MPEG2 wont go on my DVD. Please help!!

[Paul O]

Hi everyone,

I have captured a video with my ATI All In Wonder using their standard "Good Quality" mode, which records in MPEG2 format.

I am using DVD Workshop from Ulead to try and make a DVD, however it flat refuses to convert these files (they are saved as .mp2 and contain both the audio and video).

It can read the files no problem, but will not convert them. Please please please help!! I need to do this DVD by the weekend and am pretty new to it all.

The DVD Workshop re-encodes my standard MPEG files without any problems. I have tried a couple of other bits of software and they can't convert this MP2 format either. Yet all programs can read the files (e.g. WinDVD, MediaPlayer, Ulead MF etc etc).

Any help would be grately appreciated.

Thanks guys,

Paul.

[Paul O]

Further to this, I have found that if the resolution is set to 352x576 then it will convert. However if I set it 640x288 then it won't convert.

Now heres the thing; If I record at 640x288 (seems to be higher res), I drop NO frames (<1% in 50 minutes), but if I use 352x576 then I drop frames left,right and centre (3% in 10 seconds!!)

Why is this happening?

Paul (Lost and Confused)

[sebus]

Your machine is way too slow if it is dropping 3% in 10 sec.
ATI is SOFTWARE encoder (not hardware), so it relies on your (mostly)CPU power.
Also 640x288 is NOT DVD spec resolution, so nothing will make you DVD out of it.

Try to capture on faster machine or get hardware encoder like Dazzle DVC II

sebus

[auenf]

Originally posted by Paul O
Further to this, I have found that if the resolution is set to 352x576 then it will convert. However if I set it 640x288 then it won't convert.

Now heres the thing; If I record at 640x288 (seems to be higher res), I drop NO frames (<1% in 50 minutes), but if I use 352x576 then I drop frames left,right and centre (3% in 10 seconds!!)

Why is this happening?

Paul (Lost and Confused)

try using the DVD High preset instead, it will capture to 720x576 @ 8mbit, and you may have to customize the IBP settings if you are dropping frames at that preset.

@sebus

the ATI encoder is mostly software, yes, but it is a lot powerful than you think ;) (and uses the radeon's decoding for encoding)

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