Creating SVCDs with Toast 6 == looks like crap :(

[MikeBell]

Hi all,

My first post here. I've just upgraded to Toast 6 and was thrilled that they added SVCD support. My joy quickly evaporated after I create a SVCD out of 2 mpeg files. I took 2 MPEG files (each 300Mb in size) and dragged them to Toast 6's SVCD pane. Toast created a nice preview menu for it and I clicked burn. It took a while for it to be finalized and when I played it in my DVD player, it looked awful Picture was tearing and there were glitches all over.

What went wrong? Why did I experience all this tearing on a DVD player (btw, this player plays SVCDs just fine! I have a lot of SVCDs!).

What else can I use to create SVCDs???

Thanks!

Mike

[galactica]

VCDToolsX

since you have them as mpeg's already, just open the app, click on VCDimager then it will open up a new window. click add and add your mpeg files the order you want them to play in
click SAVE AS to choose a location to save the .bin/.cue
click SVCD and then click START.

resulting .bin.cue can be burned with Toast 6 under the COPY tab, use the bin/cue button.

no menu thought, but its a SVCD.

sorry about toast, some people are complaining about it also so unfortunately your not the only one. But this is the 1st time ive heard of this problem.
Usually its that a 795 meg .mpeg will fit fine with VCDtoolsx but use same mpeg with toast and it will say TOO LARGE.

hope this at least helps you out.

[chikanakan]

What format are the MPEG that you are using? Are the SVCD MPEG-2 or are they ripped DVD content?

[MikeBell]

Thanks galactica! I will follow your advice!

What format are the MPEG that you are using? Are the SVCD MPEG-2 or are they ripped DVD content?

yes, files are MPEG2... forgot to specify that in the first post. Also, why the heck did it take Toast so long to burn this disc?!? It's as if Toast decoded and then encoded MPEG-2 files!

[MikeBell]

Quick Q... where can I find VCDImagerX? All sites seem to be dead

Thanks!

[WiseWeasel]

Looks like there's a mirror here. I think the main site's down in protest of the software patents decision in Europe, or something.

[chikanakan]

Drop the MPEG file on MPEG Info and see post the info.

[havema-1]

What is Toast's SVCD quality for DV input?

I guess Toast doesn't support XSVCD (PAL 352x576 with 48kHz audio is my current favorite because it is DVD compatible)?

How does Toast compare to MediaPipe or ffmpegX? Does Toast support interlaced SVCD like MediaPipe does but AFAIK ffmpegX doesn't?