Really Stuck

[funkmaster]

i am trying to take some movies that i have on an 300 gb external HD and convert them to DVD. At first i was using DVDMaker to just burn them to DVD, but know I want to author them first . My problem is when I author them.... First i make vob files using WinAviVideo Converter because they range from wmv - avi - mpg - mpeg and plus TEmpge works good with vobs.......the sound goes out of sync at the last quarter of the dvd or the endings of each chapter.... i have read about demuxing
but dont fully understand it, plus some of the videos i have are good but kind of look crappy is there a way to sharpen videos so that they look like professional store bought /??????? I recently got my hands on SONIC Scenerist. I heard the professionals use this ........

[guns1inger]

Where to start ?

WinAVI Converter - not very good. Sync problems, average encoding quality, non-compliant VOBs.

Downloaded source - over compressed, variable quality, VBR MP3 audio in many cases.

Sonic Scenarist - $30,000, way over your needs and your head.

Real world :

You will not make your downloaded, over-compressed, low resolution avi/wmv/rmvb files look like store bought professional DVDs. If that is what you want, stop downloading and start buying.

If you do want to squeeze the best quality you can out what you have, you need to throw away rubbish like WinAVI converter, understand that there is no easy, one-click solution to this, and start reading. To your left is a menu. One of the options is Guides. Under there you can search by conversion (from -> to), task, application etc. You need to start reading about avi to DVD creation. You need to understand bitrates and bitrate calculators. You need to understand the difference between CBR and VBR and when to use what. You need to understand audio formats. You need to understand what is DVD compliant and what is not. If you want to improve (or at least preserve) quality, you need to understand avisynth - at least the basics. You need to be prepared to put in the hard yards to get started. Once you do, you will soon find it becomes second nature and very easy. But you have to do the work up front.

If you are not prepared to do this, get DivxtoDVD and tmpgenc DVD author and live with what you get.

[redwudz]

Simple sync problems:

Video and audio lengths don't match.

Video and audio length is the same, but one is offset.


These are two common problems.
How you solve them varies.

The first, you change the length of one or the other.

The second, you change the offset.

Demuxing is the process of separating the video from the audio.

I'll leave the details to others as each video may vary as to why the sync is a problem. This is not a simple procedure. That's why you want to avoid sync problems in the first place. The real cure is to know more about your videos and the tools to use to get the desired outcome.

As far as sharpening videos. You can filter them, clean them up from some noise, but you will never 'improve' them. What you have is what you get.

I'm sorry to be 'generic' about this, but the questions are generic.

[funkmaster]

Thank You very much , you basicly put it in perspective for me, I guess ill keep reading Again thanks