Hello, I've got a question. I have this movie and it is an image file. So I copied the files (which I get when loading the image file in Deamon Tools) to my harddisk with IsoBuster. Now I've got an .DAT file. I can change the extension from DAT to avi and still play the movie with (for example) BSplayer. So I tried loading this avi file in Avi2DVD. That works. But the problem is, that there is no audiostream automatically loaded. And I can't choose an audiostream either. And without an audiostream, Avi2DVD won't convert my movie to a DVD. Has anyone an idea about what I should do? Do I have to convert the DAT file into an AVI file instead of just changing the extension? And how do I do that? I hope someone can help me. Thanks. Greetz Esther.
A .DAT file is a 'riff wile with header', I suppose from a VCD (SVCDs riff files are named AVSEQ01.MPG). Don't use Isobuster, it is useless to convert 'riff files' into 'true mpegs', it just deals with images. Open VCDGear and make dat --> mpeg from the 'real' VCD (or cue/bin --> mpeg if you have an image) with it, loading D:\MPEGAV\AVSEQ01.DAT (or C:\yourdirectory\image.cue) and saving MOVIE_NAME.MPG on your C: drive. A little suggestion: if you have a VCD movie, the best thing to do with it is authoring , with DVD Lab, a DVD containing multiple VCD movies (1 2h VCD movie is about 1.2 GB large, and you can fit many of them). Avoid encoding, in lot of time, a 720x480/576 movie from a 352x240/288 movie. Garbage in = garbage out. Read http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/multiple_svcd_on_dvdr.cfm
Thanks for your help. I do have a good mpg file now, bus when I load it into Avi2DVD, there's still no audiostream. Any ideas? Greetz Esther.
Try use e.g. VSO (free version) to encode instead: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/vso_divxtodvd_free.cfm Good luck!
Not the freeware version, but the shareware version: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/vso_divxtodvd.cfm You may also try DVDSanta.
