more than 1 movie on a cd?

[foam]

hi
im new at this so i need ur help
i have small movies of 5 min each and i want to convert them to vcd so i can read them on a dvd player
so i was wondering if i can convert each one then burn them as different files(so im asking if the dvdplayer reads more than a file or its stops after the first one)
or should i join them and make them one movie?

thx
and aslo whats the difference between svcd and vcd?

[Bravoxena]

you can but as many files as you want as long as they dont exceed the storage size of a CD. you DONT have to merge them.

a vcd is mpeg-1 and is is typically lower quality. an SVCD is mpeg-2, the same code that dvd's use so it is typically better quality.

of course, although you shouldnt worry about this until you get experience, you can create XVCD, which is basically a better quality version of VCD because it uses a higher bitrate (more information each second)

I hope this helps.

[ZippyP.]

Just drop all your mpeg's into your burning program, they'll play one after the other.

Read the newbie and glossary sections, there's lots of good info.

From the glossary:

VCD
VCD stands for 'Video Compact Disc' and basically it is a CD that contains moving pictures and sound. If you're familiar with regular audio/music CDs, then you will know what a VCD looks like. A VCD has the capacity to hold up to 74/80 minutes on 650MB/700MB CDs respectively of full-motion video along with quality stereo sound. VCDs use an encoding standard called MPEG-1 to store the video and audio. A VCD can be played on almost all standalone DVD Players and of course on all computers with a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive with the help of a software based decoder / player.

SVCD
SVCD stands for 'Super VideoCD'. A SVCD is very similiar to a VCD, it has the capacity to hold about 35-60 minutes on 74/80 min CDs of very good quality full-motion MPEG-2 video along with up to 2 stereo audio tracks and also 4 selectable subtitles. A SVCD can be played on many standalone DVD Players and of course on all computers with a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive with the help of a software based decoder / player.

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