ffdshow VFW configuration (was .mp4 to DVD)

[bsw]

A friend took some video with a DV camera and uploaded it to a web site for a group of us to download and share with our colleagues. He has compressed them as H.264 and AAC in .mp4 files. I am not the only person that uses these files and the format works for other purposes so I can't ask for it to be changed. I would like to get them onto a DVD as the place where I want to show them is not a place where I would like to take my laptop.

I have learned that I should get acceptable results if I use DirectShowSource in AVISynth to feed the video to HCenc. I seem to have something wrong with my ffdshow VFV configuration because DirectShowSource is not working.

I have ffdshow [rev 801] [2007-01-19] and AVISynth 2.5

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,

Brian

[setarip_old]

Hi!

You should be at least equally concerned about the one specific standalone DVD player you're going to try and play your burned media on, as ther are a multitude of incompatabilities between media and players that have reared their ugly heads. On the other hand, if it's a DivX-compatible player, or better still, a NERO compatible player, your task may be far easier than you suspect.

What is the brand and model of the standalone DVD player that your DVD is to be played on?

[bsw]

What is the brand and model of the standalone DVD player that your DVD is to be played on?

I don't have the details and will not have until I get there. It is about two years old and is a cheap nasty DVD/VHS combo player so I am assuming it is not DivX or NERO comatible...

Thanks,

Brian

[bsw]

I have figured this out - it seems the 5 day waiting period was not long enough for me :-)

It turns out that I did not have an mp4 splitter installed. Once I installed MP4 Splitter from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303 DirectShowSource worked as expected.

My workflow is now (roughly):

.mp4 -> AVISynth (DirectShowSource) -> HCenc -> .m2v
.mp4 -> AVISynth (DirectShowSource) -> VirtualDub -> .wav -> BeSweet/BeLight -> .ac3

.m2v/.ac3 -> IfoEdit -> DVD

I am experimenting with MenuEditFree for the last step, but I think I have a process in place that will do what I want.

Thanks,

Brian