Why not an option to create VCD?

[egsinspace]

Hi,

probably a stupid question but why does the program only supports SVCD?.

I encounter at the moment a hitch in the sound and movie if I play it on a standalone DVD player (denon DV800). I posted this mornig already a thread for this problem but if the outcome is that SVCD is not posible for me, then VCD would be fine for me.

So basicly, a button to have the option to create VCD instead of SVCD would be an option for me, right?

Cheers,

Erik

[da franksta]

don't give up just yet. vcd isn't nearly as good as svcd.

BTW
sent you a PM

[itimpi]

I have asked about VCD before without any luck.

I have since found that if you take the multiplexed .mpg files created by DVD2SVCD and use these as both the video and sound source to TMPGENC it does a good job of creating the .mpg file required for the VCD (I then use Nero to create the VCD). The reason for doing it this way is I get DVD2SVCD to do all the hardwork of sound synchronisation, NTSC-PAL conversion, etc and then use TMPGENC to simply do a recode of the video. This is not the fastest way to create the VCD from the original DVD, but as I often want both a SVCD and VCD version it works well for me.

Hope that helps?

Of course it would be ideal if DVD2SVCD did this automatically. If as a result of the poll DVD2SVCD is conducting he decides to add TMPGENC support into the DVD2SVCD program as a standard feature there is more likely to be a chance of getting VCD output added as an option.

[fiorettoe]

Why not an option to use Tmpegnc

[da franksta]

dvd2svcd has entered a poll in the advanced forum about entering tmpgenc. If you think it should be enabled in dvd2svcd vote for it!

This is the link:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=16282

[marie]

I know SVCD is awesome but putting in an option to create VCD will just make this program the best of them all :)

I would love to see that!

[markrb]

Not to be wise, but the program is called DVD2SVCD not DVD2VCD.

To create a VCD it is already very easy using TMPG.

There is a guide on Doom9.

There are too many differences to justify making it worth it.
VCD spec requires 224 audio, SVCD can vary, VCD spec calls for Mpeg-1, SVCD is MPEG-2, VCD has a different file structure requiring changing the way the .cue/.bin files are made.


It's not really a simple thing.

Mark

[marie]

Who knows? Maybe the author of this program might think about it in the future ;)

DVDx can do the VCD and SVCD and can also use CCE

Although, I still prefer DVD2SVCD when making SVCDs

[mrbass]

If ya wanna make a VCD go to vcdhelp.com they'll love ya over there.
If you like SVCD quality stick with doom9.org

[marie]

Originally posted by mrbass
If ya wanna make a VCD go to vcdhelp.com they'll love ya over there.
If you like SVCD quality stick with doom9.org

Nice answer! Very related to my post LOL