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How do I make MPEG2 files into a DVD readable format?
Posted: 2004-08-11 08:43pm
by MKSheppard
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.
Posted: 2004-08-11 08:45pm
by Slartibartfast
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.
Posted: 2004-08-11 08:55pm
by Vohu Manah
DVDs use MPEG2, though some use MPEG1.
Posted: 2004-08-11 09:06pm
by Slartibartfast
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.
Posted: 2004-08-11 09:28pm
by Sharp-kun
Slartibartfast wrote:
No recompression should be necessary.
Need to convert them to VOB though.
Posted: 2004-08-12 02:32am
by phongn
Yeah, you need DVD authoring software to do it. Also, you might have to re-encode them to get the framerate right.
Posted: 2004-08-13 01:52am
by Vertigo1
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.