From .m2t to DVD standard encoding

[Alexander]

Hello everyone.
Im facing a serious problem!!!
I have rendered my short film (1920x1080 .m2t file) to dvd standard with Sony Dvd Architect in order to submit to the preselection of a Film Festival.For the preselection they need just a dvd version.
When viewed in a DVD player the colors and contrast are very good.In fact the whole film is in black backround so contrast is very important to me.
The problem is that when viewed in a PC the result is awful. And i meen it. AWFUL.
TErrible. No contrast , full of artifacts but rendering .
So if they watch my film in a Pc im totally BUsted!!!
Any suggestions???
PLease i need your help
Thanks in regards

[drapeama]

Any suggestions???

Infor here & here about HCencoder. That free software gives the best results compared to DVD Architect/Encore DVD and for free.

[Alexander]

well as i can see with this program i can encode from .m2t to .m2v ...
it seems a bit complicated .
I have downloaded "dgIndex" to get a .d2v file but ...

[drapeama]

Not easy, I agree. But once you got how it works, it beat every other software hands down.
You've seen the screenshots? Just take the time to learn how it works. BTW, you don't need the DGindex for M2t to m2v : just use that template here (copy/paste in a .txt file what's in the box below and rename to .avs):

filename="yourfile.m2t"
b = directshowsource(filename, fps=23.976, audio=false, convertfps=true)
bordersizeX=int(0/2)
bordersizeY=int(0/2)
AddBorders(b, bordersizeX, bordersizeY, bordersizeX, bordersizeY)
Spline64Resize(720,480) # Spline64 (sharp)
b=last
b=b.ConvertToYV12()
return b

Replace the "yourfile.m2t" with the complete path, ie: "C:\Video\yourfile.m2t".
Be sure the FPs are set correctly, the bordersizeY is usually used to add black borders on top/bottom for cropped project.
The spline resize is the best filter (to me) to resize your video.
Use (720,576) and 25 for FPS if you're in PAL land.


Feel free to PM and i'll answer your questions.

[Alexander]

I think i did it !!!!!
But
1) I dont have sound
2) my film is 9 min and 8 sec and i set the bitrate at 6000 average and 8000 maximum "dont know if its good" . I used a calculator and the result was 9500 . shall i use this instead ?
3) about aspect ratio i used 16:9 . but i think the black borders were quite large ...


i think im in a good way thanks drapeama

[Alexander]

Has anyone used HCencoder before?I need some help please

[litleboy]

dvda wont accept .m2v files... or I'm doing something wrong..

AVISource("test.avi")
ResampleAudio(48000)
ConvertToYV12()

I'm following a tutorial, does HCenc supports audio? I'm not getting any..

[charlie_tango]

I'm following a tutorial, does HCenc supports audio? I'm not getting any..

My friend just told me that it doesn't, so you won't get any audio out of it.
He suggest to use eac3to to extract the audio from the final render and belight to compress to .ac3. Both are free.

[litleboy]

Just wanted to be sure n the audio in the m2v. Is there a way to insert m2v in to DVDA? I was reading something about mux m2v and ac3 to be able to use it in DVDA but, is that an other encoder? or it just packs the two streams in to one? will DVDA read it?

thanks a lot..

[litleboy]

I'm excited to use HCenc on my DVD but so far can get it to work... I used tsMuxer to combine m2v and ac3 in to m2t. DVDA accepted the file, but is trying to re-compress, saying that is not a DVD compliant format.

[charlie_tango]

Use IFOedit to mux the .m2v and .ac3. No menu, but no recompressing.