MyDVD files to VideoWave ?

[yeeman]

I used MyDVD to add chapter marks to a video & then burnt it to a DVD + RW for test purposes using the available settings offered in MyDVD.

How would I use the more advanced settings in VideoWave ? ( I guess burn to a file & then burn to a disc later )

Was there a way to transfer the final edited video from MyDVD to Videowave ?

Should I try to extract the video file(s) from the disc to VideoWave ? ( I have no idea which files to look for off the disc...TS,IFO, etc ??? )

 

Thanx

[malatekid]

The processing sequence in video creation is Videowave--> MyDVD--> Video Copy & Convert. Look at the Tips & Tricks posts (sknis) and jim hardin' for tutorials. Instead of Disc Copier in the EMC 9 tutorial, replace it with Video Copy & Convert for Roxio Creator 2009.

 

When you do select burn in MyDVD, you have 3 options: burn directly to disc, create an ISO file, or create a video-folder set. The last two are good if you decide to burn multiple copies of the finished project.

 

What do you mean by "transfer the final edited video from MyDVD to Videowave"? Once you load the Videowave production into MyDVD, there is no more connection between the Videowave production and what you have laoded in MyDVD.

 

What do you mean by "extract the video file(s) from the disc to VideoWave ?"

[yeeman]

I guess my mistake was starting with MyDVD first to add chapter marks to the video & then try to transfer the results to VideoWave so I could export it as a PAL/NTSC copy. That didn't seem to work out, so I thought I could find the correct video file on the disc that I burned from MyDVD.....all those detailed files with the wierd extensions...ifo,vob,ts,etc & bring that into Videowave. ( I wanted to use the advanced settings in VW that wasn't available in MyDVD )

 

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Anyway, I started with Videowave ths time, created a video file in AVI ( over 20 GB in PAL/NTSC ) & will then bring it into MyDVD to create chapter marks, & then burn it to an MPEG-2 , which seems to be the ONLY format choice at this stage. I hope I got it right this time.

 

 

Thanx

[Jim_Hardin]

I guess my mistake was starting with MyDVD first to add chapter marks to the video & then try to transfer the results to VideoWave so I could export it as a PAL/NTSC copy. That didn't seem to work out, so I thought I could find the correct video file on the disc that I burned from MyDVD.....all those detailed files with the wierd extensions...ifo,vob,ts,etc & bring that into Videowave. ( I wanted to use the advanced settings in VW that wasn't available in MyDVD )

 

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Anyway, I started with Videowave ths time, created a video file in AVI ( over 20 GB in PAL/NTSC ) & will then bring it into MyDVD to create chapter marks, & then burn it to an MPEG-2 , which seems to be the ONLY format choice at this stage. I hope I got it right this time.

 

 

Thanx

Why???

 

With MyDVD the final output is the one and only time you need to specify output. Before that your project can be a world class mongrel and it doesn’t mean a thing.

 

Select NTSC or PAL and burn.

 

 

Select the other and burn again. Doesn’t matter if you output to Disc, ISO or Folders.

 

[bimicher]

I guess my mistake was starting with MyDVD first to add chapter marks to the video & then try to transfer the results to VideoWave so I could export it as a PAL/NTSC copy. That didn't seem to work out, so I thought I could find the correct video file on the disc that I burned from MyDVD.....all those detailed files with the wierd extensions...ifo,vob,ts,etc & bring that into Videowave. ( I wanted to use the advanced settings in VW that wasn't available in MyDVD )

 

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Anyway, I started with Videowave ths time, created a video file in AVI ( over 20 GB in PAL/NTSC ) & will then bring it into MyDVD to create chapter marks, & then burn it to an MPEG-2 , which seems to be the ONLY format choice at this stage. I hope I got it right this time.

 

 

Thanx

 

 

Why are are you creating an avi file in Videowave? Just save the VW as a project file and exit VW. Then launch myDVD, add the VW project file, create chapter points/chapter menu and then burn. Every standard video DVD has the mpeg2 format - there is no other possibility.

You are making this much more difficult then it really is.

[yeeman]

My intention was to create a disc that can play back BOTH in NTSC & PAL......that setting is in VW.

I wanted to preview it here & then send it to the U.K.

 

[Larry]

My intention was to create a disc that can play back BOTH in NTSC & PAL......that setting is in VW.

I wanted to preview it here & then send it to the U.K.

 

What 'setting' in Videowave are you referring to?

 

When you create a DVD-Video disc, it's either NTSC or PAL. It can't be both.

 

If you create a PAL disc, you can preview it on your computer. You may be able to on a set top player if it is able to. One of my will play either format.

[yeeman]

I just assumed that a PAL copy could not be viewed on my PC...I should check on that.

In VideoWave....OUTPUT......Make Movie.....there is a setting for PAL,NTSC, or BOTH.

 

I see that a PAL file will play on my PC, but I doubt if a PAL disc will play in my players since I

don't have a multi-system.

[Larry]

I just assumed that a PAL copy could not be viewed on my PC...I should check on that.

In VideoWave....OUTPUT......Make Movie.....there is a setting for PAL,NTSC, or BOTH.

 

I see that a PAL file will play on my PC, but I doubt if a PAL disc will play in my players since I

don't have a multi-system.

 

Those are not encoding settings for the video file you get if you actually output it. As noted in the Help file, they are simply filters that will change the choices you find in the "Video file quality" listing to pick from. The actually encoded file will not be both. It's not possible. If you look close at the choices when you have the "Both" option selected, there are 2 of each one. One is the NTSC format and the other is the PAL. If you look at the Video settings after picking 'MPEG-2 for DVD, best quality' for example, you'll see that the NTSC is 720 x 480,29.97 fps while the PAL one is 720 x 576,25 fps. Those are the settings that will be used to output the VW project to either an NTSC or PAL encoded file.

 

BTW, The PAL disc may not play in your set top player (you'd have to try it & see) but it would play on your computer.

 

Output Options screen:

[bimicher]

My intention was to create a disc that can play back BOTH in NTSC & PAL......that setting is in VW.

I wanted to preview it here & then send it to the U.K.

 

The "both" setting has nothing to do with the output format, it refers to the options available in the drop down box

 

from the Help system:

Both: Select this if you want to display both the NTSC and the PAL settings templates in the Video file quality drop-down list. When you choose a template, a brief description appears.

 

You select the type NTSC or PAL DVD in myDVD.

 

Why don't you check with your friends in the UK if they can play NTSC DVDs. Most players in Europe can play both types (they are ahead of North America in that regard)

[yeeman]

I don't know why Roxio is still telling me that "BOTH" means that the disc can play NTSC & PAL...go figure.

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OK...let's see if I can stump you on this one:

 

Suppose I use VideoWave to create a file...as PAL & MPEG-2.

I bring that file into MyDVD..click on BURN & I assume it will burn a disc as an MPEG-2 in PAL ?

 

Suppose I don't click on BURN yet, but go to the file tab on the top left, I think it's Production settings.....do I have to check off PAL again, because it's already set to NTSC there.

[Larry]

I don't know why Roxio is still telling me that "BOTH" means that the disc can play NTSC & PAL...go figure.

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OK...let's see if I can stump you on this one:

 

Suppose I use VideoWave to create a file...as PAL & MPEG-2.

I bring that file into MyDVD..click on BURN & I assume it will burn a disc as an MPEG-2 in PAL ?

 

Suppose I don't click on BURN yet, but go to the file tab on the top left, I think it's Production settings.....do I have to check off PAL again, because it's already set to NTSC there.

 

The project settings in MyDVD control the encoding format of the disc no matter what the source material is. If it's set to NTSC, anything you add to the project that is not NTSC DVD-video compliant video will be encoded to be so. Same goes for PAL

 

Add a PAL mpeg2 file to an NTSC project, it will get encoded to NTSC (and loose quality at the same time). Same thing applies if you add an NTSC file to a PAL project.

 

Unless you are wanting just a plain video file of your VW project for some reason, in NTSC or PAL or both, I don't know why you are wasting the extra encoding time outputting video files from VW to add to a MyDVD project. Just add the VW project to your MyDVD project, set it for NTSC, burn it. Now set it to PAL, burn that. Burn 'em to image files or folder sets if you want to make multiple discs of them.

[yeeman]

The project settings in MyDVD control the encoding format of the disc no matter what the source material is. If it's set to NTSC, anything you add to the project that is not NTSC DVD-video compliant video will be encoded to be so. Same goes for PAL

 

Add a PAL mpeg2 file to an NTSC project, it will get encoded to NTSC (and loose quality at the same time). Same thing applies if you add an NTSC file to a PAL project.

 

Unless you are wanting just a plain video file of your VW project for some reason, in NTSC or PAL or both, I don't know why you are wasting the extra encoding time outputting video files from VW to add to a MyDVD project. Just add the VW project to your MyDVD project, set it for NTSC, burn it. Now set it to PAL, burn that. Burn 'em to image files or folder sets if you want to make multiple discs of them.

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So, are the output settings in VW just for creating a file that you might burn with some OTHER software in the future ?

[bimicher]

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So, are the output settings in VW just for creating a file that you might burn with some OTHER software in the future ?

 

Did you not read what the NTSC, PAL or Both settings mean in the posts Larry and I made? Those settings have nothing to do with any output file - they simply control the list of output formats available for the option selected. When you select Both, it will show the formats for the NTSC and PAL in one list instead of a separate list for NTSC and PAL. You cannot create a file for both NTSC and PAL at any stage.

[Larry]

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So, are the output settings in VW just for creating a file that you might burn with some OTHER software in the future ?

 

Not even close!

 

The output settings, which are determined by the Video file quality choice as I pointed out before, are so one can create a single video file of a VW project, for whatever use they want at that point or later. Post it to a web site, put it on a portable player, use it as an overlay on another VW project, or whatever..... The reasons and possibilities are endless.