Errors when cutting mpeg2 with DVtool

[Spectre256]

I recently recorded a home made VHS tape to mpeg2 on my computer with the intentions of burning it to DVD. The tape is about 5 hours and 15 minutes long, and was 14GB when recorded to mpeg2. I used DVtool to split the mpeg into smaller mpeg's so that i could burn it to multiple (3) DVD's. After running DVtool, i was given the 3 new mpegs. The first and second are just under 5GB, with the remainder of 4.22GB in the third file.

The problems i get are with the second and third mpeg. While the first mpeg has no errors, and is just under 2 hours in length according to Windows Media Player, the second says it is 3 hours 43 mins long, and if i attempt to play later sections of the movie, WMP gives the error "The enumerator has become invalid.", but part of the movie still plays fine.

When i try to play the third movie, WMP tries, and fails, to download a codec, and then reports the movie length as 5 hours 18 minutes(the length of the entire, uncut movie!).

Does anyone have suggestions on either how to use DVtool correctly, or another tool that would suit my purpose here?

Thanks in advance

[rcb]

Figure on getting about 4.2 gigs on a dvd. While they can carry a bit more (4.3 gig), you're getting literally close to the dvd's edge during burn and leaving little room for finalizing/closing/overhead. Good way to make coasters.

If you've still got your 15 gig mpg file:

TDA (TMPGenc DVD Author) (trial available) can split overlarge mpg files into burnable sizes by using source range. While it won't leave you with a series of separate distinct mpg files, it will compile the selected range into a burnable folder... and has it's own burn engine if you want to use it.

To complete the series of burns, you would just reload your same big mpg file into a new TDA project, but setting the range start at the point where you had set the previous project's source range end. Repeat the process until you've got the entire big file compiled.