How do I get audio and video stream from an m2v into mpeg?

[video_magic]

Hello all. I have found that my standalone DVD player will play most mpeg 1 and 2 videos that have the extension mpg or mpeg, but won't m2v.

So I realise I have done something wrong. I don't want to create an authored DVD for these videos, just simply put all the mpeg1 & 2 videos straight onto a DVD-R, which then in the standaloneplayer shows them as a list and someone can click on them to play them. This works fine except for a couple that have m2v, which I know is mpeg-2.

So, this is where I am ignorant. I don't want to create a vob or anything this time, but put it into an 'mpeg wrapper' or container or whatever the term is :o ,where it will play as a file on my standalone. I am sure I will have to do some demuxing then multi-plexing but don't know how to go about it, what is the right program to use to get from m2v to mpeg?

I looked up about Peter Cheats mplex2 but don't know how to make it do what I need, do I also need this 'Nav Packets' option?? :confused:

Thanks!

[The Geek]

Hi,

m2v is the Video file only. You need the appropriate audio file, then you can multiplex them to an MPEG file, using TMPGEnc, for instance.

If your m2v file is video and audio, then it has the wrong extension. Rename it to .mpg and you should be all set.

The Geek

[video_magic]

ah, ok thanks! :) Yes, the files with m2v extension they do have both video and audio.

They will play fine in a player on the pc, but not from DVD in the standalone although they appear in the list - they dont play when they are clicked but the ones with mpg or mpeg extension do. I will try renaming the m2vs to mpg and try burning the DVDs again! thanks a lot.

[video_magic]

I was preparing and sorting my list of mpeg videos to put on my DVD-R, when I disovered another issue :o :sly:
This time it is an mpeg 1 video which would not play in the latest Zoomplayer beta which gave a message about 'maybe a corrupt file, missing filters etc'.
It did play fine in MPC 6484 and VLC, & when I checked the video in Gspot it says it is:

MPEG Elementary Video << { 1 vid, 1 aud, 1 other }
Sys Bitrate: 1411 kb/s VBR

When it plays, in e.g. MPC, it has both picture and sound, but I would like to have it as a proper mpeg and so I am still looking for a solution that can take an mpeg1 or mpeg2 video stream and an audio track and multiplex them into an *.mpg file which is compliant.
I did download and check out Tmpgenc (from December 2004) and a few other sites, but I read this on the cutteraman forum here:
http://technik.movie2digital.de/thread.php?threadid=22825

"I run a program on them to grnerate the es files .m2v and .mp2. In other words, my source files are not muxed.

I have been using Tmpgenc to mux them for input to programs that only accept .mpg files.

Most of the programs don't like it. They say it is non compliant DVD format and such.

So I am hoping to find DVB tools that might work better."

I am concerned to use TMPGenc if it doesn't produce files which I can rely on to be played back on all DVD players :(

So, I am still searching around for a program with the feature of demuxing and muxing compliantly of mpeg-1 video and an audio stream, (& hopefully mpeg-2 also), & when outputting producing an *.mpg file not a vob. I don't mind at all using a CLI utility if anyone knows of one. I would like a solution for both mpeg-1 & for mpeg-2 if available :o

While I'm on the subject, I would quite like to be able to re-edit mpeg-1 by cutting and joining streams, like you can do in virutaldub & virtualdubmod, except I want to do NO re-encoding (not output an AVI), i.e. like when I have two seperate mpeg-1 videos that have been encoded the same, and I want to join them to be one file that is the same format 'stream-copied' as the originals. Of course I don't mind if the program only cuts and joins video & not the audio, as I'm sure I could do the audio seperately in another program if required - so long as I have this demux & mux ability :sly:

And there cases where I just want to remove some sections from some mpeg-1 videos, and then put all the remaining sections into one mpeg file. And I repeat, most important to me is that these mpegs can be played from a DVD disc on a standalone player.

I know there must be lots of people who can already do all this already. I am quite happy to use several utilities, - I don't expect one easy 'do-it-all' program, but where can I find these little utilities to do what I want (DVD playback compliancy), Doom9ers? :)

Thanks A LOT for any help, especially if someone can tell simply me how on earth to use MPLEX 2 by Peter Cheat as I can't figure out the command line :confused:

[The Geek]

I am concerned to use TMPGenc if it doesn't produce files which I can rely on to be played back on all DVD players

But now you're contradicting yourself. In your first post you said that you don't want to author a DVD, and now you are concerned about compatibility to all DVD players ?

If you want files than every player plays back, you have to author the DVDs to get the VOB, IFO and BUP files. Only they are DVD Video, and only they can be played by every DVD player.

What you do is a data DVD with MPEG-files on it. If your DVD player plays it back, then it's fine. But if you want compatibility with all DVD players, then you have to author.

For cutting and joining MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files (with audio), use Cuttermaran, it's a great tool. Together with TMPGEnc you can also cut framewise.

And I repeat, most important to me is that these mpegs can be played from a DVD disc on a standalone player.

Then you have to create a Video DVD, not a data DVD. DVD players are designed to play Video DVDs. Everything else is just some extra, that some players have, but these extras are not standarized.
If you create a data DVD, then it's up to the player whether it'll be played back, or not.

The Geek

[video_magic]

Aha, I see, thanks a lot for informing me of that. It looks like I will have to 'go the whole hog' and do proper authoring then :scared:

I had tried that before a couple of months ago with creating a single mpeg-2 video, and no menus or chapters or anything - and that was quite challenging to put it politely! Well, I suppose I will need a basic menu to create my list, maybe this will even be fun? :sly:

I will give cutteraman a go, I have to install dot net first, I always get nervous before installing more Microsoft stuff (from past experiences) :(

well, here I go then.... :o

[The Geek]

had tried that before a couple of months ago with creating a single mpeg-2 video, and no menus or chapters or anything - and that was quite challenging to put it politely!

With one single stream you need no menu. Just get Muxman, and let it multiplex your m2v and mp2 to VOB. Muxman will also output IFO and BUP files, so you can burn.

DVD authoring is nothing else than simple muxing, if you don't need a menu. You don't mux as MPEG, you mux as VOB. It's the only difference.

The Geek