The GOP is to long

[Sweden]

Hi
When i load a *.mpg into TMPGEnc, it say

*The video GOP is too long.

The video GOP is too long.
For a standard DVD it is necessary that the GOP fulfill the following condition:

Max 36 fields (18 frames) (NTSC format only)
Max 30 fields (15 frames) (PAL format only)


What does it meens?
What shell i do?

[Dimmer]

It means that you .mpg doesn't comply with DVD specifications. If you want to create a DVD with this .mpg, you'll have to re-encode the .mpg file. For example, use DVD template in TMPGEnc. If you don't want to burn a DVD, you don't have to do anything.

[Sweden]

the .mpg is merge in TMPGEnc, and Simple De-multiplex. then i load it into TMPGEnc DVD Author, and get the messige.

[Dimmer]

You'll have to re-encode the video. It doesn't matter that you merged it in TMPGEnc because merging or multiplexing doesn't affect the structure of the original MPEG files. You can re-encode in TMPGEnc using DVD template in order to produce DVD-compliant files. Be prepared that you'll lose some quality in the process. Search the forums and read the guides about changing the encoding parameters if you don't get good results right away. I suggest you cut half a minute of your video and use it to test the encoding process, because it takes very long time.

[doby]

sometimes i get this too and i just ignore it, playsback fine in dvd player and a few overs!