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sidders
8th March 2002, 11:21
Trying to copy Snatch to DVD-R:

I’ve done all the encoding and re-encoding etc with ReMpeg. Works fine, although I miscalculated the bitrate and only ended up with 3.5gig!

I wanted to keep the Dolby 6Ch AC3, and the only program that I can seem to find that supports this is DVD Maestro. I used this no problem and my DVD worked, but the menu thing is so complicated.

MyDVD and DVD it don’t support AC3 import, (DVDIt PE seems to, then when I try to build the file, it comes up with an error) only wav, so I had to convert to WAV to use these. Would I lose much quality?

The best one was SpruceUp – this let me import 6Ch AC3 and the menus are wicked, but it only does 4:3 not 16:9!!!!

Any suggestions? I tried stripping ir with IfoEdit etc, but it was still 5GB



The best I’ve come up with then is a good quality movie with AC3 6ch but complicated menu (I'm new to this so I like it easy!) (with DVD Maestro) or a good quality movie with WAV audio with good menu (DVDIt PE)
MickeyNBK
8th March 2002, 12:10
Well personaly I don't think Maestro's menu's are that bad (see Doom9's guide). You can use SpruceUp then edit the IFO file and change it from 4:3 to 16:9.
sidders
8th March 2002, 13:03
how do I edit the Ifo file with Spruce Up? I only had my burner this week and some of the guides are a little daunting!
Jestorius
8th March 2002, 13:34
You can't edit the ifo file with SpruceUp but you can compile your project with SpruceUp and in the Video_TS directory there gonna be a ifo file. This ifo file has to be edited with ifoedit to make the menu aspect to 16:9. I'm just guessing , I never did it before.
Antonio S.
8th March 2002, 23:27
Jestorius:

What you are saying is true ! You can edit ifo file with Ifoedit and change aspect ratio from 4:3 (Spruce-Up setting) to 16:9. Just remember to use the "letterbox " option also. I had done this with some movies.
Is there any way, after authoring with spuce up, to substitute movie vob files, recently created, with original movie vob files ? Doing this will keep multiple languages and subtitles. Can Ifoedit create new ifo files so everything works ok?

Antonio S.
http://www.antonio.owns.it
Scuba
9th March 2002, 00:46
Pinnacle Impression DVD Pro can handle 16:9 as well as 6CH DD audio.

But you will need a hardware dongle or serial number (protected Via web like XP and 3D-Max)
sidders
9th March 2002, 09:26
How do I change the aspect in IFOEdit? I can't see an option to do that. Sorry, I'm very new to this!!!
jdobbs
9th March 2002, 16:35
Search this forum. It's been previously posted on in at least 3-4 threads in this group and IFOEdit...
jdobbs
9th March 2002, 16:42
Antonio S.

Replacing the VOBs wouldn't work. The IFO has to support the commands that change between the multiple audio and subtitle tracks. The one created with SpruceUp wouldn't do that... The chapter information would also be off -- you'd have to manually change those.

It's probably easier just to break out the original VOBs into its individual audio/video/subtitle components and reauthor with Maestro.
Antonio S.
9th March 2002, 17:42
jdobbs:

Thank you for your answer !

The problem is that my OS is Windwos Me, and I can not run DVD Maestro. However I have 2 hard disks in my computer and maybe I can install both OS (Windows Me in one and Windows 2000 in the other ). Do you know how to do this ? I don't want to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows 2000 beacause I have many applications that doesn't work with Windows 2000.

Thanks in advance,

Antonio S.
http://www.antonio.owns.it