How to make DVD-compliant MPEG-files

[Videoblaster]

I trying to make DVD-compliant MPEG2-files with TMPEnc 2.58 Plus.
This works, and the video quality is OK for me, but I am not happy with the audio quality of the output-file: the sound is hard and sounds 'deformed', a little like you turn up your stereo too hard and your speakers can't wear it, you know?

I've tried using tooLame as an external audio encoder, but can't get it to work (it produces an error message when making a temporal file). Then I tried SCMPX which works, but it produces about the same poor audio quality.

Does anyone have another suggestion how to go about this (or another program that helps me making crisp DVD-compliant files?

Thanks a lot!!

[miketree]

I think a little more info is require here.

i) What are you using for your source?

ii) is the source audio OK?

iii) are you using the default tmpgenc audio settings?

[Videoblaster]

I) I am using Sonic MyDVD to capture from composite video (using the best possible capture setting MPEG-2 720x576x25fps, 16-bits, 44kHz stereo)

II) Yes, the source audio is fine

III) I am using the TMPGEnc Project Wizard (DVD-Pal template), using the default template setting, and just altering the bitrate depending on how much video I want on a DVD+R (used 4000 bitrate so far)

Hope this covers it...

Thanks!

[bugster]

44kHz stereo)

That may well be your problem. DVD compliant video has audio at 48khz sample rate. TmpGenc will convert for you but its sampling rate comverter is not the best by a long way. In the future you should capture your audio at 48khz if you can. For your existing captures you will need to use ssrc.exe within Tmpgenc when you encode to get better quality audio. You can also use toolame.exe as the audio encoder for another slight quality improvement. Both can be found in the tools section and can be intgerated into Tmpgenc operation using options->Environmental settings, external tools.

Hope this helps.

[Videoblaster]

OK, let's me try that and get back to you...

Thanks for the tip!!

[Videoblaster]

I've tried it, and....... didn't work (

Back to the old drawingboard...

Anyone else any suggestions?

Thanks!