I've been trying to encode a XviD encoded avi video to mpeg 2 dvd d1 (ntsc) with avidemux on my slackware distro, with mixed results. First off here are my settings:
version 2.0.34

Video:
- vfilter DVD Resize to NTSC res
- vprocess on
- XSVCD- lavcodec with single pass and 8000 bitrate
- change fps from 25.0000 to 29.97 (ntsc)

Audio:
- ffmpeg (mp2) stereo 128kps
- vprocess on

I then went to file, save, save video, and saved my video as video.m2v.
I then went to audio, save audio, and saved it as audio.mp2
After encoding I opened the video.m2v file in avidemux and then indexed it with mpeg audio, because I would add that later. I then went to audio, source, and added my external mp2 audio from audio,mp2. I then turned off aprocess and vprocess and then went to save as DVD PS, and saved it as video.mpg. I then tried playing it and noticed a few problems:
- The video quality of the encoded mpeg is not as good as the original avi, even though I had a high bitrate. Why is this and what can I do to fix it?
- The audio would just cut out after a short amount of time... I tried playing audio.mp2 and it played fine all the way through. What is wrong here?

What should I change in my process so I can successfully create an mpeg 2 dvd file from an avi?
Thanks.
Garibaldi