Forum: Authoring (VCD/SVCD)

Does anyone have any experience with TOSHIBA 4.7GB DVD-RAM, MODEL # SD-W2002 drive. I have found it online for around $280 and am interested in burning dvds for my "living room" dvd player. I dont care about re-writability or speed as compatibility is most important. Thanks. -John

Hi, What DVD tool should i use to be able to create advanced nice looking menues? I have tried DVDit but that tool could only create really simple menues. Ive heard that ReelDVD is a good tool, is it?

Hi, Does anyone know of a authoring tool that is able to erase DVD-RW discs? I have a DVR-A03 burner.

Every time i try to burn a VCD from a DivX/Avi or even Mpeg i get an error message that i dont have enough memory, but i have 256megs and 100 megs free. Should i add more virtual memory or get rid off XP ?

I will try to make my first svcd soon, and i have a question. Can I make a svcd that plays an intro(like a trailer) and then stops at a meny(chapter selection) when I put it in the player. Is this possible and with tool can iI use? /Daniel

I just bought a Sony Vaio (the RX580) with a DVD-RW drive. I has a sticker on the front of it that says, "Create your own DVD video". That lead me to believe that I would be able to import my mini-DV footage, and then author and burn a true(MPEG-2) DVD movie. The computer comes bundled with Sonys...

Does anybody know any problems due to the burning device? (Hardware) My burner for example wont burn "CD Text" even though the software (Win On CD 3.:cool: would support it. Any problems like that with VCD or SVCD`s known? Thanks Peer

Is there anyway you can make a custom menu for your VCDs? I want to create a menu kinda like the ones on DVDs where you can click to play the movie, click to see photos, and additional info, etc. I dont need "Jump to Scenes" feature. This sounds complicated. Id like to have a couple choices that...

Does anyone know how to get Nero 5.5 to recognise these new 850mb CD-Rs? The media info just shows it as 800mb disk. Im using a Teac W524 drive. Any help appreciated.

Hello, Does anyone know how to create a multisession VCD where I can use all sessions on a standalone VCD player? I know it may not work on all VCDs but I think it will work on many. This is because the Mode2 format which VCDs use has had multisession support since it first came out. In fact,...

Hi, Is if possible to make a cool intro with a video as the intro then comes the menu of the VCD? If is not possible to do what I want above the can I add music to a simple menu? Apart from having videos and music in cda "audio tracks" what can I have in a VCD? Thx for reading.

Hello Members. I have try to burn harry potter1 MPG,723MB 72:30.31.min on are 90 Arita CD-80rplus with Nero/ but Philips Pcrw804 burner not responding to finisch the burning process.nero says put are empty cd in your drive.i have putt are new CD 90MIN but the same problem What can i do...

i used smartripper->flaskmpeg(0.6)->served to tmpgenc(2.01). i then used vcdeasy (1.03)(with vcdimager 0.7.11) to create the vcd for checking purposes (no menus, no chapters) the resulting vcd had about 5 flaws at various points. flaws mean very brief flickers (not sure how to describe...

Ive been trying to burn VCDs for the past 2 days now and wasted about 9 CDs. I have a VCD someone burnt for me and it is stored on a Maxell CD-R (74 minutes/650 mb) (not CD-RW) and works fine on my standalone DVD player. I have tried Nero and Ulead to burn VCDs and they do not work on my...

Thanks Leebo and Kon for giving good instruction for making SVCDs that looks like DVD using VideoPack5. I have a chance to try this, the following is my evaluations: (1) Have almost no idea how to use it at the begining, but after spending some time (with the help of leebos instruction. Thank you...

Im trying to burn a mpeg file with EZ Creator and it says my mpegs video bitrate is not acceptable. It also said my audio bitrate is probably OK. The video bitrate is 1246kb/s and the audio is 128kb/s. What do I need to do to fix it so I can burn it? Thanks in advance guys.

my original demo of nero expired so i downloaded nero 5.5.5.1 from CNET.com. When i go to run it in from the start section on desktop it says my demo has expired from the last demo i had. How do i get to the new demo and how long do these demos last? Also can i still burn MPEG-1 with nero 5.5.5.1?

Im very interested in this format. I have downloaded the Nero example, and it work on my standalone DVD player, but the movie interrupt every few seconds. This is normal for my player when I burn (X)SVCD with Nero. The only software I found, to burn compliant SVCD is Winoncd (and Pinnacle Express...

I have been able to burn some VCDs after converting the AVI to MPEG but have a problem. When I have a file over 700 megs, I cant seem to figure out how to split it so I can burn it on two cds. Thanks

When I download VCD movies and watch it using tv-out, it plays fine. I play the mpg files. Then when i convert it to vcd format using Nero, i burn it and play it on my DVD player. The problem is, on certain parts throughout the movie, theres like all these weird colors that scramble up the screen...

I am trying to do VCDs with menu for mac but dunno how..got no luck with iDiscwriter also..can anyone help. I cant use VCDToolx cause i am running OS9.

Is it possible to do a straight DVD-2-DVD copy using the new dvd writers out there. Id want them to be playable in normal DVD players. Cheers all. Regards,

Ok guys, here is my problem: I read most of the guides and I was able to make a few working DVDs; however Im having hard time with audio portion of the DVD... Im not copying DVDs, so there is no need to deal with VOBs and stuff... Here is what I want to achieve: I want to be able to convert audio...

anyone know the skinny whether there is any visible difference in these formats? miniDVD is 720x480 and SVCD is supposed to be 480x480. is this just widescreen capability? isnt the x480 the horizontal resolution and therefore the picture quality "lines of resolution"? if my miniDV camcorder is...

I just got hold of a Ricoh DVD+RW drive and have attempted to create a disc which will play on a standalone player. Im pretty sure of the disc format / file layout etc, but so far Ive been unable to find a player which will recognize it. Anybody else had any successes with this type of disc ?

Ive encoded an 640x480 quicktime movie using the default setting for SVCD using TMPGenc and burnt an SVCD with Nero. When I play it back on my television through my DVD player the TV flickers just like a computer monitor set too low a resolution. Any suggestions?

Does anyone else have trouble with this version of Nero? After installing the update demo of 5564 I cant use my writer anymore. It was perfectly fine in version 5551. Would they discontinue support for my drive all of a sudden? I have an external HP 8210 usb cd-writer. Worked fine with all...

When you guys make vcds or svcds are you able to fit them on just one cd? Or do you have to use two? When I converted my divx movie to mpeg it came out to 1.01 gigs. So do I have to split this up and stick it on two cds? Thanks Mike

Is it possible to burn a DVD-R in VCD or SVCD format, thereby fitting several hours of video on one disc, and playing back in a DVD player? This assumes that the DVD player can play back normal DVD-R, VCD, SVCD etc. Any help would be appreciated, Ive asked around but no one knows for sure.

I tried burning a VCD on the weekend which had two MPG files - one about 27mb, the other around 440mb. Every time I tried to burn it got about half way through and the program (Adaptec Easy CD Creator) hung. I eventually successfully burned the 27mb MPG file. I have 128mb RAM and Im...

I cant use Roxio, because as I read in another post it does not burn VCDs correctly. I do have the option in Nero of burning to a disc image file. Im not sure what I can do with this. Can I burn this straight to a CDR somehow using Roxio? thank you for any comments Mark

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I have a philips 711 dvd player im using latest tmpgenc also read over over the guide to get this burn the mpeg to play as a vcd. The avi file is showing width 352 pixels height 240 pixels audio mpeg layer 3 framerate 29 fps then at the bottom of the props for this file it says video compression...

I have captured some video that is anamorphic (from digital cable). Is there anyway to encode the video to VCD (or SVCD?) to enable the auto switch facility from 4:3 to 16:9? Thanks in advance Nick1977

i am having problems with burning on 2 cd-r writers using nero... also i have emailed their tech support many tims and havent gotten a answer.... has anyone use this feature yet??? and is there any other cd recording software that lets u record on 2 different cd recoders at one time ?????

Im authoring material to dvd with dvdit and I noticed that the file size the video takes up on the dvd is 1.5 times the original file size. Didnt seem to make a difference between 352x480 or 720x40 files. There cant be that much overhead. Any explanation out there?

i have a sanyo 2903 (3 disc changer) .. it plays everything except XSVCDs... i tested out the RCA 5240p at the store the other day and it plays everything. They are both the same price, but the sanyo has a great remote and 3 disc changer, while the rca can play anything... I am wondering if...

how do i get the cinema craft encoder working in flaskMPEG... i have cinema craft encoder lite???

Im new to authoring VCDs, and have run into a road block. My DVD player, which is a Sony DVD-C660, can read CD-R, but not CD-RW. Heres what I dont understand. There are DVD players, take the Apex AD-500 for example, that cant read CD-R & CD-RW, or DVD-R & DVD-RW, yet can still read VCD. Can...

Is it possible to burn a DVD-R with a CD burner? I have an authoring kit and blank DVD-Rs. All my files are MPEG-2s. If it is possible, will there be any restrictions, (ie. will not play on all DVDs?) Thanks

I have burned a several different vcd movies on both Memorex CD-R and CD-RWs using Nero 5.5.6.4. I have also tried burning them at different speeds, 1x being the lowest. When i try to play them on my JVC dvd player(which supports VCDS and both cdrs and cdrws), the video pauses every couple seconds...

I have tried to make vcds using nero 5.5.4.0 and every time it does not work in my dvd player (toshiba sd-1600) I am using cd-rs, would it make a difference if I use cd-rws. I have followed the instructions on this page and it still doesnt work. any help would be greatly appreciated!! ...

Can anyone help with a download link to I-Author ?

I always used videopack 4.0 for my vcds, but now I´m makin´SVCDs n videopack 4.0 does not support them. Does anyone knows if any software I could use, as simple as videopack or winoncd??? I gave a try with vcd imager n did not get sucess... Thanxs 4 the support!!!!

i load the cue file in cdrdao to burn and get the following message; Cdrdao version 1.1.5 ERROR: D:dvd movieCD_Image_File_CD0.cue:1: Illegal token: m D:dvd movieCD_Image_File_CD0.cue:1: syntax error at "EOF" missing { Binary Motorola } Im not sure what this means. my dvd rip went...

Tried to burn this great divx movie but nero says that there is not enough space on my 80 min. cdr. Should i use a different burning program or.......?

Hello, Im having a problem burning an MPEG to a working VCD. I was using nero 5.5.5.1 and have upgraded to 5.5.6.4 and have the same problem. Im using Win XP with a TDK 16/10/40 Burner. My DVD player is a JVC XV-S65. I burn the MPEG by using the exact method described on this site but it wont...