divx to dvd help needed??

[stealth666]

i have been trying to find myself a load of software to convert my divx files to dvd format, create menus with music and burn to disk.

just wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to which software to use.

i like ulead dvd movie factory 2 but it always seems to mess up towards the end of encoding.

is there any other one program solution that i could try

any help would be apreciated

[Gazorgan]

One? You need many, and some $$$.

create menus with music

isn't a cheap option.

"Messing up at the end of the encode" needs more definition. Yoy mean when you play it on you computer or after being burned? 2 entirely seperate problems.

[solarfox]

Well, for what it's worth, here's the technique I use:

(1) Open the DivX file in VirtualDub. Ignore any warning messages it gives you about "improper VBR headers." Make sure that "Direct Stream Copy" (i.e. no reprocessing) is set under the Audio options, then pick "Save WAV" from the "File" menu and save the audio to a file.

Note that what you're actually saving is an MPEG audio file, not a WAV; you can either manually change the file extension to MP3 in the Save dialog box, or go into Windows Explorer and change it later.

(2) Use WinAMP, MKW, or some other such audio program to convert the MP3 file you just saved into WAV format.

(3) Now use an encoding program like TMPGenc to convert the files into an MPEG; pick your original DivX AVI file for the video track, and the WAV file you made in step 2 for the audio, set your desired encoding options, click "start", and go to bed.

(4) You should then be able to use DVD Moviefactory to put these MPEG files onto DVD. (I don't know if MF2 can do menus with music or not, so I can't help you here -- I use its big brother, DVD Workshop.)

Note that the audio extraction/conversion step may not be strictly necessary in all cases, and I'm sure many people will step in to say it's a waste of time... all I can say is, in my personal experience, the "improper VBR header" problem that many DivX files seem to have often causes the audio to either get way out of sync, or just drop out entirely, if you try to do a direct DivX AVI --> DVD MPEG encode. As with many things in this strange little hobby of ours, your mileage may vary.