Getting Xvid/Divx Avi's Into DVD Architect 3.

[DarkangelUK]

As i've discovered, it's not possible to directly import xvid or divx into Sony DVD Architect for putting onto DVD, to which im guessing i'll have to re-encode the vid to a format DVDA will accept. I've discovered that it will take Picvideo MJpeg and wmv.. can anyone suggest the easiest codec to convert to and what settings to use? Or what settings i should put either of those codecs to? I would be extremely greatful.

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[DarkangelUK]

I reworded the actual thread itself to reflect what i want to know.

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I don't know the answer, otherwise I would help you. Be patient, someone will be along soon. :)

[hamletiii]

divx should work in dvd architect 3; for xvids, only Nic's build will work.

If you want to use these streams in dvd architect, the easiest way would be using TMPGenc to encode them into dvd architect compliant mpeg streams. It also takes less time for architect to compile your project without re-encoding.

[DarkangelUK]

So in TMPGEnc, would i just convert to mpeg or convert to the seperate mpv (or m2v, cant remember) and audio file? I've had bother converting xvids to mpeg in TMPGEnc, it seems to convert to double the normal size, and has the video at the start with no sound, then the sound play after the video. It may be because im using an older version.. ill try and get a newer version to test with.

thanks for your help hamletiii

[hamletiii]

I would prefer elementary streams (m2v+wav/ac3/mp2) before importing since TMPGenc only exports wav or mp2 which are not very good for DVDs (wav being too big/mp2 rarely used unless from a TV capture source). So my personal approach would be render m2v/wav video/audio stream using TMPGenc, then let dvd architect do the wav-->ac3 conversion. You can also do the ac3 conversion in vegas since vegas generally recognize audio streams in divx/xvid. It would be best if your xvid/divxs contain origianl ac3 stream from some source, you just use virtual dub mod to get the stream, no conversions are needed.

I'm using TMPGenc 2.5 now, don't like the 3.0 version. I don't know why your A/V are out of sync in TMPGenc, I've never had this problem. You can check the wave form in the advanced tab, double click on the source range filter to see, if you get a straight line in the beginning, that maybe the problem. For the size of mpegs, it's definitely gonna be bigger than the divx/xvids, 2-3 or 3-4 times bigger is reasonable depends on the bitrate you set.

To do the conversion, you have to pay attention to the max bitrate in DVD spec, if your video bitrate is too high or you put too many audio tracks which exceeds the maximum 10.08M allowable bitrate, DVD architect will recompress all of your stream, this is gonna take a long long time and the video quality is gonna be really bad (xvid/divx-->mpeg-->mpeg).