What format are files used by DVD player

I have used Free Video Converter (by softdepo.com) to convert an AVI file to
MPEG

I did this because when I use normal video editing software to write to a
DVD, it doesn't play on the DVD player, only on the PC. So my guess was to
convert it to MPEG first and then write to DVD

But with Free Video Converter, I had several choices of output. Two looked
likely - MPG and MPEG

Aren't DVDs coded in MPEG-2?
But what file format is that?
And is there something more subtle I need to know?

In Video Settings, I have a choice of
Container
PS TS mpeg1 (default PS)
Codec
mp1v mp2v mp4v (default mp1v)
Bit Rate
16 to 3072 (default 1024)
Scale
0.25 to 2.0 (default 1.0)

BTW,
I used .mpg and the default Video Settings and the file plays OK on the PC.
The file size reduces from 9.95GB to 44.6MB. it is 47mins 46secs in duration
I then used .mpeg, with the same result, so maybe it is the other settings
that matter
--
Trevor Lawrence
Canberra

When a file is played with a DVD Player, it has to be in VOB format. That
conversion from mpeg-2 or mpeg-1 to VOB is done by the authoring software
like NeroVision.

Depending on the capture card one is using and the software associated with
it, one can capture videos directly in mpeg-1 or mpeg-2 format; not
necessary to capture in avi format and then convert to the mpeg format.

I have captured videos in mpeg format using VideoMate card and ComproPVR
software which came along with the card, and authored and burned DVDs with
NeroVision 4. These DVDs can be played both on the PC and the stand-alone
Pioneer DVD Player. Earlier I was using ATI's Hercules 3D Prophet
All-in-wonder 8500 DV card and the Multimedia Center software which came
along with the card.

P. Jayant

Trevor Lawrence schrieb:
> I have used Free Video Converter (by softdepo.com) to convert an AVI file to
> MPEG
>
> I did this because when I use normal video editing software to write to a
> DVD, it doesn't play on the DVD player, only on the PC. So my guess was to
> convert it to MPEG first and then write to DVD
>
> But with Free Video Converter, I had several choices of output. Two looked
> likely - MPG and MPEG
>
> Aren't DVDs coded in MPEG-2?
....

Yes they are, but as far as I know, after creating the MPEG-2 file, you
must run a so called DVD Authoring Program on it. The result is a
directory structure with a dir "AUDIO_TS" which is normally empty, and a
dir VIDEO_TS in which are the video files.

David

"David Moerike" <david_moerike@arcor.de> wrote in message
news:fj9097$6up$00$1@news.t-online.com...
> Trevor Lawrence schrieb:
>> I have used Free Video Converter (by softdepo.com) to convert an AVI file
>> to MPEG
>>
>> I did this because when I use normal video editing software to write to a
>> DVD, it doesn't play on the DVD player, only on the PC. So my guess was
>> to convert it to MPEG first and then write to DVD
>>
>> But with Free Video Converter, I had several choices of output. Two
>> looked likely - MPG and MPEG
>>
>> Aren't DVDs coded in MPEG-2?
> ...
>
> Yes they are, but as far as I know, after creating the MPEG-2 file, you
> must run a so called DVD Authoring Program on it. The result is a
> directory structure with a dir "AUDIO_TS" which is normally empty, and a
> dir VIDEO_TS in which are the video files.

That is what I thought, and what has happened. But I have used an AVI file
as input so I think that this may be why the resulting DVD does not play
--
Trevor Lawrence
Canberra
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
MVP Web Site http://trevorl.mvps.org