Demuxing mkv file for DVDlab

[harshest]

I have a mkv file that I have demuxed using mkvtoolnix and that gave me 4 audio files and 1 video file. However my problem is that the video file is "video.h264". How do I get that file into a format that DVDlab Pro will import?

[poisondeathray]

I think DVDlab Pro only accepts DVD compliant video streams, i.e. MPEG-2 and VOB. You would have to re-encode the video to MPEG-2 using a MPEG encoder. HCenc is a free high quality alternative, CCE is payware but also regarded as high quality. Both use .AVS scripts.

[harshest]

Your right DVDlab only accepts DVD video streams. Thats my problem. I have a file named "video.h264" and I need to make it into an mpeg or vob or m2v. How do I do that is my question. How do i go from "video.h264" to "video.mpeg"?

[poisondeathray]

Are you familiar with avisynth? Use a script and frameserve to an mpeg encoder. I suggested HCenc and CCE because they are commonly used and many guides are around.

DVD (NTSC) is 720x480 so you would have to resize and adjust fps to 29.97 or 23.967 (depending on your source),

If you want an easy alternative, use avidemux to open your .mkv, select auto => dvd, press save with full extension (e.g. "myfile.mpeg"). I find avidemux's mpeg encoder to be lower quality than those listed above.

You may want to adjust the bitrate, add filters, change audio settings (like 5.1) etc...

You may have to demultiplex your streams to import into dvdlab, but I think the newest version does it for you.

Cheers

[harshest]

No so far avisynth has really got me confused, however avidemux has done the trick for now until I can do more reading on avisynth. Thanks for your help.