(S)VCD to DVD Opinions

[ashtones]

Do you loose quality when you convert an (S)VCD to DVD? I know the quality will not improve, but will it stay consistent with the original? And whats the best way to convert? Should I convert the file as is or is it better to re-capture it then convert the avi instead. I have a bunch of home movie clips that I made (S)VCD's out of (did not keep the original footage) that I want to now put onto a DVD-R. I am not able to do the header trick because of incompatibility with my DVD player so my only option is to go to 720x480 with 48000 audio. I hope I explained it enough.
Thanks in advance!

[poopyhead]

well....

the conversion itself will cause a decrease in quality..but this goes with any conversion...period..

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well, you can author the SVCDs directly to DVDs without converting, BUT since SVCD specs are NOT supported in compliant DVD, the SVCD-DVD you create will essentially be non-standard xDVD...i'm not sure if your DVD player will play this or not...but this saves you the trouble of converting if your player can play this...

https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?howtoselect=3;29

and more specifically, you can try this: https://www.videohelp.com/svcddvdr.htm

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VCD specs are supported by standard DVD, so you can actually author the VCD files directly onto a DVD without converting and dvd player compatibility shouldn't decrease

https://www.videohelp.com/vcddvdr.htm

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otherwise, just follow these guides to convert SVCD MPEG-2 to DVD compliant MPEG-2:

https://www.videohelp.com/mpeg2tovcd.htm

http://ness888.users.btopenworld.com/fromvcd2dvd.htm

[ashtones]

So what your saying is that just through the process of converting the vids I will loose quality. That really blows. I should of made avi backups of all my stuff I guess. I guess I should do that now for when Blu-Ray comes out.

[poopyhead]

well...

1) it's just a minor quality loss...prolly not even noticeable

2) you would still need to convert your .avi into another format that can be played on your DVD player. so, that is also a conversion step...don't think you can really get around it....

[RoopeT]

If you have lots of titles to convert I would consider bying a new DVD player.

[ashtones]

Well buying a new player is one option I guess, but I would need to buy a bunch of new ones because I plan on sharing these discs with several people. I went ahead and converted the SVCD videos but left the VCD's alone. Sure enough the SVCD ones look like hammered crap. I think I will try to re-capture via S-Video then convert the AVI file. I am almost sure that this will yield better results. It's more work but I think in the end I will have less pixilation then if I convert them straight from the mpeg2 file.

[poopyhead]

@ashtones,

have you looked at the guides here: https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?howtoselect=3;29

there are plenty of ways to convert your SVCD -> DVD.

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also, you can author your (S)VCDs onto DVD WITHOUT converting...

since VCD specs is part of DVD standard, your VCD-DVD will very compatible.

https://www.videohelp.com/vcddvdr.htm

since SVCD specs is not part of DVD standard, your SVCD-DVD will essentially be a xDVD, but compatibility may not be as good.

https://www.videohelp.com/svcddvdr.htm

[ashtones]

Yeah poop I know how to do it. I have to convert because I want the best compatility. I just think that if I re-capture I can get better results then if I convert the svcd (Mpeg2 file). My capture card captures at full resolution 720x480. BTW does anyone know what VHS native resolution is? Just curious.

[tralix]

I have tried the methods mentioned and my video still does not work. \\

I use the TMPGEnc method mentioned in

https://www.videohelp.com/mpeg2tovcd.htm


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[funkguy4]

Yeah poop I know how to do it. I have to convert because I want the best compatility. I just think that if I re-capture I can get better results then if I convert the svcd (Mpeg2 file). My capture card captures at full resolution 720x480. BTW does anyone know what VHS native resolution is? Just curious.

hink VHS native is a very weird res something like 360x240 (not 100% on this). If your SVCDs lookk fineas they are and you don't want to recapture, then just convert them to Half D1 video (requires reencoding).