Questions about VCD/SVCD on DVDs

[perdomot]

I've been using VCDEasy to create images with chapter points and burning it onto CDs but now that I have a DVD burner, I'm at a loss on how to do this. I can fit 3 VCD/SVCDs on a single DVD but VCDEasy wont work on them because the image is too big and VCDEasy is trying to fit the entire movie onto one CD. I used to cut the movie in half and use VCDEasy to create the chapters and burn it to 2 CDs. I tried TMPEG Author but it only does it if the VCD/SVCD fit within its compliancy parameters. Most of my movies don't. I can burn the 3 movies as data but then there aren't any chapters. Can anyone offer some help? Thanks.

[bugster]

In either case (VCD or SVCD), you have to author it as DVD-Video. You cannot put (S)VCD directly on to DVD.

For VCD, the video should be compliant. The resolution will be correct but 23.97fps NTSC film presents a problem as that framerate is not valid for DVD, you have to re-encode it to 29.97fps. VCD audio is also not valid on DVD, it needs to be upsampled to 48khz.


For SVCD it is more complicated as the res is not DVD compliant. Some authoring apps will accept it and allow you to author (DVD-Lab for one) and many standalones will still play it. Otherwise you will need to re-encode and resize to a DVD compliant res, I suggest 352 * 480/576 (known as 1/2 D1) as the best compromise. Same thing for audio as with VCD.

Hope this helps.

[perdomot]

Thanks Bugster, it does