Single DVD 'extra' to SVCD

[mr_tinka]

I have a movie on DVD. There is also an extra feature on the DVD which is about 6 mins long I want to put onto a CD-R. I ripped the feature from DVD using DVDshrink at no compression, it was 351 MB in size including the 2 audio tracks (normal and commentary). I burned it to a CD thinking that may do it but the sound and picture were a bit jerky. What can I use to rip this DVD extra to a CD? I want to keep both audio tracks, loose no quality and do it as easily and as cheap as possible.


Thanks

[migf1]

I think you can't do it directly, unless your standalone supports miniDVD playback.

Try converting the ripped vob into (S)VCD or CVD format (via TMPGenc for example) and then burn it onto your CDR. Depending on the format you choose you may lose the ability of 2 seperate audio tracks and/or subtitles.

This site provides excellent info on all these formats.

Best regards...

PS. BTW, there's no way you keep the original quality, since all those formats [ (S)VCD, CVD ] are inferior to DVD. If your standalone supports it, go for the CVD format, otherwise for the SVCD. If none of it works, then try VCD.

[mr_tinka]

Thanks migf1.

My standalone player had a caption at the top of the screen saying 'miniDVD' when I inserted the disk and played it and also it is listed in this forum as being miniDVD compatable, but like I said the sound and picture wasn't right.

Just used EazyVCD and ripped to SVCD but that limits to only 1 audio track. Will now try CVD, thank you.

[mr_tinka]

I cant find anything here about CVD. What is it? Can you put a link to some info please.

[migf1]

Hmmm, if your standalone says it supports miniDVD then you should try burning your ripped DVD stuff onto the CDR, but lowering the burning speed this time.

Also, both SVCD and CVD formats are supposed to support up to 2 selectable audio tracks and up to 4 subtitle streams I think (I've never tried though and I have no idea how you can convert subtitles).

Best regards...

PS, I've never used EazyVCD so I cannot comment on that. I know for sure though that converting from DVD to SVCD/CVD you should at least lower the audio samplerate from 48KHz to 44.1KHz, and also lower down the framesize to either 1/2 D1 for CVD or 480x576/480 for SVCD(providing your original DVD source's framesize is full D1... if it's 1/2 D1 then it's the same with the CVD standard, but smaller than the SVCD standard framesize).

[migf1]

I cant find anything here about CVD. What is it? Can you put a link to some info please.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/98177.php

In short, CVD's cons are that it uses a valid DVD framesize 352x576/480 (PAL/NTSC) and that it achieves better video quality than SVCD at the same video bitrates. But it's less compatible with standalones. However, if your standalone supports xSVCD then most likely it also supports CVD.

You may try both on a CDRW (providing your standalone supports CDRW reading), so you don't waste a disk.

Bets regards...

PS But first try burning a miniDVD at a lower speed, as I sugested on my previous post. If your standalone says it supports miniDVD then it must do so I guess you just burned your DVD ripped stuff at a high speed the first time, and your standalone can't handle it properly (it has happened to me with SVCDs on my standalone... burned them at lower speed and they played perfectly ok).

[wulf109]

The "jerky" playback is probably caused by the high bitrate of the original vob file. Encode with TMPEG to standard SVCD rates and you will be O.K.