DSS to DVD - fits DVD spec?

[SHaque]

I have extracted mpg2 video directly from my personal video recorder device, and have found it to be either 544x480 (strange resolution, I know) or 640x480. It is interlaced video, and sound is 48 khz. My question is, if I got a DVD-R drive, would this fit the DVD spec? If I simply created a DVD disc with several of these files, would it playback fine? Wondering if it being interlaced would screw it up.

Thanks!

[kon77]

What is the file type you are getting? In europe digital TV streams are PVA type files. Roxio videopack5 accepts these kinds of files for dvd authoring.
If you plan on watching this on a tv set then interlace is fine.

However the res you mentioned is defently not DVD spec.

[SHaque]

Originally posted by kon77
What is the file type you are getting? In europe digital TV streams are PVA type files. Roxio videopack5 accepts these kinds of files for dvd authoring.
If you plan on watching this on a tv set then interlace is fine.

However the res you mentioned is defently not DVD spec.

The files are mpg. So what would need to be done to get these files to play correctly on a standalone DVD player? Hopefully not a full reencode! Part of the reason I plan to buy a DVD-R is to get these files burnt off without losing any quality.

[vwo]

couple of things first...

even though the file is .mpg, you need to find out if it is MPG1 or MPG2...

if it is MPG2, you can use TMPGenc to convert it DVD compliant specs and generate another MPG2 file. Then you can use this .mpg file and use a DVD authoring program (myDVD, DVDit, or whatever software you get with the DVD-RW drive) to make a DVD disc - you would probably not have chapter points/breaks, but the movie should be playable in most standalone players.

Let me know how you got the .mpg out of the video recorder (which recorder are you using?)