DVD authoring from DVD compliant MPEG2 files without re-encoding

[birdie]

I'm terribly sorry if this question has been already asked, but I'd like to know if there are any Windows DVD authoring applications which allow creating DVD videos from DVD compliant MPEG2 files without re-encoding those files.

I've already tried Sony DVD Architect 5 and it can only open 30% of files that I have (but all of them are DVD PAL MPEG2 videos) - I've no idea why it doesn't want to open the rest of them.
AVS Video Editor doesn't want to open any of those files.

Files in question have .mpg extension, and they include slightly interlaced MPEG2 video, AC3 256KBit audio stereo (2 channels) audio.

Please, suggest any ways to go.

[Inspector.Gadget]

Demux them with DGIndex, VOBEdit, etc. and then mux with Muxman.

[birdie]

Hm, what about all-in-one proprietary stupid solution (I don't want to study a lot of CLI utilities to author a DVD once in my life)? Will Adobe Premier do the trick (I suppose trial version will suffice)?

One more question: should I de-interlace those files or not? They were shot using some unknown Sony DVD camera and I wonder if DVD player will play them correctly.

[Inspector.Gadget]

None of the above are command line apps unless you want them to be: all have (easy) GUIs.

As long as the correct flags are present in the video stream and they are otherwise DVD compliant, you should be OK. You should also be able to force interlaced in Muxman, if I recall.

[setarip_old]

@ApTeM

Hi! I'd like to know if there are any Windows DVD authoring applications which allow creating DVD videos from DVD compliant MPEG2 files without re-encoding those files.If I remember correctly, "DVD Flick" has a specific (somewhat "hidden") option for that specific situation...

[manolito]

@ApTeM

You can try DVDStyler. No need to demux your source files, you can add already muxed mpg files. If you do not need a menu, just delete the default menu from the time line. Under properties for each file make sure that the "Copy" option for video and audio is selected, otherwise DVDStyler will reencode (using FFMpeg, not so good quality).

If you think about deinterlacing your source files, then of course you have to reencode.


Cheers
manolito

[birdie]

Now the question is, should I de-interlace those MPG files or DVD/BD players are capable of doing that on their own?

I've never authored a single DVD before, so I'd be glad to know.

I've read this (http://www.100fps.com/video_resolution_vs_fluidity.htm) and decided that de-interlacing is unnecessary because the person, for whom I'm authoring this DVD, will watch the resulting DVD on a DVD player, am I right?

[Inspector.Gadget]

DVD players are designed to deinterlace.

[Ghitulescu]

Hm, what about all-in-one proprietary stupid solution (I don't want to study a lot of CLI utilities to author a DVD once in my life)? Will Adobe Premier do the trick (I suppose trial version will suffice)?
Adobe Premiere does exactly what you intend to avoid - reencode the MPEG-2 files.
One more question: should I de-interlace those files or not? They were shot using some unknown Sony DVD camera and I wonder if DVD player will play them correctly.
1. if a camcorder shots on a DVD, then that DVD would play in virtually all DVD-players, depending on how it was recorded.
2. I think that Russia is now PAL, and there is no such deinterlaced PAL. Deinterlacing is not needed for any PAL DVD, moreover it can make your DVD unplayable.