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  • oOGoldenSunOo
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Jul 2003
    • 3

    Pretty new to digital video, need help PLEASE

    Hi all, I'm pretty new to digital video and I have some questions. I recently got the Sony DRU-510a dvd burner, it's great. I have a question about encoding, when I encode things to NTSC or PAL, is it possible to put both onto one dvd? Also I noticed when encoding with PAL it splits it into an mp2 and wav (with tmpg) when you author the dvd, how are you supposed to combine those? ALSO I have old VHS movies that I want to back up on dvd, what can I use to do this? I want something very easy to use, like those usb things, what do you suggest? Also can the usb devices also do minidv's from my digital camcorder? If you could answers these, I'd be extremely grateful, thanks!
  • setarip
    Retired
    • Dec 2001
    • 24955

    #2
    "it splits it into an mp2 and wav (with tmpg) when you author the dvd, how are you supposed to combine those?"

    Virtually all of the DVD authoring programs will AUTOMATICALLY load the audiostream (provided it has the same primary name) when you load the videostream.

    (Are you sure TMPGEnc doesn't create an .MP2 audiostream, rather than, as you stated, a .WAV audiostream?)

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    • oOGoldenSunOo
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Jul 2003
      • 3

      #3
      oh yeah you're right sorry, can you answer my other questions? or anyone else? please?

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      • setarip
        Retired
        • Dec 2001
        • 24955

        #4
        "when I encode things to NTSC or PAL"

        Why wouldn't you "encode things" to ONLY NTSC or ONLY PAL?

        What are these "things"?

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        • oOGoldenSunOo
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Jul 2003
          • 3

          #5
          setarip, what if my original avi clips where 25 bitrate (which corresponds to PAL right?) how do I make it into NTSC so I can put them all onto a dvd? Can I use TMPGenc and use the wizard NTSC thing and load the avi that has 25 bitrate and it should be fine? thanks

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          • SKD_Tech
            Lord of Digital Video
            Lord of Digital Video
            • Jan 2003
            • 1512

            #6
            Originally posted by oOGoldenSunOo
            setarip, what if my original avi clips where 25 bitrate (which corresponds to PAL right?) how do I make it into NTSC so I can put them all onto a dvd? Can I use TMPGenc and use the wizard NTSC thing and load the avi that has 25 bitrate and it should be fine? thanks
            Absolutely not! It will mess the movie and the sound sync up. If it was encoded in PAL it will always be in PAL if you want it to look and sound right.

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            • setarip
              Retired
              • Dec 2001
              • 24955

              #7
              To oOGoldenSunOo

              "Can I use TMPGenc and use the wizard NTSC thing and load the avi that has 25 bitrate and it should be fine? thanks"


              Yes. The TMPGEnc NTSC DVD template/wizard should handle the conversion properly and maintain the audio/video synchronization.

              Note: Since there seem to be several different NTSC DVD templates floating around, I'd suggest you copy the following text file and save it as "DVD2NTSC.MCF" and then place it in TMPGEnc's "Template" folder/directory:

              object TMPEGConfigFile
              MPEG.Text = '$$DVD_NTSC'
              MPEG.WizardCategoryName = '$$HIDE'
              MPEG.WizardSubFormatName = ''
              MPEG.WizardCaption = ''
              MPEG.WizardDescription = ''
              MPEG.OutputStreamType = MPEG_OutputStreamType_System_VideoAudio
              MPEG.OutputStreamType_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.StreamType = MPEGVideoEncoder_StreamType_MPEG2
              MPEG.Video.StreamType_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.Width = 720
              MPEG.Video.Width_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.Height = 480
              MPEG.Video.Height_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.YUVFormat = 1
              MPEG.Video.YUVFormat_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.DC_prec = 1
              MPEG.Video.DC_prec_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Video.VideoEncodeMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_VideoEncodeMode_Interlace
              MPEG.Video.VideoEncodeMode_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.VideoEncodeMode_CantSelExtType = False
              MPEG.Video.FrameRate = 4
              MPEG.Video.FrameRate_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.AspectRatio = 2
              MPEG.Video.AspectRatio_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.RateControlMode = MPEGVideoEncoder_RateControlMode_CQ
              MPEG.Video.RateControlMode_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Video.MaxBitRate = 8000000
              MPEG.Video.MaxBitRate_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Video.MinBitRate = 2000000
              MPEG.Video.MinBitRate_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Video.CBR_BitRate = 7000000
              MPEG.Video.VBR_MultipassVBRAlgorithm = MPEGVideoEncoder_MultipassVBRAlgorithm_MultipassCQ
              MPEG.Video.VBR_AvgBitRate = 7000000
              MPEG.Video.VBR_MaxBitRate = 8000000
              MPEG.Video.VBR_MinBitRate = 2000000
              MPEG.Video.VBR_MaxPassCount = 2
              MPEG.Video.VBR_Quality_P = 0
              MPEG.Video.VBR_Quality_B = 20
              MPEG.Video.VBR_EnablePadding = False
              MPEG.Video.MVBR_MaxBitRate = 8000000
              MPEG.Video.MVBR_MinBitRate = 2000000
              MPEG.Video.MVBR_Quality_P = 0
              MPEG.Video.MVBR_Quality_B = 20
              MPEG.Video.MVBR_EnablePadding = False
              MPEG.Video.AVBR_Quality = 50
              MPEG.Video.AVBR_MaxBitRate = 8000000
              MPEG.Video.AVBR_MinBitRate = 2000000
              MPEG.Video.AVBR_EnablePadding = False
              MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality = 65
              MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality_P = 0
              MPEG.Video.CQ_Quality_B = 20
              MPEG.Video.CQ_MaxBitRate = 8000000
              MPEG.Video.CQ_MinBitRate = 2000000
              MPEG.Video.CQ_EnablePadding = False
              MPEG.Video.VBVBufferSize = 229376
              MPEG.Video.VBVBufferSize_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.GOP_SeqHeaderInterval = 1
              MPEG.Video.GOP_SeqHeaderInterval_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.GOP_I_FrameCount = 1
              MPEG.Video.GOP_I_FrameCount_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.GOP_P_FrameCount = 5
              MPEG.Video.GOP_P_FrameCount_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.GOP_B_FrameCount = 2
              MPEG.Video.GOP_B_FrameCount_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.GOP_BitStreamForEdit = False
              MPEG.Video.GOP_BitStreamForEdit_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Video.GOP_MaxFrameCount = 18
              MPEG.Video.GOP_MaxFrameCount_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_Intra_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_NonIntra_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Video.CheckProfile_and_Level = True
              MPEG.Video.CheckProfile_and_Level_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Video.Profile = 4
              MPEG.Video.Profile_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.Level = 8
              MPEG.Video.Level_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.VideoFormat = 2
              MPEG.Video.VideoFormat_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Video.MotionSearchSpeed = MPEGVideoEncoder_MotionSearchSpeed_MotionEstimate
              MPEG.Video.MotionSearch_AlwaysHalfPel = False
              MPEG.Video.UseFloatDCT = False
              MPEG.Video.QuantizeMode = False
              MPEG.Video.QuantizeModeVal_Intra = 35
              MPEG.Video.QuantizeModeVal_NonIntra = 35
              MPEG.Video.YUVBasicYCbCr = False
              MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_Intra = {
              081013161A1B1D22101016181B1D222513161A1B1D22222616 161A1B1D222528
              161A1B1D202328301A1B1D202328303A1A1B1D22262E38451B 1D23262E384553}
              MPEG.Video.QuantizeMatrix_NonIntra = {
              10111213141516171112131415161718121314151617181913 14151617181A1B
              14151617191A1B1C151617181A1B1C1E1617181A1B1C1E1F17 18191B1C1E1F21}
              MPEG.Audio.StreamType = MPEGAudioEncoder_StreamType_MPEG1_Layer2
              MPEG.Audio.StreamType_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Audio.SamplingFrequency = 48000
              MPEG.Audio.SamplingFrequency_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.Audio.ChannelMode = 0
              MPEG.Audio.ChannelMode_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Audio.CantUseMono = True
              MPEG.Audio.BitRate = 384000
              MPEG.Audio.BitRate_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Audio.CalcCRC = False
              MPEG.Audio.CalcCRC_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Audio.OriginalFlag = False
              MPEG.Audio.OriginalFlag_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Audio.CopyrightFlag = False
              MPEG.Audio.CopyrightFlag_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Audio.PrivateFlag = False
              MPEG.Audio.PrivateFlag_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.Audio.EmphasisType = 0
              MPEG.Audio.EmphasisType_ReadOnly = False
              MPEG.System.StreamType = MPEGSystemEncoder_StreamType_MPEG2_Program
              MPEG.System.StreamType_ReadOnly = True
              MPEG.System.CommentText = ''
              MPEG.System.EnableCommentText = False
              end

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              • kimomakano
                Platinum Member
                Platinum Member
                • Jun 2002
                • 157

                #8
                Okay, now you have sparked my curiousity.
                Who is speaking with words of knowledge?
                SKD_Tech says it won't work.....
                setarip says it will.....

                Let the showdown begin....

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                • SKD_Tech
                  Lord of Digital Video
                  Lord of Digital Video
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 1512

                  #9
                  hmmm last time I tried it didn't.

                  Well go ahead and give her a go

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