in a much better picture.

OK, now that we have the newly encoded MPEG-2 file, we can go ahead and delete the MJPEG and .vob files.

Now, take the encoded MPEG-2 file, and use MPEG Telecine to perform a 3:2 pulldown so that DVD SP recognizes and plays back the file at 23.98 FPS (actually 23.976 FPS)

Insert the finished MPEG-2 and AC3 file into DVD Studio Pro and have fun!
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[vitualis]

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[Wizeman]

There is a much, much easier way if you have a G4.

When you have ripped the entire film to Elementary streams:

1) Create a 720x404 black iamge in your favourite graphics program (if it's a 16:9 movie, you understand the proportions...). Save as PICT.
2) Open the PICT in QuickTime. Drop the .m2v file right in there, and wait while it opens up.
3) Use MrBitBudget to calculate how high your video bitrate can be in order for the film to fit on a DVD-5
4) Export the "PICT" (that in fact is the entire film file) at that bitrate.
5) Import into DVDSP or mux with your other favourite muxer.

/Wizeman

[Lynx_TWO]

Yes, but Quicktime has a Constant BitRate (CBR) encoding scheme, and the final MPEG2 file always looks 'muddy'. BitVice has a 2-pass VBR encoding scheme, and is so much better it's not even comparable with any other encoder I have used, hardware or software.

[Lynx_TWO]

By the way, It's DVDExtractor, not DVDecrypter. Sorry for any confusion.

I don't know if I can legally post the links for the software here, but if you go to www.google.com and search for DVDExtractor and BitVice, you'll find it.

[DVdudeman]

Lynxx_TWO,

First of all, thank you for the useful post. Your solution has merit in that it allows you to work with the VOB's directly (with the multiplexed video) in the native timecode (23.976 fps) just as DVDSP does. I was unaware that you could use DVDExtractor this way -- again thx.

QUESTION - I am having trouble in QT6.0.2, and I'm hoping that you or someone else can help...

I have parsed the VOBs per your instruction (I have 3 for my project). I am able to open the first in QT -- no problem. However, parts 2 & 3 will not open. QT reports that there is a problem with the video duration.

The error message reported:

Couldn't open file. "Track01_P003_S05x.vob" because the movie contains an incorrect duration.

Again, the first VOB opens fine, and I was able to add the .aiff audio to the transcoded .mov with no trouble (it has perfect synch too).

I would really like to use your "recipe" -- can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

TIA

[timbo22]

Is there anyway to do DVD-9 to DVD-R using bitvice without 50GB of free space? My drive is only 60gb, and I cant get anymore than 35gb free (not enough to do many dvds using your method).

Also, Osex has a nice calculator built in when selecting chapters (ie you select x number of chapters and it tells you how big the total output will be). Ive found this to be much easier (especially since i dont need to run classic) than DVDExtractor.