Time not showing up with tmpegenc mpg2

[georgehegyi]

I'm transfering a taped concert to DVD. Yesterday I tried the first two songs and got descent results (considering the source is a VHS tape). I captured with my ATI AIW card to AVI using huffyuv codec, then I compressed the avi to MPEG2 with tmpgencoder, DVD profile. Then I authored the DVD with DVD Architect. But I noticed that the DVD player didn't show the "running time" of my DVD. In the past I also did some SVCD using TMPGENC that showed this problem.
Is TMPGENC doing something wrong or not adding timing information on the generated mpg2? Am I missing something? Or this is normal operation for a personal-authored DVD?
I am also considering recompressing the avi with Vegas Video. Am I going the get the same (good!) results than with tmpgenc? I have extensively used TMPGENC for VCD and SVCD and I always liked the results, I think it is one of the best mpg compressors, so I don't want to throw it away of the mix, but I want to create really compliant MPG2 and DVD.
Thanks
George

[Vejita-sama]

Hmm, that is not normal. I would suspect that the problem is with your authoring software as several people use TMPGenc's DVD template (which is what I assumed/it appears you used) without any problems.

It could be your standalone doesn't like -R/-RW media (CD or DVD). If you have an DVD-RW disc and your system will play it try authoring the MPEG2 file with a different program (eg. DVD Lab free 30day trail, or IFOEdit, this is only a test). And see what happens.

[georgehegyi]

I recompressed the video with Vegas 4 and got exactly the same results. The time doesn't show on the standalone (it only shows PLAY). Also I opened the resulting VIDEO_TS files with PowerDVD and the time bar doesn't allow repositioning, so I think it must be DVD Architect.
I'm gonna try with another DVD Authoring tool, and check the results.
BTW, the standalone shows the time correctly on CloneDVD-made backups, so I know it isn't a media or burner issue.
Thanks.
George

[georgehegyi]

Problem resolved... I updated DVD Architect to 1.0c and voila! time is showing up on PowerDVD, the Pioneer standalone, and I can do search by time index on the standalone.