avi2dvd guide followed. divx and xvid installed. encoded, and burned sucessful. "Error" to play..????

hi. i used avi2dvd guide. had alot of errors with 5 mins ecdoding to discover that i needed codecs. intaslles xvid and divx, tried again, encoded for approx 5 hours and a sucess. opened dvd decrypter opened files, burnt with a sucessful ending. when put in dvd player comes up error and ejects the disk. can see the burning ring on the disk but when put into pc, and open the driver, there is no file...??? any ideas??? is there an easier free way..lol.
here is the dvd decrypter log:
I 20:57:11 DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 started!
I 20:57:11 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 20:57:11 Initialising SPTI...
I 20:57:11 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 20:57:11 Found 1 CD-ROM, 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW!
I 21:03:26 Operation Started!
I 21:03:26 Source File: C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\DVD_Image.iso
I 21:03:26 Source File Sectors: 1,437,034 (MODE1/2048)
I 21:03:26 Source File Size: 2,943,045,632 bytes
I 21:03:26 Source File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING
I 21:03:26 Source File Implementation Identifier: mkisofs
I 21:03:27 Destination Device: [1:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.06 (D (ATA)
I 21:03:27 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TYG02) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x)
I 21:03:27 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496
I 21:03:27 Write Mode: DVD
I 21:03:27 Write Type: SAO
I 21:03:27 Write Speed: 4x
I 21:03:27 Link Size: Auto
I 21:03:27 Test Mode: No
I 21:03:27 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 21:03:27 Filling Buffer...
I 21:03:33 Writing LeadIn...
I 21:04:06 Writing Image...
I 21:12:57 Synchronising Cache...
I 21:13:28 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:10:02
I 21:13:28 Average Write Rate: 5,412 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,558 KB/s (4.0x)
-----------------------------------------------------
and here is the avi2dvd log:
[11:18:20 AM] AVI2DVD Started !
[11:18:23 AM] Type mode : Avi Input
[11:18:23 AM] Output : Dvd
[11:18:23 AM] Encoder Selected : HCEnc
[11:18:24 AM] Start demuxing the AudioStream No.1 ...
[11:18:50 AM] Demuxing of the selected audio finished successfully ! [C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\Extracted_Audio.mp3 79315968 Bytes]
[11:18:52 AM] Audio extracted renamed successfully ! [C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\Fixed_Audio01.mp3 79315968 Bytes]
[11:18:52 AM] Starts Mp3->Ac3 convertion ...
[11:25:00 AM] Audio converted in Ac3 successfully ! [C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\AudioStream 1 MP3 2CH.ac3 138802048 Bytes]
[11:25:00 AM] Start creating avisynth script ...
[11:25:00 AM] Avisynth script created successfully ! [C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\Avisynth_Script_File.avs 186 Bytes]
[11:25:01 AM] Bitrate used : 6998 Kbpps
[11:25:01 AM] Start video encoding ...
[5:20:35 PM] Video encoded successfully ! [C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\Encoded_Video.m2v 4330526160 Bytes]


Thanks for your help with this.
Cheers
Macey.

 

I think i posted in wrong area..think i should have put it in playback probs. im sorry, and i appologise for my typos, think all the sleepless nights trying to work this bugger out has caught up with me. ahh Is it better to just bite the bullet and pay for full version of winavi?? is it as good as they say, like in easyness.. and no problem wise, cause i dont think im going to get the hang of it this way..
thanks for your help in advance..
Macey.

 

would you like to start from scratch.

Ist off can you download avicodec and run your file through it and then post the results for us to see.
(AVIcodec is a nice little tool for identifying what codecs you need in order to play your multimedia files. Program supports MPEG-1/2, AVI, Ogg, ASF, WMV, etc formats)

check the link below for a download site to get it from.

http://www.filepedia.com/video_software/codecs_and_filters/avicodec.cfm

Next while your downloading can you also download vso divx to dvd from this link supplied.Its a preference taste, dont like avi2dvd or winavi for encoding avi to mpeg2.

http://www.filepedia.com/video_software/dvd-r_tools/vso_divxtodvd_free.cfm

Also while your replying with the other data, can you also tell us the your pc stats are...........

 

dvd2dvd created a file called avi2dvd_temp within this folder it has

(1) Another folder which contains both video_ts and audio_ts subfolders. audio_ts contains nothing, video ts contains VTS_01_1, VTS_01_2, and VTS_01_3 all state "DVD Movie" and are between 776,128KB -
1048,554KB.

(2)AudioStream 1 mp3 2ch, ac3 Audio 135,549KB folder.
(3)DVD_Image, ISO_image 2,874,068KB
(4)Pulldown_Video, winamp media file 4,229,030KB
with text documents, dvdauthor XML doco, and avisynth text scripts also.

when i stated i tried to burn above I loaded (1) into decrypter to burn.

within avicodec (1) states:

C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB

File : 1023 MB (1.13 GB), duration: 0:19:49, type: MPG, 2 audio stream(s), quality: 83 %
Video : 1.10 GB, 8000 Kbps, 29.970 fps, 720*480 (4:3), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD), Supported
Audio : 31 MB, 224 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x2000 = AC3 DVM [0x80], Supported
Audio : 0.00 B, 0 Kbps, 22050 Hz, 2 channels, 0x50 = Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 (MP2) [0xc0], Supported

C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB

File : 1023 MB (0.00 B), duration: 0:00:00, type: MPG, 0 audio stream(s), quality: 0 %
Video : 1023 MB, 0 Kbps, 0.0 fps, 0*0 (), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD), Supported

C:\Program Files\BitLord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\DVD\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.VOB

File : 757 MB (0.00 B), duration: 0:00:00, type: MPG, 1 audio stream(s), quality: 83 %
Video : 0.00 B, 8000 Kbps, 29.970 fps, 720*480 (4:3), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD), Supported
Audio : 0.00 B, 224 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x2000 = AC3 DVM [0x80], Supported

with trying to open (3)(the dvd image) with avicodec it states:
Opening error Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported. for C:\ProgramFiles\Bitlord\Downloads\Avi2dvd_temp\DVD_Image.iso

have a Intel(R) Celeron(R) running Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2
any other stats reguired?

am all very confussed. why avi2dvd make so many files.
do i now run the original avi download through divX to DVD?

sorry to be so dumb with this. it is 1st time with using dvd downloads.
any more info req please ask as am unsure what u need with pc specs
and thank you so much for your assistance.

 

have you still got the original file as an avi?

i see 2 audio files listed, one with out any MB,??????? strange
but not uncommon.

How much ram have you got.

Try this: delete all the vob and iso but we will attempt this from scrastch as long as you hjave the original download.........

Now with the original file can you load that into divx to dvd and press convert.For starters leave the serttings on automatic

 

Hi Andmerr
Yes i still had the origional, so i put that thru through divx to dvd converter. it created the audio and video ts folders as i normally do with a origional disk through shrink. i put them through shrink and it worked perfectly, no worries at all, even the sound is great! So i removed all the trialware i dloaded and got rid of all there "dud" copys they made. Thank you for suggesting divx, it is great. i dont know why avidvd and winavi made some many copys of "nothings" when to find a prog that just did as i needed. So Thank You HEAPS! Your a life saver mate!
Cheers
Aussie Macey.

 

no probs, glad its sorted.
(Hoist's a beer in macey's direction on a job well done, with out to many complications)

 

..and macey supplies a round of shots.. Have fun!

 

andmerr, have 12 episodes. converted 3 to dvd format seperatly. example: episode1 VTS_01_1 states 864,738 MB as size
Am i able to put more than 1 episode per DVD-R disk?
or do i just use a disk per episode. I use shrink to burn.
If able to combine 2 per disk, could you point me in the right direction. its no worries if your busy.
Macey.

 

you can put as many episodes as you have disc space.
How did you want this project, with or with out menus.

 

if i had 1 episode per disk i dont want menus, just the episode. But if i can fit 2 or more episodes per disk id rather a menu, just to toggle between the different episodes rather than having to ffwd through the 1st movie to get to the second and so on.

I have also tried to get piccys of the net to trial on a menu background but all the pics save as very small pics and when i try to largen them they go blurry or are allready a bit of a blur, i saved from google search image and also from there web site. ill have a look around the forums, do you no of a site or recomend which has good guality pics to search through.

Ta.
Macey

 

how big are the 1st 3 episode avi's before and after the conversion?