Hi, I've been burning movies now for quiet awhile with no problems but just recently I downloaded a film as a cue file, I extracted it ok but now when I try convert it with divxtodvd it says "invalid floating point". Is there any way I can change this to avi ? After I extracted the cue file I was left with "AVSEQ02" mpeg file. I can watch the movie on my pc but I want to convert it to dvd. Any help ?
One trick I use is to do an mpeg->mpeg "conversion" using VCDGear with "fix mpeg errors" checked. The output .mpg file is usually good enough then to put through another encoder.
This is either a VCD or SVCD image and this "AVSEQ01.MPG" file can be authored directly to DVD without re-encodeing it... You don"t want to re-encode a File if you don"t have to because Re-encodeing will lower the Quality and Increase the File size.... If the File is a VCD File then it is allready DVD Compliant accept for the audio While Just needs to be Resampled to 48000hz and if it is a SVCD File you can author it to DVD as a Non-Standard DVD that will play in 95% of all DVD Players.... The Best program for putting these File on to DVD without re-encodeing them is "MediaChance DVDLab Pro" and it is the Only program that can author SVCD Files to DVD without re-encodeing them..... If you go into the Guides section of this site you will find Detailed Instructions on how to put VCD and SVCD Images and Mpeg files on to DVD useing DVDLab....Doing it this way you can put up to 4 full VCD Movies on a Single DVD-R and up to 3 Full SVCD Movies on a DVD-R.... Cheers
Thanks very much 4 that info Minion, I did find a temp solution while I'm trying to suss this. I had to burn the cue file with nero and after burning to my hd I then had to convert the dat file useing divxtodvd. It did work but the quality is not 100% and I dont watch films that are not 100% quality. You reckon the quality should be better useing media lab ? Is this freeware ? Thanks 4 the help
If you use DVDLab there will be No Quality loss at all because the Files doesn"t get re-encoded.... DVDLab Pro is Not Freeware but they do have a Fully working 30 day demo version available on the Net and in the Guides section there are guides on how to Put these Files on to DVD useing DVDLab Pro.... Cheers
When googling around I did see mention of a SVCD2DVD app but I'm not sure how well it works. The author claims to do the transformation without reencoding. I gather it's a .NET thing so you need the framework. http://www.svcd2dvd.com/ But anyway, there's no unfettered trial version AFAIK. So all I have to go by are the user reviews on www.videohelp.com
Yes DVD2SVCD Works without re-encodeing but what it does is Patch the headers on the SVCD File so that the DVD Player thinks the Video is actually 720+480 and DVD Compliant But useing the Patch Headers Method doesn"t work in as Many DVD Players as useing the DVDLab Method pluss there are no Menu or Chapter options useing DVD2SVCD.... Cheers
The main thing rubs me wrong about that site is it doesn't tell you what the trial version will do. It doesn't encourage downloading to keep people in the dark.
btw I tried the SVCD2DVD 2.0 demo and I liked it. So I got sucked into shelling out the $18.55 or whatever it is for SVCD2DVD 2.0. I tried it on one 2 VCD movie so far and it's fast enough to process and start the burn while you're sitting at the PC. In contrast DivxToDvd took an hour to reencode the 2 mpg files to DVD. I tried the manual method using a guide but for less than $20 this seems like a neat solution. Esp. with Asian films a lot of the movies aren't available in DVD format so if I could semi-painlessly put on one disc that would be cool.
