all my authoring progs are failing!!

[stl]

This has got me stumped. My last re-authoring was StarWars I and it went perfectly. Now I want to do Aliens.
My method:
Rip
Strip
Re-encode with TMPG
Author

The simplest prog I have is DVDcomplete which I did starwars on and has been great so far. I fed in my MPG which it took, but froze at the menu generation stage, or when I tested w/o menu, gave me a cannot bulid DVD error.

DVDit PE went well enough except it maddeningly tells me my disk is too big when I know it's not.

Only Videopack 5 made an image, but 1 major failing of this prog is that it only does disk images and you can't preview before you burn.

I even went as far as to borrow Scenarist but forgot to write the damn license and I can't afford my own anyway.

I've also backed up successfully with rempg but I don't like the quality.

Any ideas as to what might be wrong?

[dss261263]

HI
why dont you try DVD workshop, apart from chapter stuff it is straight forward and has worked for a non techy like me, also if you have any file sharing tool installed try searching for what your looking for, this would give you the chance to evaluate the products,

[stl]

That's a Ulead prog isn't it? I've heard good stuff about it, and will give it a shot.

I've narrowed down the problem to a bad GOP header but I can't seem to figure out why this is happening or how to correct it.

I've tried re-doing dvd2avi, re-encoding with tmpg plus about a dozen times at least, even using the templates.

DVDcomplete which I do like, for some reason, sees this file as a non dvd compliant mpeg and will reencode it. The result though is jerky, out of synch and 6.27GB long.

as I write, I'm experimenting with an analog capture from an old video of this flick just to see if I get the same errors.

Anyway, thanks, I'll try using your prog, but I'd still like to know why & how this is happening.

[dss261263]

Hi
as a newbie to this forum, i have done some tmpeg and other processing, first i would suggest you writing each step down as you do it,now i assume your using dvd2avi because you do not have the disc space, if it is ripped with smart ripper just load the d2v file into it, or using t mpeg use demux the tracks, and process seperately, after processing use dvd workshop to image and burn your file, also i try to use Nero and ifoedit to check my files before any imaging or burning,