VHS and VCD

[CNT]

I have been putting off this project and now finally getting back into this. So, the story is as follows:

Captured using Pinnacle Studio Deluxe 7 (both Pinn HW/SW package). Yes, it used 29.97 and so on... in DV format (only option available).

Edited it using Pinn SW. Done.

Created VCD by output to MPEG1. Not so good (don't know how or where to "deinterlace" the video). So, I decided to buy a DVD Burner (waiting for next gen models, e.g. faster ones).

For now, I am going to record to VHS tape (the test VHS video shows better picture than VCD). So, I am going to do it tonight... And save the AVI files for until I get a DVD Bruner.

My question is with VCD or DVD, can there be a menu or something where I could use "skip" on the remote control? Like if I want to see something much later on the VCD (or DVD), do I have to do something before actually burning on VCD/DVD to make the section "skip" work? As of now, I would have to play from the very beginning and wait for about 45 minutes, then show it to someone.

Again, I am using Pinnacle HW/SW for now (for the sake to get done with this project before I go back to college this Fall).

Chuck

[vcdforme]

For VCD, I would suggest usiung TMPGENC for making your mpeg1
file, if you're not already doing so. This, in my opinion, will
give you the best results. Don't worry about deinterlace, vcd mode
rendering automatically rejects the other field.

As for being able to "jump to the end" quickly with VCD....the only way
to do this would be to have your movie in multiple sections.
I.e. Mpeg#1, Mpeg#2, Mpeg#3, etc.

If you're making a DVD, you can simply tell the DVD authoring program
where you want the breaks to happen.

[CNT]

As for being able to "jump to the end" quickly with VCD....the only way to do this would be to have your movie in multiple sections. I.e. Mpeg#1, Mpeg#2, Mpeg#3, etc.

OK, I did that. Now, when playing normal, there is a short pause when it goes from #1 to #2 and so on, is that just normal?

Also, what is ISO!? Ever since, I still don't understand what is ISO!?!?

Chuck

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[solarfox]

As for being able to "jump to the end" quickly with VCD....the only way to do this would be to have your movie in multiple sections. I.e. Mpeg#1, Mpeg#2, Mpeg#3, etc

Actually, this is not true; you can have chapter stops on a VCD as well. I don't know if Pinnacle can do that or not, since I've never used it, but I do know that both ULead MovieFactory and DVD Workshop can do it.

OK, I did that. Now, when playing normal, there is a short pause when it goes from #1 to #2 and so on, is that just normal?

Unfortunately, yes, it's normal. Since all of your video segments are stored as separate DAT files, almost all DVD players are going to have a pause like that when they go from one file to the next.

To get rid of this, you need to keep your video as one single full-length file, and insert chapter stops at the appropriate points instead.

Technically, ISO stands for International Standardization Organization, and they're responsible for all kinds of things. In CD/DVD-burning jargon, an "ISO image" is a single file with an .ISO extension, which describes the complete structure of a data disc in ISO9660 format. ISO's contain not just the data files, but the directory structures, file allocation tables, and every other bit of information needed to reconstruct an exact duplicate, sector by sector, of the disc which the ISO image was originally made from.

If you're putting together a project which you think you may need to run off duplicates of later on, you can have your authoring software build an ISO image file and put it someplace easy to find later on. Since the ISO contains the complete disc contents, you won't have to worry any of your original source files getting moved or deleted between now and the time you go back to run off duplicates.

[xtreemkareem]

Use VCD easy to create chapters. You could also fast forward or input the time on your video when playing it back (all DVD player remotes should have it) just remember where you want to fast forward to.