Putting VCD on DVD-R?

[dew321]

Hi,

I have several hours of video in VCD-ready MPEG-1 format. Does anyone know if it's possible to burn VCD bin/cue files to a DVD-R and have it work in a set DVD player? Or do DVD players normally look for the video format to match the media format? My thinking is that if a CD-R can hold 75 minutes of VCD video, then a DVD-R should hold about 9 hours.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
dew321

[sdm]

you can do it with a little work. you can get around 7 hours worth of video on a dvdr.
if you do a search on the topic, the procedures have been discussed here.
Good luck

[sdm]

You won't actually need the bin/cue files, just mpeg1s

[galactica]

my website will walk you through the process.
Choose the SVCD to DVD because in all reality its the same process for VCD to DVD

good luck!

[sdm]

Hey Galactica,

here is way to get mpegs from a vcd to simplify steps 1 and 2 from your tutorial.

1. Open Toast 6 (the following procedure needs v6)
2. In the Copy tab, make sure toast sees your VCD
3. choose "Disk Info" from the "recorder" menu
4. select the tracks you want and choose "save as"

- them mpegs are extracted!

Of course this is just an alternative that works better form me.

-- sdm

[galactica]

interesting...... i never knew toast could do that
when i get some time ill add this in

thanks for pointing that out