DVD Architect Says My MPEG is Non Compliant

[John Rofrano]

Did you change anything about the template? If you did, this is probably the reason it’s non-compliant. I’ve never had DVD Architect reject a template that was unchanged.

~jr

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[Casey Menninger]

Hi John,

I don’t think I changed anything…Video: 24 fps, 720×480 Progressive, YUV, 8 Mbps
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.212

I might have changed the setting that defaults to 9 bits to 10 (8, 9, or 10 are the choices)

[Casey Menninger]

For what it’s worth, this is what pops up in DVD Architect 4.5 about “compliant” NTSCvideo files. It doesn’t say 24p is compliant, is that the problem?

NTSC MPEG video (.m2p, .mp2, .mpg, .mpeg)
If you’re using the MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder in Vegas Movie Studio, use the DVD Architect NTSC video stream or DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream template to render your video stream (you’ll need to render your audio stream separately according to the parameters listed in the AC-3 audio or PCM audio headings).

Aspect ratio and frame size:

Aspect ratio
Frame size

4:3
720×480

4:3
704×480

4:3
352×480

4:3
352×240

16:9
720×480

16:9
704×480

Frame rate: 29.97 fps

Maximum GOP (group of pictures): 36

Maximum bit rate: 9.8 Mbps

No low delay

[Mike Kujbida]

YUV is why it’s not compliant.
A compliant DVD render requires MPEG-2 for video and AC-3 for audio.
Use the DVD Architect 24p NTSC Widescreen video stream template and things should work out as expected.

[Casey Menninger]

Mike,

As far as I can see, the template you mention is also YUV, per the specs in the drop down box…

[Mike Kujbida]

Casey, are you selecting MPEG-2 in the Save As Type box?

[Casey Menninger]

Yes…

[John Rofrano]

[Casey Menninger] “I might have changed the setting that defaults to 9 bits to 10 (8, 9, or 10 are the choices)”

10 is non-compliant. The DVD spec only goes up to 9.5 and I wouldn’t burn anything greater than 9 if you want most players to be able to play it.

Try using the template shipped by Sony without changing ANYTHING.

~jr

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[Casey Menninger]

Hi John,

It must be something with DVD Architect. No matter what untouched, default 24p template I use, DVD Architect says the video stream is not compliant and must be recompressed. It doesn’t do this if I use a 30 fps NTSC template.

Casey