morning tech geekery; help
Aug. 25th, 2005 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amezriI had a big post all typed up and then I clicked something and crashed the computer and now it's all gone. OMG. *stabs computer repeatedly* I will try to sum up:
7:50AM - 8:30AM: Checked on DVD set to burn last night. Completed, yay. Test plays. Video is all glitchy. wtf?! Try to convert with TMPGEnc. Audio decompressor error. Try VirtualDub. Error. Search Google for half an hour. Try new AC3 audio decompressor. Error still. Search some more. Download GSpot to figure out what audio codec is. Is MPEG-1 Layer 2, whcih I have decompressor for, clearly as it frelling plays. Search more. download AVI2WAV. It extracts wav file. yay! Convert to mpg. Video still fubar. Fiddle with settings. Not helpful. *headdeskrepeatalot* GIVEUPOMG.
8:45AM: Decide to try converting SGA episode. Extract audio. Convert in VirtualDub. Audio is way off. Frustrated. *smash*
9:15AM: Crash machine where I'm writing a post because I accidentally tried to start a Nero install. Argh.
9:30AM: Fiddle more. Mess with audio skew. Convert. Works, yay! Until you get about 10 seconds in and the skew becomes progressively worse.
10:00AM: Mess with programs some more. Look stuff up. *frustratedannoyed*
And now I'm late for work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what program to use to burn XviD files with various audio compressions (AC3, MP3, MP1 LII) to DVD so it will keep aspect ratio? (ie, add black bars to the top and bottom to keep image from stretching in a normal TV)
PowerProducer will burn these files with that seems like no problem, except I cannot figure out how to keep aspect ratio - it's probably not a feature. Will Nero Ultra keep aspect ratio? Roxio 7.5? DVDAuthor? Argh. I'd rather not have to install al of these programs and waste blanks just to find out. Help! *cries*
7:50AM - 8:30AM: Checked on DVD set to burn last night. Completed, yay. Test plays. Video is all glitchy. wtf?! Try to convert with TMPGEnc. Audio decompressor error. Try VirtualDub. Error. Search Google for half an hour. Try new AC3 audio decompressor. Error still. Search some more. Download GSpot to figure out what audio codec is. Is MPEG-1 Layer 2, whcih I have decompressor for, clearly as it frelling plays. Search more. download AVI2WAV. It extracts wav file. yay! Convert to mpg. Video still fubar. Fiddle with settings. Not helpful. *headdeskrepeatalot* GIVEUPOMG.
8:45AM: Decide to try converting SGA episode. Extract audio. Convert in VirtualDub. Audio is way off. Frustrated. *smash*
9:15AM: Crash machine where I'm writing a post because I accidentally tried to start a Nero install. Argh.
9:30AM: Fiddle more. Mess with audio skew. Convert. Works, yay! Until you get about 10 seconds in and the skew becomes progressively worse.
10:00AM: Mess with programs some more. Look stuff up. *frustratedannoyed*
And now I'm late for work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what program to use to burn XviD files with various audio compressions (AC3, MP3, MP1 LII) to DVD so it will keep aspect ratio? (ie, add black bars to the top and bottom to keep image from stretching in a normal TV)
PowerProducer will burn these files with that seems like no problem, except I cannot figure out how to keep aspect ratio - it's probably not a feature. Will Nero Ultra keep aspect ratio? Roxio 7.5? DVDAuthor? Argh. I'd rather not have to install al of these programs and waste blanks just to find out. Help! *cries*
