Using Ulead, Tried Several Times, Please Help

[bjchin]

Tried making an XVCD. Used 720X480 resolution, 2 Pass VBR with a minimum of 1900 bitrate and a max of 2400 bitrate, and tried setting it to vcd non compliant. I can't can't Ulead to open it as a VCD or SVCD. It say's non-compliant. I have tried making it a standard vcd VBR and it doesn't work either. What am I doing wrong? Please Help Me!!!!!

[Anonymous65]

You will have to burn the file with Nero or some other program that will burn non-compliant files. Ulead will not burn non-standard files.

[Mirror_Image]

Well, I don't know about that. The other day I had a MPEG-1 352x240 file, captured from several cable TV programs at (the ATI MMC 7.6 preset template) a bitrate of 2,600kbit/sec VBR.

It was just some historical political speeches for a local young hopeful that wants to improve his speaking technique by watching some of history's great speakers (Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Adolf Hitler, Alan Keyes, Al Sharpton, Jean-Marie LePen - with subs on Hitler and LePen - politically diverse, to be sure, but all excellent orators, love them or hate them). He has great personal charisma, but when he starts speaking he needs to loosen up a lot. Public speaking is his weak point - kind of "wooden" with a tendency to monotone everything (which would turn off potential voters, needless to say), but he's making progress! Rome wasn't built in a day (it took a week, and they ran 3 shifts, haha).

At any rate, just speeches, so that was a good enough capture resolution for this project, and was then converted down to a compliant NTSC VCD file (1150 CBR/224) by Ulead Video Studio 6. I didn't burn the VCD at the time, but went to do so a couple of hours later.

I started a new project, loaded the file - but I erred and loaded the 352x240 2600kbit/s file instead of the VCD file - and then highlighted the clip and did an "export...DVD wizard", intending to burn a VCD. UVS6 started the VCD/SVCD/DVD wizard, but then popped up a box with text to the effect of:

This file is not [VCD compliant], and may not fit in the available disk space. Would you like to try and make an XVCD instead?

At this point I knew I loaded the wrong file! I thought about it, but the file never would have fit, so I cancelled and loaded the correct VCD-compliant file, exported it to the DVD wizard, and used it to set my chapter points (there were 5 speeches) for the menu, and burn my VCD.

It did get me thinking, since that "would you like to try and make an XVCD instead" isn't documented anywhere that I know of (skimpy documentation, manual less than 1/4 inch thick). I wondered if there was also an "would you like to try and make an XSVCD instead" feature. I might fiddle around with that on a CD-RW sometime in the future. there isn't any options when the box ops up, just "want to try? ok/cancel"

[bjchin]

Tried making an XVCD. Used 720X480 resolution, 2 Pass VBR with a minimum of 1900 bitrate and a max of 2400 bitrate, and tried setting it to vcd non compliant. I can't can't Ulead to open it as a VCD or SVCD. It say's non-compliant. I have tried making it a standard vcd VBR and it doesn't work either. What am I doing wrong? Please Help Me!!!!!

When you say non-compliant, isn't an XVCD a non-compliant file? I am able to have Ulead recognize a file if I use a CBR, but it's when I use 2 Pass VBR it doesn't work.

[Lamont Cranston]

You did not say what Ulead Product you using. The following applies to VideoStudio 5 and Media Studio Pro with the DVD Plug-in and DVD MovieFactory. I have not tried it with VidoeStudio 6 and DVD WorkShop.

These are the Ulead's specifications as a few months ago. I 'assume' they are still the same.

Note the last two items below cover the requirements for XVCDs and XSVCDs. Ulead will burn XVCDs and XSVCDs. If you conform to their specs and exceed the VCD or SVCD specs the program will prompt you saying your specs exeed VCD or SVCD specs do you want to make an XVCD or SVCD. It works. If my memory serves me correctly (X)VCDs have to be CBR.


Requirement for VCD:
NTSC: MPEG-1, 352x240 progressive, 29.97 fps,
pel_aspect_ratio = 12 (CCIR601, 525line)
PAL: MPEG-1, 352X288 progressive, 25 fps,
pel_aspect_ratio = 8 (CCIR601, 625line)
Audio: MPEG-1 Layer 2, sample_rate = 44.1 kHz

Requirement for SVCD:
NTSC: MPEG-2, 480x480 interlaced, 29.97 fps,
pel_aspect_ratio: 4:3, video_source_format: NTSC
PAL: MPEG-2, 480X576 interlaced, 25 fps,
pel_aspect_ratio: 4:3, video_source_format: PAL
Audio: MPEG-1 Layer 2, sample_rate = 44.1 kHz

Requirement for DVD:
NTSC: MPEG-2, 720x480, 704x480, 352x480, 29.97 fps,
pel_aspect_ratio: 4:3, video_source_format: NTSC
PAL: MPEG-2, 720X576, 704x576, 352x576, 25 fps,
pel_aspect_ratio: 4:3, video_source_format: PAL
Audio: MPEG-1 Layer 2, sample_rate = 48 kHz

For VCD, if data rate exceeds the VCD specification,
the output will become XVCD. For example, many DVD player
supports XVCD at 2400 kbps data rate.

For SVCD, if data rate or frame size exceeds the SVCD
specification, the output will become XSVCD. For a MPEG-2 file
with DVD resolution (720x480, 704x480, 352x480, 720x576, 704x576,
352x576), the program will create XSVCD if the audio sample rate
is set at 44.1 kHz.

[Spicuzza]

bjchin:

Ulead will allow you to make an (X)(S)VCD.

However it is frame size specific. You CANNOT use a 720 x 480 frame size and make a (X)VCD or a (X)SVCD. It will not accept the file.

So, VCD = 352 x 240, SVCD = 480 x 480, DVD = 720 x 480 are the frame sizes it will accept. This has nothing to do with CBR or VBR or kbps.

To burn this simply click the DVD button and it should work just fine.

[Lamont Cranston]

Spicuzza: I don't know what Ulead product you are basing your post but your findings do not apply to ALL Ulead products. I stated at the beginning of my post that the specs I listed were for Ulead's DVD Plug-in used on VideoStudio 5 and MediaStudio Pro 6.5 and DVD MovieFactory. The specs came from the documentation that accompanied the upgrade patch that I beta tested for Ulead. To make sure Ulead had not made any last minute changes I un installed, reinstalled, and applied the latest patches to DVD MovieFactory. I created a mpeg 2 file NTSC 720 x 480, 2500 Kbps, 44.1kHz. I selected authoring in DVD MovieFactory, SVCD, and picked the mpeg file I just created. DVD MovieFactory responded by posting" Your mpeg file exceeds SVCD specs do you want to make an XSVCD". I responded 'yes', went to menu and burn with no problem. I did not check the rest but I see no reason they should not work as speced.

I have looked at Ulead's DVD WorkShop since my prior post and it ONLY supports resolutions of NTSC 480 x 480 (and PAL equivalent) for XSVCD respectively. Video data rates of choice. No XVCD. I have NOT looked at VideoStudio 6.

PS I just tried a NTSC 720 x 480 mpeg 1 CBR 2000 kbps ... and DVD MovieFactory prompted with the message" Your mpeg file exceeds VCD specs do you want to make an XVCD".

[e-z-e]

In my experience, Ulead DVD Movie Factory only will edit/burn standard compliant VCDs, SVCDs, or DVDs. If you want to burn an XVCD you should use Nero, as stated above.

e-z-e

[Lamont Cranston]

In my experience, Ulead DVD Movie Factory only will edit/burn standard compliant VCDs, SVCDs, or DVDs. If you want to burn an XVCD you should use Nero, as stated above.

e-z-e

Do you have all the patches applied? If you follow the specs I listed above Ulead's DVD MovieFactory will author and burn XVCDs and XSVCDs. It works for me. I just did not 10 minutes ago.

[e-z-e]

Thanks, I didn't even see that. I'm interested now in making chapters that work. I have a copy Evolution SVCD and its chapters work with the buttons on the remote.

I know that in the past, Ulead's chapters dont work with the remote. Can they now work with a patch? If not, what programs are recommended to make ones that do?

e-z-e

[Spicuzza]

Lamont, my post was based on when I was using VideoStudio 5 with the DVD Plug-in. It would only accept frames sizes of 352 x 240, 480 x 480 or 720 x 480.

If I tried to load anything other than these sizes I would get the error message: Please select a DVD/VCD/SVCD compliant MPEG file.

Never got the message regarding making an (X)(S)VCD until started using VideoStudio 6. Still the MPEG has to be a compliant frame size.

I still don't believe any Ulead product will allow you to burn, let's say, a 320 x 240 frame size. Re-post if you find this not to be the case.

[Lamont Cranston]

other than these sizes I would get the error message: Please select a DVD/VCD/SVCD compliant MPEG file.
Lamont, my post was based on when I was using VideoStudio 5 with the DVD Plug-in. It would only accept frames sizes of 352 x 240, 480 x 480 or 720 x 480.

If I tried to load anything other than these sizes I would get the error message: Please select a DVD/VCD/SVCD compliant MPEG file.

Never got the message regarding making an (X)(S)VCD until started using VideoStudio 6. Still the MPEG has to be a compliant frame size.

I still don't believe any Ulead product will allow you to burn, let's say, a 320 x 240 frame size. Re-post if you find this not to be the case.

In the future be specific on which product you are using , the version and patches. They are not all the same.

If you did not get the message asking "If you want to create X..." then you had one of the following problems:

1. You did not apply the update patches.
2. You did not follow the specs outline in my earlier post.
3. You were using the original Go DVD Plug-in.

Yes, you are right about the 320 x 240. It should have been 352 x 240. That is funny you pointed it out. The specs were a copy and paste directly from the Ulead document. You would have been a good proofreader for my doctorial thesis.

I am running Ulead's Media Studio Pro V6.5 with all the patches applied. MSP has the same DVD Plug-in that is/was used by VideoStudio 5. I just created a mpeg 1 file with the following parameters:

Mpeg 1
NTSC 720 x 480
CBR=2000 (No VBR on (X)VCDs)
Audio=stereo
Audio Bit Rate=128kbps
Audio Freq=44.1KHz

Exported the meg 1 file I created to the DVD plug-in and the following message was posted "The Mpeg Frame size exceeds VCD specifications. Would you like to create XVCD" Off and running.

List the parameters of the XVCD or SVCD file you are trying to create and I will see if I can help. I don't know what you are doing or not doing but when set up properly it does work.