How to create my own DVD after LSX encoder

[chriskad]

Hi,

First of all sorry for my english,

I'm a newbie in 'Mpeg" world so would u like to tell how can i create a DVD (with an encoded file from LSX encoder) to my CDR (With a multiple Volume because the size of CD is 650 Mo and my moovie's 2Go max)

Thanks...



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[Wombat]

Create a DVD? You're kidding, right? Not unless you have a DVD-RAM drive. And your own encryption key to fool DVD players.

[Rohde]

No Wombat, what he wants to do is copy a DVD to multiple CDs (even though there is significant qualityloss).

But, us that legal ?

Torben R

[Rohde]

No Wombat, what he wants to do is copy a DVD to multiple CDs (even though there is significant qualityloss).

But, is that legal ?

Torben R

[Wombat]

That's completely legal. Despite what the corporations try to make you think, you are allowed to make copies of CD's/DVD's/video tapes. When you buy one of these items, most of the money goes towards your purchase of one license to view/enjoy the work contained on the media. You can make back-up copies, or convert the work into a different media. Things like Macrovision make this a PITA, but it's legal to try to work around these things. It is not pirating.

I wouldn't mind buying a replacement CD if my current copy breaks, except they want to charge me the full amount of a license, not the $2 it would cost them to replace it.

[Meek]

Well, the original question was how to get a 2 GB (supposedly) self-made (with LSX) movie to a number of CD-ROMS. The answer depends, I think on with which device you are planning to play these CD's. If you are targeting PC's, you may just (with LSX) produce the video in 660 MB chunks, still using the MPEG-2 encoding, and burn these .VOB files on your CD's, and open them with the DVD player's "open file" feature. Of course, you will need a fast CD-ROM drive not to drop frames.

If you want to make an high quality MPEG-2 encoded CD-R that can be viewed with a standard stand-alone DVD player, I can not help you. I do not know if there is software that would let you author in a format that is viewable on these devices, or if even the players would agree to play MPEG-2 format from a CD-R anyway.

If you accept quality loss, you can always convert the original clip to MPEG-1 (with that lsx thingie), and make Video-CD's with any capable CD burning software. (Again, you have to silce the file with LSX or any other MPEG coder, not with a stupid file slicer...)

M.

[chriskad]

Ok Ok Ok

Don't worry everybody i don't want to make a copy of DVD !!!

Meek have right. i just want to make my own son's movie (he have six month), but like meek said, i don't know where can i find this spécial sofware or if it's possible... I don't have a bakup drive so i've got a space problem...

I'm using the Matrox's DVD SoftWare and
I hope to read my own CD's like a DVD for my personnal DVD library...Of course i can create a file under 650 Mo and burn it...

but i have two objectifs :

1- I want preserve my movies to the futur
2- Movies can be viewed with a standard stand-alone DVD player...

Thanks for all reply
Chris


PS: Meek ok to create a .VOB file so i just need to rename the LSX's encoded File like .Mp2 to .VOB is it Right ?



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[Haig]

The easiest way is to get your final video with done with our mjpeg codec. Then import this clip into the Ligos converter and convert it to either mpeg1 or mepg 2. After you do this, you can now burn it onto a cd and be able to play back both formats on any machine by just using windows media player.


Take note that if you decide to convert it to mpeg 1, you are better off capturing and making your final video clip at 352x288 so that Ligos won't have to re-scale the video.

Also note that Ligos will NOT convert anything into 2 fields if you convert your clip to mpeg2.

I personally don't see a difference between a clip converted from 352x288 to mpeg1 and a clip converted from 704x576 to mpeg2 with ligos.

Haig

[Meek]

Hi again. As I said, I really do not know if it is even possible to produce DVD format disks on CD-R media (if VCD/MPEG-1 format is not good enough for you). (So that standalone DVD players would read them). Maybe you should try the question on the Desktop Video forum.

Until you find out a way to do all you need, you could burn your MPEG2's to the CD's as Haig suggested.

If the amount of disks is not an issue, I probably would myself burn bot the high quality MPEG-2's on one set of disks, and then also produce standard MPEG-1 VCD's playable also on standalone DVD players.


M.

[chriskad]

Ok meek and haig,

I'm trying to recapitulate your reply because my english is not very good...

first - i need to burn my own movie with LSX (the matrox's bundle release) in MPEG 1 format with 352x288 résoltuion ?

Second - If i do that i can read my movies on a standalone DVD players or on any PC's with Media Players (like microsoft or Cinema Master) ?

Is it All right ???

The other probleme is to merge my movie, for exemple :

I have two movies in MPEG 1 first (140Mo) and second (300Mo). is it possible to merge this files for having one ? and how can i create an index to jump easily after merge that movies.

Finaly - May be there is an existing software which regroup all of this operation ? (i don't know if i'm clear...)

Thanks of all for your reply

CK.



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[Meek]

Hi.

Actually I have never burnt a VCD format disk. But burning them is a standard feature of most of the burner sw's (I think).

If you produce a Video-CD, you actually can have multiple mpg files on the disk that are automatically played one after the other, you would not have to combine them at all.

M.