DVD 2 VCD

[bhqmaster]

Will a 120minute dvd movie rip on to a single 700mb in vcd format? I have been using sefys clasical newbie guide.

Also can someone explain to me about frames it say in sefys c n g... to set the start and the end frames. What does this mean and how do i do it?

Thanks
BHQ

[vitualis]

Not in "compliant VCD" format. An 80 min disc will hold just under 80 min and a 74 min disc will hold just under 74 minutes.

If you use one of the variants of XVCD (e.g., Sefy's template) then it may or may not be possible -- depending on the film.

As for you specific question, I haven't read Sefy's guide in detail so I can't really help you... Sefy is generally happy for people to e-mail him though so you could try that.

Regards.

[bhqmaster]

Thanks for that!

Would a film ripped in PAL VCD format be ok to write to a blank 4.7 disc?

[vitualis]

You mean putting a VCD source file onto a recordable DVD disc?

You can, but I suggest that you search the forum on this for more info.

You can make a "VCD" on DVD media, but you can use VCD source MPEGs to author a DVD.

The VCD spec MPEG is ok for the video, but the audio will have to be resampled at 48 kHz. If your DVD proggy can't do this for you, then you will either have to do it yourself.

Regards.

[Sefy]

Regarding the Start and End points, this is used when you know your movie can't fit a single CD even in VCD format (like your movie), then you would go into TMPGEnc - Settings / Advanced and you can select the start and end for each part of the movie you are encoding, so you are basicly encoding just part of the movie.

This is more recommanded to do since encoding the entire movie and then cutting it up sometimes cause A/V Sync errors, and not to mention it adds more time to the process.

[bhqmaster]

Thanks for that Sefy it seems im all sorted now, but I just have one final question. Why does the process in TMPGEnc take like 14 hours for a movie like Gone In 60 Seconds? I am ripping using a pioneer dvr-ao3 dvd writer. This is what annoys me about the whole thing it takes so long.



BHQ

[Sefy]

Encoding is depended on your CPU, and how the program takes advantage of it, and also the length of the movie, for me on a T-Bird 1ghz it takes around 4 hours for a 90min movie using Windows98SE.