Problems Burning an XVCD

[Puggsley456]

I have a xvcd that I am tring to burn using nero, it is 51 minutes long and the size of it is 755 mb. When i trry to burn it nero says that the file is too big for my disc. I use 80 min, 700 mb discs. In the past i have had no problem burning files that were larger than the cd size. I cant figure out why this is happening. Any advise would be welcome.

Are there any differences between the steps used to make an xvcd Vs. xsvcd?

[Conquest10]

use vcdeasy. i get problems with nero, too. even with compliant vcd files. it won't burn anything over 700 mb.

[wee haggis]

I prefer VCDEASY as well...much better software.
You may not have checked/unchecked the box in Nero for Non-Standard .

[markums2k]

Just to add my two cents... I used to build my VCDs in VCDEasy, save them as a bin/cue file, then burn the image using Nero. The largest image I've brought into Nero from VCDEasy was 706MB and it burned just fine to a 700MB CD. Now I use CDRWIN to burn cue files. I like it lots better.

[GUTB]

You must go into Nero's options, go to Advanced, and enable overburning. Then jack up the maxium disc length from 80 minutes to something like 85 or how ever much you think you'll need.

When openign the burn window, make sure you pick disc-at-once. Nero will then pop up a window asking you if you want to overburn the disc, click yes and enjoy.

[Puggsley456]

The lenght of the movie is only 47 min, going by what nero says.
I was successful burning another xvcd but when I play it tin my dvd player it plays but the sound and the picture jump every 6 seconds or so and the audio is off from the video. I checked the original mpg on my computer and neither of the problems happen to that one, and I followed the guide to the letter. I now from the compatibility chart on this site that it does play Xsvcds at 720x480 at 4500 kb/sec. What do I have to do differently to covert and burn an XSVCD?
And does the Video bitrate calculator work for those too?

[GUTB]

The jumping and sync issues are caused by an incorrect frame-rate setting and the use of TMPGEnc's trashy, low-life ghetto audio transcoder.

Set the output to 30fps -- nothing else!!

Go into the Options menu -> Environment -> External and use tooLame as an external audio encoder. You might have to download it, but first you should check to see if you can find it in the plugin directory where you put TMPGEnc.

Re-encode and enjoy.

[Puggsley456]

But the converted mpg. has none of these issues. And TooLame is already being used. How does the steps used for making an XSVCD differ from making an XVCD?

[hwoodwar]

The main difference between an XVCD and an XSVCD is that since XVCD is based on the VCD format it is encoded in MPEG-1 format and since XSVCD is based on SVCD format it is encoded in MPEG-2 format.

The differences in the steps to encode each one depend on exactly how you are doing the encode. Even inside one program, for instance TMPGenc there are multiple ways to do things. Generally speaking (TMPGenc) you can find both XVCD and XSVCD templates (www.kvcd.net), you could start with one of the built-in VCD or SVCD templates and change the resolution, you could use whatever settings you are using for XVCD and change the "Stream Type" to MPEG-2 Video, etc.

[hwoodwar]

One additional thing you are actually using 800mb disks. The rating on the package of almost all commercial CDR's is for mode 1 capacity. Your 80 minute 700mb (mode 1) disk actually holds 800mb mode 2. All VCD's, XVCD's, SVCD's, XSVCD's, etc are recorded mode 2.