question on watching movie on regular dvd player

[angrysquirrel]

Hello,

I just recorded a movie that was on TV with my winfast power vr tv tuner card on my computer. I saved the movie as a .mpeg format. Now I wanted to watch the movie on my regular TV dvd player (the one that is hooked to my TV set). Can I just take the .mpeg file and copy it to the root directory of a dvd using deepburner? Does it have to be a specific .mpeg format? Right now, I am capturing the file at .mpeg 2 format with a resolution of 640*480. I'm wondering what the maximum resolution is that I could use with the DVD player and what is the best .mpeg format I can use.

Thank you for your advice!

[Mug Funky]

sorry to say, but 640x480 is not supported.

if you want to make a DVD, choose from these sizes:

NTSC:

720x480, 704x480, 352x480 (all mpeg-2), 352x240 (mpeg-1).

all at 29.97fps. interlaced is cool for all but 352x240 (which is basically VCD). i believe 352x240 also supports 23.976fps.

PAL:

720x576, 704x576, 352x576, and in mpeg-1, 352x288 (same as PAL VCD)
all must be 25fps. again, all can be interlaced except 352x288.


additionally, you must limit your total combined bitrate (video + all audio + all subs) to 10.02 mbps. video looks good enough at a max of 8500 - going over that can lead to buffer problems and stuttering playback in action scenes.

[setarip_old]

@angrysquirrel

Hi!

And if you'd like to know how to apply the parameters detailed by "Mug Funky", one set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) If not already DVD-compliant, use "TMPGEnc" (or "TMPGEncPlus") to convert the MPEG to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this (This step may not be necessary, if your MPEG-2 files are already in DVD compliant format)

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)
You can obtain a FULLY functional free 30 day trial version of this commercial program at:

www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda.html

**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 ;>}

BTW - You should check to see if your standalone player is capable of playing "plain vanilla" MPEGs (Many are nowadays). If so, you can simply buirn your files to a blank DVD as a "Data DVD"...