Is it possible to combine VOBs with svcd files?

[prdffy]

Here is my situation. I've been collecting episodes of a tv show over the past 6 months in SVCD format. They were taking up too much space so I purchased SVCD2DVD, converted them to DVD format and burned them to several DVDs. I did not have all the episodes at that time so I was not able to burn them in order on the DVDs.

I finally got all the episodes but some are on DVD (converted from SVCD) and some are on my hard drive still in SVCD format. So what I'm wondering is, do I have to convert those episodes that I've already burned back to SVCD so I can combine them in the correct order or can I just rip the VOB file for the episodes and combine them that way?

Can SVCD2DVD do this? If not, can someone give me some tips on what to do?

[iooi]

dvd2svcd

All-In-One DVD to DVD/SVCD/VCD and AVI to DVD/SVCD/VCD tool. Requires Cinema Craft Encoder or TMPGEnc or Procoder.

Wheter you will be able to extract each episode i have no idea..
Have a look in the tools section as there is a good few programs that will convert back.

[ChrissyBoy]

In theory you can reuse the vobs.

I'll do some tests but as i remember it is a case of collateing the new mpgs & old vobs. Rename the vobs to *.mpg, and off you go. You may have to try different demuxers etc in the settings but it does work.

oh yes - only use the vobs from movies/tv eps - not menus.

[prdffy]

ChrissyBoy,

It works perfectlly!! I didn't even have change any of the settings. So far I've tested it on 6 VOBs renamed as mpg and none had any video or audio sync problems. I did have one question about something in the log file during this process.

############### New MPEG File ###############
File: D:\1x15.mpg
Type: SVCD
Horizontal Res: 480
Standard: PAL
Audio SampleRate: 48000
- Leaving 1x15.mpg alone. File has Nav Packs

What are "Nav Packs"

Once again, thanks. The donation fee for this program was more than worht it.

[ChrissyBoy]

Nav pack are streams within the mpeg into which navigation data is added during the authoring process. I.e these renamed vobs are left alone as they already have been processed.