is there another way?

[robert cecle]

i just ran my dvd through dvd2svcd and tried to burn with nero and received a message mpeg 2 encoding decoding is not available download plug in...is there another program that will burn this movie without this issue.or what can i do?

[dcsos]

You didn't use DVD2svcd properly if you got that message

NERO is telling you the file from DVD2SVCD is not a SUPER VIDEO CD compliant file and it need to fix it with that plug in you don't have..
Do some reading of a guide for DVD2SVCD and learn how to make a 480x480 Mpeg-2 file that has 44khz audio at 29.97 frames a second
also make sure you don't exceed the format's BITRATE


if your in one of those NTSC countries that is!pal is another matter

[penamty]

I have never used DVD2SVCD but I am assuming that your movie is already in SVCD format, just uncheck the “Create standard compliant CD” box and load the movie, sometimes Nero insists in re-encoding a movie even though it is OK

Note: use a RW disc in case the movie is really not encoded right

[dcsos]

Don't uncheck the standard compliant box, or what you get is a disc that won't play on any sttop box..It'll alway be ok in a PC however, so follow his advice only If you use the PC to view you SVCD's

and before using a CD-RW check also that your settop can read SVCD off this media as its less likely to work in some settop

you can always check compatibility in DVDRHELP's archives
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

Of course if your purpose was to creat an XVCD, then follow penamty's advice.. but if you uncheck standard compliance, then you're no longer dealing with SVCD but XVCD

[bunyip]

Just a tip ...

I've learn't from experience not to do 'direct' burning when creating CDs or DVDs - I always create 'images' and only burn these, this way the burning software doesn't interfere with the process (Nero is notorious for doing this) - gives me 100% success - no coasters. (You can also test the result before burning it).

Assuming that it is being encoded correctly, with DVD2SVD you can let it create the 'cue/bin' images by selecting the option through the 'CD Image' tab, or you can run the MPEG2 files through something like 'VCDEASY' to author & create an image.

This way any burning software doesn't know (nor needs to know) what it is burning and won't try to change it.

[dcsos]

And as bunnyip says
if you have a lot of chapter in your SVCD, ISO is the ideal way to go
..ONE FILE on the HARD DRIVE --to many on the CD BURN--
is a way better way ---to burn than just submitting files to NERO!

of course i don't think NERO EXPRESS deals with iso's