Video Recording/Playback/Editing/Converting/etc.

gasoline and some old rags.


:hehe: :hehe:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I guess I should have inserted a comma in there somewhere ;)

Anime Dad wrote:What do you use to demux b-san?

I usually use the one that's part of TMPGEnc or PGCDemux.

Ah, OK. Cool.

I started looking at DVDLabPro2 last night.... It doesn't like .avi files for input, so I had to convert to .vob first. Now I just have to work out the subtitles.........

If I can get my son off the computer tonight, I'll try again.

Anime Dad wrote:

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If I can get my son off the computer tonight, I'll try again.

gasoline and old rags work for that problem too.

just so you know. :mrgreen:

Anime Dad wrote:Ah, OK. Cool.

I started looking at DVDLabPro2 last night.... It doesn't like .avi files for input, so I had to convert to .vob first. Now I just have to work out the subtitles.........

If I can get my son off the computer tonight, I'll try again.

Are the subs in ssa or srt format?

You can hardsub those subtitles into the avi using VirtualDubMod and VobSub... Pretty easy once you get the knack. :)

Doesn't matter, I can convert them to any format.

That's what I did with Ringu - worked a treat. I was just trying to leave a step out, if I could ;)

*Edit*

Ok, I used DVDLabPro2 to author Tokyo Friends Ep.4.

I'd have to say it was an extremely painless excersise, once I worked out how to do things. It didn't take long at all to put in the menu background, create "Play Movie" and "Scene Selection" buttons, create chapters, add subs and compile. Only thing I would do differently would be to let it demux the input file when I import it, as it has to do it anyway when about to compile. Only thing that didn't work was the inbuilt burning engine - but I have Nero for that anyhow. The Scene selections backgrounds are a bit ordinary, but I guess you could make those anyhow.

Result: one very professional-looking DVD.


PS Krim: The gasoline and rags trick worked with my son too ;)

OK Just to follow up on above:

I authored another DVD last night. This time with 4 individual "movies", 2 of those with scene selections. Just to make things interesting.

I don't know what I did wrong, but while the DVD plays fine in my DVD players, it starts from the first movie, not the top menu as it should. And the "Menu" button on my remote doesn't work :( I guess I missed a step out somewhere.

Back to the drawing board.

I need to convert some doramas and concerts to PAL for a friend in France. What software can I use please?

ralphm1999 wrote:I need to convert some doramas and concerts to PAL for a friend in France. What software can I use please?

According to this guide, you use Virtualdub plus a number of filters to convert NTSC (29.997 fps) to PAL (25 fps). You need to adjust the audio track as well.

Ralph, I use WinAvi video converter to convert .avi files to .vob, in the Advanced area you can choose PAL or NTSC.

dochira wrote:
According to this guide, you use Virtualdub plus a number of filters to convert NTSC (29.997 fps) to PAL (25 fps). You need to adjust the audio track as well.

Oh. virtualdub again. OK. back into the battle. Let's see what I can do. :bleh:

Anime Dad wrote:Ralph, I use WinAvi video converter to convert .avi files to .vob, in the Advanced area you can choose PAL or NTSC.

The problem is that I'm starting with a DVD format (ts_video) and I want to try to maintain the original menus as well. These are idol concert music DVDS. Kurkaki Mai and BoA.

Check out this page: http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20041219_how_do_i_convert_a_pal_dvd_to_ntsc.html It's the other way around, but I guess the process is the same - not that easy.

I think I have a free prog at home, but i'm not sure if it does what you want. I'll get back to you tomorrow about that.

ralphm1999 wrote:I need to convert some doramas and concerts to PAL for a friend in France. What software can I use please?

Ugh, that's a real nasty task.

I converted a couple of PAL DVDs to NTSC and it made the hardsubbing and all that crap look like a walk in the park. :sweat: :bleh:

Seeing as how nearly all the stuff I download is NTSC and we use PAL, I have the opposite problem. WinAvi takes care of it if it's an avi etc, but because the frame rate is increased from 25 to 30, you get short pauses in panning shots. I can live with it.

You may also want to read this: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/167922

Haven't tried Vob Blanker, but you can get it from http://jsoto.posunplugged.com/vobblanker.htm

bmwracer wrote:
Ugh, that's a real nasty task.

I converted a couple of PAL DVDs to NTSC and it made the hardsubbing and all that crap look like a walk in the park. :sweat: :bleh:

Tell me. I converted a pal to ntsc for harriet... some British opera and it took me about 10 hours.

Anime Dad wrote:You may also want to read this: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/167922

Haven't tried Vob Blanker, but you can get it from http://jsoto.posunplugged.com/vobblanker.htm

I have vobblanker from my initial subtitling efforts until I finally settled in with Ulead.

BMW,

Did you ever get my first Ulead subtitle output?