How can I cut M2V ??

[Gritz]

Using TMPGEnc and the highest quality I created a M2V file that is too large to fit on a DVD-R so I tried to cut it into 2 parts with the same program using the MPG tools. This only resulted in a mpg file with no sound (no option for M2V. And what is M2V exactly anyway ... I can't find it in the Glossary here. What can I use to cut the video in half so the sound is retained? Or will I have to re-encode it all over after I've split the avi in half? It took 20 hours so I'm not wanting to do it again.

Thanks,

[El Torro]

Why an M2V all alone? M2V is only video... without audio... keep them together!


mux the audio and the video together again.
Then use TMPG to cut.

It is rather hard now you dont have an audio track... if i was you, i'd reencode the avi, splitted this time. and dont seperate the audio from the video. you're gonna have lots of troubles with that...

[Gritz]

El Torro,
This is something I don't understand ..... M2V actually DOES have both the video AND the audio .... I know it's not supposed to but if I drag it into an authoring program like Spruceup or MyDVD the sound is always there ... Why???? I don't know ... but it is ..... but if I cut it with TMPGEnc the sound goes away. I had already decided to recapture in smaller avi as you suggested. My problem was thinking that I could get an hour of VHS encoded at the highest quality onto one DVD-R ...... and not knowing how to best set the bitrate. I set it on all the Highest settings .... big mistake. But I guess I'm learning. Thanks for both your replies.

[mrspangle]

Hi,

The .M2V file is the video stream - the reason why you can hear audio in spruceup, i suspect is, that when you import the .m2v file spruceup looks for the audio layer that corresponds to it, usually .ac3 or .wav i think. Check your folder where you are storing the .m2v file.

John

[Gritz]

Mrspangle .... yes, I think you're right. The same thing happens when I drop the avi into MyDVD ..... the sound is there. I do have another question though ....... my last capture had a white band going all the way through and was unuseable ....... someone said it might be Macrovision .. do you have any experience with this problem? It's the same white band that you see on the first few frames of ALL recordings ... only now it extends all the through the whole film. No one seems to know for sure why ....... or no one has read the post except the fellow who suggested it might be Macrovision.

Gritz