[cleantone]

So I did a new mux. I used mpeg streamclip to demux a M2V. I then used ffmegx, tools, mux, selected the m2v in the video field, the fixed wav in the audio field. I selected "author as dvd", mux as dvd Sync 0.

The footage seems fine. The file size went from 3.09gb (original) to 2.58gb (new)

Mac DVD Bitrate Paranoia states the origional was 9.32mbps the new one is 7.96mbps

I also lost 10 chapter marks.

I would REALLY love to figure out how to do this with absolutely no loss in image quality. What do you think?

Here is the info... See anything odd?

ffmpeg version CVS, build 3277056, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
configuration: --enable-mp3lame --enable-gpl --disable-vhook --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-a52 --enable-xvid --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --enable-pthreads --enable-x264
built on Dec 1 2005 03:50:24, gcc: 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)
Input #0, wav, from '/Users/*ommited*/Desktop/*ommited*/VTS_01_1.wav':
Duration: 00:45:14.2, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1535 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Output #0, mp2, to '/Users/*ommited*/Desktop/*ommited*/VTS_01_1.wav.mp2':
Stream #0.0: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
video:0kB audio:74217kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.2 ($Date: 2003/05/13 20:27:15 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /Users/*ommited*/Desktop/*ommited*/VTS_01_1.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [mplex] File /Users/*ommited*/Desktop/*ommited*/VTS_01_1.wav.mp2 looks like an MPEG Audio stream.
INFO: [mplex] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard options!
INFO: [mplex] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [mplex] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (/Users/*ommited*/Desktop/*ommited*/VTS_01_1.m2v)
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 720
INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480
INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display
INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 8000000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0
INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (/Users/*ommited*/Desktop/*ommited*/VTS_01_1.wav.mp2)
INFO: [mplex] MPEG AUDIO STREAM: c0
INFO: [mplex] Audio version : 1.0
INFO: [mplex] Layer : 2
INFO: [mplex] CRC checksums : no
INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 28672 bytes/sec (224 kbit/sec)
INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [mplex] Mode : 0 stereo
INFO: [mplex] Mode extension : 0
INFO: [mplex] Copyright bit : 0 no copyright
INFO: [mplex] Original/Copy : 1 original
INFO: [mplex] Emphasis : 0 none
INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 8354048
INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [mplex] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 16022
INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences...
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000000 sector=00000000
++ WARN: [mplex] Discarding incomplete final frame MPEG audio stream c0!
INFO: [mplex] Scanned to end AU 81345
INFO: [mplex] STREAM e0 completed @ frame 81345.
INFO: [mplex] STREAM c0 completed @ frame 113091.
INFO: [mplex] Multiplex completion at SCR=244281929.
INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 55112 frame=081345 sector=01339544
INFO: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 736 frame=113091 sector=00037623
INFO: [mplex] VIDEO_STATISTICS: e0
INFO: [mplex] Video Stream length: 2708182004 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Sequence headers: 5424
INFO: [mplex] Sequence ends : 1
INFO: [mplex] No. Pictures : 81345
INFO: [mplex] No. Groups : 5424
INFO: [mplex] No. I Frames : 5424 avg. size 72939 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. P Frames : 21694 avg. size 33967 bytes
INFO: [mplex] No. B Frames : 54228 avg. size 29056 bytes
INFO: [mplex] Average bit-rate : 7982000 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] Peak bit-rate : 7844800 bits/sec
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 134306
INFO: [mplex] AUDIO_STATISTICS: c0
INFO: [mplex] Audio stream length 75997828 bytes.
INFO: [mplex] Syncwords : 113093
INFO: [mplex] Frames : 113093 padded
INFO: [mplex] Frames : 0 unpadded
INFO: [mplex] BUFFERING min 15 Buf max 683
INFO: [mplex] MUX STATUS: no under-runs detected.
STAT: Picking VTS 01
STAT: Processing /Users/*ommited*/Desktop/*ommited*/VTS_01_1.mpg...
STAT: VOBU 16 at 7MB, 1 PGCS

*ommited*

STAT: VOBU 5424 at 2700MB, 1 PGCS
INFO: Video pts = 0.178 .. 2714.422
INFO: Audio[8] pts = 0.178 .. 2714.410
STAT: VOBU 5424 at 2700MB, 1 PGCS
INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes:
INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2
INFO: TV standard: ntsc
INFO: Aspect ratio: 4:3
INFO: Resolution: 720x480
INFO: Audio ch 0 format: mp2/2ch, 48khz 20bps
STAT: fixing VOBU at 7MB (17/5424, 0%)

*ommited*

STAT: fixing VOBU at 2700MB (5425/5424, 100%)
STAT: fixed 5424 VOBUS
INFO: Scanning /Users/*ommited*/Desktop/*ommited*/VTS_01_1.mpg.DVD/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO