2 30fps Avis to 1 DVD

[broth]

Darrell, you are the best. I burnt it on a DVD Re-Writable and I put it into my dvd standalone player. Everything was fine. Then I made an exact copy with CloneDVD2 on a DVD-R and it messed it up, but well, I did the same thing you explained with a normal dvd and it worked. Then I put it into my dvd player and ---> success!!!!

Talking about TV episodes....I just wanted to make something like you mentioned (burning 12 episodes on one DVD, with or without menu), and my problem now is, even though I burn it as slowly as I can (2,4x) and the original on my computer is "good", after some play tme on my standalone dvd player, the sound isn't synchronized with video any more....And pretty badly too...

Can you tell me what I did wrong?

[DarrellS]

Just from curiousity I downloaded the freebie VSO DivXToDVD, and tried it out.
It works, test output file seemed OK for quality. I didn't find much in the way of settings though. For example I fed it a test avi. 320 by 240 and could not find a way to set the output to 352 by 240. It seems to be only 720 by 480 if force NTSC is selected. This seems a waste of space to resize a 320 by 240 to 720 by 480 with a high bitrate to me since I may want to do file conversions piecemeal and then author all into one DVD.

Not sure why you'd want to burn a low quality 320x240 to DVD or convert it from 320x240 to 352x240.

I just use the default "automatic" settings but I believe there is a guide for using the program if you like to mess with settings. The advantage of this program is that it is quick and simple and makes a DVD compatable file.
After a little more research, it will handle multiple files.

For playing non DVD quality files, I have a DVD player that is capable of playing them on either a CD-R or DVD-R and just burn a data disk.

[DarrellS]

Darrell, you are the best. I burnt it on a DVD Re-Writable and I put it into my dvd standalone player. Everything was fine. Then I made an exact copy with CloneDVD2 on a DVD-R and it messed it up, but well, I did the same thing you explained with a normal dvd and it worked. Then I put it into my dvd player and ---> success!!!!

Talking about TV episodes....I just wanted to make something like you mentioned (burning 12 episodes on one DVD, with or without menu), and my problem now is, even though I burn it as slowly as I can (2,4x) and the original on my computer is "good", after some play tme on my standalone dvd player, the sound isn't synchronized with video any more....And pretty badly too...

Can you tell me what I did wrong?

Ok, it sounds like you're trying to burn the same series that I did. If so, the problem is with the VBR audio.

You need to use Virtualdub to save the audio file as an uncompressed wave file. You will get an error message about the VBR audio, just ignore it and save the wave file. Now insert the wave file back into the XviD file (audio > WAV audio) and choose direct stream copy for video and full processing mode for audio, compression , (fraunhofer) MP3 16bit/11Mhz Stereo and save the new file in a new folder. Do this to every file until your new folder has all the parts and then try DivXToDVD again.

It you are using the same series, there are two files that you will need to fix the audio in. You'll know which two they are in the second season because they have a different frame rate.

The trick to fixing the files is to notice the time of the movie (0:55.067 example) and open the saved wave file in Goldwave or other audio editor and warping the time of the wave file to match the movie. It's alot of work and like I said, it took me two weeks but that is how I fixed it.

If you have a DivX DVD player, you can just make a data DVD with the original XviD files and they should play just fine, but the second you edit them or try to convert them, they get the out of sync problem. If people would stop trying to put VBR MP3 audio in AVI, everything would be alright.

[broth]

woah, ok that was talking in riddles to me now orry:

Yes, I do have an Xvid Standalone player and yes, I have virtual dub and I know what mp3 is. The rest (how to use the program) I didn't quite get.

Do you want me to start new thread with this topic?

[DarrellS]

woah, ok that was talking in riddles to me now orry:

Yes, I do have an Xvid Standalone player and yes, I have virtual dub and I know what mp3 is. The rest (how to use the program) I didn't quite get.

Do you want me to start new thread with this topic?

If you have a standalone XviD/DivX player then you can just burn a Data DVD using your original files with no problem and no extra work. You should be able to fit your 12/50 minute episodes on one DVD.

[broth]

yes, but that way there turned out to be assyns!!!

[DarrellS]

yes, but that way there turned out to be assyns!!!

I have no idea what you're talking about when you say assyns.

Do these downloaded files play OK in Windows Media Player with no sync problems? Then they should be fine if you make a data DVD.

Making a Data DVD is just like making a Data CD. Not burning an MPEG2 compliant DVD.

Use Nero or whatever you use and select Make Data Disk.

Click > Add Files

Select all your XviD episodes...

01_BLAH_BLAH.AVI
02_BLAH_BLAH.AVI
03_BLAH_BLAH.AVI
04_BLAH_BLAH.AVI

etc...

Click Next and Burn.

[broth]

Yes, they are asynchronous (sound does not fit the picture)....

Yes, on my pc everything is fine.....

Yes, the problem come up after burning....

Yes, I use Nero like you recommended....

[DarrellS]

Yes, they are asynchronous (sound does not fit the picture)....

Yes, on my pc everything is fine.....

Yes, the problem come up after burning....

Yes, I use Nero like you recommended....

Well, I have no idea what the problem is since you are not doing anything to the files. Just copying them to a disk.

If it doesn't work then you need to replace the VBR audio like I explained before.

[broth]

ok I wil have to do that...I use the guide you posted...What's strange is that not the complete clip is asynchronous only after 3/4 of the clip it starts to get pretty bad...maybe that helps?

[DarrellS]

ok I wil have to do that...I use the guide you posted...What's strange is that not the complete clip is asynchronous only after 3/4 of the clip it starts to get pretty bad...maybe that helps?

I haven't experienced that with any of mine but I have seen alot of posts lately of people complaining about the same thing. You might want to search through some of the posts and see if you can find an answer.

With mine, the instant that someone would start talking, they would be out of sync. About three seconds after their lips would move, the audio would start. It was pretty constant through the whole clip. From the beginning to the end. That was corrected by using the uncompressed wave instead of the VBR (except for the two uncompatible framerate files which had to be timewarped).

If these are being captured from a PVR, it may be some kind of copy protection from what I was reading which is why I have been leery of spending alot on a new PVR and just use my capture card in my PC.

[broth]

hey,

thanks again for this "help". I will be looking around more...
Now, I only have that big problem I have been bothering many ppl with

Well, I have 2 SVCD cd-images and want to burn them on one DVD, right. I used Daemon Tools to mount and copy the movie part to my hdd and then burn, my dvd player wouldn't play it, I extracted with VCDGear, my dvd player wouldn't play it, I tried everything....

Now from what I heard, that CANT work, because the file structure isn't on the dvd (I burnt it with Nero as a DVD Data) any more...Is that true? Do I have to convert the cd-images before I can burn them on one dvd, or is there a way of "extracting" the movie part?

Sorry, for making this into a multi-problem thread

[DarrellS]

hey,

thanks again for this "help". I will be looking around more...
Now, I only have that big problem I have been bothering many ppl with

Well, I have 2 SVCD cd-images and want to burn them on one DVD, right. I used Daemon Tools to mount and copy the movie part to my hdd and then burn, my dvd player wouldn't play it, I extracted with VCDGear, my dvd player wouldn't play it, I tried everything....

Now from what I heard, that CANT work, because the file structure isn't on the dvd (I burnt it with Nero as a DVD Data) any more...Is that true? Do I have to convert the cd-images before I can burn them on one dvd, or is there a way of "extracting" the movie part?

Sorry, for making this into a multi-problem thread

I have absolutely no experience with SVCD or VCD for that matter.
I suggest you read the What Is and How To's on the left and start a new thread if you can't find the answers. There are alot of people here with SVCD experience and I'm not one of them.

You could try running the MPEG1s through VSO DivXToDVD and try burning a normal DVD. Oh, sorry, I thought you already extracted the movie parts.

Try opening the CD in Windows Explorer and see if there is an MPG file. If so, copy it to your hard drive.

[broth]

Ok then, I will try and see

[junkmalle]

SVCD's contain MPEG 2 video at 480x480 NTSC. You'll have to convert these to valid DVD frame sizes 720x480, 352x480 or 352x240 and master with a DVD mastering program. Unless your DVD player can play raw MPEG files on ISO disks -- which doesn't seem to be the case.

[broth]

You are right, that is not the case...

Can you recommend me any programs that give me fast working in good quality?
I am a total noob, so I'd recommend some explanations along with the programs a lot..
Thanks!!