convert a .mpg file to Video_TS.IFO

[Art Vandelay]

Please help, I have a capture card in my PC and I just captured a movie from my sat. dish that I want to burn to DVD. I have the movie as a .mpg file and I want to convert it so I will have the Video_TS.IFO folder that I can then open with DVD Shrink or DVD Rebuilder if possible. The reason I am doing this is beacause I don't like the output from the Sonic software as the "fit to DVD" isn't an option. I think if I use Shrink with DA + AEC or DVD-RB my output will me better. I am looking for a free program to convert that doesn't have the watter mark or the 10 day trial limit. I would love some free ware with no limitaions, kinda like what shrink gives us for DVD's.

Thanks in advance everyone!!!

AV

[anonymez]

projectX to demux the mpg to elementary streams, then ifoedit or muxman to author. you can then run the folder through shrink

[Sharc]

mpg to DVD conversion

Perhaps this helps:

http://www.svcd2dvd.com/Software/svcd2dvdmpg.aspx

It's free.
Its bigger brother SVCD2DVD (donationware) converts almost everything to DVD without doing unnecessary re-coding that may introduce quality loss.

[Sharc]

... or this may also help:

http://download.videohelp.com/liquid217/dvdauthorgui.pl?p=download

It's a free authoring toll. But don't ask me for advice because I did not really try it.

[Art Vandelay]

anonymez, projectX has me very confused with all the java stuff. I downloasded Java SDK and installed it but am having trouble with the bin file and setting path for Java_home. Very confusing.

Sharc, tried to use SVCD2VVDMPEG 1.1 but it tells me my .mpg isn't valid and the help file doesn't work and I don't see a guide online.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[anonymez]

what you'd want is the java runtime environment (JRE), not SDK (that's for devs). get it here http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

extract projectX, run the .jar. add your mpg file, hit prepare, hit play.

[Calimari]

Or download the compiled ProjectX :

http://download.videohelp.com/download/ProjectX_090.4.00.zip

This runs directly under windows.

[Art Vandelay]

Thanks everyone, I used Calimaris compiled projectX, then authored with DVDAuthorGUI, I used DVD Shrink with DA+AEC 87% and also made a version with DVD-RB HCenc best setting 82%. I couldn't see the diff. between the two programs. Might be my capture method since I used the RF output from my Sat. receiver. This is the setup I have since the PC is a Media Center and with Media Center the video looks good eventhough the signal is from a RF cable. I might run the SVIDEO + Audio into the capture card next time.

Thanks everyone.