To be able to watch such videos on the TV, you must first convert them to a format that the DVD player can understand. This format is MPEG If you want to make VCDs then that is the format you want to convert to. This tutorial will not be covering the process for creating VCDs. I also choose this software because it has several features that really makes our life easier, like being able to resize the video and converting several videos together, like chapters, to easily preview and fill the size of one DVD.
One of the most common problems when trying to convert a movie to DVD format is the overscan. Most televisions are made in a way to please the general public. For that reason, everything you see on the TV had the borders cut, top, bottom and sides. This is made to ensure that the image covers the whole screen. That is called overscan. Unfortunately, when you make a DVD, it's borders will most likely be cut too, and if the video had subtitles too close to the bottom, they won't be fully shown.
The solution to that is simple. All you have to do is adjust the size the size has to be only a little smaller than the original video to fix the overscan. Then the video will get a little smaller with black borders on the sides. Those borders will be on the overscan area and the video will show on the whole screen without the cut borders. It is always a good idea to test on the TV several different resize values for the video you are converting to know which one will best fill the TV.
You can then select only a few seconds of video to convert faster, so you can quickly test the results on the TV. After the conversion is successfully completed, the files are still not ready to be burned to the DVD. The format is correct, but the files have to be organized in order to be played in a regular DVD player.
Then you can configure the chapters, menus, extras, backgrounds, and any other details you may like to add to the DVD. After that, the DVD will be compiled, a process that usually takes about 15 to 20 minutes.
Other formats will be covered later, because only a few modifications of the general process have to be made. The first step is to create a script that points to the video that you are going to convert. The script created is going to be processed by Avisynth and can be played like a normal video in most video players, like Windows Media Player.
This is a basic script that is going to be used in the conversion. Basically all you have to do is paste this text on the notepad, change the file parameter to point to your movie, and save it with a name like Movie1.
The avs extension is important so Avisynth can recognize the script file and load the video. After you have done that, open the script in Windows Media Player to see if it worked. If you get a error that looks like this:. This kind of error usually means you have made a mistake on the file name or a typo anywhere in the script.
Just see what line the error is in and try to correct it. If you copied the script exactly like shown in here, it should work fine, unless the path to the video is incorrect, there is an error in the video or a missing codec. If that's the case, use G-Spot to find out which codec you will need. For help in that, go to G-Spot.
Jump to Creating a test video. OBS: The video takes longer to open through the script. But it will open much faster if you have the codec ffdshow installed. That's good if you are opening several files on TMPGEnc Xpress , because they all can take a while to load maybe one minute each without ffdshow. If the video plays but has no sound and you have the correct codec installed, then you will have to extract the audio stream to a WAVE file.
Riverpast Audio Converter is very easy to use, but use any program you like. Simply drag and drop the movie onto Riverpast Audio Converter. Now you will have to change the script, so you can load the video and the audio separately. Use the following script and change the path to point to the correct video and audio that you have just converted. Test it on the Windows Media Player now. You should see the video and hear the audio just fine. The next step is to test the right configuration so the video will look good on the TV.
All these tests seem to be a waste of time, but with a little practice you will be able to do them really fast. And they are important so you can know how the DVD will look like on the TV before actually having to convert the whole thing. Click on Start new project. This step is only a test, so even if you are planning to convert several chapters at once, you should not do that yet. For now, add the same script two or three times. You will use a different configuration for each one, so you can know which one will look better on the TV.
Click on Add File. Add the whateverthename. Now the following screen will appear:. Before you change any configurations on this page, you have to check the resolution of your video. If you cannot see the resolution in the properties of the file, click on Filter Marked 3 on the screenshot. In the screen that will appear, right below the timeline, the resolution will be shown for example, x Then click on Clip info above, to return to the previous screen.
For example, if your video is x , then you should select Image If you don't know which resolution is widescreen and wich one is standard , check this List of common resolutions.
Even if the resolution of your video is not listed in there, its easy to know just by watching. If your video is widescreen , select Image , otherwise, select Image I've no idea which programs do the best job of transcoding movies for iOS, but there are so few options, it should be a fully automated process. Perhaps readers can recommend something. Otherwise you can always use one of the free video transcoders that handle the whole array of different file formats, codecs, resolutions, frame rates, bit-rates and so on.
You may also find Avidemux useful for editing. Try downloading a few programs and see what works for you. In defence of Super and Handbrake, I've used them for years and somehow got decent results out of them. I couldn't manage that in my brief trial of Media Coder, though I did get a good conversion in my one go with Xmedia Recode.
Also, it may better to use VidCoder rather than Handbrake: it's easier to use and it uses Handbrake to do the transcoding. However, an MPEG-2 file that matches the original just in a different wrapper, as it were is almost as good. Whether they'll be good enough for the 4K x pixel screens we'll all be using in a few years is another matter. If you're ripping commercial CDs or Blu-rays, you should store the original discs somewhere safe.
These discs show that you own the originals and have re-purposed them for convenience, not pirated or downloaded them. Ideally, movie studios would make digital copies available online either free or for a reasonable fee. The industry now does this with its UltraViolet system. You will need to check the specifications of the player for a full list. But the DVD player won't play.
Why and how to fix? Region code is a major reason that a DVD player refuses to play. If the DVD is a store-bought movie, check if it's from another region. You can change the player's region for up to 5 times.
When the number of allowances reaches zero, the DVD player can play the last code you set. That means, when you import an old and scratched DVD, maybe just a little, the DVD player won't play or there are endless freezes and artifacts. Finally, the output file size on your MPEG-2 files is completely dependent on the bit-rate that you use when you encode them.
Higher the bit-rate comes with the larger the file size and better quality. This setting is completely your choice. It depends on how you want the video to look as well as how much you want to fit on one DVD player.
Note : 1. As we highlighted, not all the formats are supported by any DVD player. To see what formats your DVD player can support, you can check the specs online for the player or the box. Newer DVDs are in H.
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