help! I can't make copy of my SVCDs - error!

[fracmo2000]

Hi,

I always have problems copying my SVCDs. I normally download a bin and que file, make the SVCD ok, but if I want to copy the CD later, I get message illegal track or file or something like that.

I've tried with nero, CloneCD, CDRwin, with different setting, but all attempts fail. is there a way to copy without this error? I think it might be possible if I new how to adjust the settings before copying. normal VCDs and data CDs are ok.

Has anyone else experience this? any help would be appreciated.

fracmo2000
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[avih]

i've never tried copying an svcd but maybe a less direct way could work:

extract the mpg file from the cd using a stand alone tool and then create a new svcd using nero (only if it's a simple svcd, without the fancy extras).

i don't remember the name of the tool to do that, but i think you could use the mode2cd filter in graphedit: insert filter : file source async, select the video file from the cd, connect to the riff/cdxa filter, connect the riff filter to a file writer filter, press 'play'. theoretically it should work, but i never tried that.

cheers

[fracmo2000]

thanks for your advice, I will give it a bash. I'll check out the downloads on doom9 to try to find the software you mentioned.

fracmo2000

[ronnylov]

One way I been able to copy SVCD is to use the SVCD rip function in VCDEasy. But it did not work when I tried to rip the mpg file directly from the source disc. But if I used Blindwrite suite to create a disc image of the source SVCD to my harddrive and then rip the mpg from the image file it worked. I also had to demultiplex the mpg file with TMPGEnc TMPG Tools and then remultiplex it to SVCD again with bbmpeg.

Finally I could burn a new SVCD with this ripped and remuxed mpg file as source in Nero or VCDEasy.

I guess there could be easier methods but this worked best for me...
Just burning the disc image did not work well, I had to rip, remux and re-author.

[fracmo2000]

thanks for your advice. I have CDRwin and I am trying the extract/tracks/sectors function, using extract mode: Disc Image/Cuesheet. I had to click on "TOC" button to bring up the two files (bin and cue)in the Track Selection area, but it worked, and I managed to get both files on to my hard drive. I then burned a new SVCD. That was on disk1.

now trying on disk2, but had a problem at first, when it didn't find the two files. managed to get it second time round. these files seem to be very hard for my DVD player to read. will let you know how I get on when I succeed with disk2.

once again, thanks for your input. much appreciated.

fracmo2000

[fracmo2000]

thanks everyone for your feedback. in fact i managed to do what you suggested, before i read your reply. and it worked!

Here's what I did.....

i used CDRwin

1. use function "Extract Disk/Track/Sector"
2. Extract Mode: Disc Image/Cuesheet
3. select the CD reader
4. chose Image filename and location
5. click on TOC to bing up both the bin and que files in the Track Seletion graphical area. (green)
6. Start.

you may need to close the "Extract Disk/Tracks/Sectors to Image File" window between each disk you want to extract, or it doesn't recognise the new disk properly. You may need to repeat steps 1 to 5 just to recognise both the bin and que files, just click the TOC button more than once. I think the files on the CD are difficult for the reader to read easily.

anyway, that's how i managed to copy my SVCDs. I had 6 to do, and they all worked using this method. just in case other had same problem.

thanks again.

[scorpio61]

Try using CloneCD to copy the disc.

[fracmo2000]

Thank you scorpi061, I will try cloneCD next time I have a SVCD to copy.

In fact since I posted my last update, I found one particular SVCD that would not copy even with CDRwin. one of the previoues replies, either on this forum or another, had suggested I use BlindWrite.

So downloaded it and managed to extract the bin and que files without any problems, so this particular one is better than CDRwin for some difficult SVCDs. I then used CDRwin to burn the new CD. so remember "BlindWrite" if you have difficulty copying some SVCDs.

fracmo2000

[scorpio61]

I tried it today for kicks. It worked just fine. You can download version 4.0 for a 21 day trial at their website.