DIVX to DVD?

I have spent quite amount of time trying to get a 700 MB DIVX movie with MP3 VBR audio, to a format I can author to VOB for burning to DVD. Per advice on forum I used Virtualdub to encode VBR MP3 audio to wav. I then used TMPGEnc Plus to encode DIVX video to what I thought would be MPEG 2, using this guide and followed it exactly as written. I now have a M2V file 8.48 GB (4.2 GB on disk) and a 1.0 GB PCM wav file, neither will open in TMPGEnc DVD Author, or NeroVision Express. What do I need to do now? Thanks Foz , Merry Christmas

Here is what the properties folder looks like Properties for encoded file m2v file size :8.48GB (9,115,448,012 bytes size on disk :4.29GB (4,613,779,456 bytes This is what is in window when I click on properties of file. Edited: this encoded file was written to my hard drive

Have you had any luck? I'm a total newb when it comes to stuff like this but I have some near-700MB Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes that I would like to burn but I can't find out how. Freinds I have asked directed me to find forums like this to ask my questions but as it was explained here I looked till I found a thread with something like my request, only his hasn't been answered yet

You can only fit 4.3gb on a std dvd so you will have to trim the video file down. The file ext .m2v is used for video without audio. You need to encode your wav file to an Mp2 file. PCM is allowed for sound on dvd but mp2 is smaller in size. WHen you have your two files .m2v and .mp2 you need to mux them together with either tmpgenc or bbmpeg this gives you a file eg file.mpg which should be allowed in any dvd authoring program. Defrag your hard disk and scan it for errors. Reboot after defragging.:( and turn off compression your hard drive. dvd2svcd has an avi input option AND a DVD output option. **HINT**:D

How do I turn off compression on hard drive? Also how does this help. I'm pretty green at this. Foz

Wolfman, I have 2 HD's, how do I turn compression off. If this is what I need to do I will do it. I'm also having problems with transfering file from one HD to the other, speed too slow, maybe if I turn off compression that will improve? Hope this will not goof up my puter any more than I've already done. Foz

Open My Computer, and then click the NTFS drive that you want to stop saving files with compression On the File menu, click Properties Clear the Compress drive to save disk space check box. For more information, click Start...Help and search for "compress."

Thanks I will give it a try. Foz

jggimi, You have helped me fix my speed problem. My 2nd HD had compression checked. I un-checked it in both partitions and my transfer speed went from about 2.6MB/s to 23.6MB/s. I'm sure this has been a lot of my problem in capturing and editing, and authoring these movies. Thanks Foz

Hey Guys, I think the reason my 700 MB DIVX turned out to have 8.xxGB, is because I did not set start frame and end frame in source settings on TMPGEnc. I finally got the thing encoded,authored, and on DVD. The 8GB m2v was 300 + minutes instead of the 96 minutes, like the 700 MB divx. My successful VOB was 96 minutes 4.2 GB. The 8GB thing must have encoded twice, the last half of it was a black screen showing the final frame of video. Foz