M2V support????

p@mast3rs wrote on 8/23/2003, 11:09 PM

Does SF plan on supporting M2V in the next DVD Architect? This seems like one of the features that should not have been overlooked in the first versions of VV4 and DVD-A.

Also, why can we encode ac3 with VV4 and DVD-A but not have the ability to edit it or at the very least read it in the VV4 timeline?

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Januszb wrote on 8/23/2003, 11:43 PM

I am using a simple method to exchanche elementary stream .m2v to .mpeg. TMPGenc encoder ( trial version) File->MPEG Tools->Simple Multiplex. Video Input - my .m2v file, Audio Input - empty field ( dummy audio). DVDA works OK with mpeg files with "dummy audio"

farss wrote on 8/24/2003, 8:38 AM

To the question about ac3.
AC3 is a beast of a thing, a truly brilliant one but. It is only an output format. It can handle an almost infinite dynamic range by using floating point numbers, it incorporates a complex compression system etc.

To turn it back into something manageable can be a bit of an art, I've done it using BeSweet but I was lucky it was only stereo AC3 with very little dynamic range. If it had been something produced for cinema (as opposed to a DVD mix) I may have run into many problems. I'm not saying you cannot get a good stab at it but its not something that you'd put into a professional product.
Plus unless you're pirating DVDs why do you need to do it?