I am confused !!!

[cyber66]

Hey ppl I really need your help. I am a newbie in the field of doing copys on DVD. After I have downloaded several progs ( and nothing worked ) I ask you for your help now. Is there any progs out I can format diffrent movie formats into the 1 I do need for copy my DVD? Is it possible to work atleast with just 2 Porgs and not with 3, 4, or many more to get the goal?

At the moment I use to change the formats:Advanced X Video Converter or WinMPG Video Convert After I have select the option All to DVD I just got the file _OUT. But I do know, that there is also the folder TS needed.

So pls can u help me out?

Thanks a lot

Mike ( Bern / Switzerland )

[mats.hogberg]

It all comes down to what your sorce material consists of, but if it's mainly some kind of AVI, you need (besides having the right codecs installed):
Encoder: TMPGEnc, CCE or MainConcept are the main candidates for this task.
Authoring: TMPGEnc DVD Author, IfoEdit, DVDAuthorGUI are a few examples.

Support software for resizing, filtering, adding subtitles, burning & cetera: AviSynth, VirtualDub, srt2sup, Subtitle Studio, ImgTools Classic, DVDDecrypter.

To find out what your source files are made up of, GSpot is the tool to use.
As you can see (and have already found out), there is no one-click solution that takes care of creating a DVD of every kind of video source you throw at it.

/Mats

/Mats

[cyber66]

thanks for ur help m8

[mats.hogberg]

Not much help, but I forgot to mention one thing: Stay clear of codec packs! A common beginner error is to find you can't play this or that AVI (no sound and/or no picture) - and finds a codec pack that's supposed to contain every codec you'll ever need, so that must fix your problem, right? Wrong! Codec packs mostly breaks what used to work, while adding not much. If an AVI won't play, use GSpot (as mentioned earlier) to see what video and audio codecs are in use, and download the latest version of the one you miss on your system.
Only general purpose codec I'd recommend is ffdshow that handles most mpeg4 based material.

/Mats

[cyber66]

I did used GSpot to test my movie and it showed to me that everything seeims to be ok.

Thanks again for your help m8