DVD Compliant MPEG

[betamac]

I just got a DVD burner and want to convert all my DIVX files into 2GB MPEG files so i can burn 2 each to DVD with menu for freinds i am having problems though every time i try to convert into MPEG using TMPEnc the MPEG i get at the end is not DVD Compliant according to DVD complete authoring software, and it needs to spend 2 hours converting

how can i get a 2GB DVD compliant MPEG file from my AVI?

Thanks in advance

[Don2050]

Check the audio in the DivX files....if it is VBR, it must be demuxed and then converted to WAV and remuxed back with the video, then run it through TMPGenc and enode to MPEG2, author and burn.

Are you familiar with TMPGenc or is this a new thing for you ?

[betamac]

I used virtual dub to save the audio as a wav file so when i used TMPEnc i selected both the video and audio files to encode, i have now tried VCD, SVCD and DVD using TMPEnc and the resulting MPEG is non DVD complient at the end of the process according to my authoring software why is this what else am i doing wrong?

THanks

[Lonsk]

I've just started getting into this myself and have come across the same problem.

It could be the audio format that is causing the problem. TmpgEnc's VCD/SVCD templates default to encoding at 44100Hz, however DVD audio must be 48000Hz.

I use Spruce Up which requires separate Video/Audio files so I just re-encode the audio to 48000Hz through TmpgEnc.

This is a good link for more info

http://www.vcdhelp.com/svcddvdr.htm

[betamac]

Lonsk i tried that audio method and the program DVD complete sees the audio as compliant now as it to uses seperate streams for audio and video, but my video file still is not seen as DVD complient and it says it cannot be converted. What can i use/do to make the mpeg DVD compliant i have used every option in TMPEnc with no luck

[Lonsk]

Is the mpeg in a valid resolution? This is taken from the SpruceUp help:

MPEG-1
• SIF (Standard Interface Format): 352x240 NTSC, 352x288 PAL

MPEG-2
• Full D-1: 720x480 NTSC, 720x576 PAL

• Cropped D-1: 704x480 NTSC, 704x576 PAL (matches analog blanking)

• 1/2 D-1: 352x480 NTSC, 352x576 PAL

• SIF (Standard Interface Format): 352x240 NTSC, 352x288 PAL

DVD seems a lot more fussy about resolution than VCD/SVCD.
To save re-encoding files you can cheat and use a little proggy called DVD Patcher.
This basically fools the program into thinking a file is in a valid resolution even if it isn't. Not managed to test it fully yet, but it did let me work with files that were non-DVD compliant and that SpruceUp had spat out it's dummy at before.