DivX 2 disc Conversion

[deviousdexter]

I have recently converted a 2 disc DivX release. The standalone .mpg files play fine individually but when i merge them using TMPGenc's Mpeg Tools the audio goes badly out of sync at the point where the second disc starts. I have tried demux and re-encode audio to 48000 still the same problem. Also when i ran "love actually" through dvd2svcd it chopped 10 seconds of the end of the first disc, i reran it to check if it was me but got the same problem. Can anyone shed anylight on this ? - my aim to is to recode to dvd when i get the merging ok. failing this can anyone recommend a dvd authoring program that will allow two mpg sources to be used to create a single menu entry - ie you dont have to select part one and part two from the menu seperately ?? - i am using Spruce-Up at the moment for authoring

thanks in advance

[DDogg]

I'm sensing a disconnect in your knowledge-base, or perhaps one in mine :)my aim to is to recode to DVD when i get the merging okRecode? Why? You just did with A2D, didn't you?. can anyone recommend a dvd authoring program that will allow two mpg sources to be used to create a single menu entry Why are you wanting to use muxed MPG streams? Decent DVD authoring programs just need the elementary streams that you will find in your working dir, and can easily connect two segments to play as one.

I've never used Spruce-Up. Does it require Muxed streams? That would seem stupid if so. IMO, the best new-user program is DVDLab or the upcoming DVDLabPro. Will do this stuff in a few minutes and you can nearly be brain-dead and still do a great job. I know from personal experience ;-)

If you have to end up with muxed streams, it may be better to load them both in VDub and serve to A2D using VFAPI, Link2, or MakeAvis with raw audio option. Or you could combine them in a simple script, and use one of the programs above. Probably a bunch of different ways to do it properly. Or, simplest is to just load them both in VDub and direct stream save them as one AVI and feed that to A2D.

[Nick]

Two things spring to mind.

Firstly the way you have phrased your question makes me wonder if you own the movies you talk of or whether you downloaded them. Please don't talk of illegal downloads here and when you do talk of avi files you legally own, please state your case in a way which makes it clear this is the case.

You have not done enough IMO to break any rules as such but it would be better if you left no ambiguity.

Secondly, the easiest way to do what you're doing is to use VDubMod to join the avi's before you start. Then you are just converting one big avi to one DVD-compliant mpeg and generally can do so without sync problems.

Cheers
Nick

[deviousdexter]

Sorry i was so vague - yes i do own the originals for the avi files i am just experimenting and as such am a bit of a newbie, but i bought a dvd to code my original dvds to svcd's for the kids to watch on there pc's ( no dvd roms and my dvds were expensive they aint gettin the originals if i can pull this off).i tried a couple of dix conversions but realised they werent dvd compliant to late. SO i am converting them back to mpg at loss of quality but the are going to be svcd on a dvd disc anyway.
so to summise -
i am taking mpg2/mpg1 (older stuff) and putting 2/3/4 films onto a dvd at once, using a menu to select the movie they want.
hope this is as clear as mud ( errr water ) cos it reads back like a mad mans ramblings to me

cheers

[ChickenMan]

Just author the mpeg1/2 files with DVDLab. If your dvd player has probs playing the svcd mpeg2 files, then you will have to re-encode them to true DVD compliant streams with DVD2SVCD.