Importing MPEG files after converting from Matrox Converter

[mjanes]

When trying to import MPEG files after converting Adobe Premier AVI & WAV files using the Matrox converter, I am unable to import successfully, any video longer than 50 minutes. The MPEG seems to be OK as it plays perfectly well on a Windows Media PLayer. In Workshop, the files show only 7 minutes (Mark-in/Mark-out). If I limit the duration to 45mins, everything is OK.

This is the first time I've used Workshop so am not sure whether I am doing anything wrong. I still haev 12Gb free so it doesn't seem to be disk space.

[the britisher]

I'm assuming the "Matrox Converter" is a software (or hardware) MPEG encoder and you're using it to multiplex you audio and video into a DVD compliant MPEG 2 file.

Have you considered using your AVI and WAV files directly and allowing DVD Workshop to do the encoding. It can be slow, but it can produce excellent quality.

Now when I assume I make an A$$ out of U and ME

If I'm wrong, could you be a little bit more specific with your question.

Hope this helps

[DVDDoug]

There is a good possibility that your MPEGs are corrupted. I've had corrupted MPEGs a few times. All of my bad MPEGs played OK with Windows Media Player, but they caused Workshop to crash, and produced DVDs with the dreaded "lip-syc" problem.

So like the britisher said, let Workshop encode your MPEGs. If your AVI files are OK, this should work.

[mjanes]

Thanks for the advice. I'll try Workshop for encoding AVI and WAV files.