using a DVD-R to burn full-length VCDs... feasable?

[Dixieland]

There is something i've started to wonder recently as i ponder the purchase of a DVD-R drive. (I'm thinking about getting the Pioneer A04, in case you're curious)

Is it possible to take a VCD (which is usually two or three MPEGs at 352x240 since they are spanned across two or three CDs) and merge it down to one file, then burn this as a VCD on larger DVD-R media?

Would a standalone DVD player (I have a Toshiba SD2800) see this as a VCD (not caring that the media is clearly DVD media and not CD-R media) and just play it right on through?

I can't imagine the standalone players having some sort of media-specific disc check algorithm. That would needlessly limit a lot of the formats that the unit could play.

Has anyone considered this? done this? done this with a Toshiba SD2800?

Eager to hear what you all have to say,

- Dixieland

[bugster]

Look in the howtos (on your left) for a guide on doing this very thing!

[Dixieland]

yes, i noticed this shortly after replying to a similar post. this site is such a wonderful resource!

- Dixieland

[Bud]

You may also want to check out the www.kvcd.net site. They have put out some TMPGEnc templates that will convert all your mpegs to DVD format. What I do now is if the movie is over 2 hours I put two ot these on one DVD-R in SVCD format. I just did Black Rain (126 Min) and Rules of Engagement (127) on one and a classic Cleopatra (243 Min) on one all in SVCD format and Works great. I have been able to put three movies in SVCD format on one DVD-R, but I would prefer to only do two again if over 2 hours. I do use some of the other templates to put SVCD of under 2 hours on one 80 Min CD

Aloha
Bud

[MoovyGuy]

Hey Bud,

Couple of questions for ya....

Are you transcoding the audio from 44.1Khz to 48khz on your SVCDs ?

Are you doing the header patching thing to make a DVD authoring package accept the SVCD mpegs ?

Also, what package are you using to burn the SVCD mpegs to DVDr?

Many thanks

[Bud]

I use DVDiT to author and Burn......I use some of the templates on www.kvcd.net site. The one I use is KDVD Half DVD, I have a Panasonic LF 321 to burn with, TMPGEnc, this will convert your files (d2v), to 352x480 with a 48Hz audio, then I do a drag and drop into DVDiT, that's it, DVDiT will do the rest, I just have to set up a menu of some sort, buttons to tell which movie to play if more than one on the DVD-R, I have got up to three movie so one DVD-R, it all depends how long the movie is. You have 4.7 GB of smace to use, almost forgot one more thing, I have DVDiT convert the aduo to Digital 2 Ch non PCM that saves space on the DVD-R. I Recently put two movies one was 126 Min the other was 128 on one DVD-R in SVCD format.

Aloha
Bud

[MoovyGuy]

The Half D1 template that kwag put together is based on a suggestion that I had made to him.

But Half-D1 is not SVCD resolution. It is a standard, albeit poorer quality, DVD resolution. Which is why DVDit has no problem with it.

The reason I was asking is that I get much better encodes use SVCD 480x480 than I do using the Half-D1 template and would prefer to burn the SVCD's directly.

Thanks anyway ...

[Bud]

The Kwag templates all work form, you can use what works for you, I do however disagree with you on the resolution..




Aloha
Bud

[MoovyGuy]

The Kwag templates all work form, you can use what works for you, I do however disagree with you on the resolution..


Aloha
Bud

The only thing I can say is look up the tables on this site that define resolutions and thier associated standards.

Argue not, will I.