Newbie - the final stage

[jrs]

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I have captured DV video from my camcorder and converted it to Mpeg2 using
TMPenc. I now have 2 files - movie.m2v and movie.wav

what do I need to do now to be able to watch this movie on my DVD player? I
have Pinnacle Studio 8 and can't see an obvious way to do what I want.
Trying to load the movie.m2v file tells me its not a recognised format. I
could also install Nero 5 if that's a better option.

Thanks a lot.

Jon

 

[Guest]

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I think you can get better and much easier results using Ulead Movie Factory.
Try the free trial of the full version.

http://www.ulead.com/download/trial.htm

"JRS" <jon@xvensson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I have captured DV video from my camcorder and converted it to Mpeg2 using
> TMPenc. I now have 2 files - movie.m2v and movie.wav
>
> what do I need to do now to be able to watch this movie on my DVD player? I
> have Pinnacle Studio 8 and can't see an obvious way to do what I want.
> Trying to load the movie.m2v file tells me its not a recognised format. I
> could also install Nero 5 if that's a better option.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Jon
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Those are the files needed to author a DVD. But need to get a DVD
authoring software. An authoring software takes these assets
(video/sound) and incorporates them into your DVD to create the DVD and
burn the DVD. With the authoring program you have to create a menu,
place a button on it (play), and then tell it to play your video/audio
from there. The authoring program will handle creating the right format
for your DVD.

-Richard






JRS wrote:

> I have captured DV video from my camcorder and converted it to Mpeg2 using
> TMPenc. I now have 2 files - movie.m2v and movie.wav
>
> what do I need to do now to be able to watch this movie on my DVD player? I
> have Pinnacle Studio 8 and can't see an obvious way to do what I want.
> Trying to load the movie.m2v file tells me its not a recognised format. I
> could also install Nero 5 if that's a better option.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Jon
>
>

 

[Guest]

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> "JRS" <jon@xvensson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:40fc4154$0$210$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
> > I have captured DV video from my camcorder and converted it to Mpeg2
using
> > TMPenc. I now have 2 files - movie.m2v and movie.wav
> >
> > what do I need to do now to be able to watch this movie on my DVD
player? I
> > have Pinnacle Studio 8 and can't see an obvious way to do what I want.
> > Trying to load the movie.m2v file tells me its not a recognised format.
I
> > could also install Nero 5 if that's a better option.
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > Jon
> >

"SimMike-" <simmike@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:zGXKc.134551$Oq2.114310@attbi_s52...
> I think you can get better and much easier results using Ulead Movie
Factory.
> Try the free trial of the full version.
>
> http://www.ulead.com/download/trial.htm
>

Or any other Author program like DVDLab or my favorite
TMPGEnc DVD Author www.pegasys-inc.com

Luck;
Ken

 

[jrs]

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Thanks all for clearing that up. I only need to make simple DVDs -
essentially back up copies of Hi8 footage. What is the best value authoring
package or other tool to enable me to do this?

Jon

"Richard Ragon" <bsema04NOSPAM@hanaho.com> wrote in message
news:SSXKc.20033951$Id.3312559@news.easynews.com...
> Those are the files needed to author a DVD. But need to get a DVD
> authoring software. An authoring software takes these assets
> (video/sound) and incorporates them into your DVD to create the DVD and
> burn the DVD. With the authoring program you have to create a menu,
> place a button on it (play), and then tell it to play your video/audio
> from there. The authoring program will handle creating the right format
> for your DVD.
>
> -Richard
>
>
>
>
>
>
> JRS wrote:
>
> > I have captured DV video from my camcorder and converted it to Mpeg2
using
> > TMPenc. I now have 2 files - movie.m2v and movie.wav
> >
> > what do I need to do now to be able to watch this movie on my DVD
player? I
> > have Pinnacle Studio 8 and can't see an obvious way to do what I want.
> > Trying to load the movie.m2v file tells me its not a recognised format.
I
> > could also install Nero 5 if that's a better option.
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
>

 

[Guest]

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This is essentially a more difficult question. It's like asking "which
car is the best".. Each DVD authoring package does different things,
has more features, and can cost anywhere from $0 to $30,000.00!

I haven't looked at DVD for the PC in a while, so I'm a little bit out
of the loop in comparing. I use DVDSP 3.0 for the Mac only, and has
pretty much got every feature on the planet possible now!

If you have a Mac, iDVD comes Free with all new Macs, and is a pretty
darn good program.

If you have a PC, I would look into something like Adobe Encore. Others
have said that DVD-Lab is pretty good too.

Creating DVD's is another art form in itself, I'm afraid that there's no
easy answer. Good luck!

-Richard





JRS wrote:

> Thanks all for clearing that up. I only need to make simple DVDs -
> essentially back up copies of Hi8 footage. What is the best value authoring
> package or other tool to enable me to do this?
>
> Jon
>
> "Richard Ragon" <bsema04NOSPAM@hanaho.com> wrote in message
> news:SSXKc.20033951$Id.3312559@news.easynews.com...
>
>>Those are the files needed to author a DVD. But need to get a DVD
>>authoring software. An authoring software takes these assets
>>(video/sound) and incorporates them into your DVD to create the DVD and
>>burn the DVD. With the authoring program you have to create a menu,
>>place a button on it (play), and then tell it to play your video/audio
>>from there. The authoring program will handle creating the right format
>>for your DVD.
>>
>>-Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>JRS wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have captured DV video from my camcorder and converted it to Mpeg2
>
> using
>
>>>TMPenc. I now have 2 files - movie.m2v and movie.wav
>>>
>>>what do I need to do now to be able to watch this movie on my DVD
>
> player? I
>
>>>have Pinnacle Studio 8 and can't see an obvious way to do what I want.
>>>Trying to load the movie.m2v file tells me its not a recognised format.
>
> I
>
>>>could also install Nero 5 if that's a better option.
>>>
>>>Thanks a lot.
>>>
>>>Jon
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

 

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:45:28 -0000, "JRS" <jon@xvensson.f9.co.uk>
wrote:

>I have captured DV video from my camcorder and converted it to Mpeg2 using
>TMPenc. I now have 2 files - movie.m2v and movie.wav

First thing, I understand you separated video and audio beforehand
-into .avi and .wav- then encoded the video (only) with Tmpgenc as
..m2v. And that this means you do not want mpeg encoded audio.
Otherwise, you would just have given your DV .avi file to Tmpgenc, to
encode it as .mpg, i.e. video+audio together, both being mpeg.

>what do I need to do now to be able to watch this movie on my DVD player?

PCM (uncompressed audio) is an acceptable format for DVD, but it
occupies a lot, so it is usually restricted to musical videos, where
one desires the absolute best audio quality. Or one can use it when
there's plenty of room in the DVD disc. But then one must take into
account that the video+audio bitrate does not go over 9.8 Mbps (or
even, try to remain safe and restrain it to 9 Mbps).

So the usual procedure is encoding the .wav into Ac3, then
multiplexing it with the video (Tmgpenc can do this), to get an .mpg
file. You can also just use Tmgpenc to encode an .avi into .mpg; that
is, _both_ video and audio at the same time. The audio shall then be
mpeg audio, and can be good if one tells Tmpgenc to use tooLame, as
Tmpgenc own encoder is a bad one.

The final step is "authoring", which is creating the DVD structure
from the footage, plus menus, etc. The easiest software to handle is
Tmgpenc DVD Author, to which you give the .mpg file.

 

[jrs]

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Thanks Everyone. Have gone for TMPGenc and DVD Author. Seem like a good
combination. I get DV-AVI into Movimaker and then save as DV-AVI after
editing. Then encode and author using TMPGenc and DVD Author. Presume thats
ok in terms of quality from camera to DVD?

Jon


"Bariloche" <bariloche@bariloche.com> wrote in message
news:e6gsf0tcq277jgbnq4glurt0oavrh3110l@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:45:28 -0000, "JRS" <jon@xvensson.f9.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >I have captured DV video from my camcorder and converted it to Mpeg2
using
> >TMPenc. I now have 2 files - movie.m2v and movie.wav
>
> First thing, I understand you separated video and audio beforehand
> -into .avi and .wav- then encoded the video (only) with Tmpgenc as
> .m2v. And that this means you do not want mpeg encoded audio.
> Otherwise, you would just have given your DV .avi file to Tmpgenc, to
> encode it as .mpg, i.e. video+audio together, both being mpeg.
>
> >what do I need to do now to be able to watch this movie on my DVD player?
>
> PCM (uncompressed audio) is an acceptable format for DVD, but it
> occupies a lot, so it is usually restricted to musical videos, where
> one desires the absolute best audio quality. Or one can use it when
> there's plenty of room in the DVD disc. But then one must take into
> account that the video+audio bitrate does not go over 9.8 Mbps (or
> even, try to remain safe and restrain it to 9 Mbps).
>
> So the usual procedure is encoding the .wav into Ac3, then
> multiplexing it with the video (Tmgpenc can do this), to get an .mpg
> file. You can also just use Tmgpenc to encode an .avi into .mpg; that
> is, _both_ video and audio at the same time. The audio shall then be
> mpeg audio, and can be good if one tells Tmpgenc to use tooLame, as
> Tmpgenc own encoder is a bad one.
>
> The final step is "authoring", which is creating the DVD structure
> from the footage, plus menus, etc. The easiest software to handle is
> Tmgpenc DVD Author, to which you give the .mpg file.