How to convert AVI/DivX/XviD with AC3 to DVD with AC3

[stacieloves]

Hello all, when trying to follow the first part of these instructions i get an error message saying couldn't locate decompressor for format XVID i am not sure why i would get the error mesg when I know i have the codec. I say this because I am able to play XVID movies, can anyone help me with this

[NeoNapster]

hi

[Turismo12]

I have the same problem as twiggy99.. i use VirtualDubMod, go to streams, Stream List, i click demux, save it but its a mp3 file!! where is that ac3 file!!

[MavDVDR]

does GSpot tell you that your avi file has ac3 sound?

[Turismo12]

under Audio it says..

Name:0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Bitrate:96 kb/s (48/ch, stereo) CBR
Fs:48000 Hz

[MavDVDR]

well, that's your answer:

Name:0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3

ie. your avi file doesn't have ac3 sound.

If it did, GSpot would report:

ac3 (0x2000) "Dolby Laboratories, Inc"

[Turismo12]

so what do i do to get it on dvd? (NM i got it)

new question: what if i have 2 .avi's (NM i got it tOO! this site rox)

[NeoNapster]

does GSpot tell you that your avi file has ac3 sound?

Yes under audio it will say ac3 (0x2000) Dolby Laboratories, Inc for example.
As for my problem i corrected the jittery output by selecting "Do not frame rate conversion" this however made the file bigger than a 4.7G DVD so im going to shrink it with DVD-Shrink to see what the file output is like.

[MavDVDR]

NeoNapster,

I think you should read the Thread more carefully before posting. The question you've quoted above was directed to Turismo12 to help him with his query, ie. so that he could check, using Gspot, whether his avi has ac3 sound or not.

Moreover, 2 posts later I say that if his avi had AC3 sound then GSpot would report: ac3 (0x2000) "Dolby Laboratories, Inc".

[NeoNapster]

D'oh yeah sorry was in a mad dash baby crying e.t.c
My file didn't work btw ive gone through it all again and now it works but only with NTSC. How do i get it from NTSC to the PAL format any help?

No worries sorted

[MavDVDR]

try installing this codec:

XviD-1.0-RC3-29022004.exe

from here: http://www.roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml

[RolloTomasi]

Excellent guide.

Tried it and it worked first time!! I even stuck 2 avi's together on to 1 DVD and everything went sweet.


Many Thanks

[recone]

hey all.
i know its a N00b question, but ive got a xvid movie in 3 parts file with ac3 sound. and its give, after ived used the calculater, between 8500 to 9500 in "calculated bitrate"?? does it have some effect on the movie in any bad way??

[Sakuya]

I have a question. My source AVI is widescreen (the black bars are not visible) sized 640x360. It is in 23.976fps. Since it is in widescreen, don't I set the aspect ratio to 16:9 Display instead of 4:3 Display?

I have a 4:3 TV and I need the black bars. Well, I selected the 3:2 Pulldown When Playback and on the computer, the M2V video is upside down....

[swerve2]

Ok I used this method verbatim and I liked it alot. Now I have discoverd my movies I created are quite jerky, most noticeable when credits are rolling form bottom 2 top and panning the cam from left 2 right.. Also smearing credits..

The movie I am trying to make better for example is :

Xvid
Ntsc
Fps=23.976
mpeg lyer 1 sound, but sound isn't prob..
Res 16:9

I'm using tmpgenc to convert and thats where my problem lies.. My setting for tmpgenc are as follows: (with this Movie)

Stream: mpeg2
Size: 720 480
Aspect ratio 4:3
Frame rate: 23.976 (internaly 29.97)
Rate control mode: constant bitrate (cbr)
Bitrate: the calculated bitrate using bit calc..
Buffer size:224
Profiletandard
Video Format:ntsc
Encode mode:3:2pulldown when playback
yuv formattandard
Dc compression:9 bits
motion search precsion:motion estimate search fast

Advanced
Video source type: non interlaced
Feild order b
Soure aspect: 1:1 (vga)
full screen keep aspect ratio..

With all that what can be done to correct this problem..

[bigdaddy2k4ever]

okay i have released dvd movies on my computer and i think that i'm doing something wrong with the calculator can someone please help me with walking thru those steps so i can get this right

[bigdaddy2k4ever]

i got the rca vcd player, emprex dvd writer, and all this wonderful software along with the easy 6 creator dvd and when i use that the player tells me incompatible what is it that im suppose to be doing PLEASE HELP'
what should i set my gop 4 my moives so i can author with the tmpgenc dvd author, can someone please assist and reply

[bigdaddy2k4ever]

Is anyone going to help me out with this issue of mine about buring my movies with this wonderful giude please

[bigdaddy2k4ever]

HEY CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THE DVD SHRINK AFTER I HAVE ENCODED WITH ROXIO 6 DVD BUILDER EVERYTIME I GO TO RETRIEVE THE FILE IN DVD SHRINK I KEEP GETTING AN ERROR MESSAGE STATE NOT ABLE TO GET FILE SPECIFIED WHAT IS GOING ON!?! PLEASE HELP "ITS WORKS FOR ME" I WANT SOMEONE TO HELP ME STEP BY STEP WITH THIS ISSUE THANX

[WinCopyDVD]

No need so many software and so many steps, only 1 software and 1 step to got it:

http://www.winavi.com/video-converter.htm

Use AVI to DVD button and it'll copy AC3 in AVI to AC3 in DVD automatically via its DirectAC3 tech.

[jonboi24]

newbi here this my first time trying somthing like this but i have one big problem. i did mostly everything the guide said except instead of get a ac3 of an avi i demuxed it and got a wav instead. that i converted it to a ac3 with besweet. when i play the dvd i don't get any sound. what up with that? just wondering if there something wrong with something i did or is it my dvd player?

[buzzinhornets]

i converted video to 23fps (but my tmpgenc plus doesn't say (internally 29fps...) ).

anyway, when i try to load in dvd author, i get:

*The video framerate xxxx fps cannot be used for a standard DVD.
You can only use the following framerate for a standard DVD:
29.97 fps (NTSC format only)
25 fps (PAL format only)



Other framerates than the above mentioned are out-of-standard for DVD-Video.

We cannot guarantee that nonstandard DVDs will play in a DVD player.
Even if the DVD plays normally in the beginning, problems might arise later in the movie.

When you make a nonstandard DVD, whether it will be playable on your DVD player differs from the various brands of DVD players.
You should check which framerates your DVD player supports before making nonstandard DVD-Videos.

[Fulgor]

I've run into a slight problem, the .avi file isn't being accepted by tmpgenc.