Anyone able to suggest a good all in one program?

[IMADVDNUT]

I have a ton of AVI / Divx files that are all in the size they need to be for a chapter I.E. 140 files all ranging from 15 mins to 1 hour and 24 minutes.

The problem I am finding is any type of program that sets the chapters by the number of added files. I.E. if I add 15 files I don't want the chapters at a specified 20 minutes because that may not be the end of that "clip" instead I want 15 chapters each at the beginning of the next clip.

Anyone have any ideas on a program that works like that?

The only other way I can see of doing this is unencoding them from Divx loading them into something like pinnicle and then setting all the chapters just to reburn. I am trying to avoid unneeded steps.

[guns1inger]

To do what you want, the authoring software would have to see all these clips as one continuous clip. I don't know of any that will do this, as they all create seperate titles for the clips (whcih you are seeing as faux chapter stops). Loading them all into an editor and outputing as single clip is the best way.

[IMADVDNUT]

I don't know of any that will do this, as they all create seperate titles for the clips (whcih you are seeing as faux chapter stops)

So your saying with these programs when I load up 15 clips its going to make each its own title and I have to pick from a menu?

I have not done a final DVD render with any program yet so I am not sure how they will react all I know is I want 1 long DVD from these clips that I can arrange in the order I want them in (I don't want it automatically to do it by name) that will then make it so I can easily fast forward to the beginning of each clip.

Is this just too much for one of these automated programs to perform?

[ChrissyBoy]

I have a ton of AVI / Divx files that are all in the size they need to be for a chapter I.E. 140 files all ranging from 15 mins to 1 hour and 24 minutes.

The problem I am finding is any type of program that sets the chapters by the number of added files. I.E. if I add 15 files I don't want the chapters at a specified 20 minutes because that may not be the end of that "clip" instead I want 15 chapters each at the beginning of the next clip.

Anyone have any ideas on a program that works like that?

The only other way I can see of doing this is unencoding them from Divx loading them into something like pinnicle and then setting all the chapters just to reburn. I am trying to avoid unneeded steps.

SVCD2DVD v2 will do that.

bare in mind that you should be considering <3 hours per DVD.

[tin2tin]

Hi IMADVDNUT,

If you want to render all divx avis to one file with a new chapter for each new avi and produce a ready to burn dvd(.iso), you could try my DVDslideshowGUI. But since I haven't tested it with each and every avi codec you might check the output before burning.

But in short: it allows you to import avi's(and slides) - scale them and - output them one long film - as NTSC or PAL 4:3 or 19:9. And a chapterpoint is created for each new avi. (you can even add a funky transition between the avi's)

Pretty simple... and absolutely free

Tin2in

[IMADVDNUT]

Well I am in a quandry svcd2dvd errored out after I added assets and then added things to the compilation (yes I did keep them under 2 gigs to test) and the DVDslideshowGUI installed Avisynth (I guess to do the preview and converting) but I goet some kind of ACM failed to suggest a compatible PCM error.

I'll keep looking around I guess.

[presto]

I don't understand what the problem is. Every program I use will make a new chapter for each clip.

What is this talk about "making them into one big clip"? What is the difference between one big clip with chapter points and a bunch of separate clips one after the other?

For example I often use Tmpgenc DVD Author. Import all the clips and put them in one track and they will automatically each be a chapter. Or you can put each clip in it's own track. Pretty much the same result.

I guess I am missing something because as I said I've never used a program that didn't allow you to make chapter points at the beginning of each clip.

[IMADVDNUT]

That is my question... If your saying all of them make a seperate break for each clip then its answered and I can just pick from a bunch that are out there.

To do what you want, the authoring software would have to see all these clips as one continuous clip

Does Tmpgenc DVD Author deal with divx and xvid clips? I'll check ito ut if it does.

[presto]

Tmpgenc DVD Author needs DVD compliant files. I run everything through Tmpgenc DVD Source Creator first. Or I use EO video to do the conversion.

[jdizzy40]

You will quickly find out that your so called tons of clips have been produced by different means and sources and while some may be compliant, most will not. And what you are wanting to do will take not only several different software programs, will also require many hours of late night coffee drinking to complete. No there is no such all in one program.

[presto]

It is very easy to load them all into Tmpgenc DVD Source creator and a few hours later you have all DVD compliant clips. Then use Tmpgenc DVD Author to Author the DVD. I use EO if the clips are in rm format because Tmgenc DVD Source creator doesn't seem to support that (or I don't have it set up right yet).

I'm sure there are many ways to accomplish this but the above method is easy easy easy.