DVD Lab playback problem?

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hi

this is a great guide, but having some problems.
i got a lot of mpeg-1 files. and use xilisoft to convert them to mpeg-2 files, with audio rate of 48000, this all demuxes fine within dvd-lab, but i do get errors sayin frame set may be unsuitable for dvd players, how to i change that in xilisoft, if this is the problem. The preview video looks fine.
After burning the dvd etc, i test the dvd on my laptop, and everythings fine, but when i put it in the dvd player, the menus work fine but the dvd playback of the film is very choppy and the picture is all over the place. is this something to do with the frame rate.

thanks for the help as i am new to this..

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[guns1inger]

If the mpeg-1 files are VCD compliant you can just load them into DVD Lab. It will offer to resample the audio to 48khz for you, and you can just author. If they are close to VCD resolution, as most mpeg-1 files are, you could use the free version of tmpgenc to encode as VCD compliant, then author.

That said, I suspect that your problem is likely to be format - specifically mixing NTSC material into a PAL disc. Can you use the latest version of g-spot (2.52beta) to tell us what you video is ?

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hi

the 2 videos im using are avi files. i think they are both ntsc, but i used xilisoft to convert them to pal as TMPGEnc wont load them. by using xilisoft i set the properties to standardal, bit rate:2000, frame rate:25, and sample rate 48k. is it in the settings here? cuz its still comes up in an error in dvd lab that i can ignore that the films are ntsc.

so i am not sure whats going wrong, and where do i look for the information u need in g-spot, and do i load the orginial avi file, or the converted mpeg-2 file. many thanks

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[guns1inger]

First, I would be looking for a more reputable mpeg encoder. If you want something simple, try DivxtoDVD.

Open the AVI in g-spot, and take a screen shot. Do the same for the converted mpeg-2 file.

If you are converting these to PAL, you should also make sure that your DVD Lab project is set to PAL.

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hi

yep, i set the properties to pal, but the error comes up sayin the movies are ntsc, but the dvd will be pal.

here is a screen shot of the avi file in g-spot



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and here is the screen shot of the mpeg-2 file



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[guns1inger]

Your problem is resolution. The framerate is PAL, but the resolution is not compliant. See What is DVD (top left corner) for compliant resolutions and bitrates.

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hi

tried using divxtoDVD but that takes 4 hours per film jus to convert.

if its the resolution, in xilisoft do under zoom, shall u jus select keep aspect ratio? cuz i tried the setting under video (aspect) to 4:3 and it didnt make any difference.

sorry i am very new to this, and cant seem to get it right.

thanks

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still having trouble on what u meant, so what do i change? the resolution, and to what? is this also known as apect or size. the video is currently 320x240. is that what the problem is?

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[GeorgeW]

hi
still having trouble on what u meant, so what do i change? the resolution, and to what? is this also known as apect or size. the video is currently 320x240. is that what the problem is?

thanks

Yes, as gunslinger said, the resolution is incorrect for PAL. Top left of this page, there is a "WHAT IS" section, and a link under that for DVD -- click that link to see the proper resolutions...

btw, I would go with 352x288 mpeg-1 CBR at a bitrate up to 1856kbps for the resolution you are using...

Regards,
George

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thanks

im using xilisoft, i have set the properties to:

standardal
video size:352x288
bit rate:1856
aspect 4:3

i will try this and see if it works.

if it dont, do u suggest a different encoder?
i find xilisoft encodes everything from one to another.
is there an alternative that might be a bit more reliable, and i am doing it right with the properties above,

thanks again

[GeorgeW]

Is that mpeg-1?

Also, did you use CBR (instead of VBR) encoding?

Regards,
George

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im converting it to mpeg-2 cuz with dvd-lab it wont only demuxes the first 20mins of mpeg-1. and there where is there an option to choose VBR or CBR?

thanks for your help

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hi

still the same, i converted it to properties

standardal
video size:352x288
bit rate:1856
aspect 4:3

using xilisoft, then pulled it into dvd-lab, and still got the shaky picture.

anymore help, or am is still doing it wrong.
one thing i noticed, is that even when i change the aspect to 4:3, dvd-lab still comes up with an error saying that the apect flag is not correct.
also the original bite rate of the avi file is 584, does this have to stay when converting to mpeg-2?

thanks....& please help

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[guns1inger]

Can you post some screen shots of

1. DVD Lab Pro with the video loaded
2. The DVD Lab Pro project settings
3. The error message
4. A new g-spot of the video you are using

Also, what happens if you play the converted video on it's own ?

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here is the screen shot of dvd-lab

dvdlab.jpg

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here is the one of the project settings

properties.bmp

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the error message




error.bmp

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and finally the shot of g-spot of the file i am now trying to use

thanks for the help

g-spot.bmp

[guns1inger]

The video is now valid, however DVD Lab is obviously not quite happy with it. The first thing to note is that these are not errors, but warnings. They will not stop you compiling the project. The problem still appears to be your encoder, which seems to have either not included an aspect ratio, or has put 1:1 in the header. I would try DVD Patcher, and use it to put a 4:3 aspect ratio into the mpeg files.

What happens if you run the mpeg files on their own, before compiling them in DVD Lab ?

What version of DVD Lab is this ? I use DVD La Pro, which has an extra option in the project properties to explicitly include SIF (VCD resolution) material in the project. You don't seem to have this option.