Burning vcd files to dvd to play on dvd player

[JAZZEE]

I have movies which are vcd and i am wanting to put them on dvd so i get roughly 5 or 6 movies on 1 dvd.Is it possible to to put them on dvd so they still play on my stand alone dvd player?

[The Edge]

Probably not. DVDs use a different filesystm (UDF) to S/VCDs (CDFS)

As soon as you insert the DVD, the player will expect a regular DVD and will fail to play.

I have yet to hear of someone actully getting this to work.

Welcome to forum btw;)

Bren

[JAZZEE]

Thanks for the reply.I was hoping it was possible and maybe is but i will be searching the web and if i do find a way i'll be sure to post it here.

Thanks again

[Gil T Pleasure]

You can reencode the VCDs to DVD compliant MPG files then burn them to DVD.

[JAZZEE]

thanks Gil T Pleasure but how do i do re-encode them? as much info as possible please and does the size of the files change to bigger or do they stay the same allowing me to get 5 or 6 movies on 1 dvd.

thanks for the replies!

[JAZZEE]

Ok as promised, i says if i found a way i would post it.Well i can't 100% be sure because it is still re-encoding etc but it does look promising :).... Ulead DVD Workshop does it.You can load in any format and even change the quality allowing you to put more on a dvd and as they are vcd then who needs dvd quality (impossible anyway can only get worse not better)....but i will be sure to post another message when this has completed and let you know how it went and if the quality is ok.I am putting over 7hrs on 1 dvd so it's either gonna look ok or sh!t lol.

Thanks for the replies!
JaZzEe

[oddyseus]

if it is vcd, ie mpg1 at 1150, u can demux it using tmpeg and author it in any authoring tool, no need for re-encoding. vcd resolution and bitrate r both within dvd specs. Problems arise when we r talking about svcd content.

[JAZZEE]

Ok after hrs of waiting it didn't work it is a bad program it tells you that 4.2gb is needed and 4.3gb available (which tells a person yes i have 4.3gb and 4.2gb to go on it leaving 100mb)NOT THE CASE!!..Also instead of doing what other programs would do and tell you that there is not enough space it does all the process (i am talking hrs!) then says not enough space please insert blank disk.Bad bad sh!t programming that's all i can say about ulead dvd workshop.

Anyway....
oddyseus i have no clue what you mean could you tell me in detail what i need to do.Much appreciated ,thanks.

JaZzEe

[manicminergb]

it`s a bit long winded but works for me- ime in uk so most mpgs have to be converted to pal so i use tmpegenc to convert to pal mpg then alter the audio from 44100 to 48000 224bit rate then use ulead dvd movie factory for authoring -set on dvd and add the converted mpg files into the add file and author- and then burn the video_ts and audio_ts file with discjuggler

[oddyseus]

I would like to know the specs of your vcds, if at all possible.
ie framesize, bitrate etc. ULead's prog might be able to report them.

In case that u don't know or there is no program in the vicinity that can report them to u ...

Extract the av stream with vcdgear
Open Tmpeg
Go to mpeg tools
Simple demultiplex the audio from video
Feed them both to an authoring program
If it accepts them, u can proceed with authoring. Your files r mpeg1 files with a valid frame size.

If not ..., u have to reencode. A totaly different thing. Visit the encoding forum for more info.

[markrb]

There is a program out there that will do what you want, I think.
I know it is suppose to do SVCD's, but I am not sure it will do VCD's.

It's called SVCD2DVD. I tried it, but could never get it to work correctly. It changes the header on the video to trick the DVD player into thinking the video is DVD compliant and then adjusts the audio to PCM.

Try a google search for something like it.

Mark

[oddyseus]

This is the svcd2dvdmpg (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48994) by chrissyboy.

[matnai98]

TMPGEnc DVD Author works fine for me. No need to reencode video or remux, TMPGEnc will convert audio to 48000.
Put 10 episodes VCD, 40 minutes each on a DVD with menu. Works fine with Philip, Sony, Apex, Samsung stand alone player.
Or you can use Maestro. Need to remux then convert audio.

[Mars-L]

TMPGenc DVD indeed does do the job but for standard VCD/SVCD only... When it's a XSVCD the program doesn't accept the file ;-(

[magicmycote]

I do this all the time, as a user said earlier in this thread the VCD specification (mpeg1 @1150) falls within the DVD specs, all you have to do is convert the audio from 44khz to 48khz.

Here is how I do it. I demux the audio using tmpgenc, to get an mp2 file with the original 44khz sampling. Then I use a diskwriter plugin (I use QCD, but you can use winamp too) to covert the mp2 to wav, then load that wave in the audio field in tmpgenc. Set it to 48khz and 224kbs (I use 128kbs, but your standalone is the determining factor in if you want to use lower bitrates). When it gets done, you'll have a 48khz mp2 file at your chosen bitrate, then remux that 48khz mp2 with the original video file (I use womble/mpegvcr).

When you get done (it's very quick, de/remuxxing is fast as is the diskwriter conversion and tmpgenc) you'll have a standard VCD video (352x240 @1150) + 48khz audio...which will play without any problems in any DVD player (because that is within the DVD specs). Load the new video up in Ulead DVD Moviefactory/Workshop (check the setting that says 'do not convert compliant files' & accept when it warns you about mpeg audio - that doesn't apply to us..no ac3 etc) and burn it. Good luck..I know this works, I've done it at least 200 times.

[dvd_maniac]

How about just using besweet to convert the audio file. Once you setup a template, all you have to do is input the audio and click mp2 to mp2. Makes it just one step process...just download besweet and the gui.

[magicmycote]

Besweet was my first choice, but I got horrible results when using it...distortion and synch problems etc. I get perfect results using the method above and it is just as fast I've found because using besweet takes longer to convert for some reason. Good tip for others though since they may not have the same audio issues I had if they have a different source.