Best file foormat to covert to DVD?

[JasonQuinn1992]

I've been transferring our family VHS tapes to DVD using EasyCap. What I want to know what file format is the best to use when moving those video files to DVD? I've heard both MGEP2 and .VOB are good. which format is best?

*Sorry about the spelling*

[hech54]

DVD can only be MPEG2.....and you should be capturing in MPEG2.
https://www.videohelp.com/dvd

VOB is not a video format. VOB's are the result of authoring MPEG2 files to DVD Video for burning.
https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?V#VOB

[JasonQuinn1992]

ok I'll fix it thank you for your help. Do you know of any .VOB to MPEG converter?

[hech54]

If you didn't capture to MPEG2, you lost quality going TO your present VOB files.
It's best to recapture.
BUT.....VOB2mpeg should do the trick.

[JasonQuinn1992]

I was able to get one file back, now my question for you is do you know a good MPEG2 compressor?

[manono]

I was able to get one file back, now my question for you is do you know a good MPEG2 compressor?

HCEnc

[JasonQuinn1992]

I was able to get one file back, now my question for you is do you know a good MPEG2 compressor?

HCEnc

Tried it, it didnt recognize my file

[manono]

Tried it, it didnt recognize my file

That's not what you asked. However, you could try one of the all-in-one programs that use it for the encoding, one such as Avs2DVD.

[JasonQuinn1992]

Is that going to compress the file? Cuz thats basically all I want

[AlanHK]

I was able to get one file back, now my question for you is do you know a good MPEG2 compressor?

ReJig.

[JasonQuinn1992]

Wil it compress it to MPEG 2?

[jman98]

Yes, ReJig will compress to MPEG-2. And HCenc didn't work for you because to use it you have to also use AviSynth. That was not mentioned to you so it's not your fault. No offense, but I think that trying to use AviSynth + HCenc is way above your expertise right now. The HCenc suggestion was really more of a "This is the best way to do it, but it's very complicated to get to a point where you understand how it works" rather than a "You, JasonQuinn1992, need to use this method at this time" kind of suggestion.

[manono]

And HCenc didn't work for you because to use it you have to also use AviSynth.

Actually, that's not true. Unless you're planning on filtering it, you can just create a simple D2V project file using DGIndex and open that in HCEnc. His source is VOB/MPG (depending) and that's all it takes. No AviSynth scripts are needed unless either he's planning on filtering it, or it's something besides some kind of MPEG.

No expertise needed, as long as he has a guide beside him to help him through the settings, and there are many guides on the HCEnc page.

The HCenc suggestion was really more of a "This is the best way to do it, but it's very complicated to get to a point where you understand how it works" rather than a "You, JasonQuinn1992, need to use this method at this time" kind of suggestion.

Unless he's retarded, I think he'd be able to handle it. And in my next post I did suggest the use of Avs2DVD to handle the heavy lifting.

[AlanHK]

Wil it compress it to MPEG 2?

Why else would I have mentioned it?
Did you read the description of the tool?


Very simple, very fast: MPEG in, set % reduction, MPEG out.
It also has a basic DVD authoring function.

[Hoser Rob]

Honestly, should anyone be recommending hcenc to someone who doesn't know the difference between mpeg and vob? Come on now.

I'd try what alanhk said.

[manono]

Honestly, should anyone be recommending hcenc to someone who doesn't know the difference between mpeg and vob? Come on now.

I'd try what alanhk said.

Me, I'd go for quality over ease of use. But to each his own. I did mention Avs2DVD as a front end for DVD creation, which he wants anyway.

[JasonQuinn1992]

Im a newbie to the mpeg compression thing, give him a break. Anyway I decided to use ReJig and followed the guide on this site. After using ReJig, the files are still too big any ideas on another compressor?

[AlanHK]

Im a newbie to the mpeg compression thing, give him a break. Anyway I decided to use ReJig and followed the guide on this site. Now I have a file that is right at the size I want it but it only plays audio, so now Im going to use a program like Tmpgenc to put the files back together.

Now I try Tmpgenc with my MPEG's and its says threy are "Illegal" what do I do now?

As I said, Rejig has an authoring function.

Click the DVDAuthor button.
Choose the video and audio streams.
Click "Create".

But if you have "illegal" files, that probably means they are out of DVD spec.
ReJig just compresses, it doesn't change the spec., so if the files are out of spec at the beginning, it won't help. You 'd need to reencode.
But if the files came out of a VOB, they should be DVD compatible.

What is the file's spec?

[JasonQuinn1992]

Was 1.13GB

My question now is how to I use Rejig to compress? everytime i separate the files and use Tmpgenc the files size doesnt change

[AlanHK]

Was 1.13GB

fps?
resolution?

My question now is how to I use Rejig to compress? everytime i separate the files and use Tmpgenc the files size doesnt change

File mode. Choose your MPEG file.
Choose the output location. (It creates a new file.)
Set the compression ratio (default is 70%, choose whatever you need).

Click "Recompress job".

[JasonQuinn1992]

I did that and ended up with a smaller file that had no audio