NEED HELP PLZ WITH Ulead Movie Factory 2

[joey2003]

HI i have just got movie factory 2 to make menus for 2 movies on one dvd-r disc so i can pick one to watch but when i open the 2 movies with movie factory the movie has been cut up like chapters and when it comes to the movies for the main menu it comes up like chapters when i just what the 2 movies so i can click on one and watch it can any one help

[Moonstomp]

Hi Joey,

I use MF2 a lot, but just need some more info on your problem.

The 2 movies you added - Were they just 2 single files ( or where there a number of files making up one movie?). If there is more than one file per movie then MF2 will assume them to be separate "movies" and create an item in the menu for each file.

Moonstomp.

[joey2003]

thanks for your reply moonstomp

i used dvd shrink to get the 2 movies together and ripped the 2 movies to my harddrive then i opened mf2 and started a new project selected dvd then next it says (capture,add video,add slideshow,import dvd video) i selected import dvd video then a boxs opens with browse for folderso i select the folder the 2 movies are in together then 2 of the start of the movies come up thats what i would like to be on the menu but there is 3 menu with the movies cut up

thanks for any help moonstomp

[Moonstomp]

Hi again Joey,

I think I understand what's happening. It's pretty much what I suspected. I guess when you're importing your "dvd video", what you are actually doing is importing the "VOB"s (DVD movie files) from the Video_TS folders created by DVD Shrink.

Unfortunately each movie is made up of a number of VOBs and MF2 is treating each one as a separate movie. I don't know of any way around this.

If you have TMPGenc plus you could use that to convert the VOB files to one MPEG2 for each movie and then import those 2 MPEG2 files into MF2.

Hope this helps,

Moonstomp.

[joey2003]

thanks moonstomp fast reply

well its not my day i have got TMPGenc plus i will tell u the software i got to see does any of this soft ware do the same thing as TMPGenc plus
ok

1. dvdit pe 2.5.3
2. easyx video converter (AVI,MPEG1,VCD,MPEG2,DVD)
3. dvd movie copy
4. dvd-x-copy
5. dvd cloner

thanks for your help moonstomp
moonstomp how can i get 3 movies on to one dvd-r i can get 2 movies on
but every one saying 3 movieson one dvd-r thanks for the help

[Moonstomp]

Joey,

Sorry but none of that software will do what TMPGenc PLUS will.

Here's a possible solution:

1. Use DVD2AVI to convert your VOBs to one AVI file. You can get DVD2AVI (free!!) from here: http://arbor.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~jackei/dvd2avi/DVD2AVI_1.77.3.zip

Start DVD2AVI and select "FILE" , "OPEN". Then browse to where your first movie's VOBs are. Choose any of the VOB files and hit "open" on the bottom right. A box should appear with all you VOB files listed. Select them ALL. Now you should be back at the main DVD2AVI screen.

Choose "FILE", "SAVE AVI".

Now the program will convert your VOBs to ONE AVI file.


2.When it's done for both movies load both AVI files into MF.
You'll have to adjust the "Bitrate" (MPEG settings) in MF
so that your final file size is small enough to fit on one blank DVD.

3. Fingers crossed.


Moonstomp.

[kiki]

This is one of the things about movie factory that really irks me.
It treats each individual vob as a seperate identity and wants to
create thumbnails for each one.
Some solutions:
Do a search for combine vobs. There are several ways to accomplish this.
I personally burn the vobs to an rw and use dvddecryper to combine them. They then show up in movie factory as a single thumbnail.
To get around this issue I switched to tmpeg dvd author.
It allows you to keep the chapter points and NOT have them show on the
main menu as individual thumbnails.
I hope this is of some help

kiki

[joey2003]

thanks for all the replys

i will try the avi bit moonstomp thanks
i will let u no if it works if any one else would like to add plz do and help people who have the same problem

[Moonstomp]

and use dvddecryper to combine them. They then show up in movie factory as a single thumbnail.

Kiki,

How do you get Decrypter to combine the VOBs to one VOB ??

Thanks,

Moonstomp.

[joey2003]

hi back again

moonstomp TMPGenc plus worked on the first vob file of ONE moive but the second is just a black screen with no video just sound off the movie what can this be and is there a other way to get dvd files working with dvd movie factory i have tryed the dvdtoavi and had no luck thanks for any replays

[joey2003]

one movie has 2 vob files

and it only does one vob right the other side of the movie is black with no sound if you no what i mean

[joey2003]

i know how to change the vob to mpeg

you open windows media player and open the vobs in windows media player and save the as xxxx.mpg and they work in mf2 but its it two cut movie so it movie has been cut in half and i made a menu for the files and when i come to burn them to a disc its takes to long i must of left it for about 4 hours and it was only on 16% is this normal

[Moonstomp]

Joey,

How long MF takes to create the DVD files is dependant on many factors.

1. How fast is your CPU ? (This has a big impact on the processing time.)

2. In MF2 you should ensure that you have ticked the option"do not re-
encode compliant files". (or something to that effect - not at my
home PC at the moment).

3. Also, perhaps Media Player is saving the VOBs as MPEG1's
and not MPEG2's. (if so MF2 WILL have to reencode to
MPEG format).

Good Luck & Merry Christmas !

Moonstomp