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by josiejo.wales

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Hi there - it really must be simple but i cant get it to work.
I browse to the mpeg2 i want to make into a DVD file and put it as the "video" path under "title properties".
The audio is included in that so i leave the rest blank. i then put in the path for the destination.
The only option i see to do then is click "author DVD"
is this wrong - am i missing a step or something?
the program creates video_TS and Audio_TS folders in my destination folder but creates a vob file that is only 17kb in size.
the mpeg2 is 310mb.
anyone know what im doing wrong?
many thanks for any advice.

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by Former member

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/savetodvd.mspx
http://en.flossmanuals.net/Avidemux/DvdFileEncoding

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by older mycroft

Up until the last year or two (approx.) domestic DVD players were extremely dumb. As such the only files that would work with them had to fall into a standard that was accepted by all the major manufacturers of DVD equipment.

Video_TS & Audio_TS & the VOB files (some of which can even be empty) form the acceptable standard package that a DVD player expects to 'see' when a disc is inserted into it.

Until recently, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpg, mpeg, and avi (in some cases - even wmv) could only be interpreted by an optical disc drive attached to a computer. This was due to the compressed nature of the aforementioned files. The computer would de-compress the files 'on the fly' as the film was watched. This process was beyond the capability of domestic DVD players.

Nowadays however, many players CAN interpret these file formats correctly, but to ensure that the recorded disc will work in the majority of domestic players, the _TS & VOB conversion files are required.

They are also a lot bigger due to having been de-compressed in the conversion process.

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