Svcd -> Dvd

[M@2T]

Hey there, I have been ripping DVD - > SVCD for some time now.

I have many many short videos, most which are SVCD or XVCD or similar, and now that I have a DVD-RW I would like to put these all on to DVD.

What would be the best way to convert a file from SVCD to DVD? Im used to using CCE but not too sure about how to open the m2v(etc) files.

Many Thanx for your help.
Matt

[M@2T]

I have been searching though the forum a lot, and see a lot of talk about patching, re doing audio, and using DVD Lab... But this is still strictly a svcd thats on a dvd rather than true DVD.

I play to give this DVD to friends and family, so I want to make sure that it will work on all players..

Cheers for help.
Matt

[atimoc]

Hi!

You can resize the video to a dvd compliant resolution (avisynth) and resample audio to 48khz (besweet), and then encode video to mpeg2 (cce) and audio to ac3.

compliant resolutions for DVD are:

PAL: 720x576, 704x576, 352x576, 352x288
NTSC: 720x480, 704x480, 352x480, 352x240,

and any dvd-compliant player should play this.

so, when dealing with pal-svcd for example, you might want to use 352x576. You can use lower bitrates with that resolutions, so you could do 2 or more movies on 1 dvd, or go for 720x576 to have a 'standard' dvd.

Anyway you'l end up with a movie.mpv file and an audio.ac3 file for each movie.

Now you need to author the dvd. i use maestro for that task as it is easy to use, though powerful enough to make menus, subs, multi audio..., but it's not free. You may want to take a look at www.dvdrhelp.com, there are efforts in making a free authoring software (dvdauthor), but i have no experience in that.

once authored, you end up with a video_ts folder on your hd. this folder can be burned f.ex. with nero. You can also use ImgToolClassic to make a iso-dvd-image from that folder, that can be burned with other burning-soft.

this will give you a dvd that should play in all players.

Good Luck!

[atimoc]

Me again!

the dvdauthor project is hosted on sourceforge: http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/

... have a nice day ...

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@M@2T

Just in case you want to dabble into DVD Lab, here's the official guide (http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/tutorial/svcd.html).

[M@2T]

Thanx for both for the help.
So a "Standard" DVD (720x576) would ensure the highest compatibility yeah? where the other resulutions would not?

I can't seem to open the SVCD files with CCE, do I need to make a dvd2avi project file etc etc?

Also, heh, when using DVD Lab, thats basicly a SVCD's on a DVD rather than pure DVD yeah?

Cheers, sorry about all the questions!

[atimoc]

Hi!

1.) All those 'compliant' resolutions are highly compatible with dvd!
I wrote 'standard', 'cause you'll seldomly find a commercial dvd using a 'lower' resolution than 720x576. Using this resolution u can get the highest quality, when also using high bitrates of course.

But all the other resolutions are part of the dvd-standard, too, so if using 352x576, the result will be a dvd thats conforming this standard (all abovesaid applies to pal).


2.) Yes. And it might be a good idea to extract the mpeg-frames prior to that, using isobuster or vcdgear or sth. like that. dvd2avi will then also demux the audio (mpa in case of svcd). u need to convert this to 48000hz ac3/mp2 for being dvd-compliant (besweet).

3.) Dunno DVDLab )-:


hope this helps !
atimoc

[M@2T]

Indeed it helps :) many thanx atimoc.

lol, looking at the date we both joined, seems that we both surf and don't post a lot haha. damn great site :)

Cheers mate

[atimoc]

Yeah, right!

but i just began to feel well 'wise' enough to start giving help to others...

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