Importing MPEG files from Canopus ProCoder

olo wrote on 7/17/2003, 3:53 AM
Are there anyone else that uses Canopus ProCoder successfully with DVDA?
When I make MPEG files in ProCoder and put then into a project in DVDA the filesize becomes much larger than it actually is, even though I use the sam bit-rate on the AC3 encoding. This forces me to recompress the file which is totally unacceptable. I would like to use ProCoder as it gives me much better control over bit-rate etc.

Another bug in DVDA? is everytime I import a QuickTime file from FinalCut Pro I get wrong field-order and wrong aspect-ratio. This plagued Vegas 2 and 3 also.

Anyone with the same problem?

Comments

PhilStorm wrote on 7/18/2003, 3:49 AM
Yeah I use Procoder to render into MPEG 2 files but DVD A tries to re-render them again. Is there an option to not re-render a DVD compliant MPEG 2 file? Ulead DVD Workshop does but I much prefer to use DVD A.

Regards Phil C.
RBartlett wrote on 7/18/2003, 6:33 AM
Perhaps you shouldn't have to - but you can have DVD-A think it can write a file/directory set for your DVD which is 10GB or more by changing the max limit in preferences.

Use Nero to author the burn and check whether this actually goes over the maximum limit for a DVDR. I think the size match is the reason for recompression - and not the encoding performed by ProCoder.

This might help - otherwise - is ProCoder definitely giving you a program stream (usefully without audio) and you are adding a separate AC3 track?
daves2 wrote on 7/18/2003, 11:25 PM
I am not an expert but I have used procoder rendered mpeg w DVDA with no problem / no re-render. My guess is that dvda thinks your current procoder output is not dvd compliant (size or otherwise). To specify the output I used the ntsc dvd mpeg2 template in procoder. The streams I used included an mpeg layer2 audio.

One suggestion if you haven't already is to redner a shorter segment of your video using the same specs & see if dvda can handle it (to see if the file size is the issue).

Hope this helps.