Ok, so I've got an anime series in ogm format that supposedly has 2 audio streams and subtitles. I've been looking up some stuff on how to deal with putting this on dvd, and one guide I read has you using a lot of tools I'm not entirely familiar with and then basically ending up with "ok, now that you have all your files converted, just use a dvd authoring tool" or something... So I'm curious, can Nero Vision help me to make a nice disk with menus and selectable language/subtitle tracks? I haven't tried something this fancy yet and am at a slight loss as to where to really begin, other than maybe starting to convert a bunch of files to .avi or something.
you will need to convert the .ogm to an mpeg2 compatable format before you attempt to burn it to dvd.Try researching a program called avi2dvd.It can convert your .ogm files as well as avi/mkv etc
Ya, actually, I've toyed around with this a lot since and decided I wasn't crazy about most of the methods I read and figured out a lot. What seems to work for me so far is actually to use a simple little tool called ogmdemuxer to completely split apart the files. Then I convert the avi to m2v, the ogg sound to ac3 and tried using dvdauthorgui to throw it all together with subs, and while it's a somewhat tedious process, my early experiment worked really well. I'm thinking of switching to authoring software that's not so minimalistic and has some prettier features though. Maybe once I have it really down I'll write my own guide.
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oh, a t-shirt. *Swoon* In all seriousness, I'm still pretty newbish at this sort of thing, but I learn fast. Problem with my method so far is that not being an expert, I feel it's still kinda hack and slash what I do, and not totally smooth and professional. Though I'm sure I could put together something that includes a few nifty tricks.. like, did you know that you can actually use Winamp to output wav files? That's what I was doing with the ogg sound. Make a wav, then turn that into ac3, as I don't currently know of a much simpler way and I'm trying to mostly work with tools I understand. For all I know there's some handy program that'll take care of it easier.. but it works for me so far, and isn't all too slow..
I also got a film on OGM format. Got this guide for it: http://www.riverpast.com/en/support/tutorials/convert/ogm/avi.php AVI first then DVD. I haven't tried it yet, but it's a start. My question is: Will i loose quality on it?
Well, from my (probably limited) understanding so far, an .ogm file is basically an avi video that's encoded with something like xvid or divx, and one or more ogg sound files and perhaps subtitles and tags, all wrapped up in one container. Using ogmdemuxer, a handy little dos utility that actually allows you to also drag and drop to split files quickly within windows (yes, no need to master the intricacies of the various command line options) I've been able to then re-encode these files as I please, and I've noticed that so far, depending on what program you use and various settings, you can get a relatively excellent quality result. It takes time to convert everything and then author it, but the results can be quite satisfying, especially if the original source material was good to begin with. I haven't mastered all the details yet, but once you get the basics of it down, it's not so hard at all. (Consider I've owned my dvd writer for barely a month now and am still learning myself.) I'd recommend decent authoring software too, something like DVDLab Pro makes the job a lot easier if you spend a little time learning how to use it. The free DVDAuthorGUI is decent too, but very very minimalist in terms of interface and features. In my opinion, it's actually far easier to just rip or copy a DVD, but sometimes it's just not convenient or possible, so knowing how to handle this comes in handy. Of course, I'll say again I'm still far from knowing all on the topic. Actually, some discs I've made seem to skip a tiny bit, but on my computer's dvd playing software, as I haven't tested everything on a standalone. I don't know if this is a result of an iffy burn or just my sub-par hardware. So far though, everything else I've copied or burned has played fine in other players, so... I have a bit of hope.
That is very good news! Keep me posted on that little method of yours! I just changed my route. Followed Andmerr's AVI2DVD choice. Encoded with Cinema Craft Encoder. Very good results... Got a menu and subtitles in it and all!
Yes, I had read a guide on how to do it with AVI2DVD, but it seemed to me that the process of including multiple titles and all that was a bit more complicated.. but I could be wrong, I just haven't tried it. Encoding video is already a slow process for me and I didn't want to waste too much time with something I was unsure of. If you have any hints on a good way to do that I would like to hear it as well.
Just use alltoavi to convert the file to avi, it allows you to choose bitrate, subs and resolution in a neat package with great results. I then use divxtodvd beta to convert the resulting output. This method is simple and I have been seeing great results.
It really depends on the source material. With just one audio and one video track, I can get about 5 half-hour shows on a standard 4.7GB dvd-r. (Remember that in reality a half hour show is about 21 or 22 minutes without commercials, on average.) With the anime I've been doing, including a second audio track and subs, the extra data cuts it down to 4 shows a disc. However, I've squeezed as much as 8 shows on a disc, but I wasn't crazy about the quality. Crappier encoding tends to lead to dropping frames and stuff, and sound going out of sync. At least, this is my experience. I don't know everything yet. I'd rather burn more discs and have them be really worth watching. It's not like they cost an arm and a leg anymore.
