Few ideas I need help on

[DUDIRENO]

I have captured a couple VHS tapes on my ADS Instant DVD. I have 2 files. They both are approximatly 1.9 gigs. When I try to make them on one DVD using the software it says it is unable to because of the size. If a DVD has 4.7 gigs that leaves almost a whole gig to spare. How much space do I need to be able to make a DVD. In other words how much can I put on one DVD.

My idea is that I am so impressed with the quality of DVD2one stuff I thought I could try it on my files. How could I go about doing this?

And why can't I add these files to the video tab in Toast and make a DVD that way. They are mpeg2 files. I tried to do that and it said there is a problem with source material.

[Frobozz]

When you open CaptyDVD and set up your project it asks you what kind of audio you want. The default is PCM which takes up much more space than the MPEG audio encoded by PixeDV. You need to select MPEG Audio and the same bit rate you used in PixeDV in order to keep the finished file size the same (so it will fit on your DVD). Also, CaptyDVD doesn't allow use of as much of the available space on the disc as do other applications. I'm not sure what the maximum is, but it is close to 4GB with CaptyDVD.

Your problem with PixeDV MPEGs and Toast 6 is common. In order for the file to have any chance of working in Toast you must use PixeDV to trim off at least one second from the end of the movie. That eliminates an error that Toast reports at the end of checking a PixeDV MPEG. If you get an error at some point during that checking stage, your MPEG has an encoding error that Toast won't accept. You either need to go into PixeDV and try to find and trim out the problem frames or have PixeDV re-encode the video. Your earlier posts indicated that you have had a lot of visible encoding errors with PixeDV. CaptyDVD doesn't check for these errors so it accepts and passes any errors along to the final DVD (which could cause your DVD player to freeze -- or not).

I have had Toast accept many of my PixeDV MPEGs and refuse many of them.

[AntnyMD]

From my font of knowledge, which is vast (hahaha), Toast tends to reject PixeDV MPEGs when PixeDV has a "data break" .. i.e., the hard drive has not encoded the MPEG in one continuous uninterrupted section of the hard drive (as well as the trimming issue Frobozz noted above).

[DUDIRENO]

Thanks guys you are always helpful!

I did trim these clips. So it must be because of what AntnyMD said. My frames probably aren't perfect.

I did burn a a clip to disc from Capty and then ran it through DVD2one and got good results. However, I don't know what to do from here with that. It turns them into VOBs and then I don't know what to do with those. Is there anyway to run these clips through DVD2one without having to burn them?

[DUDIRENO]

I just tried the mpeg sound and it gave me the room I needed.

THANKS!!!!!

[AntnyMD]

I'm glad it worked for you ... Personally I found CaptyDVD too inconsistent in what it would accept from me so I sucked it up and now use DVD Studio Pro.