HDDVD -> DVHS help

[tandersn]

I am trying to archive my HDDVDs to DVHS and am having some "problems". I'm not an expert at any of this, in fact, I am surprised that I got as much as I did. Having ripped the HDDVD, I used:

ffmpeg -i feature.evo -f mpegts -vcodec mpeg2video -b 24000k -r 30000\1001 -s hd1080 -acodec copy -map 0.0:0.0 -map 0.2:0.1 \tempout\feature.mpg

to transcode the file from MPEG4 1080p/24 to MPEG2 1080i60 (that was what was intended anyway).

Problems:
Even though I specify -f mpegts it doesn't seem to be a TS file when done, I had to re-do it with VLC. VLC crashes after a few minutes.

Using the few minutes of TS I got from VLC, I used DVHSTool to record it. When playing back, there was no sound, and it was random color blocky, I was only able to discern what it was, because I knew what it was.

Would like help please, I can't be the only one interested in this.

Thanks

Tony

[tandersn]

In case it wasn't clear in my first post, the output file plays fine on a computer after I run the command. It's when I record it to DVHS and then play it back via DVHS that it is color blocky and missing sound.

[PhillipWyllie]

What are the specs for DVHS? I notice you're using 1080i MPeg-2, maybe that's a frame-size not allowed. The same could be for the sound.

[tandersn]

DVHS has to have 1080i/60, and the bitrate has to be below 27Mbps,

[pandy]

simply try to remux not recode Your stream, analyze with http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MPEG_Validator then if parameters are ok simply remux streams (maybe ffmpeg will be helpfull also other muxing tools are available)