DVD not player in older player...

[GreenStang511]

That I think will be my first experiement.

On another note, I bought some Vebatim DVD-Rs. A few people here and all my friends keep telling my how great they are. I like them and the finish...eash to write on, but that player only like Sony and Maxell...go figure. Why can't DVDs be like CDs? I've never had an issue with any type of CD media or player.

[RottenFoxBreath]

go buy a cheap dvd player,they tend to play everything,and nowadays there so cheap.
as for your other problems,just go and read a guide,its not too hard,or try a one shot programme like dvd santa,it captures straight from the cam and converts too.

[ROF]

That I think will be my first experiement.

On another note, I bought some Vebatim DVD-Rs. A few people here and all my friends keep telling my how great they are. I like them and the finish...eash to write on, but that player only like Sony and Maxell...go figure. Why can't DVDs be like CDs? I've never had an issue with any type of CD media or player.

Unlike CDs the DVD media has several formats to choose from. While compatibility has gotten better in recent years amongst the many formats there are still issues with DVDs. Even within the burnables formats there are several manufacturing standards that cause incompatibility with burnt media. This hasn't changed or gotten any better. Fortunately several hardware companies offer firmware upgrades for their equipment to support these different media and the companies manufacturing them.

Why can't DVDs be like CDs? Because they aren't would be the easy answer. To explain the difference and reasons why they are different could run on many pages.

[GreenStang511]

Hell All -

Okay I've tried a couple of things. I downloaded the TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6 and makeing sure the DVD had more than 1 GB of video. I am still not having any luck, but I do have some quesitons. Also, I did use a media that I know works in the player.

1. What tool can I use to analyze the VOB files on a burned DVD? I want to see if I can make some comparison between a DVD that works vs a DVD that doesn't.

2. My Philips DVD825 list the video resolution at 720x480. I noticed that the when using TMPGEnc the selection always seems to be 704x480...does this matter? I would assume it would.

3. When converting avi or any file with TMPGEnc, what are the settings I want to pick? For instance, under DVD do I simply select NTSC? If so, do I select CBR Linear PCM Audio or CBR MPEG-1 Layer II audio (MP2)? I guess what I am getting at with this question is what are the basic setting that I should use for this program?

4. When authoring, shoud the audio and video be split up? Could this be another problem with my player if it is not seeing a AUDIO_TS folder as well as the VIDEO_TS folder? Would this really make it choke?

Adding some info here....
Used AVIcodec...seems like this program works with many files here is some data -

DVD that works -
Video : 1.60 GB, 9800 Kbps, 29.970 fps, 720*480 (4:3), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD), Supported
Audio : 75 MB, 448 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 5 channels, 0x2000 = AC3 DVM [0x80], Supported

DVD that doesn't-
Video : 156 MB, 8000 Kbps, 29.970 fps, 720*480 (4:3), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD), Supported
Audio : 7.50 MB, 384 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x51 = Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0], Supported

If you look at the video in the first example, which is backed up media that I own, they all seem to have a bit rate of 9800. Could this be my problem?
If you look at the audio examples, do these need to match? Is the audio in the second example not compatible?



Okay that is all for now. Thanks again in advance.

[mats.hogberg]

3. Yes, the NTSC DVD template, CBR MPEG-1 Layer II audio (MP2) (even if a few NTSC players don't do mp2 audio - this could be your problem here! Try a LPCM version, even if that is inefficient (big audio stream)).
4. Most authoring apps (like TDA) take care of the demultiplexing internally.
The AUDIO_TS is for Audio DVD, and is just a "dummy" for std compliance on a Video DVD.

/Mats

[GreenStang511]

Mats --

You may have posted before you saw my addition. Does the bitrate matter? If everything that works seems to be at 9800 am I to assume that is what it needs to be set at?

Also, each program whether it is Nero Vision or TMPGEnc, they have the settings for sample format. Interlaced (bottom field first), Interlaced (top field first), progressive...which to choose??

[mats.hogberg]

No, a DVD player has (shouldn't have) no problem with lower-than-max bitrates.
I'm no expert on fields or interlacing, but again, it shouldn't affect if it plays, just how it looks.

/Mats

[Megahurts]

Have to agree with Mats. about the MP2 audio causing the problem. Had an older Panasonic player that would not play a DVD with MP2 audio.

Chas