trouble with DVD-RW

[arnie22112000]

I am trying to put some of my avi's to DVD-RW. I am using ULead DVD Workshop. I have 2 problems acutally. When DVD Workshop converts the avi to mpg the resulting mpg is visually compressed horizontaly which, in turn, is compressed on the TV when I watch the TV. The second problem is that the DVD-RW won't fast forward on my DVD player. What can I do about these issues?

[thecoalman]

Are you selecting the correct ratio. Select the one that matches your source not what your going to view it on.

I use DVD Workshop and my videos will fast forward could be your player.

[arnie22112000]

I can't find anything that says anything about ratio's.

[lordsmurf]

aspect ratio = 4:3

[arnie22112000]

When I select properties of the movie in DVD Creator, it shows doesn't show ratio's anywhere and I can't change anything in it.

When I select properties on the file in regular windows it tells me the file is 640x336.

[thecoalman]

That's a odd resolution and the ratio should be present. Here's an example image, you can view this same info about your video by right clicking on any thubmnail of it in DVD Workshop and selecting properties.




DVD Workshop 1 won't encode to the correct ratio unless this is present. You either need to recapture the video using the correct attribute or reencode the one you have now in an editor.

[arnie22112000]

The file I am trying to burn is in .avi form. Maybe what I need is a good program that will convert my .avi to .mpg properly with the right ratio and proper sound sync. Do you know what program could do this?

[Slippery]

TMPGEnc is probabally your best bet I use the express version very easy to use and great results. also when you have converted your avi file you can place it in whatever proggy you want to produce a good dvd

[thecoalman]

DVD Workshop Pro does an excellent job for authoring providing it has a good source video. You can even burn a DVD that has video in widescreen (16:9) or a normal(4:3) ratio on the same disc and they'll display properly providing the video attribute are correct. It has limited editing capabilities, that's not what it's for.

The best thing I can suggest is put your AVI in an editor (if it's in widescreen format the editor will have to support widescreen format) and convert it to a NTSC DVD compliant MPEG-2 or AVI with the correct aspect ratio. You can then put this video in DVD Workshop to burn to disc. Ulead Video Studio and Ulead Media Stuo Pro are two that come to mind that will do this, there's a free editor called Virtualdub in the tools menu that many people use but I have no experience with it. There's others too.

If the audio is out of sync that's a whole other issue MSP can fix that I don't know if VS or Virtualdub will. Most people fix it at the time of capture so it's not an issue.

[mats.hogberg]

There are tons of AVI to DVD guides to read left - why not try some of these?

/Mats

[arnie22112000]

Thank you very much everyone! I will try these suggestions.

[thecoalman]

The best thing I can suggest is put your AVI in an editor (if it's in widescreen format the editor will have to support widescreen format) and convert it to a NTSC DVD compliant MPEG-2 or AVI with the correct aspect ratio.

Or Pal instead on NTSC if you live in Pal land......