stand alone dvd player and mpeg2 files

[sportflyer]

I know my dvd player can handle mpeg2 files directly but I am not sure others can . What converter can I use to convert mpeg to a std DVD format ? I have used dvdflick before but are there any faster ones?

[RabidDog]

quite a lot of modern DVD players CANNOT handle "raw " mpeg2 files including the the phillips 5980, sadly. Any dvd authoring program should be ok to create a DVD image which can then be burnt by your favorite burning software

[jagabo]

It's true that not all players will play MPG files.

The 5980 can't play MPG files? All the Philips players I've used (640, 5960, 5992) can play MPG files. They may not obey the AR flags though.

[RabidDog]

Ooops .. I dont use my 5980 now as I have a WDTV hd. I do however have a phillips 5520 recorder, which looks on the face of it like a 5980 but with recording ability, and its that, that wont play mpgs (IIRC), to my chagrin. Its broken now anyway, after barely a few months use.
I think the 5980 ignores the "Arrrrrhh" flags on pirate Material (E.g. Dead mans Chest)

[Nosey249]

I know my dvd player can handle mpeg2 files directly but I am not sure others can . What converter can I use to convert mpeg to a std DVD format ? I have used dvdflick before but are there any faster ones?

I'm like you trying to find something faster to convert different video formats, I have a spare laptop that isn't used anymore, and I have a tv capture card that I hadn't used in a few years, so instead of them collecting dust, I set them up so I could record shows off my dvr so I could clear up some space on the dvr, I can record in many different formats, I've been looking for the right format to record in order to make the conversion faster to dvd, while I am not burning dumb (my wife died 5 years ago and I videoed the funeral and graveside services, spent hours/days trying different editors, etc until I found one that was easy to use yet did what I wanted to do and I created a dvd to give family and for myself, few years later I have forgotten all the research I did)

And like you, I posted a few questions asking some questions and got several replies, all pointing towards buying a stand alone burner (which I had and burned up after 4 years burning too many shows!!!), to just recording and keeping on the hard drive since storage space is so cheap, and non answered my questions

I found that my dvd player (multi-disk surround sound) can play many formats, and 2 other players I have can't, so what I'm doing so I can clear some space on the dvr, I started recording in a format that my surround sound can play (just off a dvd data disk). Once I have recorded the show (generally hit record when I start getting tired and fall asleep watching what I am recording), then when I have a few shows (so far I've been able to get decent quality and only using about 350 meg per hour (can't remember which setting I'm using off hand), I then burn a few shows to a data dvd to watch when I want, I also have a few older hard drives (200+ gig each) that came from older desktops that I don't use anymore, and I copy the videos to the hard drive, this way I have 2 copies, in toe original recorded format.

During my free time, I've been downloading different converters, reading tips, guides, postings, etc, I take 1 show (I use the same show which is right at 2 hours so I have a baseline to work with), and I convert it to dvd, so far, other then fancy features (menu's, sub-titles, etc) I have found that all seem to say they convert the fastest then the other, yet I have found that all, for the most part, convert at about the same time frame, best I have been able to do is about 1 hour to convert 1/2 hour (and I have also recorded in the different formats I can record in and all are about the same)

so, to try to sum up this long reply to you.....

best thing to do is download different converters and try to find one that works best for you, I have found there are a bunch of factors (other then the fancy stuff you may want to do to the video), but to just take a raw recording and convert to a dvd player playable dvd, and don't even care too much about the quality (long as it is equal to what you recorded), the main factors are actually your hardware, cpu speed, memory, number of hard drives, etc..

wish I could help better, and maybe I can once I find something that works for me, but so far the best answer I have gotten is the one I gave myself, "trial and error" until you find one that works

good luck, and if you find something that works for you, let me know

[OldMan64]

I do not see a mention of what OS is being used but Vista and Windows 7 have the function to do exactly what is being asked. It can be addressed in Windows DVD maker, I believe.

[jman98]

I'm really getting tired of saying this as this should be so obvious that I shouldn't have to say it, but if you would just leave your PC on while you sleep and let it do the conversion for you then, you wouldn't care about how long it takes. You wouldn't be sweating about saving previous time. Why do so many people believe that they cannot leave their PCs running while they sleep?

[RabidDog]

Te' PC could be in the same room that you sleep in and be either too Hot OR too noisy .. or someone may worry about a fire hazard, or Trolls taking over their PC while they are not watching it. Or someone else may want to use the PC
Actually Video-REdo is a pretty quick editor and Dvd maker.