DVDMF7 Not To Encode

[montgal55]

Hello Everyone:

Is it my understanding that in DVDMF7 if you do not want a file encoded when burning, you cannot make any changes (even the smallest changes) to a project? Even when the Do Not Encode Any MPEG-Complaint Files button is chosen?

Meaning that when you launch the program, you have to burn immediately after launching(?)

Montgal55

[sjj1805]

In a nutshell what it means is that if the Source file is a DVD compliant MPEG2 File then it does not need to be rendered. All that needs to be done is the Menus need to be created and then the whole lot turned into VOB and IFO files.

Most users of MovieFactory will not be editing the source file, Users who edit their source files would be more inclined to use VideoStudio or a similar alternative.

However.... most camcorders on the market now do not record in a DVD compliant MPEG2 file. They will more than likely record in one of the following:
DV (Digital Video)
MPEG4
DivX
MOV
AVCHD

Then of course there are Camcorders that record in MPEG2 but in High Definition - if you are creating a standard DVD it will need to be downgraded.

Unless you have edited a video with a video editing program and created a DVD compliant MPEG2 file then the other most likely origin of a ready to use video file would be one where you have recorded a TV broadcast with a TV card, or if your camcorder records onto DVD discs and you have extracted the files from the disc.

[montgal55]

Hello Steve:

You indicated if a source file is DVD compliant MPEG2, then the file does not need to be rendered during burning. I agree with you. But try telling that to the program, DVDMF7. It seems to render any file that it is given for burning regardless of the settings.

I don't edit the source files. I just convert them from AVI to MPEG2 (with another program); import them into DVDMF7 so it does not encode it durning burning.

There must be a way (or trick) to have DVDMF7 not to encode a file during burning. This is vital because when it does encode an already DVD compliant MPEG2 file, the aspect ratio can be distorted (irregardless of 16:9 or 4:3).

Montgal55

[sjj1805]

......I don't edit the source files. I just convert them from AVI to MPEG2 (with another program); import them into DVDMF7 so it does not encode it during burning........

Converting from one format to another IS editing.
Editing goes beyond simply cutting film up and gluing it back together again.
When you created your MPEG2 file what settings did you employ.
Bit Rate, frames per second, field order, screen size, audio format, Audio data rate. If only one of these things falls outside the DVD Specificiations then your file WILL be re-rendered.

[montgal55]

Hello Steve:

Now I got it. . .

So even if I convert a file in another program and import it into DVDMF7, any configurations falling outside of the DVD compliant specifications will be rendered. That's interesting. I have to remember that.

These are the settings I use in the conversion program (AVI to MPEG2):
> Container: MPEG2
> Video format: H.264
>>>> Frame Rate: 29.97
>>>> Bitrate: 868kbps.
>>>> Mode: Two-Pass
>>>> De-interlace: Auto

> Audio: FFmpeg
>>>> Format AC3
>>>> Bitrate: 128Kbps
>>>> Sampling Rate: 41000 Hz

Are there specific settings I must focus on in the conversion program to make it DVD compliant MPEG2 for use in DVDMF7?

Montgal55