Authoring my music vids...

[archon231]

I do not own a dvd-burner and a i am tring to get a friend to burn me a dvd of my music vids. Although i am an experienced .avi encoder, i know very little about mpeg and dvd video, so i would like to know, what is the best way to do this? Any guides, links, ect would be great. Thanx

(I am just trying to get a few video files, each as its own chapter, with one opening scene that will play before a menu of sorts that will link to the seperate music vids.)

[echooff]

I take it you didn't do a search of this site.:confused: IMHO this is the best site on the web for guides and the software links to use them

[Arky]

Yes, you really should read the guides (http://doom9.org/mpg/dvdr-guides.htm)

There are many, MANY alternative options for achieving your stated aims, but rest assured that there are plenty of simple ones.


Arky ;o)

[archon231]

I have looked at the guides to publishing a DVD but they all tell you how to take a DVD source and change it into mpeg and then put it on a DVD, but what i need is to know how to change .avi (xvid) into .mpeg2 so that i can publish that to the dvd. I want to be able to convert the .avi to .mpeg2 with as little loss of quality as i can, and i also need to keep the aspect ratios for all the clips. None of the guides that i have seen, will tell me how to do this. The simpelest method is the best, although quality is more important.

[Arky]

If you want simple then use Canopus ProCoder or TMPGEnc to resize and transcode to MPEG2 in one step. Remember that you should not upsample your framesize to full D-1 (720x576 PAL / 720x480 NTSC), as such interpolation is a waste ot processing time, will not increase detail levels, and will only consume more bitrate during MPEG2 encoding anyway. If anything, you should consider dropping the framesize slightly, since your X-vid footage is unlikely to conform to the DVD spec's permitted framesizes. Also quickly glance over this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53990&highlight=arky+SIF) for a little more discussion on smaller framesizes for DVD.

Also remember that your Audio must be made compatible with the DVD spec. This means it needs to be:

(PAL) 48khz, wav format, or MPEG2-Layer1, or Dolby .ac3

(NTSC) 48khz, wav format, or Dolby .ac3 (MPEG2-Layer1 is incompatible for NTSC)


Once you have transcoded and resized your X-vid into DVD-compatible MPEG2, and your audio into your chosen format, you can use a cheap DVD authoring application, such as Ulead DVD Workshop, Spruce Technologies SpruceUp, or MediaChance DVDlab.

More help is available here if you need it.


Arky ;o)