Converting .avi to DVD using ffmpegX

[ljs3]

I am using ffmpegX 0.0.9r to convert an .avi file to video_ts to burn on a DVD and watch on my TV. I followed the guide on the ffmpegX site to do this and had no problems in the process.

The 1st time I used "Video Codec: MPEG2 [.MPEG] (mpeg2enc)". The resulting DVD played on my PowerMac G5, but not on my Sony DVD player. The player acted like I had a DVD for some other region and refused to play the DVD.

The 2nd time I used "Video Codec: MPEG2 [.MPEG] (ffmpeg)". This time the video_ts would not play even on the mac.

What can I do to get a DVD that does play on my Sony DVP-NS755V ? I use toast titanium 6.0.7 to burn. I followed the guide to the letter, no deviations.

[Capmaster]

Moving to Mac forum ...

[Case]

Try the ffmpegX forum.

[ljs3]

I kept at it and discovered that ffmpegX for some reason defaulted to PAL for Framerate. After changing that to NTSC I was able to see the resulting DVD on my TV. All is fine now.

[Riot Nrrrd]

If you go to the ffmpegX Forum, you'll see my posts on the same topic. Bottom line: I got lots of errors transcoding from AVI to (intermediate stage) MPV, and errors in the passthrough audio, and fatal errors in the final MPG output. I gave up and used Toast 6.0.7 with Jam 6.0.2 (for AC-3/A52 audio codec support). Worked like a charm. No more messing with ffmpegX for me ...