Simple (preferrably Free) DVD Multiplexer or Author for compliant m2v's

[msdossys]

So I've been working on getting some PAL AVIs that I have over to NTSC DVD. Well after much use of the forums here I have that all set to go. Encoded the video using HCEnc as a 25fps PAL compliant MPEG2. Then used DGPulldown to convert to 29.97 NTSC.

I then attempt to add the resulting file to muxman 0.15 (only free thing i've found), and i get "0 files accepted, 1 rejected". Apparently it doesnt like the pulldown. I am able to add the original m2v that HCEnc output, however.

Using the trial of TMPGEnc DVD Author 3.0, I am able to add the pulldown'ed file and continue on. DVD Author takes FOREVER compared to muxman, mostly because I get the feeling its reencoding my file.

So my question is this... if I have a compliant MPEG2 stream, what tool can I use to just mux it with my audio and put it into a DVD Structure that I can burn with Nero or whatever. I'm not really too worried about menus, I have no problem with no menus even.

[bigotti5]

It is not pulldown, your encoded stream is 720x576 @ 29,97 fps. PAL framesize and NTSC framerate.
For NTSC it has to be 720x480 @ 29,97 fps.
Use e.g
GaussResize(720,480)
in your avs file to encode with HCEnc.

[msdossys]

Ah so I was retarted... the video I was trying to feed muxman were not compliant streams (was feeding 720x576)... where I got that from, who knows. I now have correct 720x480 encoded @ 25fps, run thru DGPulldown 25-> 29.97, and then fed into muxman... and it works!

Except for now the audio is out of synch... on to look for solutions to that (attempted BeSweet soundtouch -r 25000 29970... that took WAAAY too much time off the AC3..

And i just figured that out... soundtouch -r 25000 23976 did the trick... dont ask me why, but i'm glad it did :)

<edit> wow... i must be really fscked up or something... the untouched AC3 syncs fine with the new m2v... its all quite wierd, but i'm glad its working!

[Guest]

wow... i must be really fscked up or something... the untouched AC3 syncs fine with the new m2v... its all quite wierd That's the whole point of DGPulldown...that you do not need to alter the audio! The playing time of the video remains the same, so there's no need to do anything to the audio.