OK here it is, COMPLETE instructions for making a VCD!!

[JÖñ]

First off you need a converter - a program that

will convert the movie (.avi) to .mpeg format.

I reccomend "TMPGEnc". You may download it at

this URL:

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/d...ds/tmpgenc

.html


After downloading TMPGEnc, open it up, in the

lower half of the TMPGEnc screen you will see 3

boxes:
Video Source:, Audio Source:, and Output File

Name: .

Click the "Browse" button at the end of Video

Source box.
Navigate / Find the movie you want to convert,

and click open.

When you pick the video source, it automatically

picks the same file for the Audio Source and the

Output File Name too.

Now, at the bottom there should be a button

called "Settings" (maybe a different name

depending on what version you have), Click

Settings and then a new screen pops up, on that

screen there are 6 tabs at the top: "Video",

"Advanced", "GOP structure", "Quantize matrix",

"Audio", and "System".

ok the first tab to change the settings on is

"Video".
It should read like this:

Stream type: Mpeg-1 Video
Size: 352 X 240
Aspect ratio: 4:3 525 line (NTSC)
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Rate control mode: Constant bitrate (CBR)
Bitrate: 1150
Motion search precision: Normal

Second tab to change is "Advanced".

Video Source type: Non-interlace (progressive)
Field order: Bottom Field first (field b)
Source aspect ratio: 16:9 Display
Video arrange Method: Full screen (keep aspect

ratio)

Now click the "Audio" tab

Stream Type: MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
Sample frequency: 48000
Channel mode: Stero
Bitrate: 160
De-emphasis flag: None

Now click the "System " Tab.

Stream type: MPEG-1 Video CD

ok your done, click "ok" at bottom of MPEG

setting screen.
that will bring you back to the TMPGEnc screen.

You are now ready to convert the movie in to

.mpg format!
Now click "Start at top - left and wait for it

to convert.
thats all there is to converting.

(This is how I make all my VCD's and they turn

out perfect!)

After it is done converting, you then need to

burn it to a CD using Nero or EZ CD-Creator. I

myself use EZ CD-Creator. you cant just burn

the mpg to a CD then expect it to play on your

stand alone DVD player.

I did everything but, write it down on manillia

paper with a crayon for you here. If you can't

get it to work after this post. Sorry I broke

it down as much as I could.

[JÖñ]

SORRY DIDNT MEAN TO POST IT TWICE, IM SORRY

[CloneAD]

Unfortunately, a Video on a CD doesn't make a Video-CD. Using the above instructions you're presuming the source is NTSC, that it's progressive, and the field order is Bottom First. I'd hate to think what a novice with a PAL, Interlaced and Top Field First would think after the conversion.

Also, Audio @ 48000 160 Bits is totally NON-COMPLIENT for a Video-CD. Even if it does play in your player, the resulting movie is NOT a Video-CD.

[Seamus Warren]

I've been converting some ASF files to MPEGs with TMPGEnc.

The ASFs are from the U.S. and I assume they were originally NTSC before they were converted to, or saved as "*.ASF" files. I don't know if ASFs remain in the NTSC format.

Anyway, I've been trying to convert the ASF files to 4:3 PAL or 16:9 Widescreen format so far without success.

The sound is "patchy". The images look okay, a bit dark and sometimes even a bit blurry, but on the whole, they look fine.

I just want to fit the best quality I can get in a CD I would like to play in the Pioneer DV-414. I'm not very familiar with SVCD but I know a guy with a Pioneer DV-515 (525?) who says he can play SVCDs in his machine. I don't know if the quality of SVCDs is much better though.

[sumc112]

help pure novice

never done this before how do i convert a svcd to a vcd. been told this is mpeg2 to mpeg1? not really any wiser! any help really appreciated. please keep many advice in baby talk!! thanx