Finally, the miniDVD barrier attained!!!!!!!!

[Kdiddy]

Finally after all the searching the net, and scrambling from store to store...I have come across the combo that gives me what I want....the skinny: I have a DVD player capable of playing miniDVDs(and of course everything in between), which so far I have been able have 1800 bps video, 192 audio WITH DD5.1!!...which allows a typical movie to fit on 2 CDRs...not w/o a glitch though...but Id say Im 90% there..I dont want seem like I bragging..so I'll end there, if anyone wants to know more..just ask

Also, if any has any experience with the GE1101P please let me know as well..

[orbit7]

kdiddy, can we have a little bit more information such as encoder, and burning program??

[aldus4]

Yes, I agree - more info would be useful.

[Kdiddy]

No prob guys..here's the run down

- Smartripper to rip DVD, I only do stream process here. I demux the audio straight to AC3, and vob the video
- DVD2AVI to prepare a TMPG project for video. I do my cutting & a lil luminance filter here.
- Softencode to change the AC3 file from whatever high bitrate to 192 bps
- TMPG to encode the dvd2avi project to mpeg-2 DVD complaint video. I have many personal settings, not going to list all, will give you template if ya want. I usually try to stay around the 1800 bps range for video in order to fit a typical 2 hour movie on 2 80min CDRs. Usually get very good quality from this. I would say it looks closer to VCD than SVCD, but the differences are very minimal to my bad eyes LOL.
- SpruceUp to make miniDVD image which compiles my audio & video, then spits out a miniDVD image.
- Nero to burn that image onto a CDR(W)
- GE1101P DVD player (with latest minDVD firmware upgrade) plays miniDVD.

Issues I am having is getting sync straight in SpruceUp & getting hesitation/pixelation probs during playback about 20% of the time. However, someone is suppose to be responding to me about the latter of these 2. I could use DVDit, I know how to clear up the sync here, but it onl;y does 2 channel AC3, download Scenarist (sp?) right now to see what it offers up. But this is as close as I have been in the past 2-3 weeks Ive been trying to do this.

[aldus4]

I use SpruceUp too and have come across that on some mpeg2 files there is a stuttering, followed by unsyncing (is that a word??). As one can make mpeg1 DVD's I have tried this and had no problems at all. I am wondering if this is a known bug in Spruceup as in DVDit/MyDVD?

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: aldus4 on 2001-08-22 19:13:51 ]</font>

[Kdiddy]

DELETE

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[Kdiddy]

hmmmmm do you get the stuttering effect on your PC as well?? I dont get it there...just on my standalone...but I will try an mpeg-1 next...good suggestion

[adam]

kdiddy, its an extremely daunting task but I strongly recommend that you learn scenarist and use it exclusively to author your mini-dvds. It is simply the best dvd authoring software available and is in fact the software that most professional dvds are authored with. I guess its overkill if you dont do alot of complicated menu structures but still, using it will probably solve all your problems. Unfortunately it is a very difficult program to figure out.

[Kdiddy]

yeah thats what I was afraid of..but will probably undertake it anyways..yeah I dont need the menus & all that jazz...Im a stick it & play kinda guy...f*ck all that fourplay crap..LOL..o well will try it out

[Kdiddy]

Well through more test..I learned that lowering my bitrate caused the sttutering to stop...however, of course I sacrificed quality in return...I suspect this dvd-rom drive still sees the CDR & thinks VCD, and thus spins the disk only fast enough for VCD playback, even though the firmware hack forces the processor to play in DVD mode...in any case, I basically have good VCD w/ 5.1 DD surround..so Im happy, although I want to check out the Daewoo DVG-3000N at Sams Club that supposely plays miniDVDs straight out the box....and hoping it spins the disk faster for higher bitrates...if so then wal-mart is getting a return on this one.. ..

Adam: I would love to learn Scenarist...seeing as how I need a Serial Key..that no one seems to willing give up..Im stuck with SpruceUP with no way to fix sync issues

Lastly, what is better for bitrate video of around 1500-2000, mpeg-1 or mpeg-2

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Kdiddy on 2001-08-25 05:19:25 ]</font>

[zereack]

i also would love to use Scenarist but am unable to find a copy enywhere and the trial i d/l from the site us useless cauz i cant get a sn# from them even if i wanted to shell out the cash ( it's no longer for sale )

[zereack]

scratch that .. it was spruce-up that needs the #