Memento backup

[scryber]

I don't quite have the time to figure out IfoEdit, so I usually just demux the m2v and ac3 files of the main movie and add chapter points in my authoring program.

Memento, when demuxed by SmartRipper, creates 2 m2v files. One is 4GB, one's 222KB. The total file size (including the ac3 file) might be too big for a DVD-R, but the bigger issue is how to merge those two m2v files together. If I use ReelDVD (the only program I've learned), they will be treated as two assets and there will be an annoying second of black between them. Plus, there's only one ac3 file and getting that to sync with both files would be a nightmare. So ReelDVD is not a solution.

I tried using TMPGEnc's cut/merge, but it gave an error that the second m2v file was "not an MPEG file." It doesn't seem to play correctly. Did the demux go bad with that file or is that typical? And how do I fix this?

thanks for the advice..

[manono]

Hi-

Did you go into Settings and check your Max File Size? And you are using an OS and NTFS that allow larger file sizes, right?

[scryber]

Yep, that was it-- the max filesize was at 4000KB.

The total disc size (with 6ch ac3) is a little too big. I will try it with 2ch, but is there a way to resample the 6ch at a lower bitrate, while still maintaining the 6 channels? (I'm assuming that if it was converted to wav that it would become 2 channels.)

[manono]

Hi-

That question is out of my league-perhaps they know over in the Audio Forum. Or maybe someone else will come along with the answer.