Attn: MAC users (Burning SageTV recordings on a MAC)

[flavius]

I'm trying to multiplex and burn DVD Standard Play mpeg's with Roast Titanium 6.1. (on 10.4.2) - "incomplete stream" is all I get.

Before I start experimenting what quality recorded with which tuner I might be able to burn - since I have to burn a few discs - is anybody burning Sage files with Toast on Tiger?

[flavius]

So - if nobody is using Toast - what else are you using?

[flavius]

For the record: I used MPEG Streamclip 1.3.1, precisely the 'Convert to Headed MPGG' function. It takes only a few minutes (literally), and it will turn the Sage file into something acceptable for Toast.

I will find out why that is.-

[iain]

I can't even get quicktime to play back a sage recording. I have the MPEG2 decoder for quicktime installed.

I have Toast 7. I will try it out and let you know.

[acrowe]

I did this without a problem yesterday?

I used mpeg streamclip to edit the commercials out (by hand) then just saved the new files. Opened toast and dropped them in there and burned without a problem.

And I'm able to view the mpegs in QT 7 with the extra decoder also.

I wasn't however able to use final cut to edit the mpegs

[flavius]

Did you ever try to burn an mpeg without editing? What's your toast version? What's your recording quality for those files?

[acrowe]

I'm running Toast Titanium 6.0.9
Recorded in DVD Long Play with Sage 3.0.7 Beta

I havn't burned without editing, but when I just added a source file (no edits) into toast it recognized it without errors.

When does your version error out?

[flavius]

Here it's Toast 6.11. Almost all of my recordings with Sage 2.2.8 are DVD standard quality - Toast complains at the end of multipexing about some "incomplete stream". I use Streamclip to convert the recording to a headed mpeg - then I can do whatever I want. According to the Streamclip helpfile - this is caused by some unsupported frame size. Well.

There are also audio issues. I bought Quicktime 7 Pro in order to get more flexibility - but as of today I haven't been able come up with a process that would successfully involve Quicktime. Right now I'm using Streamclip to do all the conversions.

[acrowe]

YEa I played around with Quicktime Pro and such but no dice. I was hoping to use Final Cut to edit the commercials, but for now I just use streamclip.

I'm really waiting on the create DVD thing to be a bit more mature and tied into some of the other STV's (like SageMC 16x9). Then I'll be able to burn quickly from my sage box directly (and without commercials).