MPEG2 to TS_audio & TS_ video

[munro_d44]

Hope someone can help me w/ this problem. Have captured many gb's worth of MPEG2 movies, but most are too large to fit on a single layer DVD. How can I convert the MPEG2 files I have to TS_audio & TS_video so DVDShrink will see them & compress to fit on a single 4.7gb DVD? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks, folks!:)

[SallyDog]

Need more info. How were these captured (what is the source)?

[munro_d44]

Using ADS DVD Express video capture device. Source is D*sh Network satellite feed. Movies are captured in MPEG2 format. Some are too large to fit on a single layer DVD-/+R disc. Would like to use DVDShrink to compress the data. How can I accomplish this?

[SallyDog]

This may not be the most efficient way to do it, but it should work.

I believe you can load the mpeg directly into TMPG DVD Author and create an ISO of your complete dvd with TS_Video and audio folders. Of course, it will still be too big, but you should be able to mount the iso using Deamon Tools, and then use DVD Shrink. You can find guides here in Doom9 for using TMPG DVD Author if you are not familiar with it. Unfortunately, I do not know if there is a trial version of TMPG.

[The Geek]

Most DVD authoring softwares are capable of creating DVD files, even if they are too large to fit a single layer DVD.
Just get a trial of DVD Lab or any other authoring software and give it a shot.

TS_audio & TS_video

It's AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS, not the other way around ;)

The Geek

[PhillipWyllie]

Are the MPEG2s DVD Compliant?

[munro_d44]

Originally posted by PhillipWyllie
Are the MPEG2s DVD Compliant?

Yes...I can burn a small enough one directly to DVD using Nero or the burner software that came w/ the ADS capture device.

[PhillipWyllie]

No you don't understand. DVD Compliant means that they follow the DVD specifictions for the region your are encoding for. In other words does TMPEG DVD Creator accept the MPEG2 files. If not they are not DVD compliant, and will have to be re-encoded. I know you captured in MPEG2( I assume you capture digitally) but the spec for DVB-T, DVB-S and DVB-C differ( I think from each other and DVD Spec). Where the T means terrestial TV, C means cable TV ans S means satellite. We aren't just talking about resolution and frame rate, but number of frames between I frames(key), the number of B frames(bidirectional predicted(, the resulting number of P frames(predicted) , and maximum bit rate.

[munro_d44]

TMPEG DVD does recognize the MPEG2 files to a degree. It will demux into audio_TS & video_TS files, but for some reason the audio_TS folder is empty:confused: . The video_TS folder seems to have the correct files.

[SallyDog]

OK, so far so good. The audio folder is supposed to be empty ;)

[PhillipWyllie]

Cool. If you have powerDVD(or similar) you can "open DVD files on hard disk"( navigating to the VIDEO_TS folder) and see your authored dvd play. Using nero burn the files in the VIDEO_TS folder( remember to add them to the red video_ts folder) and the disc should play on most set top players. Oh TMPEG DVD Creator isn't demuxing it's actually muxing.

[heideki]

Originally posted by PhillipWyllie
If not they are not DVD compliant, and will have to be re-encoded.

Just a note. If the original video source doesn't have a compatible DVD resolution you don't have to re-encode the file. Just use DVD Patcher to patch the file header to a correct resolution, import the file to your DVD Authoring program, then patch it back to the original res before you compile your project.