Can I use a DVD+R to make a VCD or SVCD Disk?

[Wontonman]

I have several 200 meg MPEG2 files. In total, they would come to 1.2 GB. I would like to put them all on one disk. I have a DVD burner and blank DVD+R disks but the software I have tells me that only one of these files (45 minutes in length) will fit on the DVD+R if I make a DVD format disk.

Since a DVD disk holds 4.7 GB of information, is there a way to put these MPEG2 files onto one DVD disk - in a VCD or SVCD format? I want to be able to play them on my stand alone DVD player - not only on my computer.

If I am crazy - let me know. My brain is hurting. I've searched this site for the answer for many days.

Help would be much appreciated.

[TheDane2003]

Use NERO BURNING ROM to make a DVD-Rom, i have made a BACKUP-Copy of my whole Programdrive om my PC (approx 1.8 GB) with NERO, it was done on a DVD+RW disc though but i have burned some AVI-files to a DVD+R disc.

[tigerman8u]

I took 4 mpeg 2 ( 720x480 resolution ) short clips, app. 2 minutes each and burnt them on a CD as a data CD. My Apex DVD player played these great and also let me choose which clip I wanted to play. I've read other posts that this has worked for other ppl. Probably depends on the make of your DVD player. You could burn some of your clips on a DVD-/+RW as a data DVD and see if this works for you. www.dvdrhelp.com has an extensive list of DVD players and their compatibility. Let us know of your success.

[setarip]

One set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) If not already DVD-compliant, use "TMPGEnc" to convert the MPEG to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this (This step may not be necessary, if your MPEG-2 filies are already in DVD compliant format)

2) Use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (a different program than "TMPGEnc) to easily create the required additional DVD files and structure (and chapters and a menu, if you wish) - You may have to load each of the MPEG-2 files as separate tracks


**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress


If your O/S is either Win2000 or WinXP, TMPGEnc DVD Author can also burn your DVD. Otherwise, use NERO to burn in "DVD-Video" mode
(As an alternative to "TMPGEnc DVD Author", you could use "DVDLab")


Let us know of your success ;>}

[Punisher121]

Is there a specific way to burn .avi downloaded movies to CD-R or CD-RW, using WinXP pro and my mad dog 52x CD-RW writer? I'm altogether new to the burning thing...But i'd like my disk space back as i'm deleting downloaded movies after 30 days of sharing, i'd love to have copies of them, Viewable on my stand alone DVD player...Any help or direction would be deeply appreciated...

Thanks!

[setarip]

To Punisher121

"i'm deleting downloaded movies after 30 days of sharing"

???

[Punisher121]

yeah, I'm downloading Movies online. watching them and file sharing them! and after 30 days i delete them from my hard drive or i won't be able to download anymore. SPACE is an issue , but i'd like to store them on CD before i delete them...

[Punisher121]

Oh, NEWBIE QUESTION................can someone tell me the difference between a 52x CD-R drive and a 52x CD-RW drive and a 52x CD R/RW drive??? I bought a 52x CD-RW ? It says on the box it's a 52x Writer, 24x Rewriter,and 52x Reader. I'm lost here...HELP!

[Wontonman]

**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress

When converting to the DVD format, I can't put more than one MPEG2 file on a DVD+R disk. Adding another brings the projected contents up to 6.4 Gb in size (even through the MPEG2 files are 200 meg in size each). That would probably be way too much to shrink down.

When I drag and drop the files to make a VCD, the file sizes remain around 200 meg. but my software insists that I have to put a CDR into the drive and not a DVD+R to make a VCD. I was wondering how to trick the software into letting me use a DVD+R to make a VCD.

I started with 30 mg ASF files. I tried the VDub and ASF software mentioned in the forums but couldn't get them to convert. I finally found a free trial of a program called 'Easy X Video Convertor'. It converted my asf files to MPEG2 with no problem. Even though it gives the option to convert the ASF files directly to DVD format, the results came out scrambled or had other problems.

Next, following your directions, I used TMPGEnc DVD Author but it says that the video resolution of my MPEG2 files cannot be used for a standard DVD. The resolution of my MPEG2 files apparently is 240x180. But 'Easy X Video Convertor' doesn't give the option to change the video resolution when making an MPEG2.

I also tried using TMPGEnc to make the DVD compliant MPEG2 files from the AVI's but those files in up so huge that one 45 minute video ended up being 5 Gb in size.

The files are for a television program that I don't get in my country. There are 18 to 20 episodes in one season of the show. Because the quality isn't all that good to start with, it wouldn't be cost effective to make 18 to 20 DVDs (one for each episode). That is why I was hoping to put as many episodes as possible on one disk. As I am not well, I can't sit at the computer for long periods of time to watch each episode. I'd like the benefit of being able to lay down on the sofa and watch them on my TV.

[setarip]

"Adding another brings the projected contents up to 6.4 Gb in size (even through the MPEG2 files are 200 meg in size each). That would probably be way too much to shrink down."

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