DVD compliant?

[jimijames]

Hi, I'm using a Haughpage Nova-T TV card to record programs which I want to put onto DVD using TMPGEnc DVD Author.

What I need to know is whether the mpg2 that the Nova-t captures is DVD compliant, because TMPGEnc DVD Author seems to re encode the files, which takes an age!

Are there different types of mpg2?

thanks

[sfheath]

Ah! so you're the person who bought the other Nova-t

Basically, the freeview broadcast is mpeg2 Transport Stream. What DVD requires is mpeg 2 Program Stream. This is despite the fact that the DVD folders are VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS!

Download PVAStrumento from http://www.offeryn.de/dv.htm or one of many mirror sites. You'll need to use the 'Make PS' facility to make them compatible for TMPGEnc DVD Author - the app I use btw. Be careful to give the output file a different name - I usually just add another '.mpg'.

Good luck

[jimijames]

Thanks for your reply.

Bloody annoying this!

So, the software you recommend converts from one kind of mpg to the other? What's the difference between that, and letting the DVD authoring program do the conversion?

[sfheath]

Well, sometimes - and I agree it's annoying - the file is ok to start with!

However, different channels broadcast various qualities and some like to change format at the breaks etc. You'll see this from doing a few PVA conversions.
Without PVA'ing, I found the majority of files simply fell over in TDA.
It may also depend to a degree on the quality of reception you get. I've been recording for over a year now and there have been changes. Mind you, in that time I've also gone through three versions of PVA

[jimijames]

Thanks again for your reply, but I still don't get it.

I've used the PVA software to 'make ps', but I can't find the resulting file!

And is 'make ps' all I need to do. Can I now author the DVD without it making another oh so long conversion?

[sfheath]

you'll need to use the Windows 'search' utility by the sound of it.
Yes, just open the converted file(s) in TMPGEnc DVD Author and edit, output the file structure to hard drive and if working in WinXP/2000, write the DVD. Otherwise, write the structure (AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS folders) to media in your DVD burning application.

And yes .. this is all very time consuming

[jimijames]

Thanks sfheath, its coming, slowly but surely.

[sfheath]

Originally posted by jimijames
Thanks sfheath, its coming, slowly but surely.

Happy to help