Trouble w/ MPEGPowerTool converting mp2 audio for VCD=>DV

[Bugsi]

I have a 6 hour, 3.52 GB VCD-ready MPEG1 file (made with an EyeTV) that I want to put on a single DVD (VCD on DVD). I know the process is "Demux, convert audio from 44.1 to 48, and master with DVDSP." So far I've demuxed with More Missing Tools, so I have my .m1v video file and my 44.1 .mp2 file. I'm stuck trying to use MPEGPowerTool to convert the .mp3 from 44.1 to 48, I know this is supposed to be easy, but it's not doing anything.

I select my source .mp2 audio file, I select a different directory to save the converted 48 KHz file, and I set "re-encode mp2" with bitrate = 224 and sampling rate = 48000. When I click "start" my terminal window gives me the following, and nothing else happens (should I be worried that it says "mp3enc: command not found"?:
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Last login: Sun Mar 30 14:38:49 on ttyp2
sh /Applications/MPEGPowerTool\ 0.2/MPEGPowerTool.app/Contents/Resources/shell
Welcome to Darwin!
[iMac:~] mbarnes% sh /Applications/MPEGPowerTool\ 0.2/MPEGPowerTool.app/Contents/Resources/shell
/Applications/MPEGPowerTool 0.2/MPEGPowerTool.app/Contents/Resources/shell: mp2enc: command not found
input: /Volumes/37 GB Disk/Project/chunk-0.mp2
(44.1 kHz, 2 channels, MPEG-1 Layer II)
output: <stdout> (16 bit, Microsoft WAVE)
skipping initial 241 samples (encoder+decoder delay)
Frame# 2/831229 224 kbps [iMac:~] mbarnes%
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Thanks in advance for any help, otherwise a suggestion for a better mp2 OSX sample rate converter would be welcome.

I'm doing everything on an 800MHz 17" Superdrive iMac, equipped with DVDSP 1.5.2.

[ZeroSix]

you do not have the mp2enc binary installed.

This is a necessary binary for the program. You need to get it installed first.

download it here:

http://homepage.mac.com/zerosix/mp2enc.sitx

decompress it using stuffit of course.

Then go to a terminal, and navigate to the directory where you unstuffed mp2enc and type the following:

sudo cp mp2enc /usr/bin/mp2enc

sudo cp mp2enc /usr/local/bin/mp2enc

rehash

that SHOULD work for you. do that, try again and let me know.

Hope this helps.

[Bugsi]

Thanks, that helped, I no longer get the mp2enc "command not found", but now I get this:
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Last login: Sun Mar 30 16:09:25 on ttyp1
sh /Applications/MPEGPowerTool\ 0.2/MPEGPowerTool.Welcome to Darwin!
app/Contents/Resources/shell
[iMac:~] mbarnes% sh /Applications/MPEGPowerTool\ 0.2/MPEGPowerTool.app/Contents/Resources/shell
/Applications/MPEGPowerTool 0.2/MPEGPowerTool.app/Contents/Resources/shell: mpgtx: command not found
[iMac:~] mbarnes%
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I have mpgtx, but perhaps I don't have it installed properly?
More help would be greatly appreciated, I feel like I'm SO close to having this working, and MPEGPowerTool looks like the perfect tool for what I want to do.

Thanks in advance, again.

[ZeroSix]

ok here:

http://homepage.mac.com/zerosix/mpgtx.sitx

Same deal.

Follow the steps above.

[Bugsi]

Ah, that's it, I'm now off and converting! Woo woo!

Thanks dude!
-Mark

[bilestyle]

i've been meaning to update that software for a long time now.. maybe sometime i can get around to it and make it work a little better/faster, i know that i can make the mp2 re-encode faster because mp2enc is sooooooooooooooooooooooo slow.

[bullitB]

Try using TooLame?

[bilestyle]

i've actually already added something else, i dont remeber what, but its a LOT faster.

[Bugsi]

Regarding speed of 44.1 KHz .mp2 to 48 KHz .mp2 conversion, I also did this conversion with SoundJam in MacOS 9.2.2 and it was quite a bit faster.

But I really wanted a totally OS X solution for VCD to DVD, and MPEGPowerTool worked well.

Since I'm using an EyeTV to make VCD-ready Mpeg1 files in real time, all I need to do is demux and convert the audio sample rate, then I'm burnin' DVDs in DVDSP. It's not too painful.

Thanks for the help, and thanks for MPEGPowerTool!