multiple VCDs to one DVD

[zoranb]

I have tons of VCDs and i want to place them -all for reducing the space they consume on my desk- on a DVD. Is there some way to put them there without getting in the trouble to author a DVD?
Im intrested in viewing them only through a DVD player, not DVDROM.
Any suggestions?

[celtic_druid]

If it is a regular DVD player then you are going to have to author. Some players support raw mpg's though. In such a case you could simply extract the mpg's and burn as data.

[mats.hogberg]

Not much trouble involved - just extract the mpg from the VCD using VCDGear, author to DVD with TDA. If your player supports mpeg as data file on DVD, you can omit the authoring, but then, firing up TDA and loading your mpegs isn't really that much more trouble, and you end up with a standard compliant Video DVD.

/Mats

[zoranb]

In the case that i simply extract the mpg's and burn as data will i be able to go to the next vcd like i skip chapters on the dvd?

[jimmalenko]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=129786 might help.

[zoranb]

just to remind u guys, i want to put many VCDs on one DVD, i dont mind if theres no menu, i just want to be able to skip from title to title with the FFbutton, just like i skip chapters on DVD

[jimmalenko]

How's about trying one or more of the suggested methods ?

I'd suggest that all three posts so far can do what you wish.

[mats.hogberg]

In the case that i simply extract the mpg's and burn as data will i be able to go to the next vcd like i skip chapters on the dvd?

That's entirely up to the peciuliarities of your DVD player, as there is no standard way to handle mpeg data files on DVD.

/Mats

[zoranb]

can VCDgear export to mpeg directly from the VCDdisk? or do i have to make it an image file or something else?

[mats.hogberg]

Yes, it can. No you don't.

/Mats

[zoranb]

Can i export directly to mpeg2 so i wont have to transcode it to use it in dvd?

[Baldrick]

http://www.digitalfaq.com/convert/vcdtodvd/vcdtodvd.htm
skip the isobuster step if you have used vcdgear.

[mats.hogberg]

VCD is mpeg1, and is also (by coincidence?) also in the DVD specs. Only thing that differs between DVD specs and VCD specs is audio sample rate, but TDA takes care of that conversion "automatically". So, once you've go a VCD specs mpeg, it's just to author it as DVD with TMPGEnc DVD Author.

/Mats

[zoranb]

your right sorry, i do have a prob with sound compliancy but in DVDlab, thats what i use.
so it seems like i cant prepare the sound in VCDgear right?

[mats.hogberg]

No, that's true, but as I said, TDA does that for you automatically.

/Mats

[celtic_druid]

for %%f in (*.mpg) DO (ffmpeg.exe -i "%%f" -ab 192 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -acodec ac3 -y "%%~nf.ac3")
for %%f in (*.mpg) DO (BBDMUX.exe" "%%f" 0xE0 "%%~nf.mpv")
del *.mpg <-- I'd leave this out until you have tested the results.

48KHz AC3 and mpv ready for import to DVD lab or any DVD authoring app. Might be easier just to let the authoring app re-encode the audio as suggested.

[mats.hogberg]

for %%f in (*.mpg) DO (ffmpeg.exe -i "%%f" -ab 192 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -acodec ac3 -y "%%~nf.ac3")
for %%f in (*.mpg) DO (BBDMUX.exe" "%%f" 0xE0 "%%~nf.mpv")
del *.mpg

Now, that was cool! I'm saving it in my "fav bat files" folder!

/Mats