? .m2v files onto a CDR to play in a DVD player? (how?)

[keeganskylar]

Hello,
I have several .m2v video files I want to play on my DVD player and not sure how I get these files onto a CDR so I can actually watch them on my DVD player. I have Easy CD Creator 5 but I am reading that maybe I should use something else? Is it even possible to put .m2v video files onto a CDR for play in a DVD player?
( I did read my dvd player does read SVCD but is that the same as .m2v?)
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am very new to this. Thanks!!

(also not sure do I have to convert my .m2v video files before putting
them onto a CDR?)

Thanks for any help!!!

[WildStyle]

Sound's like you got some mpeg2 caps made with a captur card. Get Nero and try loading the files using the tutorial on making an SVCD. More than likely they won't be SVCD compliant. You'll then have to encode them with Tmgenc or another encoder.

The best thing to do is to make a test clip a few minutes long using the process I stated. If it won't work on a two minute clip, it won't work on a full cd of video. The few cents the disc cost is worth the time saved.


WS

[keeganskylar]

I guess my question is ...... these files I have which are .m2v and only a few min long anyway (music videos) .... why would these not be SVCD compliant? Dont understand that. And if I have to encode them with Tmgenc or another encoder what is that encoding them too? Is that encoding them to a different file format like mpg or something? please explain sorry very new to this!!
(but do greatly appreciate the help)

[videoguy79]

One of the reasons why you can't just slap a bunch of mpeg files onto a CD-R and expect them to play in a DVD player is that VCDs,SVCDs, and DVDs contain data in a specific disc layout system. There is an exact folder hierarchy that must be followed or the disc cannot be considered an S/VCD. Also, the data has to burned as ISO 9600 (UDF for DVD), mode 2, and the video pack size has to be correct, etc. I am certainly not an expert on the reasons why one must burn the disc in a certain way, but I do know that even a minor deviation from this can be the difference between an S/VCD and a nice beer coaster. Trust me, I made plenty of those when I started out doing VCD's a few years back.

[keeganskylar]

Videoguy79 (or anyone?) ... so what do you recommend I do to insure my .m2v video files will work on a DVD player? In otherwords what can you recommend I use ... Easy CD Creator 5 is what I have now but should I just use something else to insure I can create a SVCD? Or ??? Really all I want to do is to be able to play .m2v video files on my DVD player and right now I am just not sure how to go about doing that. Any help would be appreciated ... also if Easy CD Creator 5 does not do this then what should I use?
Sorry I am really new to this and have (obviously) not created any VCD's or SVCD's before but really excited about being able (possibly?) to do this. So any help would be appreciated.

(I guess I got confused when I read the How To area on this page and it listed how to created VCD's with Easy CD but not SVCD's so it made me wonder am I not able to make SVCD's with Easy CD? )

[videoguy79]

Probably the best thing to do in your case would be to make a SVCD. However, you'll have to make sure your video meets these specifications (or it won't be considered "compliant" and may not play correctly/at all on your DVD player): mpeg-2 video (which we already know), 480x480 29.97 (0r) 23.97fps for NTSC if you are in North America, 480x576, 25fps for PAL. The video bitrate cannot exceed 2500kbps to meet compliance. If your video deos not meet these criterea, you'll have to correct it in Tmpgenc. Use the standard SVCD template to accomplish this.
After you have your file in SVCD mpeg, I would suggest downloading VCDEasy from the tools section on this site. It creates a bin/cue file (CD image) that can be burnt with your cd burning software. Make sure you select "svcd" as your output. Select your file (the one that meets compliance) as your source. Once this is done, open the image in your cd-burning software and burn it!

[g0dZpr0fi7]

Many music video ripping groups rename the extentions on their SVCD compliant rips to m2v. Use Nero with the SVCD setting drag a clip over, it will tell you if it's compliant. They change the extention as a way to identify the vids as SVCD compliant, they should be ready to burn.