Burning a .mpg file

[oldmaster]

I have a .mpg file (MPEG-2) that i need to burn to DVD.

I used Nero to burn it but no sound was burnt to the DVD but there is sound on the .mpg file?

Have i missed something?

[Joe Forster/STA]

Did the file actually get smaller? Did you do any conversion on the file beforehands or in Nero? E.g. Nero VisionExpress preselects audio tracks in your favorite language(s), when processing DVD's, but it may not select audio tracks in other languages (see the options!).

More infos, please!

[oldmaster]

I used nero express 6 OEM to burn the DVD. The size of the file did not change.

Do i need to use a authoring tool first? If so any suggestions on the best one to use? eg Nero Vision

[Joe Forster/STA]

Yes, to burn non-DVD material in DVD format (plain MPEG-2 is not DVD!), you need an authoring software. As for which one, everyone you might ask will advise a different one; but, if you already have Nero, try Nero VisionExpress - it will not give you the best target quality - if it does any conversion on the video - but it's, at least, easy to use.

I don't know what Nero did to your file. If you burnt it as a plain MPEG-2 video file onto a data DVD, you should play it with the usual media player and should get audio, too. If you converted it to DVD format - or Nero did it for you -, something might have happenned to it. (If possible, don't use wizards - and other express ways - but read the manuals and understand what you're doing or what you're telling the software to do!) To test media files, try MPlayer which can play anything and in a very compatible way - it might play the audio while your media player or DVD player doesn't.

[Zulu]

@oldmaster
- Demux mpg file with e.g. PVAStrumento
- Author new DVD with IfoEdit

Not best, but free