Burning mpeg files on a dvd and playing on a DVD player

[kiddnappstEr]

i no it plays dvd-r because i got playstation 2 and i read up on it and when i gave you the link you said it plays dvd+r and dvd-r

[kiddnappstEr]

so which one would i pick with those options?

[kiddnappstEr]

Im guessing i would pick DVD instead of VCD in the MyDvD program? someone help

[poopyhead]

put VCD MPEG-1 on DVD: https://www.videohelp.com/vcddvdr.htm

put SVCD MPEG-2 on DVD: https://www.videohelp.com/svcddvdr.htm

[kiddnappstEr]

poopyhead what does that do to help me?

[poopyhead]

poopyhead what does that do to help me?

your original post asked about burning .mpg files to DVD

[kiddnappstEr]

i know but im trying to figure out if i want to go into a VCD or DVD in the "MyDVD" program

[poopyhead]

o...just though you would wanna skip that program all together..my bad

[kiddnappstEr]

Would you be able to help me with that? or would you suggest to me what you gave me?

[poopyhead]

those are just guides...i'm sure they're excellent...you need to read them over to see if you would want to do what they're suggesting...



and no, i personally would no be able to walk you through step-by-step

[kiddnappstEr]

ok well thanks but one thing which link i go into that you gave me?

[poopyhead]

one is VCD-DVD

the other is SVCD-DVD

[lchiu7]

Well I just burnt 9 episodes of a 43 minute TV show I had downloaded from kazaa. Was looking around for some guides and although they gave some general idea in the end worked out my own process.

1. source as mpeg1 files from Kazaa (VCD format usually)
2. Used Ulead DVD Workshop. Loaded each of my 9 files into the project and when I choose the burn to DVD option selected as format 352x240 1150kb/sec data rate 384kbs sound.

Program took about 30 minutes to render the project and then another 15 minutes to make the VIDEO_TS folder which I then burnt to DVD using Nero (could have used the builtin burner in DVD Workshop). Pretty painless and now I have 9 episodes on one DVD complete with menu which is pretty handy

[kiddnappstEr]

Hey can you help me then with like the steps to go through it? cause im not sure i understand fully what your saying. In detail so i can understand it

[poopyhead]

@kiddnappstEr,

sorry, but i cannot baby you. that's what guides are for. you need to read them completely and thoroughly first before you start asking for help because alot of questions can be answered by taking some time and reading those guides...

so again,

put VCD MPEG-1 on DVD: https://www.videohelp.com/vcddvdr.htm

put SVCD MPEG-2 on DVD: https://www.videohelp.com/svcddvdr.htm

so, depending on if you want to put VCDs or SVCDs on DVDs, you need to follow the appropriate link and read.

[kiddnappstEr]

k but how would i no which on i want? i want it on a DVD that will be able to play on a DVD player. is that VCD??

[poopyhead]

i want it on a DVD that will be able to play on a DVD player. is that VCD??

what is IT



.... and what does IT do!? :P

anywayz, what format are you trying to get on a DVD....what format is IT????

[kiddnappstEr]

ITS format is like avi's and mpegs

[poopyhead]

ITS format is like avi's and mpegs

well...for .avi files, you need to convert them to .mpg

as for .mpg files..they can either be MPEG-1 or MPEG-2...which one?

[dcsos]

I could help with MY DVD
you want to make a DVD as the playstation you have won't do VCD's

[hlk123]

@poopyhead

if I have a AVI file. Do I gain/lose picture quality if I convert to
MPEG-1 or to MPEG-2 ?

btw. a few days ago I didn't know that mpg has 2 meaning.

[dcsos]

You will lose quality only if the AVI is higher quality than the resultant MPEG-1 or 2 file


If you made the AVI yourself from videotape captured to your computer,
there exists a good chance that making MPEG of either kind will result
in quality loss

AVI, however is a name for a wide range of file types from COMPRESSED MOVIES like Cinepak or Microsoft 1 compressed AVI
or could be DIVX or XVID in an AVI wrapper..this will be MPEG-4 but will bear the AVI name as well.

So until you say what kind of AVI you are talking about

Now the quality loss is not in the conversion process...as that is optimized to make the least loss possible.
Wher loss will come in, is if you select a bit rate too low in the conversion

When you convert to MPEG-1 or 2 you select a bitrate

If you're making a DVD the bit rate cannot exceed
10MILLION BITS A SECOND
which is why many people encode at 8MILLION BITS leaving 2MILLION for
the sound part..

There is no difference between MPEG-2 and 1 in quality
but you can't use MPEG-1 on a DVD (except low quality MPEG-1)
and when you make the MPEG-1 at 10MILLION BITS, the file size is much large than MPEG-2..
so people always use MPEG-1 to make smaller and lesser quality files than MPEG-2

[hlk123]

@dcsos

I don' know that AVI is only a container ... and has more meaning than mpg! I see that I have to read some more

I think I begin with a VCD format .... and then SVCD .... afterwards DVD format.

Anyway .... thank you for the explanation.

[vance43211]

if you buy nero mpeg2 encoder

you can probably figure out how to do by yourself

as it is easy to use

[vance43211]

you can buy nero mpeg2 encoder

and you can probably figure out how to do it by yourself

as it is easy to use


https://secure.nero.com/en/secure5.asp

[dcsos]

HI YOU NEED THIS:
this is a little program that tells you what KIND of AVI you have!
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html

Its called GSPOT all it does is ask you to load a file in then it analyzes that file.. This is a file analyzer program

[hlk123]

I have d/l-ed gspot..... I test with 5 AVIs.

and I see 5 different codec names! Wow ...

At least I'm not blind anymore.

Thanks ...

[kiddnappstEr]

dcsos can ya help me with MyDvD program then i got some files i downloaded from Kazaa and i wanna make chapters so would i select to creat a DVD or VCD? and what other steps are there to MyDVD?

[vance43211]

for future reference

you are not allow to say you download files off kazaa on this site

as that is now considered illegal activity

[kiddnappstEr]

oh alright sorry i didnt no it was illegal