Converting my .avi file to DVD...

[Tensai]

My problem is How can I convert my.avi file to DVD (playable in dvd players with menus and stuff)... I have programs like TMPGEnc Plus and DVDLab Pro... When I converted my .avi file TMPEnc it turned into an M2V file.... Is this corrrect ??? What should I really do.... help...

[NoFace]

Search the how-to section (links on the left side of this page), and look for guides for the tools you have. Guarantee they'll tell you what you want to know.

[jimmalenko]

http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/AVI2DVD.htm might help.

[daamon]

Hi Tensai,

Welcome to the forums.

The format you need for DVDs is called MPEG2. An M2V file is the video only part of the MPEG2 format. The audio can be in a number of formats. Look under the "What Is... DVD" link at the top left of the page for details.

You can either have the audio seperately (so you'll have 2 files - one video.m2v and one audio.wav/mp2/ac3, or the audio joined with the video footage.mpg. It is possible to just have video.mpg (i.e. no audio).

Where you have seperate files and ending in M2V or WAV/MP2/AC3, these are called "elementary streams". Where you have either the audio only, video only or both in the same file but all ending in MPG - these are called "system streams".

What next? Well, once you've got your audio and video file(s), they need to be authored - this is when you create menus (if you want them), chapters, subtitles etc. and then output them all bundled up into the VOBs - the same as those you see on commercial DVDs. You also get IFO files (InFOrmation about the DVD) and BUP files (BackUPs of the IFOs).

All these files are put into a VIDEO_TS folder, with an empty AUDIO_TS folder (this is for audio DVDs). The two folders are then burnt to disc for you to enjoy.

I hope that sheds some light on the black art...

If you need more, there is a wealth of information in the guides and articles and the question you have has probably already been asked, so be sure to search the forums. If you get stuck, post in the forums.

Good luck.

[abc-123]

Here's a guide on how to author with dvdlabpro.
https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?link=602

[Tensai]

Hello... OK I've finished everything and works fine in my PC... Got another problem... The video I have has already a subtitle in it... I already burned it to DVD.... If I play it in the PC I could read the subtitle but if I watch it in the TV the subtitles cannot be read.... Could I fix this ???

[daamon]

The video I have has already a subtitle in it... I already burned it to DVD.... If I play it in the PC I could read the subtitle but if I watch it in the TV the subtitles cannot be read.... Could I fix this ???

You can see it all on the PC because the full screen is visible. However, the outer edge of the screen in TV's is partly obscured by the seal holding the screen in place. The area behind this seal is called the "overscan" area.

Your footage can be fixed, but you'd need to resize it down a little, add black borders and then re-encode to MPEG2.

Search the forums (I'd start with a search on "overscan"), this process has been described numerous times.

Good luck...