Needing help with TMPGenc and Virtualdub

Weird.....

I just dont know whats happening.

The audio ac3 file is the same size as before being recoded. Its 35.5mbs

The Video m2v file is 4.77 GB

When I do the final burn in Nero the audio and video combined is only like a little over 500mbs

Somethings reeeeeaaaallly screwwy

 

Oh man...... I just thought.....

Man, if Im forced to add every frame to this chapter, can you amagine how many frames are in this movie?? 1000'S

grrreeeeaaaat..........

Well I made another thread so hopefully someone can advise me what we are doing wrong and why it only burns 30 mins of the movie....

Whats weird is it cuts off at the exact SAME point that the last burned copy had on it. Burns the movie up to the exact same point

Its GOT to be a setting somewhere we are just not seeing....

 

You don't chapter every frame.
What did DVDLab say the final disk size will be, after adding your m2v and ac3?
In preview, does it show the WHOLE video?
I'm beginning to think there's a major problem with TDA, not the tmpgenc output.

 

Ok, I loaded up both files in DVDlab and went into DVd pothology, and it said on bottom right 5.32GB

Is that where to look?

It does play the entire video on preview, BUT Im not sure if this is normal. This may be hard to explain... may have to do a print out and send it to you.

As I move the bar on preview over to see if it is the whole movie, the movie actually ends half way down the bar and the last of the credits is frozen.

 

Make a simple menu, with a link to movie 1, chapter 1, and compile it to your hard drive.
See if it will play in power DVD, Nero Showtime, or WinDVD. Do NOT use WMP to test it.

 

Well, I played it back in power dvd and it did stop 30 mins into the movies.

So apparently theres something wrong going on in TDA when I convert the files to dvd vobs.

I guess we just cant figure it out.

 

So just author it in DVDLab instead.

 

Yeah, I suppose I can do that. Is that what you use?

I can get a full version of DVDlab anyhow, so no biggie

 

DVDLab Pro is the ONLY authoring app I use. Everything else sucks, except some of the higher end stuff, that costs 5 or 6 times more.

 

Well I loaded both files into DVD lab, but cant figure out how to convert them over the Volume 1 folder.

So how do you start? What do you have to press to get this thing going?

Now again, under DVD pothology, it states the movie is 5.32GB.

Since a dvd-r only holds 4.7GB, will this be a problem?

 

Read through this guide to get you started with DVDLab.
Once authored to your hard drive, let DVDShrink squeeze it down to 4.7gig for burning.
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=220092

 

Awesome....

Thanks bud...

 

I noticed that the first half of the guide talks about working with an mpeg video

Since my files are coming from avi to m2v or whatever TMPGenc 2.5 converts the avi to, Im assuming much of the beginning phases I can skip?

 

Yup. Jump to where you import assets.
Import the m2v and ac3, then go from there to make a menu and such.

 

Hey Jim,

Having a little bit of a problem. I am at the part in the guide whee it says WORKING WITH MENU 1 and where I add a background, or frame to the black screen.

It states to hold down shift key when I drag a frame up to the window. I did that but it doesnt auto resize itself and when I right click the frame I selected, RESIZE IMAGE is grayed out.

Do I HAVE to have a background? Was thinking of just skippin this.....

If I must complete this segment, how do I load my own image into it? I cant seem to find anything in the guide that explains how.

ALSO, down at the section CHAPTERS MENU, where Im told to click on the PBC tab and select my timeout......

......theres NO timeout section in my PBC tab. It says

DURATION - inf
HI-LITE DEFAULT BIN - 0
FORCE ACTIVATE BIN - 0 (grayed out)

Thats it.

 

Ok I skipped all the fancy stuff like adding all the nifty stuff above and went right down to burning the dvd.

When I click on PROJECT, COMPILE DVD, it states a warning message to me saying menu 1 doesnt have any buttons???

I still get to the big screen with all the pie graphs on the right.

Do I HAVE to make a button in menu 1? I still cant figure that part out.

HELP

 

If you have a menu, you must provide a link.
Let's do this right the first time, ok? It's worth a bit of effort.
If you want your own picture as a background, right click in ASSETS, and find it.
Now it shows in assets.
Open menu 1 in the working screen. Right now, it's blank black.
Click and hold on your picture in assets you just imported. Hold down the SHIFT key, and drag and drop the picture onto menu 1 in the working window.
Now it's the background. It will resize automatically to fill the screen.
Now click the Aa.
Now click on your menu background anywhere, and type in something. Change the font, size, colour, whatever, then click OK.
You can resize this or move it around anywhere you want it.
Next, right click on it, select Link, movie 1, chapter 1 (even if you have no chapters, it won't matter).
NOW look at the connections tab. There should be an arrow going to ROOT VTS 1, from firstplay.
There should also be an arrow going from ROOT to MOVIE 1.
If this is so, you are ready to compile.
Click Project, compile DVD.
To test your menu, put a tick mark in the box that says, "Test Compile (replace movies with test image)"
DO NOT tick Auto-start recording.
Click Start.
This will generate in a few seconds.
You can now test the MENU functionality in any good player. Do NOT use Windows Media Player!
If your menu works the way you want it, you can now click Project, Compile DVD, and compile the whole thing. This will take a few minutes.
Once compiled, test again in your software player.
If all is well, open DVDShrink, and shrink it to fit (only if necessary!!!).
Burn in Nero, or other good burning app.
Testburn it onto a DVDRW if you're still not sure, so you don't waste blanks if something went awry.

 

Sounds good.

Thanks for a more "precise" info reply. lol Ill give this a shot tonight.

Thanks - YOOOOOUUUU ROCK!

 

Well, I compiled it the first time before you mentioned to test it in a player.

I tried playing it video_TS in Nero Show Time, but the only thing that comes up in a green play icon that comes up, then disapears.

I followed your directions, but I dont know whats going on. Its not playing the movie

When I doubleclick BEHIND ENEMY LINES which is the title on my background, it comes up with a screen saying DVD LAB TEST

Below it, it lists

MOVIE 1
BEHIND ENEMY LINES_TRIM.M2V
AUDIO: (It doesnt say anything beside audio)

 

Ok, somehow the audio didnt load the first time. I reloaded it back. Going to try to re-compile the files.