mpg to DVD

[jerliz]

I made some v-cd disks for my wife. Now they will only play on my computer and not on the DVD player. I was told I could convert them by renaming the dat files to *.mpg which I did. The mpg files will play on the computer with video and audio. So I know they work. Then I tried to write to them to a DVD disk using my Ulead movie factory 3se software. I go through the whole process of making a DVD and then I get the message at the end ... "all or part of the audio data in the mpg files is not compatible with this program" ... and then I am back to square one again. HELP PLEASE!

I want to make DVD playable disks on our Panasonic DVD player ... which is a new and very expensive piece of equipment.

Thanks for any help
jerliz

[DVDDoug]

I'm don't know why the files are not being converted. I don't know much about VCDs, but I think they are MPEG-1, and the audio may be MP3. (Some Ulead users have reported problems with some MP3s... Some speculate that this may be due to the use of an unauthorized MP3 encoder (LAME, etc.) making out-of-spec MP3s.)

DVDs are MPEG-2 with Dolby AC3 audio or LPCM audio (or MPEG-2 audio if you live in a PAL country.)

You can try using a 3rd-party program such as SUPER (FREE!!!) to convert your files to DVD compatable MPEG-2. You can look at one of the Movie Factory Project-Templates to find the settings (resolution, framerate, bitrate, etc) for a DVD-compatible MPEG-2 file.

You could also try SVCD 2 MPG (~ $40 USD) which they claim will convert almost anything to DVD.

Conversion can be tricky with so many different A/V formats and so many different variations of each format. And, it appears that any little glitch in the file can cause the conversion to fail or to cause a bigger glitch/problem in the output file.

[GeorgeW]

I'm don't know why the files are not being converted. I don't know much about VCDs, but I think they are MPEG-1, and the audio may be MP3. (Some Ulead users have reported problems with some MP3s... Some speculate that this may be due to the use of an unauthorized MP3 encoder (LAME, etc.) making out-of-spec MP3s.)

DVDs are MPEG-2 with Dolby AC3 audio or LPCM audio (or MPEG-2 audio if you live in a PAL country.)

Standard VCD will use mpeg audio, but it is NOT dvd-compliant audio as it is 44.1khz instead of 48khz needed for DVD. The program should convert the audio properly -- what software was used to create the VCD

Also, VCD video is mpeg-1, and it IS already dvd-compliant. So the VCD mpeg-1 video should not have to be re-encoded. Is it possible the VCD was "out-of-spec" for VCD -- in which case it might not be dvd-compliant...

Regards,
George

[DVDDoug]

George,

Do you know if Movie Factory will recognize MPEG-1 as DVD compatible? I've wondered about that before when people have asked questions about converting from VCD.

I know it's allowed by the DVD spec, but I've never actually seen an MPEG-1 DVD or tried to make one.... Hmmm.... I don't think I've ever even seen an MPEG-1 file....

Doug.

[jerliz]

I used the software that came with the Hauppauge Win2000 video card
We made the mistake of getting rid of the video's the v-cd's were made from.

jerliz

[GeorgeW]

George,

Do you know if Movie Factory will recognize MPEG-1 as DVD compatible? I've wondered about that before when people have asked questions about converting from VCD.

I know it's allowed by the DVD spec, but I've never actually seen an MPEG-1 DVD or tried to make one.... Hmmm.... I don't think I've ever even seen an MPEG-1 file....

Doug.

Yes it will use mpeg-1 video as long as it is encoded properly to be dvd-compliant.

Have you ever seen a set-top dvd recorder use the 6-hour recording mode That type of recording might be mpeg-1...

Regards,
George

[DVDDoug]

Have you ever seen a set-top dvd recorder use the 6-hour recording mode?

Nope! I have seen a set-top dvd recorder in a store... I have a Hauppauge TV-card in my PC if I need to capture a broadcast. Oh, I have a VCR too!

Thanks for the answer, George!

Sorry, jerliz. I know this isn't helping you.

[GeorgeW]

I used the software that came with the Hauppauge Win2000 video card
We made the mistake of getting rid of the video's the v-cd's were made from.

jerliz

Can you list all of the properties of your mpeg video?

MF3SE is an old version -- perhaps downloading the latest MovieFactory 6 might give you better results (at least you'll be able to use it during the Trial period)

Regards,
George

[jerliz]

George:
Thank you for the suggestion. After downloading the trial version I was able to make the conversion with no difficulty and I am back out of the dog house. The wife didn't like the idea at of of having to go to the computer to watch what were supposed to be her DVDs. Now she can play them on her Panasonic DVD player. I may just go ahead and upgrade Ulead Movie Factory since it appears to be doing the job

Thanks again
Jer (half of jerliz)

[jerliz]

Doug: I was curious about the Program you referenced ... "Super". Does it have the capability of recording to a DVD ... or are its features only in the ability to convert to various formats.

Thanks
Jer (half of jerliz)