newbie struggling

[swordmaker69]

hi. can anyone explain whats going on.
i`m trying to make a vcd from what i thought was an avi file. as it turns out when i open the mpeg file all i am left with is MPEGAV\AVSEQ01.MPG which TMPG tells me cannot be opened or created. this is my first attempt at making a vcd, so sorry for any silly questions. the movie plays fine on windows media player.

[Bud]

Start from the beginning and tell us exactly what you did to get the point your at now, then we may be able to assist

Bud

[Ryu_hoshi]

you didnt take that AVSEQ01 out of a vcd and rename it to AVSEQ01.mpg did you? anyways, I always thought tmpg could convert avi and mpg's. BTW i'm pretty new to making vcds also so i feel your pain. Maybe you should open the AVSEQ01 file with virtualdub, and save it as a avi. but make sure on video you choose "direct stream copy". Then open it up with tmpg. If you can't open the AVSEQ01 file, I think that this is a DAT file, you going to need vcdgear to convert Dat to Mpg. It's really simple, just get the program and it has a eazy interface

[swordmaker69]

hi
ok the movie in questionis on acd which i thought would play on my dvd.
the next step was to try and convert it. i downloaded tmpg tonight and found that the AVSQ01.DAT FILE was causing a few problems. thats as much as i can tell you at the moment. being my first time, i know i have a lot to learn and understand. i hope some of you guys can point me in the rihgt direction.

[Ryu_hoshi]

oOo i see, you know the Dat file is already in vcd format? when you burn your mpegs to a vcd, they turn into a dat file. You should get VCDgear and convert the dat file back to mpeg, so you can burn them again. So you don't even have to do any encoding, just convert the dat to mpg and burn it with nero or easy cd creator as a vcd and it will work

[swordmaker69]

sorry i only noticed the dat file at the last minute. can you tell me where to get vcdgear ?. and thanks for your time and understanding. if nothing else it`s fun.

[Ryu_hoshi]

Sure, I'm not sure if we're allowed to post links to programs but since this is free software its probably ok.

http://www.vcdgear.com

go to the downloads section

[swordmaker69]

cheers mate you deserve a medal.
can you keep an eye on my posts, in case i get stuck (probably will, this computor lark is new to me)
thanks again

[swordmaker69]

ok ryu-hoshi
i`m lost already. can you give me a quick rundown on how to convert the dat file to mpg.

thanks

[Ryu_hoshi]

sure, us newbies gotta stick together lol jk

Ur lost eh? tell u the truth, i rarely use vcdgear lol but me see, u open vcdgear, see where it says "extraction/conversion"? click the drop down menu, and choose "dat - > mpeg" now look at the bottom, where it says "load". click that and open your dat file. then click start. Now just wait a couple of minutes, and you will have the file in mpg format, now you can just burn it with nero or easy cd creator

[swordmaker69]

i wish it was as easy as that, now it`s telling me it could not locate mpeg stream, any ideas ?

[swordmaker69]

hang on it`s working thannks. will let you know how it goes

[aguz86]

i have tried to convert avi to mepg to make a VCD using lsx encoder, temgenc 2.53 and panasonic 2.5 encoder.

the conversion goes okay but when i play the mpeg file in real player i get only the audio no video. how can i fix this? :( ? :( ? i used the instructions from the vcdhelp.com website for each encoder. :-?

how should i convert the avi to mpeg . if any one tells me heres my email :D aguz86@yahoo.com to send the instructions or or just reply back on the post :D

i know that vcd easy converts the mpeg to cue how will i burn the bin /cue files into a vcd format (CDRDAO) is not supported by my burner SONY CRX175E

THANKS AGIAN :D

[networkswiz]

Hi swordmaker69,
The solution is quite simple. Just copy the file AVSQ01.DAT to your hard drive and rename it AVSQ01.mpg.
Then run your VCD writing software, Nero 5, NTI Pro, or Roxio to write it to your CD-ROM. There may be a message that says the file is not VCD-compliant. I normally ignore it and just write the VCD. Just to not waste CDs, use a CD-RW for your first attempt.
Good luck!

hi
ok the movie in questionis on acd which i thought would play on my dvd.
the next step was to try and convert it. i downloaded tmpg tonight and found that the AVSQ01.DAT FILE was causing a few problems. thats as much as i can tell you at the moment. being my first time, i know i have a lot to learn and understand. i hope some of you guys can point me in the rihgt direction.

[aguz86]

thnks for replying but how woul i do that...???i have win xp can u please tell me how do it thaniks..(how do u extract that file)

dont i need to use vcd gear to convert the mpeg in a bin or should i use cdr win plzzz help i tried uisng vcd gear it said that cd-i files could not be loaded .....wat does that mean?????????

[Rich927]

Semi Newbee Here. Some of these things are confusing. What I have reccommend to some of my friends is start with a package that does the steps and has a good Help file. Go to Ulead.com and download the Videostudio 6 Trial program. It is fully functional. Does capture, converting, editing and burning and has good results. There is a lot of good info in that program. Tempeng and virtualdub are good too but starting off and learning, Videostudio is a good way to go. I use Videostudio, Studio 7, Tempeng, Virtualdub, VideoCd and Premiere. Depends on what I'm doing.

[aguz86]

does video studio7 convert avi to vcd format????

THANKSSS Alot

[Rich927]

Yes Studio 7 will conver to Mpg-1 whitebook VCD format and so does Videostudio

[aguz86]

wat about the audio do i have to extract the audio andd save it as a wav file from the avi video in virtual dub.