Mpeg to be authored by Maestro

[Bruxo]

Hello there, my friends! I need some advice... i'm used to author dvd's using dvd Maestro... i rip the dvd content using dvd Decrypter, and then, i import the decrypted files(m2v video and ac3 audio) by Maestro, to author everything. But now, i have mpeg files(+- 1 gb per episode), and, since dvd Maestro can handle mpeg, i was wondering if i could do the same steps/routine that i'm used when i handle m2v and ac3 files... there is a way, so i can transform this mpeg files into files that Maestro can import(video and audio) so i can author everything? Which soft(s) can help me to do such a task?
Thank you guys!

[bugster]

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[Baldrick]

demultiplex/split the mpg to m2v, ac3 with tmpgenc under file->mpeg tools->demultiplex.

[Bruxo]

Do not cross post, one topic is enough. If you don't know which forum to post in, pick one. If it is the wrong one a Mod will move it (I will move this to Authoring).

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/moderator bugster

Sorry, my fault, moderator.
Thanks(and, sorry again)

[Bruxo]

demultiplex/split the mpg to m2v, ac3 with tmpgenc under file->mpeg tools->demultiplex.

Thanks a lot!! I'll try right away. Ah, just wondering, there are various tmpgenc versions(TMPGEnc, TMPGEnc Plus, TMPGEnc Xpress)... which one should i use? Or they all can do this?
THANKS!!

[Bruxo]

demultiplex/split the mpg to m2v, ac3 with tmpgenc under file->mpeg tools->demultiplex.

Hello there! My friends, i did some tests, but, i only could demultiplex to m1v(for video) and mp2(for áudio), and not m2v and ac3. I was checking the settings, but, no matter how, i could not find the options to transform the mpeg file into m2v and ac3. Please, what i am doing wrong?
Thank you so much

[bugster]

demultiplex/split the mpg to m2v, ac3 with tmpgenc under file->mpeg tools->demultiplex.

Hello there! My friends, i did some tests, but, i only could demultiplex to m1v(for video) and mp2(for áudio), and not m2v and ac3. I was checking the settings, but, no matter how, i could not find the options to transform the mpeg file into m2v and ac3. Please, what i am doing wrong?
Thank you so much

You are probably doing nothing wrong, thats your source file contents. It is mpeg-1 with mp2 audio. These may still be DVD compliant (see the WHAT IS DVD top left of page) but I doubt it. It looks like VCD to me, so the video needs to be 352*288 @25fps for PAL or 352*240 @29.97fps for NTSC (23.97fps is no good for DVD). Also, if it is VCD, the audio wil be at 44.1khz sample rate, DVD requires it to be 48khz. This can all be fixed, but takes a little time and effort.

[Bruxo]

demultiplex/split the mpg to m2v, ac3 with tmpgenc under file->mpeg tools->demultiplex.

Hello there! My friends, i did some tests, but, i only could demultiplex to m1v(for video) and mp2(for áudio), and not m2v and ac3. I was checking the settings, but, no matter how, i could not find the options to transform the mpeg file into m2v and ac3. Please, what i am doing wrong?
Thank you so much

You are probably doing nothing wrong, thats your source file contents. It is mpeg-1 with mp2 audio. These may still be DVD compliant (see the WHAT IS DVD top left of page) but I doubt it. It looks like VCD to me, so the video needs to be 352*288 @25fps for PAL or 352*240 @29.97fps for NTSC (23.97fps is no good for DVD). Also, if it is VCD, the audio wil be at 44.1khz sample rate, DVD requires it to be 48khz. This can all be fixed, but takes a little time and effort.

Hi! Thanks again! Well, my main intent, is to make a real dvd, but, the source of the video/sound this time, is a 1gb mpeg file(well, 28 eps, each one has 1 gb). When i want to make a dvd, i usually rip some dvd(the raw material) with Decrypter, onto m2v and ac3 files, then, i import this files with Maestro, add the subtitles and menu, and all the authoring stuff. So, when finished, i record onto dvd-r, with Nero(to burn the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders).
But, authoring using as source of sound and image a mpeg file, is really new to me, but the eps(1 gb per episode, all vhs captered stuff)have a very good quality, and, they are in mpeg, so, i have no escape.
I was making some tests, and, since TMPGEnc allowed(thanks to your intructions) me to demultiplex the mpeg file onto a m1v file(the image itself), but the sound only demultiplex in mp2, i used ffmpeggui03b to extract the sound in ac3 format. So, it worked all right, i imported the m1v and ac3 files with Maestro, so i did all the authoring steps, and, using Power dvd "open dvd file on hd", i played this dvd file(i used, for purpose tests, a small mpeg video, 4 minutes, 50 mb size, ntsc), but the result was... terrible... a jerky video playback(specially, the beginning), stuttering(most times)... the sound was alright, with sinch.
So, i was wondering... to make real dvd's, i have to convert the mpeg file to mpeg 2, first? But, the result(video playback) can be jerky/lag/stuttering again? Or, i can use the mpeg files alright, that i'll be able to play on most dvd players(but then, i have to fix that terrible stuttered video playback... but how?)?. Sorry my bad english,
Thank you SO much!!!

[lordsmurf]

Um .... I'm a bit lost here.
You have MPEG-1 and MP2 source.
You can convert them to MPEG-2 and AC3, but there's no point.

If the source files look bad, there's nothing to fix that.

[bugster]

The stuttering on playback could be due to a few reasons that I can think. Remember that I am not familiar with Maestro tho.

1) Crap source. Do the source mpegs play OK?
2) Incorrect settings in Maestro. You need to select PAL or NTSC depending on your source file properties as I described earlier.
3) Non DVD compliant source. Again, check the properties of your source against the requirements for DVD. Bitrate viewer is good for getting the necessary source properties.

You can't take just any old mpeg and expect to turn it into a DVD. If your source files do not match DVD specs, most authoring apps will at least warn if not reject them, but Maestro may not work in this way.

If your source files are not DVD compliant, you will need to re-encode.

[Bruxo]

Um .... I'm a bit lost here.
You have MPEG-1 and MP2 source.
You can convert them to MPEG-2 and AC3, but there's no point.

If the source files look bad, there's nothing to fix that.

Hi! Thanks for replying! Well, its not that i want to convert them to mpeg 2 and ac3, i was asking if i have to do that, in order to make easier to Maestro works better(since it opperates better with m2v -or even m1v- and ac3). The source is mpeg 1, is a vhs capture(from original japanese tapes... i never saw better quality in a vhs tape before...), but, the quality is great, i dare to say that the capture is slightly better than the original vhs source, but, of course, i say that the quality is great without forgetting that the source standard is vhs.
But, when i used Tmpgenc to demultiplex the mpeg into m1v files(i used ffmpeggui03b to extract the sound in ac3 format), but, after importing, and authoring everything on Maestro, the playback quality result was crappy: I testeted 14 times, after reading lots of faqs and guides here, and, after reading that mpeg videos must be interlaced, i've folowed a guide to proper put the videos that i was using for testing purposes in interlaced mode... the size reduce its size, and, after demultiplex again this mpeg "interlaced" into m1v, and authoring by Maestro, the stuttering/jerky playback of my dvd file, was gone, BUT, the video quality was WAY lower, full of little artifacts and some macroblock(i don't know if this is the right name, but, i could see... squares... a visual orgy of little squares on the video playback)... the stuttering was gone, but it was replaced by a video with worse quality, compared to the original.
So, i can't extract m1v files from this mpeg, using Tmpgenc, without Maestro making bad use of them? I can adjust the settings in Tmpgenc to avoid all that, and so Maestro can generate something with the same quality, same video playback quality as the source?
Thank you so much!

[bugster]

after reading that mpeg videos must be interlaced,

Find the person that wrote that and beat them to a pulp! That is so completley wrong its not even funny

Mpeg-1 (your source files) does not even support interlacing. You Cannot have interlaced mpeg-1.

Mpeg-2 does support interlacing, but if the source is progressive (non-interlaced) , leave it progressive. Let the DVD player generate the interlacing needed to display on your TV.

[Bruxo]

The stuttering on playback could be due to a few reasons that I can think. Remember that I am not familiar with Maestro tho.

1) Crap source. Do the source mpegs play OK?
2) Incorrect settings in Maestro. You need to select PAL or NTSC depending on your source file properties as I described earlier.
3) Non DVD compliant source. Again, check the properties of your source against the requirements for DVD. Bitrate viewer is good for getting the necessary source properties.

You can't take just any old mpeg and expect to turn it into a DVD. If your source files do not match DVD specs, most authoring apps will at least warn if not reject them, but Maestro may not work in this way.

If your source files are not DVD compliant, you will need to re-encode.

Hi! Thanks for replying!
1)Yes, it's the better mpeg quality i saw, ever.
2)The mpeg source is NTSC, so, i selected on Maestro to work with NTSC.
3)"Non DVD compliant source"... this one, i don't know. All that i know, is that this mpeg source, is a capture work, from original brand new vhs tapes. 1 gb per episode(25 minutes each). So, Bitrate viewer can point me the settings of the files, so i can adjuste them into real dvd files standards? Bitrate viewer only point me the settings, it dosen't transform them in what i need, that's correct?
Thank you so much!

[bugster]

Bitrate viewer only point me the settings, it dosen't transform them in what i need, that's correct?

Correct. If the mpegs are not DVD compliant, you will need to re-encode.

[Bruxo]

Bitrate viewer only point me the settings, it dosen't transform them in what i need, that's correct?

Correct. If the mpegs are not DVD compliant, you will need to re-encode.

Can i send the guide for you by e-mail? I saved the page, and forgot to save the link of the url. Maybe i understood in a wrong way(the all mpeg must be interlaced thing).
So, if Bitrate viewer point me the right settings/formats, i'll have to use ther softs to fix/transform them into what i really need, right? Tmpegenc can do the job? I have to analise the mpeg itself, with Bitrate viewer, or only the m1v demultiplexed by Tmpegenc and the ac3 extracted from the mpeg, by ffmpeggui03?
Thank you so much!