App to Convert AVI to M2V with no Audio

[danswano]

Hello,
I need an app that can convert my avi file that has no audio (saved using VD) into m2v so i can mux it again using IFOEdit or Muxman with the original audio and subtitles, i've tried some methods but they all end up crashing IFOEdit.

Thanks.

[manono]

i've tried some methods but they all end up crashing IFOEdit.

What did you try? IFOEdit authors DVDs, so are the M2Vs you made DVD compliant? If you don't know post a text file from MediaInfo. Maybe you should try and make an MPG using ImagoMPEG-Muxer or some such.

I need an app that can convert my avi file that has no audio (saved using VD) into m2v...

It's called an MPEG-2 encoder and just about any of them can do what you want.

[Kerry56]

You can always import it into AVStoDVD, add the subtitles and audio streams and have it output as a complete dvd-video. All in one step.

Import the avi file. Right click on it within the main window of AVStoDVD, and you will have options to add audio and subtitle streams.

If for some unknown reason, you want to author the dvd separately, you can have AVStoDVD take the avi as input and have it output as a dvd-video compliant video stream. In that case, go to Options-->Output Setup-->Elementary Mpeg2 Streams.

[danswano]

I will explain further.
I want to modify my dvd vieo track and add some filters to it.

1. I've demuxed my DVD using PGCDemux and it will result one video track also multiple audio and subtitles tracks.
2. I've demuxed my DVD into and mkv to edit the video in VD
3. Save the video as avi and reauthor using DVD Flick then demux the DVD again using PGCDemux
4. use IFOEDIT to mux the DVD using the video track from step 3 and audio/subtitles from step 1.

i want to save some time by converting the avi to m2v directly, an m2v that is compatible with IFOEdit.

[manono]

3. Save the video as avi and reauthor using DVD Flick then demux the DVD again using PGCDemux

Before being reauthored it has to be reencoded. If it reauthors it after that, then the M2V is DVD compliant.

i want to save some time by converting the avi to m2v directly, an m2v that is compatible with IFOEdit.

IFOEdit isn't a very good authoring program. But does it give any error messages? Like underflows? Try Muxman, which is a lot better program for authoring, instead of IFOEdit. If it opens, it's DVD compliant (mostly). If it aborts during the muxing it's probably because of buffer underflows. If it does that check the Muxman log in the root of the 'C' Drive to confirm.

As for converting to M2V followed by authoring, any MPEG-2 Encoder can give you an M2V suitable for authoring.

[Kerry56]

I will explain further.
I want to modify my dvd vieo track and add some filters to it.

1. I've demuxed my DVD using PGCDemux and it will result one video track also multiple audio and subtitles tracks.
2. I've demuxed my DVD into and mkv to edit the video in VD
3. Save the video as avi and reauthor using DVD Flick then demux the DVD again using PGCDemux
4. use IFOEDIT to mux the DVD using the video track from step 3 and audio/subtitles from step 1.

i want to save some time by converting the avi to m2v directly, an m2v that is compatible with IFOEdit.

If you have already done your work with the filters, and have the avi file from Vdub, you can use it as input into AVStoDVD, and then add the original audio and subtitles instead of using Flick, PGCDemux, or IfoEdit. AVStoDVD can use the HC encoder (2pass) to convert the avi to a dvd-video compliant video stream and then it uses Muxman to author the dvd video. This isn't hard.

[danswano]

I know it's not hard dude, but encoding the video twice feels wrong to me.
What i'm trying to achieve is to direct stream the saved video from VD into DVD without re-encode.

[manono]

I know it's not hard dude, but encoding the video twice feels wrong to me.
What i'm trying to achieve is to direct stream the saved video from VD into DVD without re-encode.

You saved an AVI. It has to be reencoded to MPEG-2. And the AVI you saved should be lossless (Lagarith, UT Video Codec, etc.), and not crap XviD or something like that.