A simple and fast .AVI conversion to DVD

[richard.moreno]

OK, I have my edited home-video in .avi format
1: Use TMPGENC to transform the .avi files to .m2v and .wav files
2: Use TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR to transform the .m2v and .wav in DVD files (VOB, DUP, etc.) in the directory VIDEO_TS
3: Burn with Nero 6 using dvd film format or TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR

does someone knows this? Is it a good process?

[Gazorgan]

WAV takes up a LOT of space. Checkout the AC3 plugin for TMPG Author. Or try the non-standard (but 97% of the players support it) MP2 audio. You can also convert to AC3 with BeSweet or FFMPEG .

[richard.moreno]

OK, but You see any problem using this method?

[Gazorgan]

No problems if you have the space on the DVDR. WAV or PCM audio is perfectly acceptable, it just takes up a LOT of space. Roughly 1 GB on a 90 minute movie. The same AC3 can be 300 MB'ish. That's 700 MB less for video, or roughly 33% of you possible bitrate.

There's nothing 'wrong' with your method 8)

Standards for NTSC DVDPlayers are PCM and AC3 (but 97% support MP2). For PAL it's PCM and MP2, but 99% support AC3 Audio. Most players are exactly the same for NTSC/PAL, it's just an internal setting. Why manufacture 2 players when 1 will do?

[axolotls]

If I have a good AVI, your procedure is correct!

However, I will convert the huge wasteful .wav to .ac3
It opens up more space to get a little less video compression.

[richard.moreno]

Do you mean space on hard disk? The final product, the DVD, is the same, even we use your method, Isn´t it?

[axolotls]

Not sure who you are talking to...

But supposed you make a DVD from M2V and WAV and the size comes out to 5.1 GB when you encode it to VOB for DVD.

Well.. Convert that huge WAV to AC3 (224 bitrate) then encode back to VOB for DVD and voila it now is 4.2 GB and will easily fit on your DVD-R and you're VIDEO quality stays the same and your WAV is now Dolby Digital... High Tech!! Whee!!!!!!!!!!!