Using mencoder, dvdauthor and burning a DVD iso - what went wrong in the process ?

[Robin Laing]

Mark Ryden wrote:
> Hello,
>  I tried several times to convert an an avi to a DVD and than to burn
>  it and try to play it on a DVD player (no a PC dvd).
>  The result is that I have to make many attemps to try to insert the
>  media inside the DVD and wait. After many such attempts is start correctly.
> 
>   This happened to me with more than one media. However, I must say that the DVD
> 	itslef is brand new and from good quality and it plays DVD without any
> 	problem.
> 	
> 	Could it be that something in the process is incorrect or there is a better way
> 	to do it ?
> 	
> 	What I do is this:
> 	I have movie.avi.
> 	I run:
> mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf
> scale=720:576,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg2video:vstrict=1:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint=15:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:aspect=4/3
> -ofps 25 -o movie.mpg /work/down/mov/homeAlone1/movie.avi
> 
> than I use dvdauthor, in this way:
> 
> dvdauthor -o dvdFolder -x dvd.xml
> 
> whereas the dvd.xml is this:
> 
> <dvdauthor>
>     <vmgm />
>     <titleset>
>         <titles>
>             <pgc>
>                 <vob file="movie.mpg" />
>             </pgc>
>         </titles>
>     </titleset>
> </dvdauthor>
> 
> Now, under dvdFolder, two folders are created: AUDIO_TS  VIDEO_TS
> and everything is OK. When I try to play the result with vlc, by
> running File->Open Directiry and navigate to the VIDEO_TS, everything
> is perfect.
> Now , I create an .iso, in this way:
> mkisofs -o movie.iso -dvd-video pathTodvdFolder.
> 
> The I burn this movie.iso with k3b ( By tools->Burn DVD iso from k3b).
> 
> When I try to play the DVD media I burned with the PC DVD - it is perfectly OK.
> 
> When I try to play the DVD media with a non-PC DVD (a good quality DVD
> which is connected to
> a TV), I have problems as depicted above. It does not play it
> immediately. I have
> to try 5 or more time to insert the DVD and pull it out and again, untill it
> starts.
> Any ideas what is wrong in this process?
> 
> Mark
> 

I have a DVD player (RCA) that will only work with one type of DVD.  I 
believe it is DVD+R's.  I had a similar issue with a Sony player as well.

As you state that the files work okay on your computer, then it points 
to a compatibility issue between the computer and DVD player.


-- 
Robin Laing