Archiving recoded programs to DVD

[darksoul]

Hey everyone I’m trying to figure out a problem here and i was wandering if anyone else has encountered this issue or may make suggestions to help me out.

I’m using DVD-lab to try to compile recoded programs from sage into a DVD that I can play back at a later time... (cartoons for my son) the mpg files play great before i compile them to DVD format... they even play ok inside DVD-lab when I set up the chapters and such but when i compile the DVD and test it.. it plays back as if its playing in fast forward.

any suggestions would be wonderful!

Regards,

Thomas

[mikejaner]

Hit Slow Motion

;-)

[kdhamann]

Are the cartoons recorded dvd rate (3.25 GB an hour if I remember correctly)? If not and are recorded at a lower rate (2GB an hour for example), that might explain the speed if DVD-lab isn't changing them to 3.25 GB per hour. You could set Sage to record a show or two at the DVD rate (one of the choices in Sage) and put those recordings on a DVD and see if that helps.

Another solution might be a different DVD player. I have a Philips model that plays MPEG2 off a DVD-ROM (not DVD-Video) just fine at the 2GB per hour setting.

[zz5]

kdhamann,

Is your DVD player by chance the Philips DVP-642? This is the one that cost $70 or so and can playback DIVX/MPEG-4. I was thinking about buying this DVD player, but I haven't been able to figure out for sure if it will play MPEG-2 files. I know it play MPEG-4/Divx files but I haven't been able to confirm for sure whether it will play MPEG-2.

[kdhamann]

I have the Philips Q35. I did a little searching on the dvp-642 and found this review.

http://reviews.cnet.com/Philips_DVP6...VP642&part=rss

At least one person comments that it will play almost anything the person has tried including mpeg.

If a brick and mortar store is nearby that sells the dvp-642, it might be worthwhile to make a test cd and/or dvd and test the demo unit in the store.

I got the Q35 on clearance for $35, then later had made some dvdroms for the computer and decided to try it in the Q35 and they worked...

I hope that's of some help, although I have no direct experience with the dvp-642.

[zz5]

Thanks very much for your help and posting that review, kdhamann. Sorry for the long delay.

I just wanted to post back and say that I bought the DVP-642 and it does play raw MPEG-2 files. Unfortunately, it has some problems. It has trouble playing any files over 2GB. It seems to work fine as long as all of the files on a disk are under 2GB. Another problem is that it has trouble reading my DVD-R's. I have one other DVD player and 2 DVD drives and they have no trouble at all playing my DVD-R's. I wish I would have took your advice and bought it locally, but I bought it online. Anyway, I just wanted to come back and report on this in case anyone is considering buying this player. The second problem could be just a manufacturing problem, but the first one is a software problem so I don't think it could be fixed. I'm going to send it in to see what they can do.