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Merging segments to make full movie files

Now, whether you have ripped MPEG files from CD's, already had MPEG files on your HDD or have mounted CD Images, you are ready to merge them to create at least 2 MPEG files. Each MPEG file after merging will be a full movie to go on DVD. You have two options to do the merging, MPEG-VCR and TMPGEnc. I strongly recommend MPEG-VCR because generally I find it more reliable and it will transcode the audio while merging. TMPGEnc can often encounter errors and I find it slow. Each method of merging is pretty simple anyway.

MPEG-VCR (Step 1) - Open files and paste all as one stream

The first thing you need to do is have a look at the buttons you will be using in MPEG-VCR. I have made a simple gif for you to look at.

Out of all of these buttons, the buttons we will need are Step Forward , Step Backward, MarkIn, MarkOut, Insert Marker, Trim Left, Trim Right, Copy and Save. First thing you have to do is open the MPEG segments. The MPEG segments are either the files you ripped from CDs, files you already had on your HDD or mounted CD Images. Click File --> Open and open all the files you need to merge to make your first movie. If you are confused, what we are doing here is combining MPEG segments to make the first movie of at least two that's going onto the DVDR. So open all the MPEG files necessary to make the first full movie file.

When looking at the last Segment, have a good look at the first frame. Does it appear blocky or does the pic appear corrupt in any way? If it does, hit the Step Forward button until you get to a frame that appears properly. Now click the MarkIn button followed then by the Trim Left button to cut off the frames. Now the good frame should appear first and timer should be 0:00:00:00. Now click the Insert Marker button. Now we will process the First Segment (first mpeg file/first half of movie). Now when you view it in MPEG-VCR, you should see the very first frame and the timer should be 0:00:00:00, click the Step Backward button and it will take you to the last frame of the Segment. Now if the last frame looks blocky or corrupt in any way, keep clicking Step Backward until you come to a frame that appears correctly. When you find one, Click the MarkOut button and then click the Trim Right button to remove the bad frames. With this is done properly, click the Copy button and you should see a little thumbnail image of the first Segment in the Video Clipboard on the left of MPEG VCR. Now go back to the Last Segment and drag the thumbnail from the Video Clipboard, right over the video of the second segment and release. If you did everything right, you will now be able to add the first segment to the second.

If you need a bigger guide on merging files with MPEG-VCR, Mattrage (mrage) has written and excellent guide that you can find here.

MPEG-VCR (Step 2 and Saving the File.) - Converting the Audio

So now that you've managed to merge the 2 segments as one (or if you only have 1 file), you have to Save it. MPEG-VCR also gives you the option of making changes to the video or audio stream while saving which is very handy. So click the Save button BUT when the dialog box appears, click Audio . As you can see by the pic with this text, all you need to do is select 48.0 kHz and click OK. You might want to make the Birate higher if you wish but this wont have any major noticeable effect on the output audio at all. Make sure Layer is set to II (MP2). Now click OK. Enter the File Name you want it saved as and Click Save . It can take up to 15 minutes to save the file completely. So now you have managed to merge the files with MPEG-VCR, do the same for the second movie aswell. Now I will explain how to use TMPGEnc to merge for people who would prefer to use TMPGEnc.

Merging with TMPGEnc

Before we start merging with TMPGEnc, If you have mounted CDs you would probably be better off using MPEG-VCR, as people have reported problems opening the files from images in TMPGEnc. Click Add and add in all the MPEG files to make up the first movie. Make sure to select Type as MPEG-2 Program (VBR) and then click the browse button beside the Output field. Make sure the MPEG files are in the right order or you might end out with a big mess. As soon as everything is entered properly, hit Run and it will begin merging the files. TMPGEnc often give errors and will NOT transcode the audio here so you will have to allow DVD-Lab to transcode the audio later on for you. Repeat this step for the second movie too.

After Merging Segments

Now that you have finished you should have your movies in files on their own. The next step is to use DVD-Lab to create a small menu so you can select your movies and to burn the DVD.

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Introduction & requirements
Ripping MPEG files from SVCD CDs
Mounting CD Images on Virtual CD Drives
Merging MPEG segments to make full movie files
Authoring and burning the DVD

Created: 1 September 2004 Last updated: 14 August 2007