Problems burning Mpegs onto DVD

[Dinx]

I've downloaded a lot of Mpegs from WinMx and cannot burn them onto DVDs. When I drag and drop them in NERO it says 'No compatible files found' I tried DVD SANTA to convert them but this took ages and when I played the DVDs on my player the sound was way behind and then disappeared altogether. Any tips?

[setarip]

Welcome to the Digital Video Forums of Digital Digest


"I've downloaded a lot of Mpegs from WinMx"

I found the following description on the "WinMix" homepage:
"WinMX is a FREE file-sharing program like no other. It allows you to connect, download, and share files with MILLIONS of other users through the decentralized WinMX Peer Network."



"When I drag and drop them in NERO it says 'No compatible files found'"

Chances are that they are not DVD-compliant...

1) Load the original video file into VirtualDubMOD

2) From the "File" dropdown menu, select "File Information"

3) Post (here) EVERYTHING you see (BOTH video and audio information), or post a screen capture .jpg of the information box

[Dinx]

setarip

I hope this is what your looking for

thanks for the help

Dinx

[reboot]

DivX 5 for video will work, but the audio is VBR-MP3.
Santa just isn't going to work.

[setarip]

To Dinx

"I've downloaded a lot of Mpegs from WinMx"


The information you've posted indicates that the file is a DivX-compressed .AVI, NOT an MPEG...

The statement by "reboot" that the audio is "VBR" is incorrect.

The audiostream is Constant Bitrate .MP3 ("CBR") and NOT Variable Bitrate .MP3 ("VBR") - and should not cause any problems for conversion.

One set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) Use "TMPGEnc" (or "TMPGEncPlus") to convert the .AVI (DivX-compressed or otherwise) to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this

2) Use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (a different program than "TMPGEnc") to easily create the required additional DVD files and structure (and chapters and a menu, if you wish)


**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress


If your O/S is either Win2000 or WinXP, TMPGEnc DVD Author can also burn your DVD. Otherwise, use NERO to burn in "DVD-Video" mode
(As an alternative to "TMPGEnc DVD Author", you could use "DVDLab")


Let us know of your success ;>}

[reboot]

Looks like VBR to me. Why do you say it's not?

[setarip]

To reboot

"Looks like VBR to me. Why do you say it's not?"

I KNOW why it's a CBR .MP3 audiostream.

Tell me what about the information, "looks like VBR" to you - and then I'll tell you why I'm certain ;>}

[reboot]

Hard to read, but the OxC55 (or whatever that is)...

[setarip]

To reboot

"Hard to read, but the OxC55 (or whatever that is)..."

The hexadecimal "0x0055" audiostream ID simply identifies the audiostream as being .MP3 - NOT whether it's VBR or CBR.

Fortunately, "Dinx" used a version of VirtualDub that shows the number of "chunks" of audio in the same format as the video is shown in number of frames.

If the number of .MP3 audio is roughly equal (in this case, identical) to the number of video frames, the audio is Constant Bitrate.

Variable Bitrate .MP3 audio typically has around 1/2 to 2/3 the number of chunks compared to the number of videoframes...