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Title: Question about burning MPEG to DVD?
Post by: mikeincharleston on September 25, 2006, 01:08:01 AM

i have a bunch of MPEG files.  is there a way to burn them to a DVD without the "TAO" (for lack of a better term).  i tried it once and it has to stop and load after each track.  i'm betting not, but i'm not that familiar with burning DVDs yet so i could be doing something wrong.

Title: Re: Question about burning MPEG to DVD?
Post by: Gordon on September 25, 2006, 02:53:08 AM

how are you burning them??  as dvd video or data??  if video what are you using to encode?

Title: Re: Question about burning MPEG to DVD?
Post by: rockinws on September 25, 2006, 11:47:59 AM

there is a bunch of software out to handle that, DVDSanta for one, but yeah the above question needs to be addressed first.

peace, dan

Title: Re: Question about burning MPEG to DVD?
Post by: mikeincharleston on September 25, 2006, 06:30:37 PM

yeah, basically i use nero.  i tried to burn it as a ROM and that didn't work.  if you do DVD video won't it encode it for you?

Title: Re: Question about burning MPEG to DVD?
Post by: sabre on September 28, 2006, 02:25:00 AM

If the MPEGs are already in a DVD compliant format (ie. mpg-2 + ac3/mp2/pcm audio + correct framesize + bitrate) then you can use an authoring tool such as DVD-Lab (www.mediachance.com - 30 day trial) to author a disc so that all of your MPEGs play seamlessly.

Within DVD-Lab, load each MPEG into a "movie" container and then join each movie in the "connections" window. Then compile your DVD, check that it plays fine with a software DVD player (PowerDVD or WinDVD) and then burn using Nero.

DVD-Lab will not re-encode your video.

Title: Re: Question about burning MPEG to DVD?
Post by: Gordon on September 30, 2006, 01:13:57 AM

Quote from: mikeinboone on September 25, 2006, 06:30:37 PM

yeah, basically i use nero.  i tried to burn it as a ROM and that didn't work.  if you do DVD video won't it encode it for you?

you need to use nero vision express to encode to dvd.  you can even make a simple menu etc.  dvd santa will do it as well but with no menus.  the results with both are good but it takes a while (2 hours +) for one dvd.  I suggest getting a player that can play avis, xvids,dvix etc.  then just burn as data.