HDTV to DVD

[pglenn]

I am looking for a program (or programs) that can convert TS / TP stream files to MPG in order to process those to DVD (gasp!!!). I understand I will be losing quality / resolution in converting and then down-scaling the video.

Part of what I want is to save HD videos that I have recorded, and as they take so much space, there are some that I would like to save but not necesarily in the 1920x1080 that they were broadcast in (tho of course there are others I will save in full resolution)

Patrick

[Baldrick]

hdtv2dvd
super

[pglenn]

cool, I'll look at that one later today. does it give the option to specify the MPG/DVD resolution or does it default to a certain resolution?

[jman98]

I believe that hdtv2dvd does not allow you to modify the resolution. It's meant to be a simple tool that just works, so almost nothing is user configurable. I don't know what Super uses to do this kind of down conversion in resolution, but I would think that it's probably not as good as how hdtv2dvd does it. I haven't tested this though.

[dphirschler]

I've used a combination of dgIndex and an AviSynth script to get it to DVD resolution. You need to know your source. If it is video, it will behave differently than if it is film. In my case, it was video. Here is my script:

# HDTV .ts conversion (1920x1080i)
#
loadplugin("C:\video\dgMPEGdec\deDecode.dll")

vNTSC=MPEG2Source("c:\video\work\bonjovi.d2v")//.cropbottom(8)
#a=AC3source("bonjovi AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -737ms.ac3")


return v720x480i(vNTSC)

# Converts 1920x1080i to 720x480i anamorphic
function v720x480i(v)
{
	# Separate fields and interpolate them to full height
	v=bob(v)

	# resize and reinterlace
	v=v.BilinearResize(720,480)# (anamorphic)
	#v=v.SeparateFields.SelectEvery(4,0,3)# BFF (even)
	v=v.SeparateFields.SelectEvery(4,1,2)# TFF (odd)

	v=converttoyuy2(v)# corrects interlacing artifacts
	v=weave(v)

	return(v)
}

Hope that helps.


Darryl