What step is missing?

[WDonohue]

I have an avi file that I would like to burn onto a DVD-R. I do not want to make a VCD or a SVCD, two options I am limited to in most programs. I recently installed Nero 5.9 which allows one to burn onto DVD, and I have the right tools to convert .avi to .mpeg and in turn into .ifo and .vob and all that. When I tried playing the DVD I burned, the video was incredibly choppy on my computer, (the audio - extracted through Cool Edit 2.0 - was fine) and did not play at all on my DVD player (that being a Playstation 2 which I have heard virtually no good things about; this is reasonable considering watching movies really isn't the machine's principal function) citing the fact that it was not compatible with my "TV system" or something. How it would make that decision is beyond me. Now, most video files post-conversion, and most ripped DVDs end up having a total of seven files all of which are .vob and .ifo. This is exactly what I had, but nothing has worked so far. I am conceding defeat, sortof, and asking for your help here. Let me know what I'm missing here before I throw away another would-be DIY, exclusive home-screening DVD-R.

Thank you


Also, this isn't an authoring question, but I'm sure it could easily be answered in any section of this forum. Whenever I play a DVD on my PS2, I always have to turn the volume on my TV and the stereo component almost to each's respective maximum levels for much of the film to be even remotely audible. Is that just the Playstation 2 being an unreliable DVD player, or do I simply have to change its settings?

Again, any help you may provide is greatly appreciated in advance.

WD

[WDonohue]

eh?

[Laddydaddy]

If the film was choppy on your computer and it is not compatible with your TV system it sounds as if you chose the wrong format to encode to. For example, if you live in the U.K. you would choose PAL. You may have chosen the NTSC format. If you live in the U.S. you should choose NTSC, but possibly you chose PAL as the encoding format.

[WDonohue]

can you explain what NTSC and PAL stand for/refer to?

[garryheather]

NTSC and PAL are the formats used for building up a television picture. If you don't know which format you should be using you're in dire straights.

The screen resolution between the two is different, the frame rates are different, the colour space and encoding method is different...

[WDonohue]

alright, well unless I'm overlooking something, Nero does not provide the option of choosing PAL or NTSC.. what is a better program for authoring.. or what can I do in Nero to choose between the two settings?

[WDonohue]

no more suggestions eh?

[jeremypps]

hi wdonohue.
what is the origin of this avi file (i mean, downloaded or captured or other)?
which software do you use for converting into mpeg2?
what kind of media did you use?
about the ps2, I don't konw.