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  1. I have tried to convert avi to vcd but have not been successful as yet.
    If you know how and could explain please email.
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    Converting from avi to vcd is easy!
    I'm still kind of a beginner but i've already created a few vcd's myself.

    First you need to get the right format.
    VCD Format is:
    NTSC - North America
    Video: 352 x 240 Resolution in pixels
    29.97 fps (frames per second)
    (23.976 fps for NTSC(film))
    1150 kbps ( kilobits per second)
    Mpeg-1 Encoded
    Audio: Mpeg-1 Layer2
    224 kbps ( kilobits per second)
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    PAL - Europe ( foreign )
    Video 352 x 288 Resolution in pixels
    25 fps ( frames per second)
    1150 kbps (kilobits per second)
    Mpeg-1 Encoded
    Audio Mpeg-1 Layer2
    224 kbps (kilobits per second)
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    Unless you're european or foreign of some sort then you don't have to worry about PAL. Just Worry about NTSC.

    There are 4 steps to making Good-looking VCD's
    1. Capture - ( or download...)
    2. Edit - The MOST IMPORTANT STEP - DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP!!!
    3. Convert
    4. Burn

    http://www.vcdHelp.com/tools
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    To Make a VCD you need some tools. One is VirtualDub 1.4.7 which you can download for free from this site. The next thing you need is TMPGEnc which you can also download for free from this site.
    Those are the two most important tools you could have and the bare minimum.

    http://www.vcdhelp.com/Capture
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    If you capture your video from a tv, vcr, camcorder, etc... then it's best if you can capture in NTSC resolution 352 x 240, and at 29.97 frames per second. You can capture the video as avi Using VirtualDub 1.4.7, and i would suggest using a lossless video codec like huffyuv or picVideo which you can download (both) for free from this site ( I ALWAYS use huffyuv it creates the best looking and smoothest avi's but it needs ALOT of HD space). If you can't capture at 352 x 240 then capture at the closest thing to it (e.g. 320 x 240 , 352 x 288 ) and then resize it when you go to convert it to mpeg Using TMPGEnc.
    Capture the audio at CD Quality - 172 kbps PCM, 44100 khz, 16 bit.

    http://www.vcdhelp.com/Edit
    http://www.geocities.com/lukesvideo/index.html
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    Now if you have captured the video from a camcorder, tv, vcr, etc.... then you need to make sure that the format is in NTSC format. If it is not then you need to convert the video. If it is avi then you can use VirtualDub 1.4.7 to resize the video, clip out parts, re-arrange the video just about any way you want.

    http://www.vcdhelp.com/Convert
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    If you downloaded the video from the internet, use VirtualDub to make any adjustments ( e.g. Resize, Cut/join, etc...) and then use TMPGEnc to convert it to Mpeg.

    http://www.vcdhelp.com/author
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    Once you've got the mpeg file you can burn it to a cd using your cd burning software. I use NERO and It's as easy as selecting Video-CD and clicking write.

    Check out vcdHelper.com and read all about it. It has alot of very useful info and good links. Hope this helps!

    <font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Big_Jit on 2001-11-10 12:42:43 ]</font>
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