How do I make MPEG2 files into a DVD readable format?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-08-11 08:43pm

Without re-encoding the damned things all over again with DVD authoring
programs? I have a bunch of MPEG2s I got from www.archive.org on
nuclear testing films of the 1950s

and I don't want to degrade
their quality any.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-08-11 08:45pm

You should be able to save them as SVCD, which uses MPG2 format and is readable by all but the oldest DVD players, I think. Obviously, they have to fit in a CD.

I don't know what codec DVDs use... I thought they used MPG2 as well? If that's the case, some DVD authoring program should be able to write them to a DVD-R without the need to re-encode them

EDIT: If they don't, I think you can still use the SVCD option in most burners to write to a DVD, and probably the player will recognize it anyway.

Vohu Manah · Post by **Vohu Manah** » 2004-08-11 08:55pm

DVDs use MPEG2, though some use MPEG1.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-08-11 09:06pm

In that case just use the DVD authoring proggy so you can 5 or 6 times as much than a S-VCD.
If you only have a CD burner just go regular S-VCD.
No recompression should be necessary.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2004-08-11 09:28pm

Slartibartfast wrote: No recompression should be necessary.

Need to convert them to VOB though.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-08-12 02:32am

Yeah, you need DVD authoring software to do it. Also, you might have to re-encode them to get the framerate right.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-08-13 01:52am

As much as it pains me to recommend any software from Ulead, Ulead's Video Studio program can accomplish this goal for you Shep. Just don't use it to encode any DivX movies because it fails to encode the actual video correctly, leaving only the audio. Their software comes bundled with damn near everything so it shouldn't be all that hard to get a copy of it.