DIVX to DVD?

[foznikjj]

I have spent quite amount of time trying to get a 700 MB DIVX movie with MP3 VBR audio, to a format I can author to VOB for burning to DVD. Per advice on forum I used Virtualdub to encode VBR MP3 audio to wav. I then used TMPGEnc Plus to encode DIVX video to what I thought would be MPEG 2, using this guide http://dvd-hq.info/Compression.html and followed it exactly as written. I now have a M2V file 8.48 GB (4.2 GB on disk) and a 1.0 GB PCM wav file, neither will open in TMPGEnc DVD Author, or NeroVision Express. What do I need to do now? Thanks Foz , Merry Christmas

[r6d2]

Originally posted by foznikjj
I now have a M2V file 8.48 GB (4.2 GB on disk)
I'm confused. :confused: If it is not on disk, where does it occupy 8.48-GB?

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Merry Christmas to you too.

[foznikjj]

Here is what the properties folder looks like

Properties for encoded file
m2v file
size :8.48GB (9,115,448,012 bytes
size on disk :4.29GB (4,613,779,456 bytes
This is what is in window when I click on properties of file.

Edited: this encoded file was written to my hard drive

[Dalak]

Have you had any luck? I'm a total newb when it comes to stuff like this but I have some near-700MB Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes that I would like to burn but I can't find out how. Freinds I have asked directed me to find forums like this to ask my questions but as it was explained here I looked till I found a thread with something like my request, only his hasn't been answered yet

[Wolfman]

You can only fit 4.3gb on a std dvd so you will have to trim the video file down. The file ext .m2v is used for video without audio.
You need to encode your wav file to an Mp2 file. PCM is allowed for sound on dvd but mp2 is smaller in size. WHen you have your two files .m2v and .mp2 you need to mux them together with either tmpgenc or bbmpeg this gives you a file eg file.mpg which should be allowed in any dvd authoring program. Defrag your hard disk and scan it for errors. Reboot after defragging.:( and turn off compression your hard drive.

dvd2svcd has an avi input option AND a DVD output option. **HINT**:D

[foznikjj]

How do I turn off compression on hard drive? Also how does this help. I'm pretty green at this. Foz

[jggimi]

Foznikjj:

Hard drive compression has nothing to do with the size of the file on DVD. Turning it on or off will have no impact on the file size transferred to DVD. You will attempt to transfer 8.4GB, but the maximum capacity of current technology burnable DVDs is 4.3GB. The transfer would fail. This forum is for DivX encoding ... not MPEG-2 encoding and DVD authoring, the two procedures you'll need to do properly to create a DVD.

There are some better forums for this sort of problem, that I recommend you use. As you will see from my recommendation below, you will find the DVD2SVCD Basic Topics (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=47) forum helpful for using that encoding suite for automated AVI->DVD conversion. If you later become interested in fine tuning procedures, or understanding the processes more completely, then I recommend the TMPGEnc (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=36) forum, which you are using now and would use with DVD2SVCD. Another forum you should be reading is the DVD Authoring (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=39) forum, which will help you understand how MPEG-2 Video, soundtracks, menus, and subtitles are placed into a VOB set. Lastly, if you have burning issues, you should spend time in the DVD burning (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=60)forum.

Doom9 has two different AVI -> DVD guides that it appears you have never seen. They're in the Format Conversions (http://www.doom9.org/conversionguides.htm) guides page. I recommend the DVD2SVCD guide which can use TMPGEnc; you have already installed as the MPEG-2 encoder. These are step-by-step guides that you apparently need to get your feet wet with basic DVD creation.

I am moving this thread to the DVD2SVCD forum for you, since it seems like the right tool for your needs, and, when you have followup questions after following Doom9's guide ... posting them where DVD2SVCD users gather will get you far better results.

[Wolfman]

size :8.48GB (9,115,448,012 bytes
size on disk :4.29GB (4,613,779,456 bytes
This is why I believe you have compression turned on

[foznikjj]

Wolfman, I have 2 HD's, how do I turn compression off. If this is what I need to do I will do it. I'm also having problems with transfering file from one HD to the other, speed too slow, maybe if I turn off compression that will improve? Hope this will not goof up my puter any more than I've already done. Foz

[jggimi]

Open My Computer, and then click the NTFS drive that you want to stop saving files with compression On the File menu, click Properties Clear the Compress drive to save disk space check box.For more information, click Start...Help and search for "compress."

[foznikjj]

Thanks I will give it a try. Foz

[foznikjj]

jggimi, You have helped me fix my speed problem. My 2nd HD had compression checked. I un-checked it in both partitions and my transfer speed went from about 2.6MB/s to 23.6MB/s. I'm sure this has been a lot of my problem in capturing and editing, and authoring these movies. Thanks Foz

[r6d2]

Originally posted by foznikjj
Properties for encoded file
m2v file
size :8.48GB (9,115,448,012 bytes
size on disk :4.29GB (4,613,779,456 bytes
50% compression on an already compressed file? Geez, pretty impressive. I have to try that NTFS compression stuff!

[jsoto]

@r6d2

Yes, I was impressed too, but seems the original is a 700 MB divX,
...trying to get a 700 MB DIVX movie... so the encoded file (8 GB) probably is something not very good.

jsoto

[foznikjj]

Hey Guys, I think the reason my 700 MB DIVX turned out to have 8.xxGB, is because I did not set start frame and end frame in source settings on TMPGEnc. I finally got the thing encoded,authored, and on DVD. The 8GB m2v was 300 + minutes instead of the 96 minutes, like the 700 MB divx. My successful VOB was 96 minutes 4.2 GB. The 8GB thing must have encoded twice, the last half of it was a black screen showing the final frame of video. Foz

[Wolfman]

50% compression on an already compressed file? Not when you know its black space. Also check you have udma mode on on for both your drives and that they are not sharing cables with your cdrom or dvd writer. defrag your hard disk also.

[foznikjj]

Wolfman, I have run check disk defragged all HDDs.I've had some real experiences with my computer. Hope you have time to read a bit. In Nov. 03 installed a 2nd (200 GB 7200 RPM 8MB cache) HDD, set it up as slave on primary IDE channel, left existing 120 GB HDD (7200 RPM 2MB cache) as master. I divided 2nd HDD into 2 equal partitions, did a long format and enabled compression. This worked great, I captured my home movies (rarely dropping a frame), edited, authored, and burned to DVD. Then in Dec. 03 I discovered video files I played from 2nd HDD had jerky video and audio. Finally found 2nd HDD was using PIO mode. Got this changed back to UDMA mode 5, same as master HDD. Video files played okay now, but tried to recapture some home movie video that I had deleted thinking the file was corrupt, and was dropping 200 frames at a whack. I remembered that I had turned off Universal Plug and Play, turned it back on, still dropping frames (1,007 in 30 min) but not at 200 a whack. I downloaded Intel Application Accelerator drivers for my 850E Chipset. This was done per forum advice, but it did not help, possibly got worse. Found out about the compression on the 2nd HDD, turned it off, and transfer speed from HDD to HDD increased dramatically. But tried recapturing same video again, frames dropped in same 30 min. was 407. I think maybe this is too many, because in my original November captures I rarely dropped a frame. I downloaded several different programs per forum advice when I was trying to convert my DivX video into a VOB file. I uninstalled and deleted a lot of these programs, but there are some of these. such as AVI2MPG2, bbMPEG, AVI2MPG2_VFW. which are listed in msconfig window under WIN.INI tab. There is also something called annie listed under same tab. Are these something I need to leave there or get rid of? When I capture I unplug the internet cable, turn off and exit firewall, antivirus, and any other programs showing in task bar. Can't really understand why I could capture in Nov.03 with compression enabled on 2nd HDD, but cannot do it now without dropping significant frames. Hope someone can help for I have been at this for a while. Foz

[Wolfman]

suggestions.. set up a 2nd part just for capturing . install only programs needed for capturing, no other programs!. Fresh windows Install is always faster. When this part is set up backup it up, so its ready to restore at a minutes notice. UDMA mode can get turned off accidentally?. Only have HDD's sharing an ide cable, eg cable 1 HDD1 + HDD2 then cable 2 DVDrom + DVDwriter. Stuff intel app crap. Make sure your case (esp HDD) is well ventilated. If you could cap b4 you should be able to cap now. Turn off any fancy gfx options on windows (or windowBlinds).

[foznikjj]

Wolfman, Found this link at Western Digital describing how HDD got imto PIO mode.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=kk5h_qXg&p_lva=&p_faqid=525&p_created=1031702376&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTE0NiZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PVBJTyZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPTQmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDE9fmFueX4mcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9jYXRfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX3NvcnRfYnk9ZGZsdCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li Also have been studying Black Vipers site how to set up a profile for capturing that only starts needed services at start-up. See link here http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/xpprofiles.htm Is this something like the second part you refer to. My IDEs are as you suggest. The Intel app stuff, if I rollback driver will it go back to what I had before I D/L the Intel Application Acclerator.Not sure what you mean by fancy gfx options or windowblinds? You would not send me after a bolt stretcher Ha Ha. Thanks for your interest. Foz

[Wolfman]

Windowsblinds like stardock ..extra fancy MAC type Xp theme. Only relevant if you are previewing on screen. Intel app is probably best left as it is. I have no further ideas.

"You would not send me after a bolt stretcher Ha Ha." is this babelfish??!
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