Sonic VS. Nero

[eric0668]

I tried to use Sonic to burn a program I have recorded off my Hauppauge 350. It is 1.6 gb (approx)

With Sonic I saw it do something called 'transcode'. what is it. When it is done, I expected to see about 3 gb remaining. BUt only 800mb left.

IT CREATED SOME RSS OR SOME EXTRA FILE?? What was that and why.

Now Nero did transcode too, but not 1 hour for one vide, it transcoded and burned all 3 files on one dvd. It did have room.

So 1) why did Sonic take soooo long. 2) Why did it create an extra file that Nero did not 3) And why did it take up so much room that Nero did not.

I know Nero is great when I can buy it, but not working, what is a great fast one like Nero I can get. Or is Sonic one, I just need to adjust my settings???

Someone recommended CDBurnerXPPro3. It is a great cd burner and DOES burn DVDs but it did not play on all dvd players. Even if the +/- format was correct; Why would this have happened?

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[mats.hogberg]

Don't use neither. If you've captured in a DVD ready format, (if you haven't - do!) just use TMPGEnc DVD Author to get it on disc with least problem. Somehow Sonic didn't consider your mpg as a valid source for DVD and reencoded it. I'd never trust an authoring app with encoding capabilities.

/Mats

[eric0668]

Thanks

Whatever I got, not sure if it is what you recommended....LOL works wonderfully. BUT iT is only a trial

1. I got TsunamiMPEGDVDAuthor, Is that the same thing. At first I thought yes, took out the sunami, but TMPEG is not TMPGE. So which do I want. Someone in a very good site recommended TMPGENc for conversion of avi to dvd files. or that is mpeg, right.

2. If it is the same thing is there a free version that won't expire. It is quick.

3. What is that transcode thing I mentioned in my first thread. Sonic did it for hours. Nero did it too, but very fast.

[mats.hogberg]

1) TsunamiMPEGDVDAuthor and TMPGEnc DVD Author is the same thing, yes. TMPGEnc is an mpeg encoder (of the same developer). The latter can be used for reencoding of AVI to mpg (among other things).
2) TMPGEnc DVD Author has a 30 day trial period, but isn't free. TMPGEnc is free for encoding to mpeg1, not free for mpeg2.
3) Both Sonic and Nero can reencode. That's why I recommend TMPGEnc DVD Author which don't. In this case, Nero was obviously satisfied with your source files, and merely remultiplexed them or something, while Sonic must have completely reencoded your sorce files.

/Mats

[eric0668]

You are so clear and concise with your answers. That is what I like and appreciate.
So when you say they "CAN Reencode" you mean they "have to Transcode" is that correct. And when people say is it already in movie, or dvd format, they mean mpeg, mpeg2, etc format, right?

[mats.hogberg]

Thank you - I think it's essential to be as clear as possible in this kind of communication form.
When I say "can reencode" I mean just that "they have the ability to reencode". As such, that might be a good thing, as you in theory can feed it any kind of video, and the application takes care of turning it into the right format for DVD. In practice, the developers often take the "better safe than sorry" route, and blindly reencodes ANYTHING you specify as source, even if it's perfectly good to start with.
Some apps (in my book, Nero most blatantly) don't tell you that it's reencoding (or otherwise (mis)treating) your material.
That's why I try to avoid this kind of allinone applications. Encode with an encoder. Author with an authoring app.
If a video file is said to be in DVD format, then yes, I'd expect it to be in a format that can be authored as DVD without further processing. These are mpeg1 or 2 at specific resolutions and bit rates (see WHAT IS DVD top left).

/Mats