VCD to DVD

[tkivell72]

Can anyone tell me if I can create a VCD with a DVD-R instead of a CD-R?
Any help would be appreciated.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Read:http://www.vcdhelp.com/vcddvdr.htm

[Cooly-O]

Read:http://www.vcdhelp.com/vcddvdr.htm

The site above says

DVD-VCD
Standard DVD support MPEG1 so it is possible to author VCD MPEG files to DVD without reencoding the video, on one standard 4.7 DVD-R,DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc you can store about 450 minutes VCD MPEG. But the DVD standard requires 48 khz audio(VCD is 44 khz) so it requires some preparation before authoring and burning the DVD.

Before trying to make a DVD-VCD you should first try your standalone DVD-Player to see that it supports this format. Remember that on some DVD-Players you may have to change audio settings to get any audio. Download a DVD Sample here with a DVD-VCD sample that you can burn and test.

And for transfering SVCD to DVD-R:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/svcddvdr.htm

to put your SVCDs on one DVDR,DVDRW,DVD+RW, do not use it if you are converting from another source like DVD,DV,AVI or DivX.

DVD-SVCD
Standard DVD do not support the SVCD MPEG2 standard but you can anyway make some kind of XDVD without reencoding the SVCD that may work on some DVD Players. If you want real DVD reencode your SVCD to DVD instead.

BTW, can you make a "SVCD DVD-R" more compatible to a DVD player if you use the "change svcd header to vcd header" trick? http://www.geocities.com/newestmoviesencode/dvdvcd

In other words is the trick "media independent"? Should everyone always encode to SVCD rather than VCD and just apply the "header trick? When does the "header trick" not work on players that can play VCDs???