SVCD (Spider-Man) --> VCD, how?

[VitorFJV]

I downloaded the Spider-Man movie SVCD, but my DVD player does run SVCD, only VCD, how can i convert SVCD to VCD? ive tries TMPGEnc, but it doesnt open the file, what can i do?

[drumeater]

Same problem as me, i cant convert to VCD, join or multiplex using tmpgenc properly. Have you had any luck?

[Tkuepper]

You may try to ad the MPEG-2 Plugin for TMPenc from the Tools Section. Since I did it, many of my encoding problems were gone.

[wsmitty]

I successfully changed Spiderman SVCD to VCD thanks to Stinky who helped me out. There is a previous posting all about this.

But what I did was have VCDGear extract the mpg and fix errors. Make sure MPEG2 codec is installed.

Then I used TMPenc and converted it to MPEG1 and that was it. Burned the baby. And off we go.

If you need more precise steps, I can look it up and give you the more exact details.

[drumeater]

Ive tried what you say, when you say extract the mpeg using vcd gear what i did was an mpeg to mpeg with fix errors checked, i think possibly my spiderman svcd may be corrupt?

[Cooly-O]

I downloaded the Spider-Man movie SVCD, but my DVD player does run SVCD, only VCD, how can i convert SVCD to VCD? ive tries TMPGEnc, but it doesnt open the file, what can i do?

You may need to use DVD2AVI ("How to convert to VCD with DVD2AVI and TMPGEnc"; http://www.vcdhelp.com/mpeg2tovcd.htm). This will let you re-encode or just use TMPGEnc's Mpeg Tools.

The "How to.." site (above) also has a link ("try this other SVCD-VCD trick") to a trick to suppossedly "trick" DVD player into playing with no quality loss (but i doubt it 'cause I got a file half the size of original [approx. same size as re-encoded to VCD file size] and I didn't notice any better quality than re-encodeding to VCD).

I'll Reference (REF) two more relavent Spiderman threads.

1st thread is more about the "trick" (I'm not a believer)
Problem with TMPGEnc, SVCD -> VCD
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=261726#261726

2nd thread has good technical tips for how to best re-encode this movie and to correct for the PAL Aspect Ration.
Converting SVCD to VCD
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=261722#261722

P.S. If anyone thinks that the trick at http://www.geocities.com/newestmoviesencode/dvdvcd or at "How To play MPEG2(svcd) in Panasonic DVD Players": http://forum.vcdhelp.com/userguides/97090.php works at same quality as original SVCD than let us know some details like what your files size was after the VCD headers were rewritten.

see my similar post at:
http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=270513#270513

[neomaine]

For me the DVD2AVI option worked best. Treated it just like reading the VOB files on the hard drive. Had to play with aspect ratio a bit to make it look right. But endedup with a VCD that looked just as good (or bad) as the SVCD did on the computer.

Think I ended up using 'FULL SCREEN', not 'FULL SCREEN, Keep aspect ratio' or 'Keep aspect ratio 2'. But otherwise worked like a charm on the three 'SVCD' files. Took about 8 hours to convert to VCD with 'NOISE', 'SIMPLE COLOR CORRECTION' and 'SHARPEN EDGE' filters turned on. Took the final output and used the TMPGenc cut tool, and two CDRs later we're watching the movie. Still need to see it at the theater on DVD though.

Couldn't get the 'fake Panasonic to run SVCD thinking its a VCD' working on my RP56 or RV31(?) standalones though. Way too much stuttering. Not even close to acceptable.

[VitorFJV]

I successfully changed Spiderman SVCD to VCD thanks to Stinky who helped me out. There is a previous posting all about this.

But what I did was have VCDGear extract the mpg and fix errors. Make sure MPEG2 codec is installed.

Then I used TMPenc and converted it to MPEG1 and that was it. Burned the baby. And off we go.

If you need more precise steps, I can look it up and give you the more exact details.

I Tried it, but VCDGear did 2 files ,1 with 18 minutes (the orinal file has 38min) the other with 20min without video and sound, TMPGEnc can open the 1° file, but theres no Audio Source, the 2nd file TMPGEnc couldnt open.

[Cooly-O]

I'd really like to get the "VCD header" (VCD with SVCD quality) trick to work. My latest hopes rest on some info on the below thread. See my 6-21-02 Post at the below link.

Good VCDGear alternatives (CDmage or isobuster)
How To play MPEG2(svcd) in Panasonic DVD Players
http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=271910#271910