[MEncoder-users] Fixing broken MPEG files

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 08:57:33PM -0400, Eric Buist wrote:
> I did that with
> MEncoder, using stream copy, so I could dvdauthor the MPEG files, but
> the resulting DVD is still un readable by standalone players.
> The command-line for this was mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -of mpeg
> -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf -o t1.mpg dvd://1

Try adding -mc 0 -noskip just to be sure. I'm sure that someone else can
tell you a better tool for this anyway.

> I am
> a bit upset that in fact, the problem could come from the DVDAuthor
> version which comes with Ubuntu 8.04. In that latter case, I would not
> be able to create DVD-Video anymore with Linux, unless I downgrade to
> Ubuntu 7.10.

It should not be necessary to downgrade the whole system, just adding
the gutsy repositories and doing something like apt-get install
dvdauthor/gutsy or something like that should be possible. But that is
off-topic for this list.

> In addition, would I have more luck with DVD-RW instead of DVD+RW for my
> standalone DVD recorder? I would really like to avoid trying multiple
> types and brands of disks to get something reliable.

I doubt it makes a difference for RW, but if you have a really old
player, DVD-R might be most reliable.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger