Help converting SVCD to VCD with good quality

[MaxxCatt]

Been trying to sort this out for weeks and still no luck.
Dl'd SVCD movies and burned using Nero. When I play it on my standalone DVD (panasonic rp56) video and sound is there but it does a continuous stutter/skip with sound and video.

I then tried converting using DVD2AVI and then Tmpgenc to create a VCD, which I burned with NERO. Worked fine on my DVD but quality wasn't as good(definitely want the best quality).
When I did the above I started with a SVCD file of 690mb and the conversion and burn gave me a VCD of 346mb. Is There some way to make it bigger and better quality?

VCD's seem to work but SVCD's stutter/skip

I know sombody here has the knowhow/knowledge on how to fix one of these probs.

common somebody please help out

[gchester]

re-above issues

yep there is a good soloution for this...Roxio VideoPack5
gives the best SVCD to VCD conversion i've seen for quality...get from kazaa or morpheus etc..well worth the download saved me weeks of frustration it will even burn your VCD but stick with nero!!

[seeker]

MaxxCatt,

> I then tried converting using DVD2AVI and then Tmpgenc to create a VCD, which I burned with NERO. Worked fine on my DVD but quality wasn't as good (definitely want the best quality). <

As you know, SVCD uses MPEG-2 and VCD uses MPEG-1 and therefore you are going to get an unavoidable quality loss when you convert from MPEG-2 to MPEG-1.

> Dl'd SVCD movies and burned using Nero. <

At this point I would be looking for something to do to your downloaded SVCD files in order to get a better "burn" in Nero. Maybe just try a slower write rate. Or maybe transcode from MPEG-2 to MPEG-2 if that makes sense, and I am not sure it does.

-- seeker --

[Trilobite]

Someone posted this method on one of the forums. I tried it and it works great on Sony and Panasonic players. Nice thing is NO Quality is lost!!!

Converting SVCD to play on VCD supporting players:
Extract the MPG file from the SVCD.
Open up TMPGenc
1 goto file/MPEG tools
2 select 'simple multiplex'
3 select type 'MPEG-1 Video-CD'
4 video input 'YOUR MPEG FILE'
5 select type 'MPEG-1 Video-CD' (as it will change to
MPEG2)
6 output 'DESTINATION FOR YOUR FINISHED FILE'
7 run
8 You will get a warning like:
"39750 packets cause bufer underflow.
The MPEG file might casue an error when it played."
Ignore this, it doesn't cause any problems.

Next step:
Start NERO using template Video-CD. Add files (it will
make you turn off VCD standard Compliance, but that is
not a problem) and then burn. They played perfectly
on Panasonic and Sony which wouldn't recognize the
original SVCDs.

[MaxxCatt]

Great help.
Here's what I did.

First:
Got Roxio Videopack (thanks gchester) and it worked fine in creating a VCD. Quality loss not too bad.

Second:
Did Trilobite's thing (thanks to you too) and it worked great too. Exactly as per your instructions. Think this is the way I'll go as it appears to be a SVCD (or is it a SVCD/VCD fooled) that will run on my panasonic.


And Seeker I think I'll try your suggestion for a slower burn to see if they'll run from a straight burn (SVCD). However I don't think this will make a dif, but no harm in giving it a shot. Thanks.

Thanks to you guys for replies and help. Greatly appreciated.

[Trilobite]

I am glad we were able to help you. If I could remember where I found this info, it would be nice to give the person who discovered it credit. It is really a slick way to fool the Panasonic into playing SVCD.

[dmlove]

Trilobite and MaxxCatt, is the resulting quality as good as SVCD should be, or only as good as VCD normally is?

[Trilobite]

The resulting quality is identical to the beginning SVCD as there is no real change to either the audio or video bitrates or resolutions. The player is "fooled" into thinking it is playing a VCD. This is a good method for playing SVCDs on players that only have VCD support.