svcd conversion

[badger-g]

hi all
can anyone help pleaz
i have an svcd file and i have converted to mpeg1
i am now using tmpgenc dvd author
but i try to load the file i get error message that the video resolution can not be used for dvd..does anyone know what resolution i should be converting the image to and the frames per second to enable me to burn this as an mpeg1 on to a dvd disc
many thanx
badger

[hwoodwar]

SVCD resolution is 480 x 576 / 480 x480 (PAL/NTSC.) Valid DVD resolutions (from this site) are:

PAL

Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbit/sec MPEG2 or up to 1.856 MBit/sec MPEG1 video
720 x 576 pixels MPEG2
704 x 576 pixels MPEG2
352 x 576 pixels MPEG2 (Same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 288 pixels MPEG2
352 x 288 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
25 fps (frames/second)

NTSC

Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbit/sec MPEG2 or up to 1.856 MBit/sec MPEG1 video
720 x 480 pixels MPEG2
704 x 480 pixels MPEG2
352 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 240 pixels MPEG2
352 x 240 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
29,97 fps (frames/second)
23,976 fps with 3:2 pulldown = 29,97 playback fps (NTSC Film, this is only supported by MPEG2 video)

[redwudz]

Well, you could make your life easier and use SVCD2DVD. Other than that, you need to change the size from 480 X 480 to VCD size of 352 X 240. Also change the audio from 44K to 48K. The spec bitrate for VCD is 1150. Framerate is 29.97 (All NTSC specs) There are guides to the left for more information.

[ZippyP.]

Click on the Guides link (over there <-<-<-) and search SVCD to DVD under format conversion for instructions.

In one method you leave the video as-is and many SVCD capable players will play it, in another you re-encode. 1/2 DVD res is a good choice (352x480) if you go the encoding route.