I know that a lot of people want to put VCD converted movies on a DVD media (PAL).

I want to do that too, and have actually managed to do so using different programs (SpruceUP, Sonic MyDVD, DVDiT etc).

When I read about Ulead Movie Factory 2, I just had to try this out too.
I particularly liked the "Auto-Chapter" funtion in it. I've been missing that.

Unfortunately the program seems to have a problem with mpg-1 files.
Ulead MF2 will import them, chapter them, and so on, but the resulting DVD folder/disk will play out-of-sync.
Needless to say, this is very annoying.

So, how can one get this working?

Well, the only way I managed to solve this, is the following:

Let's say I have a movie called movie-divx.avi.

Using VirtualDub I extract the audio track to PCM format and save it as movie-divx.wav.
Still using VirtualDub I save the video to "movie-divx-25.avi" (direct stream copy, no audio, and a frame rate change to 25fps).

Next, using BeSweet I convet the wav file to mp2 with the FRC preset NTSC2PAL (224kbit / 48000 HZ).

Good, now I have an avi file with a framerate of 25 and a matching soundtrack in mp2 format.

Start TMPGEnc and load the DVD-PAL Template. Now load the Unlock template (found in the "extra" directory).

I enter the Video and Audio sources.

Click on "Setting";on the Video Tab I can now change: the Size to 352x288, the Rate Control Mode to Constant Bitrate,
the Bitrate to 1150 kbits/sec, the Motion Search Precision to High Quality.
On the Audio Tab I set the Audio Bitrate to 224 Kbit/sec. All done. I press "Start" and go for a walk with my dog.

The resulting MPG file is basically a "VCD-mpg2" movie (if there is such a thing).

The quality is, as far as I have been able to see, no better or worse that a regular VCD movie....
but Ulead MF2 will not give you any problems with it. I have just put four (4) full lenght movies on one DVD-R with chapters and all using this weirdo method. And the playback is flawless.
No more out-of-sync audio

Hopefully someone will find this information usefull to some extent.

TL