how do i change wmv to vcd

[stupid as]

Hi,
I have been trying to put my vhs videos onto cd, so far i have captured them in wmv format.
i tried to turn into avi doing the graphedit thing but that stops after 6 secs.
i can turn them into avi in adobe premier(tryout) then
i tried the virtualdub thing but it says it dosn'y recognise the format dvsd?
Is there an eaiser way?
Am i doing something stupid?

[Dennis1968]

I have converted WMV into MPEG compliant video files using TMPGEnc.

[Rommie]

Yes, I did that a couple of days ago using TMPGEnc

[freestyler]

TMPGEnc should work.

[redwudz]

dvsd? That's a DV codec. If you are using a video capture card, Huffy or PicVideo codecs are two good choices for capture. WMV isn't that good. You can edit them in Virtualdub and encode with TMPGEnc.

[teegee420]

It's true that you can convert WMV to VCD mpeg using TMPGEnc but I have to agree with redwudz. WMV is a very lossy format and converting it to another lossy format(mpeg-1) will diminish quality that much more. Picvideo and Huffy are much better source formats for converting to mpeg.

[stupid as]

Thanks
I will try downloading Picvideo to capture, edit in Virtualdub and encode with TMPGEnc.
Hopefully all will go well. Either way i will let you know how i get on.
Cheers
Steve

[Rommie]

Yes, WMV is lossy and the streams I converted were ~390kb/s, which is a high rate for a streaming media but not for disk based media.

I don't have (easy) access to the original DV files at the moment but was simply making a sample disk to demonstrate an alternative to broadband streaming. The stuff I'm doing are Uni lectures and our Uni is doing a lot of streaming but the high quaility stuff is only of use on campus or via broadband... not all students can accesss it that way, especially remote external students.

I figured that many will have cheap DVD players capable of VCD though and we should atleast look at providing stuff that way. It could be left as WMV and put on a CD but that would require them to have a computer that is capable of playing it and the right software (+ codecs).

The samples I did looked crap but no more crap than the original WMV at full screen. Use of the Zoom (out) button on your DVD player helps.

[stupid as]

Back again,
all working well, except i think i got lost.
do i record in virtual dub?
i am still recording in wmv and converting to mpeg in virtubub...
i tied to record in virtudub but got a large file of fuzz(no real picture)

please help

[jimmalenko]

Dude, you can't possibly be converting to MPEG using VirtualDub.

I think the guys mean capture using whatever capture software you like using one of the specified codecs. Edit if the need arises in VirtualDub, encode to VCD using TMPGEnc.