How do you convert a SVCD compliant file to a DVD compliant file?

[catback]

Hi,

I have several MPEG2 files (music video clips) which are currently in the NTSC SVCD format. I wish to put them all on a disc for playback on my stand-alone player. There are a total of about 25 separate files which total about 2 gigs.

My first thought was to keep them in their current SVCD format and author a SVCD out of them. Then, instead of burning to a CD-R, I would burn them to a DVD-R. This doesn't work because my authoring program which also burns the files will only accept CD-Rs when creating a SVCD.

My second option is to convert all these files to DVD compliant files and author/burn a true DVD. However, I'm unable to find any software that will accept a SVCD compliant MPEG2 files and convert it over to a DVD compliant file.

Can anyone offer suggestion on this or another option I should consider for getting these files onto a single disc for playback on my stand-alone?

Thanks.

[jojo15]

Which burning program are you using?

[catback]

When I attempted to author a SVCD and burn to a DVD disc, I used Ulead's DVD Workshop.

I also have Nero 5.5 which burns to DVD but it doesn't support the SVCD format.

[jojo15]

Does Nero give you an error message or something?

[catback]

I'm not able to use Nero for burning SVCDs as the version I have only supports DVD formats.

I did get an error message when trying to burn an authored SVCD to a blank DVD with DVD Workshop. It ejected the DVD disc and said to insert a CD.

[jojo15]

Hm,
weird,
Nero should always have the ability to burn SVCD's,
and i think it'll work with Nero,
maybe you can try it with Nero 6...
If i'm correct there's a demoversion of it...
I hope it supports SVCD's..
Just go to Nero (http://www.nero.com) and try it..

[Bubba]

catback,

Because SVCD video format (480x480/576) is not DVD-compliant, most authoring program will reject it. The only authoring program that accept SVCD clip from the get-go is DVD-Lab. Here's the guide:

http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/tutorial/svcd.html

But if you decided not to use DVD-Lab, to put SVCD on DVD requires some tricks. One of them is to change the header of the SVCD clips to DVD-compliant (i.e. 352x240/288, 352x480/576, 702x480/576, or 720x480/576). This will fool the DVD-Authoring programs to accept the clips, and when you're done authoring, you just change the header of the created VOBs back to SVCD (480x480/576) in order for your DVD player to play it correctly. Here's a guide:

http://www.doom9.org/mpg/svcd2dvdr.htm

The other way is to reformat the SVCD (it would take a long time), here's the guide:

http://ness888.users.btopenworld.com/fromvcd2dvd.htm

Hope these will help.

Cheers,