Quickie way to create VOB files from MPG

[ggrussell]

I have just spend days getting a 'perfect' 16:9 mpg file of a home movie. I had to use several apps and many hours to get what I want. Now the question is is how do I get this file on a DVD without re-rendering and messing up all the hard work.

The mpg is DVD compliant, VBR 16:9 interlaced with AC3 audio and abt 3.8gig which should fit fine.

My question is what program can spilit it into VOBs and create the IFO files without rerendering. I don't need fancy menus. Just want to put the disk in and let it play.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[guns1inger]

If it is compliant, then TMPGDVDAuthor or DVD Lab will do this for you. In fact, any reputable authoring package should be able to do this. Unfortunately, many insist on re-encoding for their own perverse reasons.

Is this a single file, or have you created seperate audio and video streams ? If it is a single file, DVD Lab will probable suggest demuxing when you import it. Let it do it, as this will not affect the quality.

[ggrussell]

Downloaded the Trial of TMPGDVDAuthor 1.6 and it seemed to do the trick. However, it complained that the file was encoded at 20MB/s bitrate. Strange since other apps report VBR at max 8MB/s with avg at 5.5MB/s.

But it did create 3 VOBs at 1 gig and 1 with 800meg and the VOBs played fine with PowerDVD. DVD plays fine, too.

Thanks for you help.