DVD Architect Won't Accept M2V and AC3

drisley schrieb am 28.09.2003 um 01:09 Uhr
Arghhh!
DVD Architect is so powerful, but so annoying when it comes to file compatibility.
The same can be said for it's editing cousin, Vegas 4.0.

They can both OUTPUT mpeg2 format, and they can both OUTPUT ac3 format, however both refuse to IMPORT either of those filetypes. How strange!! They also won't import XVID movies.

So, whenever I download an avi (maybe DIVX) with ac3, I have to rip and convert the ac3 to wav, then encode/combine the video and wav using TMPGENC.
Then, when I import the resulting mpg back into DVD Architect to author/prepare, it has to RECONVERT the audio back to ac3.
ARGHHH!

Is there a better way?! WHy does TMPGENC use Mp2 for dvd audio, while DVD Architect refuses to recognize this as a viable DVD audio format and re encodes to ac3.

Ideally, I would like to be able to import the avi into Vegas, add chapters, etc, export, then use DVD Architect to author/prepare.

Kommentare

kameronj schrieb am 28.09.2003 um 01:28 Uhr
So is your question (basically) - why doesn't Architect make it easier for you to take illegally downloaded first run movies that have been comrpessed to Divx and make it so you can burn them to DVD and enjoy watching them in the comfort of your living room on your t.v. top DVD player?

Ideally, I think that Sony would like for you to use their product in such a way as to infringe on others copyrighted material - or make it easy for you to utilize their product in such a way that it was not intended.
johnmeyer schrieb am 28.09.2003 um 02:53 Uhr
kameronj

First, ditto my response to your similar post.

The one point to add here is that Divx (and MPEG4) are rapidly becoming defactor standards for sending high quality video via the Internet. While it is definitely true that many of these (probably the vast majority) are illegal copies of Hollywood movies, lots of people are starting to use them for legitimate reasons. When you don't need streaming, but you want to send some video to someone in higher quality than low bitrate MPEG1 or MPEG2, Divx is a very attractive alternative.
kameronj schrieb am 28.09.2003 um 03:01 Uhr
Johnmeyer,

First, ditto my response to your similar post.

Second of all...THIS is the post that I was referring of it the other post.

Regardless of the technologial advantage of what Divx has to offer - not too many people are using Divx for anything but to distribute illegal copies of Hollywood movies (and such).

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck - in my world, it's a duck. I have rarely seen a post in this forum regarding the software and it's capabilities (especially in dealing with Divx) that DIDN'T have to deal with illegal copies of movies.

I like this forum because it deals with the application and the intended use it was designed for. The people are friendly and (for the most part) honest and want to help.

But this isn't a Warez site where trading in hacks, password stealing, serial number fixes and different ways to defeat protection is freely shared.

So why would that be different on how to get the software to work with items it was not intended for?
johnmeyer schrieb am 28.09.2003 um 04:31 Uhr
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck ...

I can't disagree (double negative, sorry). However, at the risk of trying to make too fine a point, the guy didn't ask how to use DVD Decrypter or Smartripper, or where to find the source for DeCSS, or whether anyone had a spare serial number for Vegas lying around. I, too, would be all over that request like a wet blanket.

But, not until I actually see the duck.
drisley schrieb am 28.09.2003 um 22:29 Uhr
Actually, I do alot of 3d graphics work (lightwave), and belong to a forum where people post samples of their work. I often dowload these videos, and I am making a compilation DVD, including some of my own stuff.
Most users on the internet use DIVX, XVID, and now AC3 audio.

BTW, before become judge, jury and executioners, have you ever downloaded any MP3's?

(PS. I've downloaded mp3's, and even burned them, but that is legal here in Canada where we pay tarrifs on our media, mp3 players etc)
Ncien schrieb am 25.04.2005 um 15:35 Uhr
Same problem here. After realizing videos I encoded them in Xvid for storage and decided to make a nice DVD with menus.

My problem is, TMPGEnc, whatever settings I use, seems to produce video files unusable by DVDA.

So are there any particular constraints regarding MPEG-2 Encoding parameters apart from resolution, framerate and maximum frames per GOP? AC-3 doesn't need to be reencoded, it comes directly from the Vegas plugin, so do I have to use Vegas' Mainconcept plugin in order for DVDA to accept my files?
Cunhambebe schrieb am 01.05.2005 um 14:51 Uhr
Hi there! I find this topic so interesting. First of all I'd like to say that Divx and Xvid are here to stay. Yes, they ARE. I do render some animations with Lightwave too and sometimes I post samples of my renderings at LWG3D - hey drisley, hope you don't sell my animations! lol lol
I don't know why so many people here complain about Divx and Xvid. They are just a great idea (and Xvid is even much better than Divx). In fact encoding Targa sequences (rendered in Lightwave) to Xvid has shown a crystal clearer outcome much better than encoding these sequences as regular MPEG2s (at least for me). Sometime ago I had posted a topic around here because one of the users had a site for posting Vegas animations and I was asking him to accept Divx files. No need to say I was almost killed - lol. People got mad because most of them stated these formats are illegal etc... etc...What a pity (for them)!
Personally, I understand the criticism, but I don't care with hollywwod movies encoded as Xvid or Divx, first because I don't own any studio, second, because when I want a DVD I buy it - I buy the real thing and not poorly encoded garbage you may find on the web - and third, I dont waste my time searching and downloading such things. People who criticize Divx and Xvid should then criticize internet as well since here is the place where the most horrible sexual perversions scenes never before seen can be easily found by a 10 year old boy. I guess it wouldn't be fair to criticize a technology just because some stupid people use it for "wrong" purposes.
It is undeniable that Divx and Xvid do a great job and can help people post their own animations such as me and thousands of others; to backup their own DVDs to Xvid, to fit them on a single Layer DVD disc. Philips, Samsung and most DVD players now are Divx and Xvid compatible (includding for options such as Q-Pel and GMC).
Now, about this topic...(hey, I hope Sony fix these forums becasue as you answer something you can just report to one message and not to all as it happened before - put these foruns back the way they were, please).....

So, about this topic: you don't need DVD Architect to encode your Divx or Xvid AVIs. Don't convert them to MPEG2s. AVI is a container with something inside. You can burn a CD or a DVD with this AVI and it will be compatible with those DVD players mentioned above. Want AC3 sound? Demux video and soundtrack, encode this last one to AC-3, then mux them again. You'll have an Xvid with AC-3. Hey, do you want subtitles? Make your own subs (then I guess you'll need DVDA) or you can choose SubtitleWorkshop which is free. Save the file as .SRT (it's a stream) and put both video and subs file in the same folder (same names for both files). Example - create a folder and give it a name: Hubble; inside the folder you put these files:
hubble telescope.avi
hubble telescope.en.srt
and more subs such as...
hubble telescope.fr.srt
Burn you DVD as data DVD. DVD compatible players will play the file and you will select subtitles just the way you do with regular DVDs. If you want menus, then I guess you'll have to convert Xvid to MPEG2 to have this feature.
Anyone furious here? -lol
:)