Posted by Ken Maltby on 11/04/05 19:22

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:436b5ecf.86543328@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 07:14:25 -0500, "SBFan2000"
> <mocaveboyNOSP#M@glenngriffith.com> wrote:
>
>>Movie Factory does a great job as long as you capture compliant files. If
>>you have to render it sucks, but if you capture video into compliant files
>>there is no rendering.
>
> How can I tell if a mpeg file is "compliant"?
>
> And what do you mean by "there is no rendering"? I have the option "Do
> not convert compliant MPEG files" checked. Yet every clip I submit,
> even those processed by VideoReDo, take a long time to convert to
> exported files.
>
> NB: I always create an exported file for each clip I author. That way
> when it comes time to compose the entire DVD compilation, all the
> rendering is done ahead of time in the exported files, so the final
> pass is fast.
>
> I have one particular clip that I have run thru VideoReDo which
> allegedly makes it MPEG compliant. Yet it has serious audio sync
> problems when rendered in MF4.
>
>

Within VideoReDo's options there is a setting under the
"General Parameters" to have it "Output Streams for Movie
Factory" , perhaps you should check that box.

A good general description of DVD compliant MPEG,
from the TDA help section:

MPEG-1
Input video file format* MPEG-1 system stream (.mpg)
MPEG-1 elementary stream (.m1v)

Input audio file format MPEG-1 Audio Layer2(.mp2)
Dolby Digital Audio AC-3 (.ac3)
Linear PCM (.wav)
Input video size NTSC 352x240 / PAL 352x288
Aspect ratio 4:3
Video bitrate Max. 1.8Mbps
Audio format* MP2 mono 32kbps-192kbps, stereo 64kbps-384kbps
Dolby Digital mono 64kbps-256kbps, stereo 128kbps-448kbps
Linear PCM mono 768kbps, stereo 1536kbps



MPEG-2
Input video file format* MPEG-2 program stream (Mpg,.m2p)
MPEG-2 elementary stream (.m2v)
Input audio file format MPEG-1 Audio Layer2(.mp2)
Dolby Digital Audio AC-3 (.ac3)
Linear PCM (.wav)
Input video size NTSC
352x240 / 352x480
704x480 / 720x480

PAL
352x288 / 352x576
704x576 / 720x576
Aspect ratio 4:3 / 16:9
Video bitrate Max. 9848kbps
Audio format* MP2 mono 32kbps-192kbps, stereo 64kbps-384kbps
Dolby Digital mono 64kbps-256kbps, stereo 128kbps-448kbps
Linear PCM mono 768kbps, stereo 1536kbps


Supported video stream specifications

MPEG-1 MPEG-2
Encoding method CBR CBR/VBR
Interlace O
Progressive O O
Playback 3:2 pulldown O
Inverse 3:2 pulldown O
Profile&Level MP&ML
Video format NTSC/PAL NTSC/PAL
GOP structure Max. 18 frames (NTSC)/ 15 frames (PAL) Max. 18 frames
(NTSC)/ 15 frames (PAL)
Sequence header interval One header per GOP (one sequence header in
front of all GOP) One header per GOP (one sequence header in front of all
GOP)
VBV buffer size 40KB 224KB



You can use parameters that exceed these sometimes and still
have it work with most players, but this is a useful starting point.

( Don't know if the formatting above will work, I was surprised
it made it here with the Ctrl-C & Ctrl-V process.)

Luck;
Ken

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