Trouble Creating a DVD File--VS8

gmb468 · Post by **gmb468** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:13 pm

I have reached the point of creating my output and have successfully created an MPEG1 (~170M) and MPEG2 (650+M) file. I wanted to dump it to a DVD file but VS8 keeps locking up forcing me to reboot. I have plenty of empty disk space (14G) so I don't think it is an issue with that. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Am I wasting my time creating a DVD file? Can I just burn the MPEG1 or MPEG2 file to a DVD and get a quality output?

Thanx,
GMB

erock1 · Post by **erock1** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:34 pm

GMB,
I could be wrong but I don't think you can create a single DVD folder or image from an MPEG-1 & MPEG-2 as they are different. MPEG-1 is VCD standard and MPEG-2 is DVD. As for burning both types of files to a disc, you could do it but don't expect it to play in a set top player.

gmb468 · Post by **gmb468** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:03 pm

Sorry. I wasn't clear with my first message now that I read it again.

I have created an MPEG1 file and will burn it as a VCD. I have created an MPEG2 and will burn in on a separate disk. I was trying to create a DVD file using the "createvideo" but in the creation process, MP8 locks up. I had planned to burn this "DVD format" file to a DVD.

Based upon your comments, can I assume that MPEG2 is a DVD format and thatI could burn it on a DVD disk and get the same results? Is there a difference between MPEG2 and DVD? If so, what is it?

Thanx,
GMB

erock1 · Post by **erock1** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:41 pm

gmb468 wrote:I have created an MPEG1 file and will burn it as a VCD. I have created an MPEG2 and will burn in on a separate disk. I was trying to create a DVD file using the "createvideo" but in the creation process, MP8 locks up. I had planned to burn this "DVD format" file to a DVD.

Based upon your comments, can I assume that MPEG2 is a DVD format and thatI could burn it on a DVD disk and get the same results? Is there a difference between MPEG2 and DVD? If so, what is it?

Thanx,
GMB

GMB, I still believe you can not create a new file using 2 different formats, MPEG-1 & MPEG-2. The only way (and I could be wrong) you can do this is to create the new file by rendering either MPEG-1 or 2 to the other's format first. In other words, place both MPEG-1 & MPEG-2 files in VS timeline and render all to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2.

Basically, MPEG-2 is the standard DVD format. RThey are one and the same. The only thing that can change is the typr of audio contained and the type of bit rate used.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:14 pm

As long as the mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 videos meet DVD compliant specs (they are different for mpeg-1 vs. mpeg-2), they can be included on the same DVD.

Authoring applications that can handle multi-VTS (multiple Video Title Sets) will handle them properly. At some point, Ulead upgraded MovieFactory and the authoring tool in VideoStudio to handle multi-VTS's. So, VideoStudio 9 could work with properly encoded mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 videos in the same DVD project without needing to re-encode them