Im new to this whole Divx ---> (s)vcd thing

[WiCkEd_CLoWn03]

Hey all, Bare with me cause i might stuff up
Im getting Cable internet this Wednesday and one of my "dreams" was to be able to download movies of Kazaa and then burn them on VCD
So i did a bit of researching and now im a bit lost here are some questions that i would like answered please

1. I come From Australia (Pal) my tv is about 13 yrs old but my dvd player is new as, Now i wanna burn VCDS and in The Article i had a look at NTSC --> PAL has really got me confused Could someone please help me with this cause i want to be able to burn vcds for me and my family
in the highest quality ( my sister's tv is about 15 yrs old lol)
Also both the tvs are large

2. Wat does the term SMR and TS mean

3. My operating System is Windows XP, is there anything i could do to Prepare Windows XP for Encoding Just in Case it Freezes

4. Now Resolution, is Resolution a big problem trying to convert NTSC --> PAL ( i hope not for mysake )

Thank you for the help if u can, you would be a great help to me Also i did search but i couldnt find anything Efficient

[Super Warrior]

Nero 5.5 is a very good VCD burning program.It can encode and burn Mpeg1 to Video CD in either pal or NTSC.

Video CD's can be played back on most DVd players,as long as they can play video cds and cd-rs.

[WiCkEd_CLoWn03]

Umm doesnt Nero Make it blocky though
i would like a near perfect VCD if possible

[Craig Tucker]

I live in the uk and nearly all PAL TV's will display an NTSC signal no problem. Are you sure yours wont, because if it will leave the video as NTSC. And you are correct, dont use nero for encoding, use TMPGEnc, I run win xp pro and have not had a problem.

Craig

[Super Warrior]

Umm doesnt Nero Make it blocky though
i would like a near perfect VCD if possible

Blocky? Ummm I don't belive so.

[videoman882]

you wont get anything good on kazaa most of the movies are taken with a cam corder vcd quality is ok but if yo want near perfect you need svcd but it only holds 40 min on 80 min blank cdr. kazaa hardly has svcd movies if you can get a divx on there its a bonus to get the svcd ones you have to search around for independent servers on aol who have the movies to download

[Craig Tucker]

Umm doesnt Nero Make it blocky though
i would like a near perfect VCD if possible

Blocky? Ummm I don't belive so.

Have you tried TMPGEnc, if not give it a go, I am sure you will find it better than nero for encoding

Craig

[KingJohn]

you wont get anything good on kazaa most of the movies are taken with a cam corder vcd quality is ok but if yo want near perfect you need svcd but it only holds 40 min on 80 min blank cdr. kazaa hardly has svcd movies if you can get a divx on there its a bonus to get the svcd ones you have to search around for independent servers on aol who have the movies to download

Another person who has never use Kazaa, I download DVD rips regular, far superior to SVCD's for other places. The VCD's I have made with these (2 disks) are as good as DVD's

WiCkEd_CLoWn03
Don't use Kazaa, use Kazaa lite, its spy free and has lots of enhancements over the regular Kazaa. As for the conversions, I use PAL the same as you, our equipment is the same, never had any problems converting anything to PAL whether the source was NTSC or not.

If you TV's are old, chances are they wont display NTSC, but your DVD player should. Also since you have not made any before stick to the basics, your DVD player might not play SVCD anyway.

The first VCD you make should be on good quality CD-R's made with a fully compliant VCD mpeg produced by loading a PAL VCD template in TMPGEnc. Then when you can see this has working you may wish to try others. But don't start with something that is more likely not too work.

What is the name of the cable company, and which part of Oz it it in ?
I have a lot of people in Oz who would love to have cable.