OK first I was using DIKO and DVDStyler to do this it was working better then anything else Ive come upon. It would make nice images I could burn. What DIKO did was you tell it what files to use then it gave you like 4 different options of how you would like to go about making menus and the appropriate 1 I used was DVDStyler. So I get done making the menu I save the project at this point DIKO should have started the conversion BUT instead it says that some of the files have different FPS. So therefore it informs me I cant do it with DIKO Free so therefore I get DIKO Gold. Now I cant do what I want because it doesnt use DVDstyler anymore it uses a more primative menu creator that doesnt support episodic dvd authoring with menus.Now here comes the question after my long winded explanation. I would like to know if there is a progran out there that does basicly the same thing and will leave me with a nice DvD Image w/o burning automaticly? Please Thanks in advance Ill continue my search until then.
Dude, I have no idea what you're talking about. DIKO? If your avi's have different fps rates, then you may need to encode them separately into mpegs (e.g. using TMPGEnc) before authoring. Once you're done that, just about any DVD Authoring program will create the file structure for you. Myself, I use DVD Lab which gives you the option of saving it to HD instead of burning.
And if you encode the files separately, make sure they are in different VTS, otherwise you will get playback issues. For example, if you have 9 episodes that you encoded separately, use 9 VTS, one for each episode. If you are positive that everything is identical (bitrate, GOP Structure, Aspect ratio, Framerate, etc...), then you can use 1 VTS, but I strongly recommend you use 1 VTS per episode to avoid problems.
Well, it looks like this uses DVDAuthor + avi2dvd. You can download those two apps separately and do it. If I remember correctly, avi2dvd will create a temp folder with the .m2v and .ac3 files. You will need that for DVDauthor and not the actual DVD image. Next, you will import the files into DVDAuthor and create your menus. Personally, I use commercial software for authoring and encoding, so I cannot give any assistance with either software. Do some searches to find more info about the software I mentioned. If this is a 1-time problem, then use TMPGEnc to encode your avi files and either DVDLab Pro or TMPGEnd DVD Author to author the DVD. All the software comes with fully functional demos. The TMPGEnc ones are 15 day and the DVDLab is 30 days. If you want ac3 audio, use Besweet + Besweet GUI or any other freeware ac3 capable software.
Interestingly enough, I usually use a single VTS but everything is identical. However, your advice is a must if you've got different parameters.
