Compliant MPEG files being reconverted in DVD Creation

MrSquidge · Post by **MrSquidge** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:06 pm

This one is really starting to get me down!

Apparently MPEG files that are in the right format ("compliant MPEG files") do not need to be converted during DVD creation. This should result in fast creation of DVD disks from the right type of MPEG files

I have done all I can to make sure that the video clips that I have imported are the same as the Project Settings in the Create Disk wizard:

MPEG files
24 Bits, 720 x 576, 25 fps
Frame-based
(DVD-PAL), 4:3
Video data rate: 8000 kbps
LPCM Audio, 48 KHz, Stereo

but the process of creating a DVD takes ages, with the majority of the time being spent "converting video". This takes about 3 x as long as the length of the clip.

I have tried manipulating many of the parameters but none of them seem to let me skip this conversion stage.

Any one got any ideas???

Anyone got this feature to work??

Many thanks.

jchunter_2 · Post by **jchunter_2** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:08 am

Read the post "NEW USERS PLEASE READ..."
Follow the first link to the Recommended Procedure for avoiding bugs in Video Studio.

robertpcx · Post by **robertpcx** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:25 am

hello;

I use vs8 and I have found that when you hit share and then create disk with out any clips added on the time line, so once you are in movie factory then add your mpeg conpliant clips and you should have you'r DVD video in no time at all. Of course you can write to dvd-r disk or write to file on the hard disk. Also if you are useing vs8 you might consider getting the AC3 dolby audio pack. You can get a lot more movie on a dvd.

rwindeyer · Post by **rwindeyer** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:24 am

A couple of suggestions:
Don't use Frame Based. This is only useful if you are going to view the finished product exclusively on a computer screen. For playing on a TV you need interlaced; if you were capturing from digital video via firewire the capture would be, by convention, Lower Field First (or in VS7-speak, Field Order A). Analogue capture is Upper Field First. Keep the same order throughout capture, editing and burning.
So assuming you have created a nice mpeg file with all the right parameters, when you go to burn, click on the cogwheel lower left of the burning screen and see what the parameters there are. If it is still sitting on "default" parameters they will be different, hence long delays in conversion. Match these up exactly and things might be better.

bunclark · Post by **bunclark** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:19 am

Hi MrSquidge,
I believe robertpcx is right.
Create a Project File (.VSP) with NO FILES in the Timeline. Then click and you should only have 2 further options: Create Disc or Share Video Online. Take it from there to add your Videos previously Rendered and Saved.

mikewillnot · Post by **mikewillnot** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:54 am

with VS8, not in wizard mode

rwindeyer,
I'm a tad confused. I'm used to capturing AVI from a dv camcorder, using vs7 and the Jones tutorial, converting to DVD, and then burning with a separate tool. VS8 seems to be basically the same, but I have a couple of questions I can't find answered anywhere.

1. You're describing essentially a 3-step process: (1) Capture [& edit], (2) Convert to mpeg, then (3) Create (burn/save as dvd). I've always skipped (2), and gone straight to (3), a method which I gather combines 2 & 3. Is there some disadvantage to doing it this way, or advantage to using the separate step (2)?

2. for other questions on the same project, see the Smiley Legs thread HERE

THANKS for any suggestions, including pointers to relevant threads or guides. None of the ones I've found seem to address this scanario.

jchunter_2 · Post by **jchunter_2** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:49 am

A major point of the Recommended Procedure is to create an mpeg2 video file before attempting to burn a DVD. The reasons for this are too numerous to mention but its all about bugs in Video Studio that for some strange reason, Ulead has chosen NOT to fix for the last year and a half.

The rest of the Recommended Procedure is about managing properties so that they are proper and consistent in the four phases: Capture, Edit, Create Video file, and Burn DVD.

Or, you can live on the wild side and continue to try to burn your DVDs directly from clips in the timeline.

mikewillnot · Post by **mikewillnot** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:52 am

thanks for the reply. where might I find the "Recommended Procedure" you refer to?

update. nevermind; found the link in the not-sticky "FAQ"

jchunter_2 · Post by **jchunter_2** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:55 am

Read the post entitled "NEW USERS PLEASE READ...".
Follow the first link.

MrSquidge · Post by **MrSquidge** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:57 pm

Thanks all,

The suggested route of creating a disk from a blank time line and adding the clip in at the create disk/movie factory/wizard stage seemed to work. It now skips the converting video stage completely and goes straight into video/audio multiplexing. Which saves a load of time and makes me a lot happier!!

I will now be going back to first principles as suggested by rwindeyer and jchunter_2 to check that everything is correct right from the off

Strange that this stuff is not mentioned in the manual.