DVD to DVD VS. AVI to DVD - What changes?

[chrishallowell]

What changes are needed if step #1 is captured as an AVI(Uncompressed video & audio, YV12) file instead of VOBs?

1. Transfer the Hi8 camcorder video to set top DVD recorder using SP, S-Video connection, and a mono audio connection(Camcorder is mono audio only and it does not have a firewire output).

2. Demux using PgcDemux (VOB -> m2v and ac3)
VIDEO:
3. Create an index using DGIndex (m2v -> d2v)
4. Delete the ending blue screen video using VirtualDubMod (m2v -> m2v)
5. Remove analog noise using avisynth (avs)

AUDIO:
6. Convert to wav using VirtualDubMod (ac3 -> wav)
7. Upmix mono to stereo using audacity (wav -> wav)
8. Reduce noise from audio using audacity (wav -> wav)
9. Convert audio to ac3 using EncWAVtoAC3 or Aften (wav -> ac3)
10. Optional: Upmix to 5.1 using Soopafresh's script (ac3 -> ac3)

11. Use HCGui to run the avs to get m2v (d2v ---avs--> m2v)
12. Mux using Muxman (m2v and ac3 -> VOB)
13. Add a basic menu using GUI for DVD Author (VOB -> VOB)
14. Burn to a DVD using imgburn (VOB -> DVD)

Since HCGui uses the colorspace yv12 and my home video is yv12, my avs script should stay in that color space.

Thanks,
Chris

[chrishallowell]

I'm guessing #4 should be first: Delete the ending blue screen video using VirtualDubMod Direct pass through to avoid colorspace conversion and compression (avi -> avi)
#2: How do I demux an AVI file into a video AVI file and a wav file?

Thanks,
Chris

[dadrab]

You can skip step 7. You're still just going to have the same sound coming out of each stereo channel.

[chrishallowell]

This works:

1. Transfer the Hi8 camcorder video to PC as an AVI(Uncompressed video & audio, YV12) file, S-Video connection, and a mono audio connection(Camcorder is mono audio only and it does not have a firewire output).
2. Delete the ending blue screen using VirtualDubMod in direct stream mode (avi -> avi)
3. Demux the audio using VirtualDubMod (Avi with Audio/Video -> Avi with Video/Audio and wav)
4. Delete the ending blue screen video using VirtualDubMod (m2v -> m2v)
5. Create script using filters in avisynth (avs)

AUDIO:
6. Upmix mono to stereo using audacity (wav -> wav)
7. Reduce noise from audio using audacity (wav -> wav)
8. Convert audio to ac3 using EncWAVtoAC3 or Aften (wav -> ac3)
9. Upmix to 5.1 using Soopafresh's script (ac3 -> ac3)

10. Use HCGui to run the avs to get m2v (avi with video only ---avs--> m2v)
11. Mux using Muxman (m2v and ac3 -> VOB)
12. Add a menu using GUI for DVD Author (VOB -> VOB)
13. Burn to a DVD using imgburn (VOB -> DVD)

Notes:
A. Since HCGui uses the colorspace yv12 and my home video is captured in yv12, my avs script should stay in that color space. IE: Avoid converting between colorspaces.

B. VirtualDubMod in direct stream save mode keeps the video in the original uncompressed format and it prevents the colorspace conversion to RGB.

C. m2v file is video only (No audio)

Thanks,
Chris