After TMPEGing, how to burn DVD with AC3?

I'll try the IFOedit thing, even though I don't have subtitles or chapters. And no, it doesn't squish the video at all! It looks perfect! Which is why I want to make this work! I burned a test with plain stereo sound and it was flawless. It looked exactly like the original movie. Of course, I want to preserve the AC3, so that is the next hurdle. If I can get this to work, then the sky's the limit!

Yeah, you don't really need the subtitles. I put them on just in case of a movie like "Snatch" where you can't tell what the frig they're saying. The chapters are very easy to do, and it doesn't take hardly any space at all. This will give your remote the possibility to skip to chapters easily, rather than scan in fast forward. Let me know if this works, I would eventually like to put Lord of the Rings on 1 dvd and if this reduces file size without sacrificing quality, then I'm on your team!

I typed in cvd in search and can't find anything. Is there a guide somewhere?

I've gotta say that I'm not impressed with my results with the quality. Very blocky. The website you sent me to said the max resolution for cvd's is 2520. This is what I set in TMPGEnc. It came out with a very good reduction in filesize, but it is very noticeable in poor quality. Maybe I'm missing something. Can you set the bitrate higher?

Yes. I will send you my TMEPG template. Push that baby up! I think I did 4000 max, 3000 average, and 2000 minimum.

To use Maestro to only have the movie(no menu, single track of sound), make a new project. 1)Delete the only menu listed on the left. 2)Double click "Movie1" 3)Drag the m2v file and ac3 file into the assets bin on the bottom right 4)After the files are read and verified, drag the m2v file into the movie track in the movie1 window, and the ac3 into the first audio track 5)Right Click on Untitled1 Project 6)Click View Connections (If it's already checked, find the connections window) 7)Drag Movie1 from the bottom half of the connections window into the top half of the window placing it in the bar that says "First Play" on the left 8)Click on Tools, Compile...Choose a place for it to put your finished DVD 9)Test the DVD in PowerDVD, or burn to disc if you have discs to waste... I suggest Nero 5.5.8.2 This method does not include subtitles or extra audio tracks, but if you want to add them, check Maestro's user manual. It has tons of great help. Any questions - feel free to ask! Good luck!

Woohoo! Success! The IFOedit method works. Just use the DVD Authoring command, add the M2V, the AC3, and burn away! My CVD looks near-DVD quality and has retained the 5.1 surround sound! I am currently fiddling with the chapter settings. Does annyone know which format IFOedit reads chapter files? ChapterXtractor can save as Maestro, Micro DVD, and others.

Gotcha covered! Easy as pie. Open up the main movie ifo file after you stripped in ifo. Select VTS_PGCITI in the upper window. Under this select the VTS_PGC of your movie. Then in tools, drop down and select "save cell times to file". It will save it in a text file for your ifoedit authoring location. Voila!