AVI2DVD output is NOT DVD compliant?

[Dr.Khron]

The file that DVD2AVI produced is an ".MPG" file, and Spruceup won't import it!!! (it returns a "invalid parameter error") Actually, I can't get ANY program to import it, although it does play in my media players.

Ok, so I'm relatively new to AVI2DVD...
Background: I have some AVIs that I want to make a DVD out of. They are about 50 minutes each, and I was hoping to squeeze about 6 of them onto a DVD5. (yes, I know that the quality will be low, but I don't care).

My plan was this:
1. Convert AVIs to DVD compliant files. (AVI2DVD)
2. Author DVD, edit menus. (Spruceup & PGC Edit)
3. Shrink to DVD-5. (DVD Shrink)

Even though the final shrink will be done with DVD Shrink, I would like to encode the files into MPG at close to its final level, so that most of the encoding is done once.

Shouldn't AVI2DVD have created TWO files for me, a .mpv and a .mpa? OR maybe even a vob? Why did it mux the file into an .MPG?

Also, it transcoded the audio file into MP2, and not AC3. WTF?

Frankly, I could have done a much better job manually, but I want to use AVI2DVD to automate the process, since I have about 13 AVIs to do.
Any advice appreciated.

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What is(are) the audio format(s) and sampling rate(s) of the .AVI(s)?

[Dr.Khron]

Ok, I figured it out...
I was using the setting for "CD-R 80 Min" instead of "DVD-5 4.7GB".

When you use the CD-R settings, it processes the files COMPLETELY differently. Selecting the DVD-5 option produced DVD compliant VOBs. (an AC3 stream properly muxed into an MPG and broken up into cells)

I didn't realize that the actual process would be different with the different options (I'm not used to using automated programs). I was merely trying to control the size of the final product, since I wanted the final VOB to be about 800 MB per episode.

Is there ANY way to control the bit rate that AVI2DVD encodes at? Thats all I was trying to do... Seems like it has a set rate it encodes at, but it will go under that limit to scale the output to a DVD-5.