PROGRESS YESSSS, need help for the stretch

[ultralight]

After lurking and reading till my eyes bled I have found that the movie I downloaded had a .ac3 audio format, I extracted it and now I have a movie with a .mp3 extension that works perfectly on my computer, sound, video, everything. Now can some one give me direction on the last step? how do I get this file ready to burn as a vcd on nero? and is it feasable to use svcd? and why don't I hear more about that? anyhow, thanks to all the hobbiest, it is a real kick when you overcome adversity and make headway (only took 12 hours) most expensive movie I ever had, but it WAS interesting.

[Batman]

An mp3 file should only contain sound? Are you reffering to the fact tha you've created an mpg file with "sound, video, everything".

[ultralight]

Sorry, no

I followed a guide that gave me direction on how to extract the audio from this movie and convert the ac3 to mp3, it worked and I now have a movie that works with windows media player, I have sound and video. The file has a MP# extension and I want to burn it to a cd and play it on my DVD player. Can you help?

[setarip]

To create a VCD:

1) Load .AVI file into TMPGEnc
2) Set to "System Video and Audio" (lower right side)
3) Click on "Setting" radio button
4) Click on "System" tab, change mode to "MPEG1-VideoCD" (from default of "MPEG1")
5) Click on "Advanced" tab, change "Video arrange method" to "Center (Custom Size"), change dimensions to 352x288 or 352x240
6) Change "Source aspect ratio" to either "4:3 525 line (NTSC 704x480)", "4:3 525 line (NTSC)", or "16:9 525 line (NTSC)" - If you're in the PAL world choose either of the two similar PAL settings instead
7) Under the "Video" tab, change the dimensions to 352x288 or 352x240 (Note: "Video" tab mode of "MPEG1" is okay) - for highest quality set "Motion Search Precision" to "Highest Quality". Change the "Aspect Ratio" to match, as closely as possible, the "Source Aspect Ratio" you set under the "Advanced" tab.
8) Change "Rate Control Mode" to "Automatic VBR (CQ_VBR)
9) Under the "Audio" tab, set to 44,100 224Kbps
10) Press "Start"


Note that if your video runs longer than 60 minutes, you'll have to subsequently split your VCD-MPG file in two. This too can be easily and precisely accomplished using TMPGEnc. Under the "Files" dropdown menu, click on "MPEG Tools" and select the "Merge & Cut" tab. Once again, make sure to change the mode to "MPEG1-Video CD". Load your file and enter a new (.MPG) name in the "Output file" box. Then doubleclick on the ORIGINAL file's name in the window, which will bring you to the cutting area. Select your desired start and end points for the first half, click on "Okay" which will bring you back to the first window and generate (in a sequence of three automated steps) the first new file. To create the second new file, repeat the steps starting with "Then doubleclick on the ORIGINAL..." (be extra patient with the second half, as the program has to do more seeking to establish the beginning of the new file).

Use a burning program, such as NERO to burn your CD-R or R/W CD as a VCD (DON'T ask NERO to format the file as a VCD, since you've already accomplished this!)

[ultralight]

Thanks

Thanks for the quick response setarip, I will try it and let you know.

[ultralight]

Setarip,

As I said, this is a .mpg, video and audio work on the computer, but when I follow your directions I get illegal stream format. Any ideas?

[setarip]

Sorry, I guess I overlooked the reference to it already being in MPEG (1 or 2?) format. If it's in MPEG1 format, simply use the current version of NERO to CREATE a VCD...