Captured video in wrong format... :(

[mr_usagi]

I have a bunch of old captured video files (mpg2 from ATI A-in-W) that I wanted to author with the new dazzle software. I was very disappointed to find some weird GOB error with my files. It turns out the mpg sequence when originally recorded was not a standard dvd compliant format (now GOB at every mark or whatever.) My question is, how do I convert one that doesn't have the GOB to one that does? Any help is greatly appreciated!!

(I have recently set my recorder to always do the right GOB thing but I still have the issue of my current recordings...)

[SLK001]

Just try frameserving the thing to an encoder (TMPG or CCE). Frameserving eliminates the GOP structure (since it is emulating an AVI file), so your encoder will generate a completely new one.

[pacoreguenga]

Use DVD2AVI for that purpose and export your project to TMPGenc.
That's all there is to it.
Same has happened to me sometimes with Avermedia's MPG2 capture software.

[mr_usagi]

Ok...

That seems like a great idea but won't making an AVI from my 1.7GB mpeg2 produce the biggest AVI file in the history of the world? Or is this not really a real AVI? Unless ... are you streaming the output of the DVD2AVI program into TMPGEnc?

On a side note... TMPGEnc requires a registration fee of $45 - I'm not terribly inclined to pay that much for encoding software... does it really come that highly recommended? Are there any freeware alternatives?

The other (and final) question I have - what is CCE and how would I 'frameserve' to it? Got any good reading / tutorials I might be able to look at to get a better idea of what I should do here? Thanks!

[offline]

D/l a copy of one of Ulead's video products, or premier, and import the mpeg2 file. Simply save as a dvd complient
mpeg-2. Both Ulead Movie Factory and Premier have trial versions
online.

[ChRaN]

DVD2AVI will frameserv the file in to TMPGEnc NOT create a big avi
just save project in DVD2AVI not save avi

[Tommyknocker]

I think TMPGEnc is a steal at that price.

[pacoreguenga]

You just save a ".d2v" project which you take into TMPGEnc. About TMPGenc's price tag, You can be sure IT is THE encoder.

Besides, there's a trick to reset the MPG2 trial counter, if you cannot afford the CHEAPEST and BEST mpg encoder around.