How do I burn an .MPG file to CD? SVCD.

[shampistols69]

Hi,

How do I freely burn an .MPG file (yes, it has the SVCD specs) to a CD? Does it need a specific file structure just like DVDs do?

I am fully aware that there is basically no functional point in doing this. I just want to try this for the heck of it and play it in my DVD player.

Many threads say that Nero burner can do what I want, but I don’t have Nero and I don’t want to pay.

[davexnet]

VCDeasy

[Cornucopia]

Yes, SVCDs have a specific structure - not unlike DVD, but different enough, more similar (very) to VCD - and they also must be not just encoded, but AUTHORED, in a process not unlike DVDs, BDs, & VCDs. See "what is..." above.

All the apps that dealt with these formats are long in the tooth now, but your best bet, as mentioned, is probably vcdeasy. It is not without problems though either, because it has issues running on anything newer than XP.

But depending on the media player(s) you intend to play it on, you might not need it to be authored.


Scott

[shampistols69]

I was able to make a .BIN and .CUE file for the SVCD using VCDGear. That should be the right structure? Then all I have to do is drag and drop BIN and CUE into the CD? I tried VCDEasy, but I couldn’t use the program because it gave me an error about Windows Media Player. I read some threads and a lot of people said it only works on old Windows.

[Cornucopia]

1. If you already have a BIN+CUE, you should be able to burn to disc using any decent (DAO/SAO-capable) disc burning software (ImgBurn is a great one, though old).
2. I may be mistaken (been many years since), but I was under the impression that VCDGear ONLY worked with VCDs (352x240 NTSC, 352x288 PAL) not SVCDs (480x480 NTSC, 480x576 PAL).
3. I doubt that most apps allow you to "drag & drop" a BIN+CUE onto a CD in Windows Explorer to start burning
4. Yes, I also --^ said VCDEasy only works up through XP. These are old technologies, with little reason to bring back up, and little demand to update, so it makes sense that progress has passed them by, sad though it may be. But you can always Dual Boot, or use a VM.
5. If you've got a DVD player, you have alternatives - convert to DVD-Video, burn as plain media data file...


Scott

[shampistols69]

Thanks for that help. It works!

1. Encode with TMPGEnc, Avidemux 2.5, or some other program
2. VCDGear select the .MPG, convert to .BIN .CUE files
4. IMGBurn select .CUE file and burn.

I used 352x240 for the whole thing because my capture card didn’t have a 480x480 setting, it still worked for me.

[shampistols69]

Command SVCD packet size

for %%a in ("*.*") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f svcd -packetsize 2324 "%%~na new.mpg"

https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html

Command for encoding NTSC

for %%a in ("*.*") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -s 480x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -codec:v mpeg2video -vf setfield=tff -flags +ilme+ildct -g 18 -b:v 2700k -minrate:v 2700k -maxrate:v 2700k -bufsize:v 1835008 -scan_offset 1 -ar 44100 -acodec mp2 -b:a 224k -f svcd -packetsize 2324 "%%~na new.mpg"
pause