Tool: DVD compliant MPGs from SVCDs

[ChrissyBoy]

I have written a win32 .Net GUI which produces DVD compliant elementry streams or program streams for mpg2. So given a folder with say 5 x 800MB .bin svcd images it will produce either 5 x mpg (48Khz, DVD resolution) or 5 x mpv/mpa ES sets (48Khz, DVD resolution) in about 30-45 mins. These can then be used in your dvd authoring apps of choice.

The app is just a GUI wrapper for other command line apps like vcdxrip, mpgtx & besweet - all credit goes to those authors. It just means that to get dvd compliant assets from .bin files takes one mouse click!

Anyway, it works for me but there is still some work to do if it was to be made public. I will do that additional work if there is enough interest... let me know.

Details here (http://www.garveycocker.com/?SVCD2DVDMPG)

[acro-ii]

I have been looking for a program to do exactly this.

I say go for it.

Thanks

[gargarise]

Yes i am very interested. I too have been looking for a good svcd2dvdr conversion made easier

[JonRead]

Yes, this would be excellent :)

[dblmask]

if this is the site http://www.garveycocker.com/SVCD2DVDMPG/ , then it has been "slashdotted", althoug we can say now "doom9ed" (how do you pronounce that!?)

HTTP 403.9 - Access Forbidden: Too many users are connected


:) waiting for test this nice tool

[dblmask]

I can get in now, but a download link would be nice ;) je je...
(maybe it get missed in the rush?)

[ChrissyBoy]

Update:

Final beta testing in progress & i hope to have a public release by the end of this week. My connection is getting maxed so i am trying to sort out a new location for the tools site. So the new url will be:

http://svcd2dvdmpg.garveycocker.com

whilst we wait for DNS propergation you will definately be able to get it @

www . alternativemallorca . com/svcd2dvdmpg
(remove the spaces)

[ChrissyBoy]

New site. This is the official URL now http://www.garveycocker.com?svcd2dvdmpg

Beta version ready for download.

Enjoy

Chris

[gargarise]

Thank you for the software, im not sure if i used the correct settings but i was kind of hoping i would end up with 1 dvd comlpliant m2v and mpa which i have but i have a set for each bin(3 bin in total)is this correct? If so any idea how i can get them to play one after the other in spruce without the use of a menu.

thanks

[ChrissyBoy]

The tool does as it claims:


- rip SVCD .bin images to mpgs
- demux mpgs to elementary streams (ES)
- resample the audio ES from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz (via .wav)
- patch the video ES to DVD horizontal resolution
- optionally remux the ES streams into a mpg program stream (PS)
- Repatch VOB files after DVD authoring


it doesn't join the mpegs for the very reason that if you do then 99% of the time the resulting mpeg will be out of sync(video/audio).

You have 4 choices to do what you want.

- Use IfoEdit to Author & join multiple VTSs http://ifoedit.wh.fr0zen.com/joinclip.
- Use IfoEdit to manipulate the .ifo files produced by SpruceUp http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44779
- Use DVD Movie Factory (if you have mpegs with the same bitrate)
- Use DVD Maestro

Look @ my guide for further details. http://www.garveycocker.com?svcd2dvdmpg

[ChrissyBoy]

NEWS:

Beta version (0.1.3) available for download!.
http://www.garveycocker.com?svcd2dvdmpg

New in this release:

- Intermediate file clean up.
- *.mpg files can be used as source.

[REECYCUP]

System requirements
Not sure but at least .Net framework is mandatory. My spec is:

Window XP Pro SP1
.Net Framework sp2



what is .net framework ?
wheres the download ?

[ChrissyBoy]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d7158dee-a83f-4e21-b05a-009d06457787

The Microsoft® .NET Framework includes everything you need to run .NET Framework applications

[mordant]

ChrissyBoy, I just installed svcd2dvdmpg and was going to give it a try but I'm wondering why it is in my pop-up menus now? That seems a little intrusive to me...when I want to run it I'd rather just start it the standard way.

Can I remove it from the pop-up menus but still use the program?

Great idea by the way, and thanks for putting it out.

[ChrissyBoy]

Each to their own.

Delete the followinh registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\(S)VCD2DVDMPG


Then just start the program from the install directory.

[Nezzo]

I have been testing out your program and it seems to be working pretty good. There is just a few things I would like to see done with it to make it better.

1.) When you run the program it disables everything even when it's done. So you can't start another run unless you close it and reopen it. I'd like to be able to use it again without closin and reopening it.
2.) It doesn't check to see if the audio is already 48000Hz sample rate. It would be nice if it didn't re-encode if it already was.
3.) And the system menu would probably be better off as an option in the program itself instead of automatically placing it during install for the few people who don't like that.
4.) And maybe some batch processing is an idea.

Cheers ChrissyBoy! Good work. :)

[ChrissyBoy]

Nezzo,

Thanks for the comments. Duly noted.

There are now quite a few bits of functionality which people have suggested. I'll will collate & proiritise these & see what time i have...

ChrissyBoy

[ChrissyBoy]

Version 1.0 is now complete:


http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50027

[mordant]

How about a list of DVD players that have worked with DVD-SVCDs.

My pioneer 343 plays the files in half-screen mode, otherwise it worked great. Played through a software player on my computer everything was perfect.

So has anyone had success with the Pioneer 343? Just wondering if it was something I did wrong, of if my player doesn't like the format. The fact that a software player had no trouble with it suggests that the 343 just isn't going to work.

I tried both repatched and unrepatched files. Anything else I could try.

Excellent little piece of software by the way.

[Sounddude]

When I try to use this progam...I point the working directory to where my .mpg file (ripped from vcd with VCDEasy) is and when I try to start the program I get a pop-up message which says "Directory does not exist". Could someone please write a step by step guide on how to use this program? Does anyone have an idea what I'm doing wrong? My directory (where I stored the mpg file) is D:\Movie\cd1

[zman]

What happens when you right click on the folder and select (S)VCD2DVDMPG?

[Sounddude]

Worked great! Thanks for the help. Now do I patch just the first header or the entire file? After that question is answered I'm fine from there on.

[ChrissyBoy]

@Sounddude: are you saying that if you right click->"SVCD2DVDMPG" you have no problem but if you start the program and browse to the directory you get the "directory doesn't exist" error?

Patching is dependent mainly on your DVD player. i have never had to patch the entire file. Try first header first - iy you have issues then go for whole file. "Repatching" is a different story see web site for details.

[waldok]

@Sounddude,

I would patch the whole file everytime. Takes a bit longer, but you are sure your authoring won't complain in the end.

Waldok:cool:

[echooff]

Sometimes it doesn't output a correct file. All I get is a m1v. Am I doing something wrong? Are you planning a updated app anytime soon?

[ChrissyBoy]

It doesn't output a correct file if it has issues with the source. Somethime it is because the mpeg has multiple audio tracks..... No support for that at the moment.

As for updates: The freeware version may get a few updates soon.