Burning MPEGS to DVD-R with Sonic MY DVD

[nichevo]

Have just burned MPEG1 to DVD-R on Pioneer A04, using sonic MyDVD. Did it as a test to see if it wld work. The mpeg1 was originally made for a vcd and it was lying about so I tried. MYDVD converted the sound to 48 from 41 and it burned/played ok.

My question is........ the aforementioned Mpeg1 was made using TMPGEnc with a PAL VCD template - so the picture quality wld obviously be less than a DVD. I am proposing to now use a PAL DVD template which (I understand) will create an MPEG2, which will result in better quality (ie closer to that of DVD). The process seems to make sense, can anyone see any probs with this and has anyone tried it?

I humbly await your response......

(In answer to why didnt I use IFOedit etc to create DVD - tried it and got so tied up and confused I thought there has to be another way......I hope)

[bugster]

What you did seems basically correct. Remember, the DVD standard allows for mpeg-1 at VCD resolutions (but higher bitrates) and mpeg-2 at 720 * 480/576 (and some other resolutions).

I am proposing to now use a PAL DVD template which (I understand) will create an MPEG2, which will result in better quality

Only if your source is any good. Remember, Garbage in = Garbage out

[jtoops]

Just so that you know: MyDVD will chew up space in audio conversion:

http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=96255&highlight=mydvd+audio

John

[mpb]

MyDVD is functional, but inefficient.

DVDit is functional, but cumbersome.

SpruceUp is nice but has no future support and is tough to get!

Ulead is OK but buggy and crashes a lot.



I, for one, will REJOICE when a robust, stable authoring software is released, one that supports AC3 streams and pre-encoded MPEGs.

As for your VCD/DVD question... I get good results out of VHS tapes capped at 352x240, encoded to mpeg1 at 1800k and 48k audio, then burned to DVD. They look very VERY close to the source tape, and given the space and time considerations, it looks like a good archiving method.