miniDVD: Mode-2 Form-2?

[ThePanda]

Hi, is it possible to use something like VCDImager for a minidvd to make the .bin so you can fit the extra 100mb in by eliminating error correction? I tried all kinds of stuff but I guess vcdimager is just not designed for dvd mpeg2 files, only vcd?

[Jestorius]

Most of the authoring softwares can make an image file or burning the project directly to the CD-R. But if you have only a CD-R, why don't you try SVCD? I just find out that with VCDEasy (VCDimager) I can make a very good navigation structure and it can be played in a standalone.

[ThePanda]

I have tried SVCD, but I also wanted to try miniDVD. I can't figure out how to fit the extra video data as you can with SVCD though; is it possible?

[Jestorius]

Sorry, I don't know, but the chance to be abel to play the miniDVD in a standalone is 1:?????? , very litle.

[ThePanda]

UPDATE: I did it! I ripped the AC3 and the M2V separately in SmartRipper. I took the MP2 that DVD2SVCD had previously desampled from an AC3 and I used bbMPEG to mux it with the M2V in SVCD mode, bumping up the mux rate to the level indicated in the ~DVD tab. Then I used VCDImagerGUI to make the .bin in SVCD mode. I put the entire ~20-25 minute episode overburned on one 74-minute CD-RW in Mode2-Form2 with the original DVD video (720x480). It would not play in my computer or another computer I tried it on, but it plays fine in my standalone, exactly like the original DVD.

However there is one problem: My DVD player, which I just bought, does not seem to play SVCD subs. That sucks because I thought it did when I bought it. I have an Apex AD-1100w. Can anyone confirm that it does not play SVCD subs? I wonder if I could return it, I got it from walmart.com.

I wonder if it would work with AC3 audio as well. I doubt it since the SVCD standard doesn't allow it, but I will try it if I can find an 80-minute CD. Anyway, this seems great to me as an alternative to miniDVD. I just wish I could get those subtitles to work.

-ThePanda

EDIT: I guess this is what XSVCD is? I didn't know that :D

[ThePanda]

Do any of the expensive DVD authoring utilities allow you to make mode2 form2 images?

Or could it be possible to trick VCDImager to make an image with VOBs?

[ultrabrutal]

VCD and SVCD is burned in audio mode, hence there is no CRC (error correction). DVD is burned in UDF which as far as I know uses error correction