Fastest from captured video to dvd?

[PuzZLeR]

One issue is bugging me. I was hoping I wouldn't have to demux if I didn't need to edit with Cuttermaran. However, when I input the captured, unedited mpg file in GUI for DVDAuthor, it doesn't like it. When I take the same file, dmux in X, touch it in Cuttermaran then remux in Imago, it works fine in DVD Author. It also works if I demux in X and then immediately remux in Imago. Seems like unneeded steps. Why can't I use the original mpg?

This is probably nothing really. Captured streams from cards, DVB and DVR sometimes have their time stamps out of whack. If you run it through an MPEG repair program in one pass it will recalculate headers and GOPs etc and it should work fine. I personally use VideoReDo and TMPGEnc products for this but one pass with Project X also fixes this (the funny messages it outputs describe this). This is why it's then accepted by other tools in your case because Project X "aligned" things for you. In fact we recommend procedures like this at the DivX forums to avoid sync issues with encoders, but it also applies to editors and authoring tools as well.

PuzZLeR, it might have been a garbage goal, but at least it was a goal. What a snoozer. Shouldn't there be more action in a Eurocup final?!

I fully agree. My team was in the finals and at one point I find myself daydreaming from drifting attention. I would expect this when Italy plays, not the Germans! So that's why I'm insisting there was something wrong with the capture when furthermore the Germans didn't win! :P (But with all due respect, Spain was the most deserving throughout the tournament...) At any rate I have a question (if the forum doesn't mind). The local station was having problems during the German national anthem. They also had problems during the second half of the Germany Turkey semi final. The local Canadian station here completely blamed it on the Swiss and Austrian feeds. Did you experience similar problems on your end? I'm just asking some worldwide friends this...

[larrym]

Maybe this is a dumb questions, but is there a way to fix the streams without demuxing and remuxing? Larry

[PuzZLeR]

Maybe this is a dumb questions, but is there a way to fix the streams without demuxing and remuxing? Larry

They all need to demux and remux to accomplish this. The ones that "don't" are the ones that you don't see doing it. But, nevertheless, the only apps I know that do this automatically "under the hood" are payware:

VideoReDo TVSuite
Load video -> Quick Stream Fix -> Start Quick Fix

TMPGEnc MPEG Editor:
Just load your file and resave it. The output quality will be lossless but it will align the headers. (BTW - best muxer/demuxer batch software IMO).

Open source tools tend to be more lucid, hence Project X et al, and allow more flexibility in the process, and more manual features.

I'm also sure there may be a free version of TMPGEnc Plus somewhere on the net, which will fix streams, and may be faster for your workflow. But again, you'd probably have to manually demux and remux.

[larrym]

Olyteddy,

Hope you see this, sorry for the delay. In your post you mention putting in chapter marks but didn't mention what you used for this. I tried the PVAStrumento and GFD, both worked well and quickly, but neither had this editing capability unless I'm missing something.

What did you use for the editing you mention?

Larry

[olyteddy]

In GFD, after you drag the M2V file onto the menu, on the screen where you add the audio is a section labeled 'Chapters'. I use the 'Visual chapter editor' and mark ('Mark only') a chapter at the beginning of each video segment (after the commercials). When we watch the burned DVD I just hit the next button on the player when a commercial starts and we don't have to watch them. They're strill there, just easily ignored.

[larrym]

Thanks!