[mythtv-users] RE: PVR-350 mpeg2 --> DVD burning. No commercial cutting or fancy stuff.

[James L. Paul]

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On Monday 15 March 2004 08:04, Brian Rumple wrote:
> Burning the pvr-350 mpeg2 in Linux is really straight forward if you
> don't care about menus. There has been a script posted many times that
> will give you a DVD compliant mpeg2 and create the DVD file structure.
>
>
> What I want to do is put multiple vcd's or svcd's on a single dvd. I
> want to transfer my VHS tapes to DVD. It doesn't seem to make sense to
> capture these in DVD quality since they don't originate in DVD quality.
> This also seems to be the case with capturing TV input. Does that sound
> logical? I don't know a lot about video formats so I might be missing
> something here.

Very logical to me. I do most of my capturing at CVD quality, 352x480. That is 
1/2D1 DVD resolution and very adequate for my cable TV source.

> I believe that it is possible to put VCD's and SVCD's on a DVD if the
> audio is 48k, which is all the DVD player will play.  I have to figure
> out how to transcode my mpeg2's to VCD with the correct audio format.

Many players are very flexible and play lower audio rates just fine. Many also 
play the MP2 audio just fine and don't insist on having primary AC3 tracks.

> What is a good solution to maximizing storage on a DVD while maintaining
> VHS quality and allowing playback on a DVD player?

VCD video stream specs are compliant with the DVD-Video standard. I believe 
that's well over 8 hours of VCD (generally VHS) quality video per DVD.

FWIW, I've migrated some of my old VCDs to DVD to consolidate my collection. I 
simply extract the MPEG stream from the VCD or CVD disk, remux it with DVD 
nav headers, and pass it to dvdauthor. The resulting disks are playable in 
several hardware players I've tried, with wider compatibility than the 
original VCD or CVD disks themselves. ;)

>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Volckaert, Jeff
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:08 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] RE: PVR-350 mpeg2 --> DVD burning. No commercial
> cutting or fancy stuff.
>
> I use the Ulead DVD Moviefactory that came with the PVR-250
> card.  This is done under windows of course via a mapped
> network drive.
>
> First you have to record under MythTv at a DVD compliant
> format... I use 720x480 res and 4M bitrate.  I then make a
> symbolic link to the file with .mpg on the end instead of
> .nuv (so Ulead will see it).  Then I just add it to a
> project as I did before I used MythTv.  The only difference
> from using the PVR card/Ulead under windows is the NUV on
> the end.
>
> It would be nice if extension was a setup option in Mythtv
> so I wouldn't have to the symbolic link (or automatic mpg
> extension when using a hardware encoder).  I also wish the
> program title and/or description was somewhere in the
> filename.  Those two changes would make burning DVDs under
> windows a piece of cake for me.
>
> BTW, go DVD if at all possible $$$ wise and skip the
> VCD/SVCD stuff... MUCH better quality with DVD.
>
> Jeff
>
> > Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:25:23 -0600
> > From: "Malcolm" <mythtv at lds.dyndns.org>
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 mpeg2 --> DVD burning. No
> > commercial
> > 	cutting	or fancy stuff.
> > To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Message-ID: <064301c4084e$9f163300$ca73f2d1 at malcolm>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can someone tell me how to burn one of the .nuv Myth
> > recordings made from a
> > PVR-350 to DVD or even SVCD.  I've been trying for so
> > long and trying so
> > many things I'm at the point where I don't even care
> > about commercial
> > cutting or any fancy editing.  I just want the recording
> > burnt.  On Linux.
> >
> > I've read stuff in the archives about mux or mulitplexing
> > or something to
> > that nature which is supposed to be IO based and strip
> > the audio and video
> > of an hour recording in about 10 and you can burn to DVD.
> >  I just don't know
> > how.
> >
> > I also spent a lot of time trying stuff I found on
> > www.dvdrhelp.com but
> > haven't really got anywhere.
> >
> > How about just making an SVCD from one of the .nuv files?
> >  Easy?
> >
> > Thanks guys
> > Malcolm
>
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