cutting svcds?

[utena]

I'm kinda new to svcds and I need to know how to cut/edit a svcd file. It's around 700+mb and I can only burn 650.. plz help if you can.

[aldus4]

Have you actually tried burning the 700MB file on your 650MB CD-R? You will often find that it reduces its size in the burning process due to its build.

If however you still want to cut/join a mpeg2 encoded file use the MPEG Tools given to you in TMPGEnc.
File>>Mpeg Tools and choose the cut/merge tab!

[gambit32]

To add to what aldus4 said, make sure when you cut w/tmpgenc that you choose the right option in the drop down menu and not the default.

[utena]

Thanks. It won't fit on 650mb cd.. it was made for 80min cdr. What are the right options in tmpgenc? I've never done this before.. will the quality of the svcd decrease? Does it take a long time to cut? I will either seperate the two episodes or cut out the openings and ends out.. not sure yet.

[aldus4]

The cutting/merging tool is pretty fast in TMPGEnc. If you are making a VCD - set "type" to "MPEG2 Super VideoCD (VBR)" in the dropdown menu. You click "add" (here you say which file is to be cut) - then with "output" you determine the new file name (for example "Clip Part 1" ).
Next you double click the file you have added. Here you determine the part that is meant to be preserved. After you have determined this, press "OK"
Click "correct" (I have found this cuts at a better frame) and then "run". Very easy.

If you make 2 parts or cut off something in the front and back is up to you.



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: aldus4 on 2001-07-28 22:06:50 ]</font>

[gambit32]

The second cut takes a long time. It might seem like the program is freezing, but it's not. For some reason it just takes longer to find the file and cut. So when you go to cut the second half, make your cuts and let it work.

[sunmiztres]

I just wanted to add that when i cut my svcd's in tmpgenc they always end up out of sync so i use m2edit and they work great. if you run into this prob you might want to give m2edit a try.

[Dward]

"so i use m2edit and they work great"

Ack! I went and looked at what the M2-Edit company was charging for their product. When I saw $2500 (US) for the command line version, and $600 (US) for the gui version, I about had a heart attack. I tried the gui version, but they limit it to producing 10 seconds (or so) of video saved to disk!

I already have MyFlix, and I really love it for VCDs, so I thought M2-Edit for SVCD would be wonderful too. But not for that price!

Did you find a cheaper source than direct from the manufacturer?

[aldus4]

@dward - hope you've recovered from your almost heartattack

@sunmiztres - SVCD's becoming unsynced one can combat (should this happen) by demuxing in TMPGEnc and (re)muxing in BBMPEG. Might be a long way round - but it's definitely cheaper!

[sunmiztres]

M2edit cost me nothing. I would never spend that much money for a software program. I found it free on the internet and it was the entire version.