Burning ffdshow MPEG-4 Video (xvid) - can do with Nero?!?

[jdub13]

I have an .AVI that uses the ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder (xvid) for Video and Morgan Stream Switcher for Audio.

When I try to burn as a VCD with Nero, Nero tries to reencode.

Am I doing this wrong? Should I not be using Nero? Can I code an MPEG4 onto a VCD without reencoding?

Please let me know if anyone can help.

Thanks.

[jdub13]

Basically my question is how can i make a MPEG4 into a VCD for viewing on my DVD?

[mats.hogberg]

Read the Convert HOW TOs!

XviD is an AVI file. To create a VCD, you need an MPEG1 video stream. (Among other things.) To get from one to the other, reencoding is necessary. So, Nero is right on this point. However, Nero is a crappy MPEg encoder, so use a real encoder like TMPGEnc, then use Nero to author/burn (if you feel comfortable with nothing but Nero - a better solution for VCDs is VCDEasy, even if you have to learn a few things more to create a VCD this way).

/Mats