Reencode svcd to mpg

[jacky_cheecheo]

How can i re-encode a SVCD file to normal MPG file??

I don't really know how to explain but i just wish to be able to play the re-encoded svcd on another computer which i did not install svcd codecs.

do you all get what i'm trying to say?

If no, just tell me about it...thanks to all your attention!!!
any help is appreciated!

[whomacuddy]

Is it to be converted from MPEG 2 to MPEG 1 so that a third party codec or filter is not needed ?

[jacky_cheecheo]

yes, that is exactly what i want. you see the computer that i am using has the codecs to play a svcd file. I downloaded the file from the links available from this website.

The next thing that i know, i tried to play the same svcd file from another computer in the house and it failed. So, i wish that i could reencode all the files again so that a third party codec filter is not needed!

Do you know how?

[teegee420]

TMPGEnc will convert it (unless you prefer another program). Just use the VCD template in the project wizard. Is there any reason why you can't install the mpeg-2 filter on the computer in question? Just curious. It would certainly save you some time.

[whomacuddy]

This is true , it would be much easier if you could install MPEG2 software on the machine you wish to play on as the reencoding will take some time

[jacky_cheecheo]

may i know how many free mpeg2 filter are out there?

The one that i downloaded "mpeg2codec_installer" (no offence) is a bit unstable. Some files which were converted from dvd to svcd could not be played on my wmp 9 series.

To tell you the truth , the files can be played, it's just that it hanged after playing for 1 sec or two. That's why i'm so keen on converting it to mpg 1!!

I tried tmpgenc but some converted files still won't play smoothly even though it is re-encoded!

Any other ideas for me?

PS: One more thing helpers, the mpeg2_codec_installer has these files inside, MPEG-2.exe, Mpeg2Decoder.ax, and Mpeg2Parser.ax. May i know what are the ax files for? I mean what is it, really?

[teegee420]

Install the demo version of Power DVD. I'm told that even after the trial period ends the codecs will still be used by Windows Media Player.

[jacky_cheecheo]

i have power dvd 5, but how will it make a difference...?

Yeah, one thing that i think i need to tell you. I just tried something with the powerdvd. You see, the svcd files plays perfectly with powerdvd, but with wmp it doesn't. Is there a way to make wmp to use powerdvd's filters?? I think this will solve all my problems...

[teegee420]

I'm a bit confused. Do you have Power DVD on the machine that has difficulty playing SVCD files? If so just play your files with that instead of WMP. I stopped using Media Player a couple of years ago.

[jacky_cheecheo]

oh i'm sorry for all the confusion. Here is the story...

I bought a realmagic xcard recently. i have some svcd files that i wish to play using my own program. I'm using MCI with VB6 sp5 under win2k env.

By using MCI, i have difficulties in playing svcd files with the svcd codecs installed. If i don't have the codecs installed, i totally couldn't play the file. After installing the svcd codecs, i managed to play some of the file but to my disappointment, not all the files could be played...

By using mci, i noticed that whenever wmp is able to play a certain file, my program which was programmed to utilize mci will be able to play it. If wmp fails, then my program fails too...So i was wondering if i could direct wmp to use power dvd's filter then maybe i will be able to use my program to play the svcd files.

I'm sorry that i've kept you wondering why i didn' use powerdvd to play my svcd files. If i use power dvd to play the files, it won't be able to utilize my xcard to output it to the tv, i'm only seeing the video on my monitor.

I hope you have a better picture of the situation now, i'm so sorry for all the confusion i have made to all...