Converting MKV to DVD

[carlmart]

It's been such a long time that I do not do any mkv to DVD conversions, that I must say I forgot how to do it properly.

On my first try and second try things did not work, so maybe I can get help from you.

I've always preferred Avisynth to do it, after trying a lot of programs.

So first I wrote a script, which depended on the original file, and opened it on AvsP. Usually this did show any eventual problems I might have, but it opened OK, showing the movie correctly.

But when I load it on HCGui it shows a warning for wrong frame rate and for frame rate/resolution.

The script I am using is this:

FFMpegSource2("d:\file.mkv")
ColorMatrix(Mode="Rec.709->Rec.601") 
spline36resize(720,368)
addborders(0,56,0,56)

I've made lots of conversions using this script, so it should work. It converts a 2:35 movie to 16:9 with black bars up and down.

Any explanation why I'm getting these errors with HCEnc?

Thanks,


Carlos

[aedipuss]

23.8 is not dvd spec. 29.97 interlaced or 23.976 w/pulldown only for ntsc.

[leghorn]

For this case I recommend two apps: a) FAVC (oldie but goldie) and b) ConvertXtoDVD.

The latter is possibly more suitable for newer files, containing h.264 and alike streams.

[carlmart]

Other programs are out of the question. ConvertXtoDVD has always provided rather inferior results than Avisynth on all onversions I made, particularly if the source is mkv.

How do I force the file to work in 23.976? Because that is how MediaInfo specs this file.

[Ai Haibara]

Even AVS2DVD? I believe you can tell it to use HCEnc to encode, and it does accept AVISynth scripts as input. (It does default to creating PAL-format discs, though, so you'd probably want to check through all the settings before using it.)

Does the source MKV you're using in the script have the 23.8 framerate?

[poisondeathray]

Sometimes FFMpegSource2 gets the FPS wrong

Add AssumeFPS(24000,1001)

FFMpegSource2("d:\file.mkv")
AssumeFPS(24000,1001)
ColorMatrix(Mode="Rec.709->Rec.601")  
spline36resize(720,368) 
addborders(0,56,0,56)

[carlmart]

Sometimes FFMpegSource2 gets the FPS wrong

Add AssumeFPS(24000,1001)

Thanks, that did it. I did remember there was a way to force the fps.

And about AVStoDVD? Yes, that program too.

I mean there should be a way to make it work properly, particularly on the lateast debugged version. But I did have my share of problems with it in the past.

OTOS, Avisynth always worked like a charm.

[carlmart]

Does the source MKV you're using in the script have the 23.8 framerate?

No, as I said I checked with Mediainfo, and it said it was 23.976.

FFMpegSource2 was getting it wrong.

BTW, should I use AVCsource?

[carlmart]

Just to close this thread.

Things went beautifully.

Thanks!