[Encode2mpeg-users] encoding media files to ntsc dvd video

[Dave <dme...@wo...>]

Hello,
    I'm using FreeBSD 6.2 and want to encode many media files of various 
formats, .mpg, .avi, .wmv, etc. various aspect ratios etc. to ntsc-compliant 
dvd videos to burn to dvd and play on a standard dvd player. I've had a time 
wrapping around the mplayer/mencoder/ffmpeg docs and the encode2mpeg docs, 
but i think i might almost have a working commandline.
    I want to have multiple videos on a dvd, and a menu to select which i 
want to watch, i'd also like to convert the audio from stereo to 5.1 
surround sound. Here's my commandline as it stands now:

encode2mpeg -o outputfilename.ext -a 2 -vfr 1 -n n -p -dvd -menu -stdvid 
9 -mpegchannels 6 -normalize -imageonly -usespeed -videos video1.mpg 
video2.avi

My first question has to do with the -vfr option. I'm uncertain as to 
whether it should be
-vfr 1

or

-vfr 4

I read in longhelp about -vfr and it looks like 4 is it, but then in i think 
it was the mpeg mode html doc it said that -vfr 1 -p would be better.
    Next, for the -encode option i am uncertain as to the value i should 
plug in for n:m:i, there's many codecs i believe i want mp2 video and ac3 
audio, but am hazey on this point.
    I'd appreciate any help on these points of confusion.
Thanks.
Dave.