Mpeg2(m2v) to dvd

[mixxez]

ok well im using the software called Sonic DvDit!(PE) and i have a lot of m2v files that i want on the same dvd... only problem is that m2v file isnt supported in the dvd format, yet it is in the cDVD format.. after extensive research cDVD will not play in stand alone DVD players.....so my question is how do i go about making theses m2v so that they are in MPEG2 format thats is DVD complaint? plz help me

(sorry if i posted in the wrong area, i figured this would b the right area)

[Tommyknocker]

If the .m2v files are indeed DVD format (check the DVDR article in the upper left corner), simply Open IfoEdit, select DVD Author-->Author New DVD. Load the .m2v file as video, select the target directory. Select OK. The resultant files will be able to be burned using your favorite burner like Nero.

[mixxez]

c thats the problem, u cant burn m2v files onto a dvd in that format.. and i cant find anywhere that u can encode to another format. so idk

[jimmalenko]

Don't forget that there should be audio files as well as the m2v...

...unless there is no sound in your project for a reason...

[andyp1]

u cant burn m2v files onto a dvd in that format

No you cant , you need to Author in order to make a DVD.
TMPGenc DVD Author will accept the m2v files and create a VIDEO_TS folder which you can use to create a DVD.

[jimmalenko]

If the .m2v files are indeed DVD format (check the DVDR article in the upper left corner), simply Open IfoEdit, select DVD Author-->Author New DVD. Load the .m2v file as video, select the target directory. Select OK. The resultant files will be able to be burned using your favorite burner like Nero.

Ever feel like you have been ignored ???

[mixxez]

sorry ill give it a try, maybe i just misunderstood his wording .. but if not does any1 that would liek to help have aim or some sort of im?

[jimmalenko]

you need to Author in order to make a DVD.

This probably sums it up the best. The m2v file is just the video component of and MPEG stream. You need to join this to any applicable audio streams (also called multiplexing) and then author this to create IFO, BUP and VOB files. TommyKnocker instructed you how to do this using IFOEdit.

You probably should read the "What is DVDR" section at top left also.

[mixxez]

if i use IFOEdit. or TMPGenc DVD Author, will there still b audio or do i need to do somthing ielse to convert that

[andyp1]

With TMPGenc DVD Author when you add a .m2v file , if there is an audio file associated with that file , it will find and insert it automatically . Otherwise it will let you browse for the audio file.

[mixxez]

when adding file using TMPGEnc dvd author, i get " u have encounted a problem"

• video resolution 480x480 cannot b use for a standard dvd
  
  video framerate cannot b used 29.97 with ^^^ resolution
  
  and with these errors u cannot ignore!

i came about this by opeing the program, then goin to source setup>add file.. any suggestions

[Tommyknocker]

480 x 480 is an SVCD resolution. You may want to use the guide to create and DVD-SVCD, using the DVDR article in the uper left.

[andyp1]

Oh dear , I had this recently and it was a real pain.
Someone will tell me I did it completely the hardest way probably but this is what I did.

You need to get the file DVD compliant , at the moment it is SVCD as you have just been told.
I couldn't get any of my usual tools to play nice with my file.

TMPGenc didnt like it , Virtualdub didnt like it , TDA didnt like it , I could play it but nothing liked it. Even when I tried to make an SVCD , Nero didnt like it.

So I got Virtualdub Mpeg2 , which did like it , I converted it to an Xvid AVI.
Then , I ran it through TMPGenc Plus to convert the AVI to DVD (m2v and wav) Then TDA to Author . It worked perfectly.

[andyp1]

No Loss of qualiy , just sleep.

Mixxez , please use the thread , any information like this should be in the forum it may help others.

If i've had the problem recently and you have then odds are someone else will as well and it may help them.

[mixxez]

ight fellas finnally got things wonking thanks to the well trained ppl here at this site.. i used TMPGenc Plus and it took the m2v file directly to the correct mpeg file needed and the wav file along with it

thx again