I have a new Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 video capture card. After
recording a program and choosing DVD Extra Long Play for the quality
level I am left with a file with the .MPG extension.
How can I convert the .MPG file to the VIDEO_TS folder that I need to
burn a DVD? I think I remember doing this with IFOEdit long ago when I
converted some VCR tapes to DVD but I cannot remember how and I have
not been able to find any instructions.
In case it might help, I also have a copy of Video Redo Plus version
2.5.6 from the days when I was converting tapes.
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"Bill" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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>I just found DVD Flick and it looks like it will do what I
>need.
>
If DVD Flick re-encodes it would surely be faster, and better
quality, to use VideoReDo and IFOEdit since neither does.
Depending upon how universal you want your DVDs to be (almost
all players or just yours) you'd want to set your Hauppauge
capture program to a max of 8 Mbps for universal or 12 Mbps for
only your own player, assuming it doesn't balk at exceeding the
DVD spec - many modern players do not.
While editing out commercials and other crap from the TV
capture, break your MPG files into approximately one gigabyte
size (about 18 minutes at 8 mbps). VideoReDo will optionally
produce VOB structures from MPEG2 source files - use project
files and the batch processor for simpler processing of
segments.
Feed the VOB files created to IFOEdit to build the rest of the
DVD structure.
Among other features of some modern DVD players is the ability
to play MPEGISO files (what the Hauppauge capture program
produces). However, not all the these players will handle files
larger than 2 GB, so you may need to split the captures - at the
time of capture or afterward with VideoReDo while removing
unwanted material.
If your player does handle MPEGISO files, you can save yourself
a lot of time. With good fast-forward, you might not even need
to edit the files.
> Feed the VOB files created to IFOEdit to build the rest of the DVD
> structure.
Is there a more detailed guide or set of intructions that explains how
to create a DVD from VOB files using IFOEdit? IFOEdit may be intuitive
for those expert in the files and structure of a DVD but for a beginner
it is not.
My guess is that I choose DVD Author from the main menu, enter the path
to the folder that contains the VOB files in the Video edit box, enter
the folder where I want the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders created in
the Destination edit box and leave everything else blank. However, I
have no idea what to do to actually create the DVD files.
"Bill" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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> CLicker wrote:
>
>> Feed the VOB files created to IFOEdit to build the rest of
>> the DVD
>> structure.
>
> Is there a more detailed guide or set of intructions that
> explains how
> to create a DVD from VOB files using IFOEdit? IFOEdit may be
> intuitive
> for those expert in the files and structure of a DVD but for a
> beginner
> it is not.
>
> My guess is that I choose DVD Author from the main menu, enter
> the path
> to the folder that contains the VOB files in the Video edit
> box, enter
> the folder where I want the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders
> created in
> the Destination edit box and leave everything else blank.
> However, I
> have no idea what to do to actually create the DVD files.
>
> Thanks for your help.
The very few times I've ever done this I have first created VOBs
in VideoReDo from MPEG2 .TS files. As mentioned previously, I
break the VOBs into approximately 1 GB sizes with successive
names (i.e. VTS_01_1.vob, VTS_01_2.vob, etc.)
Open IFOEdit, select "Create IFOs" from the control buttons at
the bottom of the window. It will be one of the few enabled.
Locate the sequentially named VOB files and select the first.
I usually set the "same as source" checkbox to merely write the
IFOs to the place where the VOBs are already assembled. When
the job finishes, you will have all the files necessary to write
the DVD.
Since this is a menuless, chapterless DVD, there is no
VIDEO_TS.VOB file.
You can use Nero to write the DVD, though I prefer ImgBurn
(which actually runs a tad slower than Nero, as you must ask it
to assemble the ISO image before writing to media). Nero
sometimes balks at DVD assemblies here, so I pretty much avoid
it.
IFOEdit has other options, "VOB extras," which will apparently
build chapter points, but I've never used this control.
How make a DVD from an mpg file? 
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