Conversion settings MPEG to MOV in Quicktime Pro?

[whitesoxx]

I'm a VCD newbie and have been experiencing problems burning demuxed MPEG-files to VCD using Quicktime Pro and Toast. I've tried the "save to VCD"-option in Quicktime Pro but the end result is only audio and no video.

I've found out that another option is to convert the demuxed MPEG to a quicktime movie (MOV) file which toast then converts back to MPEG when I burn the vcd. My original MPEG file's picture and sound are great but when I convert to MOV the picture looks crap, the sound is still good though. Am I doing something wrong? I'm using the Sorensen conversion method with 29,97 frames per second and a key frame rate of 12. Are the settings wrong? Should I try another conversion method? Thanks for your help! Rick

[major]

I'm not sure why you're converting MPG to MOV then back to MPG. And why you want to burn 'demuxed' material.

Just open Toast in VCD mode and drop the MPG in. Or if it doesn't accept it, use VCDGear MPGtoBIN and drop the BIN in Toast VCD mode.

[whitesoxx]

I read a tutorial somewhere saying this is only the way to do it. Toast won't accept the regular (muxed) mpeg-file. I've tried your suggestion of converting it to a BIN-file but when I then use Toast it says the length of the movie is twice as long as the original- I've had that before and the finished vcd came out with the audio not matching the video at all- and jumping back and forth.

[AntnyMD]

Toast is rejecting your original MPEG file because it is either out of spec somewhere along the line, or doesn't contain the extra file information in the multiplexed stream in order for Toast to be good with it.

When Toast complains (and essentially it won't like any file it didn't make itself), just use MissingMPEGTools to author CD-ROM XA tracks (.img files) that Toast will burn without issue.

[Foxxed]

AntnyMD or anyone else...can you elaborate or point to a link that explains MissingMPEGTools and CD-ROM XA tracks. Like whitesoxx, I´m trying to make my mpgs into correct formats to burn in Toast, but I can´t seem to find a solution.

[Ross]

Download MMT at homepage.mac.com/rnc
Click on the guide "Mac OS X with MissingMpegTools & MediaPipe"
Pick up with step 5 of the guide using your demuxed video and audio elementry streams. Note: select VCD instead of SVCD.

[ninboy]

if your trying to convert video without losing quality don't use a delivery codec like Sorenson , If you have a ton of space and fast harddrive or RAID stripe use Video or Componet Video , if Not try Mjpeg

[Tolly]

i have a bunch of short movies that are mpg, and toast wont except them while QT doesnt let u edit mpeg1. i plan on using mmt, but is there any way i can join them as one whole vcd, since QT wont let me? an suggestions would be great thanks.

[major]

Use vcdtoolsX and add them directly in vcdxgen, then use vcdxbuild and burn the XA tracks. Beware of the movie size though, as strange sizes will not be recognized by your DVD player.

[Tolly]

once i have the files loaded and my destination specified, i hit start, but nothing happens. the bar doesnt move, nothing starts, and it still says start, rather than stop. whats going on, any ideas? culd it be my mpgs maybe????