Ripping VCD

[drilldoc1]

I have a VCD which won't play in my friend's DVD player. What do I use to rip the mpg1 file out so I can make a DVD for them. I have Smart Ripper, does that work for VCD's?

[the-bunker]

You need to copy the file AVSEQ01.DAT (or similar name) on the VCD in a dir called MPEGAV (I think) to the HD & rename it to .MPG
Use TMpeg to load the .MPG file in and save it in MPEG2 format & then convert to DVD format & burn back to CDR or DVD-R if you're lucky enough to have a DVD writer.
You'll need to find some guides on converting MPEG2 to DVD format.
Don't expect quality to be great. I converted a CDi to VCD using Tmpeg and it's OK, but obviously not as good as the original.
Anyway, all this presumes your friends DVD player can read CDR or DVD-R. Maybe the problem is it can't read CDR/DVD-R rather than not being able to play VCD. You should try a commercially produced VCD first.

[Vejita-sama]

Actually there's no need to re-encode the MPEG1 file. You can burn it to a DVDR (see guide to left) but will need to convert the audio from 44.1k -> 48k. The quaility won't get any better, but it won't take a hit either this way.

Can your friends DVD player read DVDR discs? Check the DVD players list to the left.

[spidey]

You need to use VCD Gear to convert the dat file to an mpg. Then re-author the VCD

d/l it in the TOOLS section