Help with MPEG 2 Muxed files!

You could playback the files, with sound, by using VLC. You can create a DVD by using Visual Hub.

 

MPEG Streamclip

You can demux the files with a free download called MPEG Streamclip.

It is available (on both Mac and windows) at: http://www.squared5.com/

This would allow you to demux the file, export it out as quicktime, AVI or MPEG 4 and then burn using iDVD.

 

If his files are MPEG2 to begin with, there's no need (or at least there shouldn't be) to convert them to AVI or MPEG4.

If Visual Hub doesn't work in getting you a usable DVD, then you might want to try Toast (if you have it) or maybe something like DVD Imager (this one is a longshot).

Good Luck!

 

iDVD doesn't support MPEG 1 or 2.

If you are using iDVD to burn DVDs then you will have to demux the files. iDVD doesn't support MPEG 1 or 2. It supports all QuickTime supported formats (.MOV, MPEG4) which you can convert MPEG2 to using MPEG Streamclip.

 

Except then you're doing lossy-to-lossy compression and losing quality for no good reason, considering that the video is ALREADY IN A FORM THAT WILL WORK for a video DVD.

Honestly.

 

Export to DV Works Well

Using MPEG StreamClip to export a muxed video to DV worked pretty well. I didn't notice any loss of quality, but I'm sure there was some.

Honestly thought, QuickTime Pro should be able to convert these files, and iMovie should be able to edit them also. It's just stupid that we have to go through all this trouble.