SVCD format on a DVD.

[renegade X]

Is it possible to use a SVCD format on a DVD? I have tried once and it failed. Maybe there is something I did wrong, or is just not possible.
The files are in SVCD format, but I would like to have a menu like a DVD, without converting the files to DVD format. I can burn the files to a DVD, using data disk mode, but again there are no menus.

[Baldrick]

Not possible, https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=129786

[reboot]

Huh? I put SVCD encodes on DVD all the time. No trouble at all in DVDLab Pro.

[Baldrick]

But it is a svcd mpg in dvd-video format. Not the svcd format.

[renegade X]

Thanks, I thought it sounded like a silly question.

[DRP]

Huh? I put SVCD encodes on DVD all the time. No trouble at all in DVDLab Pro.

Yes, so do I but you're only talking about SVCD resolution for the video. The audio in most cases will need to be 48kHz *and* AC3 instead of 44.1kHz and MP2 as it is on SVCD. This makes what you put on the DVD a hybrid of SVCD (the video) and DVD (the audio) which is called DVD-SVCD.

I even have one DVD player which will play a DVD with only an MP2 audio track (no AC3 or PCM at all), but even that MP2 track needs to be 48kHz. It doesn't work with 44.1kHz, so even that isn't true SVCD.

[flag]

Was not sure about renegadex question but saw this:
Eazy VCD support output to SVCD in "Encoding Type".
Eazy VCD support output to XVCD in "Encoding Type".
Then select your CD-R size in "X(S)VCD CD-R Type"
Then select how many CD-R's you want the movie to span across in "X(S)VCD Amount"
(NOTE: the more CD-R's the higher the bitrate, the higher the bitrate the higher the quality)
(NOTE: XVCD's are not compatible in some DVD Players, please check you DVD player compatibility.

Eazy VCD supports output to XSVCD in "Encoding Type".
Then select your CD-R size in "X(S)VCD CD-R Type"
Then select how many CD-R's you want the movie to span across in "X(S)VCD Amount"
(NOTE: the more CD-R's the higher the bitrate, the higher the bitrate the higher the quality)
(NOTE: XSVCD's are not compatible in some DVD Players, please check you DVD player compatibility).

Eazy VCD does not support output to DVD-R!

What's the difference between a VCD and a SVCD?
A VCD uses MPEG-1 encoding at a bitrate of 1150kb/s, you can fit about 80 minutes on a 80min 700MB CD-R.
A SVCD uses MPEG-2 encoding at a bitrate of 2520kb/s, you can fit about 35 minutes on a 80min 700MB CD-R

[reboot]

OK, I see what the confusion is
Some authoring apps will allow 44,100hz audio on a dvdr. These may, or may not play properly in a standalone.
DVDLab insists on 48khz audio.

[jman98]

Actually, I don't know of a single DVD authoring app that allows 44.1 KHz audio for DVD. 44.1 KHz audio is legal ONLY for DVD-Audio and most DVD-Audio discs use 48 KHz. However, only DVDLab allows SVCD resolutions on video streams. SVCD resolutions are invalid for DVDs according to the format specs, but DVDLab allows it because the truth is that most standalone players are able to play it.

The original question is a little vague. Did the poster want to put SVCD format files on DVD, which requires audio and maybe video conversion, or did the poster want to burn a giant SVCD format disc on DVD-R media? People answered both sides of the question, which is why there might be a little confusion.

[lordsmurf]

Actually, I don't know of a single DVD authoring app that allows 44.1 KHz audio for DVD.

I don't either. That is an unavoidable requirement. If anything, it silently converts and you don't know it.

[renegade X]

Its not about conversion, quality in sound/ video, its just a mqatter of having a title screen verses a list of files that I can only partially read. All the input was educational though.