Problem burning YouTube downloads to DVD

[cb678]

I had downloaded a group of files from YouTube and linked them together via Mpeg Slipstream to give me one file. When trying to encode this to DVD in ffmpeg it did not give me a proper file that i could burn to DVD. There was no sound either. Is there anything I am doing wrong? Should I be downloading the flv files instead of the mp4? What step should I take to burn YouTube file parts to burn to DVD so i can watch on my standalone DVD player? Any help is appreciated.

[hech54]

Downloading one YouTube file and converting it to DVD is a recipe for disaster....the main reason is that it will most likely look like complete garbage.....but trying to combine several YouTube clips then trying to convert to DVD? You are in for major disappointment.

[Case]

MP4 should be preferred over FLV, both for quality and compatibility.
When joining movie files, the parts should have the exact same properties. That only happens if the parts originally come from one big file. And I don't think that happens with YouTube, as YouTube converts everything themselves yet another time.
MPEG Streamclip might make sense of it, but many encoders will freak out over the mixed properties.
Try encoding one at a time to DVD compliant .mpg. Use the .mpg files to author them together to DVD in e.g. Toast.
By doing one at a time, you will know which one of the files converts badly, as you can check the intermediate .mpg file.

(I have a media player (WD TV Live) connected to my tv. It can play most movie files without conversion (MP4, AVI, MKV, etc.). It can connect to YouTube. It seems like burning discs for playback on a set top DVD player is a thing I only do for others, not for myself.)

[cb678]

I have no trouble joining the YouTube files in MPEG Slipstream. The problem is mainly encoding an mp4 (H264) file to DVD format. I tried this in both ffmpeg and MPEG Slipstream and it won't burn properly in Toast. It shows up, but the file size reads very small. Some mp4 files will work fine, just that the H264 files seems to give me problems. Maybe I need to encode H264 to something else before I can encode it to DVD?

[hech54]

I have no trouble joining the YouTube files in MPEG Slipstream.

Except that they have no sound when you are done. AviDemux works on a Mac(used to be a Mac-only program)....see what it can do.

[cb678]

Thanks. I will try that.

[cb678]

I have no trouble joining the YouTube files in MPEG Slipstream.

Except that they have no sound when you are done. AviDemux works on a Mac(used to be a Mac-only program)....see what it can do.

Looks like the only Mac versions available are for Intel-based Macs. I have a Power PC.

[Case]

Looks like the only Mac versions available are for Intel-based Macs. I have a Power PC.

Older releases : available versions at BerliOS or SourceForge"

The older files at e.g. SourceForge include "avidemux_2.5.3_Universal.dmg" (2010-05-16), which should be for PPC too.