is there any benefit converting vcd to dvd

[moults]

I have a few vcd films which are good quality that i am now considering converting to dvd format.

What are the benefits and is the quality any better.

[thor300]

Quality will be the same, just a minor loss in Audio quality because of the resampling to 48khz (have experienced BIG loss using TDA, so i use Besweet for resampling). The video can be used as it is, no need to convert it. Theres guides for this, click on ALL GUIDES in the menu at the left.

[lordsmurf]

Benefits: Now on a DVD media.
Quality better? No.

[guns1inger]

The only benefit I can see it that multi-disk movies can now be watched uninterrupted, otherwise no gain.

[mats.hogberg]

...plus the added functionality of a DVD menu, and that yoy can easily put three 2 CD (if they're not filled to the brim) movies on one DVD.

/Mats

[TBoneit]

What the others said, as well as a space saving. Once on DVD you can throw out those 6 or so CDs and replace them with one DVD taking up 1/6th the shelf space.

Cheers

[sanjayk]

I second what others have mentioned. Plus you get a new set of coasters

[Epicurus8a]

IMO: There may be a little benefit, but is it worth the time and effort? Only you can answer that.

[jimmalenko]

IMO: There may be a little benefit, but is it worth the time and effort? Only you can answer that.

As mentioned above, no change to quality, more convenience/efficiency of storage than anything else (I don't really have a burning desire for menus).

[Epicurus8a]

IMO: There may be a little benefit, but is it worth the time and effort? Only you can answer that.

As mentioned above, no change to quality, more convenience/efficiency of storage than anything else (I don't really have a burning desire for menus).

Thanks, Jim. Your comment more clearly states my thoughts on the matter. It might takes hours to convert/burn, and yet there is no increase in quality - just menus and shelf space. Why not use that time for:

[deadpac]

IMO: There may be a little benefit, but is it worth the time and effort? Only you can answer that.

As mentioned above, no change to quality, more convenience/efficiency of storage than anything else (I don't really have a burning desire for menus).

Thanks, Jim. Your comment more clearly states my thoughts on the matter. It might takes hours to convert/burn, and yet there is no increase in quality - just menus and shelf space. Why not use that time for:

Epicurus8a,

I don't think you get that you can author mpeg1 files to DVD with NO conversion done on the video; the only thing that would need to be converted is the audio's sampling rate from 44 to 48 which would need to be re-encoded. What you are thinking of is a conversion of the original video to DVD specs. While your post mirrors the spirt of the previous posts maybe you didn't realize that only the audio needed to be converted. While it would take some time to create menus and encode the audio and then finally author, I doubt it would take the huge amount of "hours" you were suggesting.

moults,

If you watch these vcd's a good amount of times and plan on doing so in the future then why not? Go for it, but if you're like me and have spindles of vcds you never plan on watching anytime soon, then don't bother. A slight increase in convenience isn't worth the trouble if you're only gonna end up looking at the dvd and saying "WHY?"

[MOVIEGEEK]

I converted all my old VCD's to DVD,now I have trilogys such as Die Hard on one DVD complete with menus and chapter points.
Saving shelf space and one disc convenience were my motives.

[Epicurus8a]

Blah, blah, blah

While this site may be dedicated to DVDs and such, there is always a higher purpose in life: Enjoying it!!!!!!! If menus and shelf space are your only purpose in life, I truly feel sorry for you.

moults,
As stated before, "IMO: There may be a little benefit, but is it worth the time and effort? Only you can answer that."

I'm outa here. C YA! Good luck & and have a nice life!

[aguillon]

Yeah benefits are there for ease of storage and convenience.

I use that mostly for TV shows: a 50 minute show (say 24) would take one VCD on its own (2 = 100 minutes which is too much for one CD under VCD compliant specs), if you convert audio to 48hkz to make it DVD compliant while keeping the low quality VCD video (which is in itself DVD compliant), you can store up to 8 shows on one DVD, with menus, chapter points etc (I use DVD Lab Pro for that), i.e 3 DVDs for one season, huge benefit in storage and convenience, nice menus. Looks very professional once you get the hang of it.

It is also not that time consuming once you create a template you can re-use for the DVDs (includes menus, menu links and movie objects already in place, only to be filled up with the movie/audio files). I use TMPGEnc to demux video/audio and resample the audio (good enough for me) and Nero to burn the resulting DVDs. Works like a charm