Quick Newbie Question

[Cyberdood]

Hi All

I would like to get an AVI file to work on my DVD player. Is this the correct tutoiral please? https://www.videohelp.com/divxtovcd.htm#audio

Also, when I come to burn my disk with, what file format is it that I burn to my disk? Is it a .bin file please?

Kind regards

Cyberdood

[mats.hogberg]

An excellent choice of guide. This guide covers everything from AVI to a finished VCD, so you don't need to worry about what to burn - VCDEasy does that. But, yes, VCDEasy creates a cue/bin, that can be burned to CD with Nero, if VCDEasys method (CDRDAO) for CD writing doesn't work with your system.

/Mats

[Cyberdood]

Many thanks for the quick reply. I am very grateful.

There are quite a few tutorials, and I was getting very confused on which one I should be reading.

I will have a play later on.

Regards

Cyberdood

[Cyberdood]

whoops forgot to mentioon

Yes I did get errors from CDRDAO (very confusing ones). But I have just download Nero and will give that a go. I have the 700MB .bin file and will try burning it with Nero.

Many thanks

Cyberdood (me cannont wait)

[mats.hogberg]

Yes, just use the cue/bin from VCDEasy. Use the Burn Image option in Nero.
To avoid the errors when VCDEasy tries to use CDRDAO, just uncheck the "Burn" checkbox! .That way, VCDEasy will stop after creating the VCD image (cue/bin).

[Cyberdood]

Thats very good of you

thanks

Cyberdood

[Cyberdood]

OMG

That was damn well awesome!!!!!

it worked first time loooooooooooooool, and if anything the quailty was better than the original avi file. loooooooooooool.

The only thing i did see was a slight skip every other frame, just a slight skipping so to speak. If i select SVCD format instead of VCD format. Will this make it totally smooth?

Kind regards and thanks ever so much, i am trying not to fall off my chair laughing.

Cyberdood[/b]

[mats.hogberg]

You can't just "select" VCD or SVCD - SVCD must be encoded to MPEG2 (VCD is MPEG1) at a higher resolution. Because of the higher res, SVCD also requires higher bitrates - around 2000 kbps is recommended. The SVCS stabdard is much more relaxed than VCD, so you can use any bitrate up to 2600 kbps, and even VBR. Most MPEG2 encoders cost a little even if TMPGEnc allows you to create MPEG2 for 30 days.
These higher bitrates and higher resolutions get you a sharper, crisper video at the expense of creating bigger files, so you usually end up with twice the amound of CD's compared to the same movie as VCD.
The slight skipping is probably caused by different frame rates in AVI and MPEG. If the source is NTSC 23.976 and you use the PAL VCD template in TMPGEnc, this will happen - a small jerk every second or so.
Check the frame rate of your AVI. If need be, follow the frame rate conversion guides.
My TV/DVD handles both NTSC and PAL, so I just use the same setting in TMPGEnc as the source AVI has, and it works nicely.

/Mats

[Cyberdood]

I will play with this later again when I am finished at work.

Is there another tutorial I should be reading for MPG2? Or should I stick with the one I posted previously?

Also here is a piccy of the File Info Window. (Hope this works fist time uploading an image to a BB)



Regards

Cyberdood

[mats.hogberg]

This indicates a MPEG for NTSC VCD. Many AVI sources are NTSC Film, 23.976 fps. If this is encoded to 29.97 fps (as your screen shot shows), it will sure get a little jerky.
To create an SVCD, the procedure is basically the same, but use the SVCD template in TMPGEnc instead, and select Super Video CD when authoring in VCDEasy.
If you haven't used TMPGEnc for more than 30 days, you can still make a SVCD. Else, you have to buy TMPGEnc Plus. (Or MainConcept or other MPEG2 encoder)

/Mats