Making use of MPEG-2

[kamikaze]

Hello!

I'm in the process of converting an MPEG-4 to an MPEG-2, but was wondering about something. If i want to make a DVD that will play in any standard DVD player with no menus ( just the movie file ), what will I have to do with the end result?

Does the MPEG-2 file that QT exports contain audio, or do i have to strip the audio track seperately? How do i go about turning the end result into a VOB, and what would I name the VOB to get it to play?

Anyone?

[kamikaze]

I'm actually thinking of just using CaptyDVD that came with my Lacie d2 DVDRW drive.
Anybody see me running into any problems with this method?
Can I just import AVI files ( divx ) and assume they'll be encoded in MPEG2?

[tgpo]

I've never heard of the program before. I've only used iDVD, Toast, and DVD Studio Pro for my DVD authoring.

One thing I can tell you is never assume anything, because almost always the opposite will be true.


Typically what I do to go from Quicktime -> DVD is
Export Movie as MPEG-2
Export Audio as Aiff
In DVD Studio Pro import MPEG-2 file and add Aiff audio stream to it.

Perhaps this information will be of use with your program......maybe

[brett]

i use capty as follows: i make my own mpgs by muxing .m2vs and .mp2s (using bitvice and missing mpeg tools). i import them, do the menu/chapter stuff, and then create a video_ts folder on export -- and the mpgs are not reencoded (my desired result). then i burn in toast using galactica's method which i believe is a sticky here. i know capty has an encoder (which my method avoids for the content), so you might be able to just drop your avi's in there and have it work without any prep work -- give it a shot. if not, think of converting your source to dv/aiff OR making your own mpgs.

[galactica]

Anyone have a direct link for this program.

Ive never heard of it, but it sounds like an interesting program.
if it does indeed do what you say it does.
thanks

[AntnyMD]

CaptyDVD is a LaCie product, shipped with its DVD burners, but doesnt seem to be sold separately (product page) in their online store.

[kkant]

CaptyDVD is a LaCie product, shipped with its DVD burners, but doesnt seem to be sold separately (product page) in their online store.

Actually, CaptyDVD is a product of Pixela in japan (www.pixela.co.jp). This software is bundled with several Mac mpeg products, such as the ADS USB Instant DVD (www.adstech.com).

[mephoneno]

You can download the software at the pixela website:

http://webbb2.pixela.co.jp/download/mac/mptv/CaptyTVU_dv252_G4.sit

I just bought the ADS Instant USB to DVD device and am having a problem converting the MPEG2 files to SVCD.
what do I have to do to get the files SVCD compliant?
If I drop them on Toast/VideoCD option, it changes the option to AudioCD and gives me an error saying that I've got a corrupted audio file.
The demux feature on the devices video capture application, PixeDV for Mac, produces an .aif sound file and an m2p video file.
Do I have to covert the audio to something else for SVCD?
Thanks for any info.

Dave

[dcsos]

What the poster wants is a DVD authoring program that creates a FIRST PLAY
asset from the MOVIE ITSELF..
That is he doesn't want menu based structure..
Does Capty Do this?
DVD STUDIO PRO must have a way to avoid menus..

I've done this hundreds of times, but it won't be much use unless someone has access to CREATOR or FUSION
in these programs, a YELLOW WINDOW can be selected to contain the first asset instead of a Video Title Manager window
This has the result of creating a FIRST PLAY from whatever is dragged into the yellow first play window.
Hitting proof..the first play action now shows on the NTSC monitor .
Creator only accepts un-muxed compliant only seperates

[kkant]

What the poster wants is a DVD authoring program that creates a FIRST PLAY
asset from the MOVIE ITSELF..
That is he doesn't want menu based structure..
Does Capty Do this?
DVD STUDIO PRO must have a way to avoid menus..

Both CaptyDVD and DVD Studio Pro allow you to do this. DVDSP is of course more flexible in almost all respects; but Capty is easier to use in a slap-dash manner.

[kkant]

You can download the software at the pixela website:

http://webbb2.pixela.co.jp/download/mac/mptv/CaptyTVU_dv252_G4.sit

From which page did you find this link? I can't find it anywhere on the Pixela site. This is the Japanese version, I am trying to find the latest English version. Thanks.

[dcsos]

http://ka.ws17.arena.ne.jp/en/products/software/capty_dvd_vcd/download.html

[galactica]

Thanks for the links
Ill check this out when i get some time.......

[kkant]

Thanks for the reply, dcsos. I did manage to find Capty. However, I should have mentioned, that wasn't the software I was looking for. The link that mephoneno provided:

http://webbb2.pixela.co.jp/download/mac/mptv/CaptyTVU_dv252_G4.sit

is actually PixeDV, which is the capture (not authoring) software. That's what I want. I have the 1.0 version that came with my ADS Instant DVD, but I'd like to get the latest. Do you have a link to an english version of that?

Thanks again!!

[brett]

anyone use pixedv as an mpeg editor? please tell us if you liked it.

[kkant]

anyone use pixedv as an mpeg editor? please tell us if you liked it.

Yes, I use PixeDV as an editor. It is a cut-only editor, being meant to cut-edit video captures. The overall PixeDV interface is pretty crappy, but the MPEG editor interface is pretty OK. What I like best about it, though, is the results. The cut editing is done in such a way as to keep the audio and video in sync, and this part of the feature set works very well. However, this means that you cannot do frame-level editing. The cutting resolution is 1 second.

So, mediocre interface, great results.

[mephoneno]

kkant -

Do you use PixeDV with the ADs USB Instant DVD?
If so, how do I make a VCD or SVCD from the MPEGs created by USB Instant DVD?
I just discovered that an MPEG1, burned as a VCD in Toast, won't play in my Pioneer 343. It plays almost everything else.
If I try to create image files with GNU vcdtoolsx, I'll get an XML file but vcdx build will create an empty folder and stop.
Same with the SVCD option using MPEG2 files....

Dave

[kkant]

kkant -

Do you use PixeDV with the ADs USB Instant DVD?

Yes.

If so, how do I make a VCD or SVCD from the MPEGs created by USB Instant DVD?
I just discovered that an MPEG1, burned as a VCD in Toast, won't play in my Pioneer 343. It plays almost everything else.

I have not tried making a VCD (I've only burned DVDs), so I'm afraid I can't help you specifically. However, if I understand you correctly, your Toast VCDs work fine in other players (including DVD players?). If so, then I should suspect your 343 as being the problem, no?

BTW Dave, in case you missed my earlier post--do you have a link for the latest English version of PixeDV? The link you posted above was for the Japanese version...

[mephoneno]

kkant -

Sorry, I don't have a link to the latest version.
The ADS website has no updates to PixeDV.

The version that I have is 1.0.0 and came with the Instant DVD box.
Last night, I made a VCD using CaptyDVD. It took 4 hours to encode a 176MB mpeg file - whittling it down to 103MB.
The video quality is not good and the audio is out of synch
I'll try again with an MPEG2 file, but I think that I read that the application won't make a VCD with an MPEG2 file.

Dave

[kkant]

Last night, I made a VCD using CaptyDVD. It took 4 hours to encode a 176MB mpeg file - whittling it down to 103MB.
The video quality is not good and the audio is out of synch

Ouch. Is that just in the 343 or everywhere?

I am curious as to why the file size is shrinking; perhaps whatever setting/configuraton is causing that is also causing the sync problem? The mpeg1 capture from the ADS box should already be in the proper encoding to burn to VCD, or at least that is what I would think.

Do you capture audio through the ADS box as well? Is the audio setting in CaptyDVD the same as the audio setting in PixeDV when you capture?

[mephoneno]

The audio is also out of synch when I play the disc on the Powerbook with VLC...
I may have re-encoded it as MPEG2 in CaptyDVD. I was winging it with the CaptyDVD software. I know I hit the little mpeg2 icon on one of the palettes at the outset. I'll give it another try clicking the mpeg1 button, instead. I'll look for the audio settings.

I tried creating the VCD with an MPEG2 version of the same clip, but that was rejected by the software. You can only use MPEG2 with the DVD setting.


Dave

[kkant]

I may have re-encoded it as MPEG2 in CaptyDVD. I was winging it with the CaptyDVD software. I know I hit the little mpeg2 icon on one of the palettes at the outset. I'll give it another try clicking the mpeg1 button, instead. I'll look for the audio settings.

Aha. Yeah, I'll bet that's it. It should not be changing the file size, I don't think. Check for that again when you re-do it.