i86time
6th September 2007, 00:25
1). How does one re-author a DVD without re-coding or transcoding the original files? I've tried multiple programs, and none work to my liking.
I have a 40 min. vid I recorded in XP/ PCM mode on a Panasonic standalone. I want to re-author a new disc that has this show, plus a 4 min clip (source DV->(firewire)->AVI->VOB (~8000 kbps VBR/ PCM). DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter and Nero Recode all agree on the file size of the 40 min. video file. (Note: I had to use a program of this type because the disc it was on also had other short clips on it that I did not want to use and the standalone recorder put them all in the same VTS track). So I have two filesets, both of known size.
To author a new menu and get the files ready for burning, I've tried TMPGEnc DVD Author (both 1.6 and 3), Sony DVD Architect 3.0, DVD Lab and Nero Vision. The problem is, all insist on re-encoding the video in one form or another. Yes, even after reading the threads on TMPEG DVD Author and saying to use version 1.6, it still seems the files are being altered. The weird part is, though they produce different file sizes based on their encoders, all the programs reduce the size of the 40 min. video (by ~ 23 MB) and all increase the size of the short clip (how can data be added to a nearly full bitrate video?!?), though not by much.
Searching through the threads here, the re-coding by TMPGEnc DVDA 3 has been noted, but 1.6 is supposed to leave the files alone. Also, though Sony DVD Architect gives me warnings that the bitrate for the files may be too large to use on some players, it is set not to re-code them, yet it does anyway. The filesizes are not too large for the disc (< 4 GB total), so that can't be the reason. Although I can't say I see a difference in the video quality, I don't like the idea of these programs altering the files when they were already DVD compliant to begin with, and in some instances I told the program not to. One thing I did notice is that some programs stated that there were open GOP's on the video from the stand alone recorder, could that be a reason?
Basically, I just want to know if there are any software programs out there I can use to create a new menu without having to alter the original video files in any way?
As a test, I re-authored a dvd in Nero Vision, then simpy replaced the re-encoded VOB's with the original ones. The movies seemed to play fine when selected, but the 'Play All' button did not work.
2). I have several small full authored (menu's, etc.) DVD"s that I'd like to combine into one. Is there any program that allows the original menu from each fileset to be used, with a simple link (like an arrow (-->) or 'next') to be inserted onto the original menus that allows navigation from one to the next. I do not have any of the original components of the menu (background images or templates, etc.).
Thanks for any help.
I have a 40 min. vid I recorded in XP/ PCM mode on a Panasonic standalone. I want to re-author a new disc that has this show, plus a 4 min clip (source DV->(firewire)->AVI->VOB (~8000 kbps VBR/ PCM). DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter and Nero Recode all agree on the file size of the 40 min. video file. (Note: I had to use a program of this type because the disc it was on also had other short clips on it that I did not want to use and the standalone recorder put them all in the same VTS track). So I have two filesets, both of known size.
To author a new menu and get the files ready for burning, I've tried TMPGEnc DVD Author (both 1.6 and 3), Sony DVD Architect 3.0, DVD Lab and Nero Vision. The problem is, all insist on re-encoding the video in one form or another. Yes, even after reading the threads on TMPEG DVD Author and saying to use version 1.6, it still seems the files are being altered. The weird part is, though they produce different file sizes based on their encoders, all the programs reduce the size of the 40 min. video (by ~ 23 MB) and all increase the size of the short clip (how can data be added to a nearly full bitrate video?!?), though not by much.
Searching through the threads here, the re-coding by TMPGEnc DVDA 3 has been noted, but 1.6 is supposed to leave the files alone. Also, though Sony DVD Architect gives me warnings that the bitrate for the files may be too large to use on some players, it is set not to re-code them, yet it does anyway. The filesizes are not too large for the disc (< 4 GB total), so that can't be the reason. Although I can't say I see a difference in the video quality, I don't like the idea of these programs altering the files when they were already DVD compliant to begin with, and in some instances I told the program not to. One thing I did notice is that some programs stated that there were open GOP's on the video from the stand alone recorder, could that be a reason?
Basically, I just want to know if there are any software programs out there I can use to create a new menu without having to alter the original video files in any way?
As a test, I re-authored a dvd in Nero Vision, then simpy replaced the re-encoded VOB's with the original ones. The movies seemed to play fine when selected, but the 'Play All' button did not work.
2). I have several small full authored (menu's, etc.) DVD"s that I'd like to combine into one. Is there any program that allows the original menu from each fileset to be used, with a simple link (like an arrow (-->) or 'next') to be inserted onto the original menus that allows navigation from one to the next. I do not have any of the original components of the menu (background images or templates, etc.).
Thanks for any help.