mov/mpg to dvd??

[brigade]

i've done a search on here, but found nothing that answeres my question:

i have a bunch of .mov and .mpg files that i want to put on a DVD. if i take a mov/mpg file into toast and create a disc image, there is no sound. how do i successfully convert a .mov or an .mpg file to dvd?

[galactica]

Depends really on the quality of the source.

for the mpeg's i would try demuxing them down to thier video component [.m1v or .m2v] and audio component [.mp2 most of the time]

then use sizzle, import the audio and video channels, build your menu, compile a disk image and see if that has audio

[rumplestiltskin]

MPEG2 Works, which may be found here:

http://www.mpeg2works.2ya.com/

This will convert mov files to vcd, svcd, and dvd mpgs and then will create the images to burn. Use Toast or Disc Utility to burn.

[rumplestiltskin]

Just a bit more info that is necessary to know.

DVD's require 48Khz audio. If your mpg's already have 44KHz audio, it will be necessary to transcode the audio or the chances are good that your DVD player won't play them. MPEG2Works should be able to fix this condition.

QT movies (exported from iMovie, for example) are alreay 48KHz (assuming you set your camcorder correctly when you recorded the footage).

There are a few DVD players that will play mpg movies (for VCD or SVCD) burned as "data files" to a DVD (ISO9660, not UDF). I have a cheap Philips I bought at Target for $50 that displays such discs as mp3 discs and permits me to choose the file to play from an on-screen menu. This permits me to combine all the mpeg2 files (for SVCD) for one movie (sometimes two) onto one DVD. No "authoring" is being done; it's just a simple ISO9660 disk burned with Toast (with no "Apple-compatibility").

[macuser25]

sounds like something is wrong with the source... you can drag/drop mov, mpg, vob, etc. into toast video format and it will decode/demux and reencode/remux if necessary to put content onto a DVD.

no need for those other tools.

[rumplestiltskin]

unfortunately, Toast's ability to create DVD's from QT sources is pretty dismal; lots of artifacts and there are a number of audio formats (probably coming from Windows-created mpgs) that Toast can't deal with. Might want to try DivX Doctor which has been known to fix certain conditions. However, MPEG2Works with a few tools to demux (bbDemux), and convert audio (44.1KHz > 48KHz, if necessary) will provide much better quality.

If you have access to a PC, TmpgEnc Xpress will convert mpg-1 and mpg-2 (VCD and SVCD, respectively) to "DVD-ready" files. (The "regular" TmpgEnc will also do this but it isn't quite as automated.) Follow that up with Tmpg DVD Author which will create the ready-to-burn VIDEO_TS folder.

There are many other PC solutions discussed in the forums. As for Mac, however, my advice is to stay clear of a "Toast-only" solution because the only thing Toast does very well is burn; its video encoding sucks.

Regards

[brigade]

hmmm...i'm using captyDVD though, and i have a video which Quicktime says is mpeg2, but when i import it into captyDVD and compile it as a disk image or video_ts folder, it takes an ETERNITY. if it is an mpeg2 file, then why does captyDVD re-encode it?

[rumplestiltskin]

hmmm...i'm using captyDVD though, and i have a video which Quicktime says is mpeg2, but when i import it into captyDVD and compile it as a disk image or video_ts folder, it takes an ETERNITY. if it is an mpeg2 file, then why does captyDVD re-encode it?

Because CaptyDVD sucks. All kidding aside, there may be something about the mpeg2 file may not be -exactly- what CaptyDVD expects. DVD is normally a very high bitrate and the app may be transcoding it in spite of your DVD player's ability to handle a file at the lower bitrate you used for capture. Additionally, regardless of the bitrate, the mpeg2 file must be converted into the VOB files necessary for DVD so this takes some time.

Some DVD players can play what's called "DVD-MPEGISO". This is actually a DVD disc burned as an ISO9660 data disc containing the mpeg files (as files). You may combine mpeg1 & mpeg2 files and, if the DVD player supports it, the disc is treated as an mp3 disc with an on-screen menu. Check the "Players" section for this checkbox.