*~*~*~*DVD - DivX to VCD*~*~*~*

[persianbambina]

I'm new to the dvd/vcd burning world...and am pretty confused.

I have a movie in:

DVD - DivX
MPEG Layer-3,127 kBit/s, 44,100 Hz, Stereo
640 x 272, 135770 Frames, 29.970 Frames/Sec, 128 KB/Sec

format and would like to burn it to a vcd. When I try to do so, it takes like half a second to burn and I just end up with a nothing but a wasted cd-r.

Can someone please enlighten me? I'm sorry if this topic has already been posted...I didn't see it.

[vitualis]

http://www.vcdhelp.com/convert

Regards.

[bugster]

Ned more Info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VCD is mpeg-1, divx is a sort of mpeg-4 so how did you convert from one to the other, what tools did you use and what settings. How did you burn it, what burning program, what settings and what type of media did you use?

Can someone please enlighten me? I'm sorry if this topic has already been posted...I didn't see it.

You obviously didn't look very hard, why do you think this site is called vcdhelp if no one ever discusses burning VCD's!!

[persianbambina]

Buster are you the vcdhelp police or something? Calm your hormones and just take it easy, k? And no I didn't look too much cuz frankly I was way too sleepy last night and my eyes were rolling down deep into my skull.

Now. If you want to help me. Here's more info for you.

I downloaded a movie from ------. I didn't convert it. I didn't do anything to it. I tried to burn it first using the Adaptec vcd burner, when that didn't work I tried Nero. Nothing has worked. Am I suppose to convert it to something different and then burn it? Cuz that's what someone else told me...and I almost tried that except it was going to take 14 hours to convert.

Well that's all I really know.

Thanks for your time

[Treebeard]

Of course you must convert your going from an avi file to a mpg file.

14hrs to convert. well yes converstion does take some time with slower computers.

here is a avi to (s)vcd guide

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/userguides/131154.php


Reading is the key to Knowledge.

[vitualis]

And no I didn't look too much cuz frankly I was way too sleepy last night and my eyes were rolling down deep into my skull.

For the new members out there, it is considered bad form to openly say that you didn't bother to try to help youself (i.e., read guides, do some research) and expect someone to give you help on a silver platter AND have an attitude about it.

Also, try to give as much detail as possible. It makes it a lot easier to help.

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=78182

Regards.

[persianbambina]

I am still not understanding how to go about this. Thank you for the links, but they are confusing me even more.

What format do I need to convert the dvd to in order to be able to burn it properly?

Also, I have a couple of other mpeg downloads that I have been able to burn successfully, expect that when it burns it skips some parts and ads parts I've never even seen before?!


I'm sorry for the attitude...

[bugster]

Buster are you the vcdhelp police or something? Calm your hormones and just take it easy, k? And no I didn't look too much cuz frankly I was way too sleepy last night and my eyes were rolling down deep into my skull.


Thanks for your time

No I am not any sort of police, I just try and take the same attitude as mots other members of this board. By the looks of your later posts you have hopefully realised this and changed your attitude.

Now to help.

I think that before you can get anywhere in anysensible manner, you have to 1st realise what it is you are trying to do. To aid in that you need to do quite a bit of reading. I suggest you start with these links:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/vcd
http://www.vcdhelp.com/svcd
http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvd

read these carefully and try to absorb as much info as you can, don't just skim them. If any of the terms used are unfamiliar to you then further research is necessary. The internet is a wonderful tool so use it to your advantage. Once you have got through all this and actually started to understand what you are attempting then take a look at the convert section under HOW TO on the left. There are several guides there describing methods using different tools to do what you want. Pick one that sounds easy and try it. The you need to author you mpeg to VCD. Again, under howto is an authoring section take a look there.

If you hit problems along the way, please do come back and ask for help or clarification but don't expect anyone to hold your hand as all the information you need is there if you can be bothered to look for it and all the help you could ever want is right here on vcdhelp, if you ask for it in an appropriate manner.

[bolta]

Persianbambina . . .

Try these steps and see how you go . . .

1) Get a hold of a utility (from the Tools section) called AVI2VCD. There will be a utility in that package called "decompress.exe". Load this utility, and then load up your AVI file. What you are "decompressing" is the compressed MP3 sound track - when you click on "decompress", you'll end up with a file called <file name>_pcm.avi. Note that this file will be heaps larger than the original, as it will consist of a PCM-formatted sound-track (ie uncompressed).

2) Get/start up another utility called VirtualDub. Use this utility to load your uncompressed avi file. Add and set your video re-sizing filter to 352x288 (this is PAL VCD format that I use - select what's appropriate to you) under the "video" menu, and also select the "full processing" option as well. Also, select your video compression codec here as well - try and use the same compression as was originally used. compressing / re-compressing using different codecs will almost always result in a crappier end-result.

3) under the "audio" menu, select "direct stream copy" and "full processing mode" - this will copy the uncompressed sound as it currently is.

4) under the "file" menu, select "save AVI file - all things being equal, you should have a new AVI file in 30-50 minutes. It will probably be a bit larger than your original, but then you have plenty of disk space, yes?? *grin*

5) the resulting avi file should be of such a format that you can drop it into an mpeg encoder (I use either TmpgEnc or Cinema Craft) - use TmpgEnc to cut the file up into cd-r sized pieces and burn away!!

Any questions/problems with this, then PM me to your heart's content

Regards,

B.

[persianbambina]

Thank you very much you guys. I'll try to do as you say and see where I end up.

[persianbambina]

Dear BOLTA

I did like you said in step 1) and decompressed the avi file. I moved on to step 2) and got a hold of VirtualDub. When I try to upload the file I uncompressed with the decompress.exe utility, I get a message alert box saying

Can't locate decompressor for format 'DIV3'
Virtual Dub requires a video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video.

What do I do? Or what is it that I've missed?

Thanks,

PB

[VCDHunter]

Seems your missing the DivX 3.11 codec ?
Does this avi actually play on your PC ?

[persianbambina]

VCDHunter, yes the avi movie plays on my PC, wide screen, beautiful quality and everything. How do I go about getting a DivX3.11 codec?

[persianbambina]

I still need some help pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee.

[Donny661]

under the tools link to the left, look under the codecs heading.

[persianbambina]

Thanks Donny that lil tool actually got me somewhere...
My problem now is that, after it started to do it's job with the Virtual Dub it stopped after like 30mins and said some kind of error. I don't remember what is exactly said.

Ahh. I'm almost ready to give up

[debgk]

Hi,

I'm NEW to the whole DVD creation learning curve, too. I do know a bit about video editing on PCs, though, so I will take a shot in the dark ... you said virtual dub started working and then gave an error message about 30 minutes into the process ... right??

well ... it could very well be that you did everything OK, but that your puter doesn't have enough oomf. Your specs say you have an 80 gig drive -- do you have a 2nd drive? with video editing you really need a 2nd (FAST and the bigger the better) HD that's dedicated to capture -- I think you may need something similar to create a DVD -- but am not positive.

What I would suggest is that you check how much free space you have on your HD.

Empty the recyle and get rid of as much crud (ie: temp internet files and just plain .tmp files) as you can

you can also make your recycle bin smaller -- I'm using XP pro an the default reclycle bin size is 10%!! That would mean 8 gig on your 80 gig HD -- nobody should keep that much trash around!! (might start to stink =)

Defrag your HD

Cross your fingers

try again.

And don't give up ... we just all keep trying and learning from both our successes and our mistakes. Just don't forget to have fun!!

deb

[persianbambina]

Hey Deb,

Thanks for your lil pointers. I'm gonna ahead and try out what you recommanded and see where that leads me.

[debgk]

Hi Back,

hey -- once you clean up the drive and before you do anything on it, just check how much free space there is. It will help you figure out whether or not it's possible to do what you want with what you have.

Just FYI -- if the drive is getting full hard drives are really cheap right now, so you might want to invest in one. I searched around for "deals" recently and found good prices at:

www.newegg.com
www.googlegear.com
www.7bytes.com

You can also go to pricewatch.com and compare prices -- jsut make sure you pick a reputable re-seller. www.tomshardware.com has great reviews on drives -- the western digital caviar ("JB") are really great.

deb

[persianbambina]

I don't think space on my hard drive is the problem. I tried to burn another movie, and after 20% of it was completed it stopped and said that their is an error in the perimeters I chose.

So I dunnoooooooooo

[debgk]

Hi again,

ok ... as mentioned (I think =) I haven't done what you are trying to do ... but if I can help figure it out I'm willing ...

you said you downloaded the files from a site -- so what does it look like on your hard drive? is there a folder with all of what you downloaded in it?

I ask because I think this VCDhelp site is an INCREDIBLE resource, but I also know that there is TONS of info here ... so having some more details about what your project looks like might help figure it out.

Also, when you get teh error message about the perameters, write it down - annoying, but write down exactly what it says -- write down all the steps you took before you got it, too.

It can be a PIA, but my New Year's Resolution (yeah, one of many) is to keep a PC diary/log and write down EVERYTHING I do on my PCs -- then it's easier to trouble shoot (and less of a PIA than what I'd have without any pre-error info!!)

let me know ... and remember to keep having fun!! =)

deb

[debgk]

me again ... still without knowing, but guessing ...

your original post said you have a DivX file that you want to make into a VCD -- then a bunch of posts took you thru converting AVI ... but I didn;t notice a link to this page ... it seems to explain exactly what you want to do -- step by step -- uning TMPGEnc -- which is FREEWARE =)

Have you tried this:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgenc.htm

deb

[persianbambina]

I'm still working on all that...and haven't got far.

I have another question.

I am unable to view these avi files on my comp. I have sound, but no video. The other avi files I have work fine, except the past couple ones I've "acquired" are not.

What's wrong?

[debgk]

if you can't see the video portion of the avi it could have to do with not having the right codec. AVI files are created with different codecs. If you don't have the right one, you can't play it.

You need to figure out what codec was used to make the file -- then see if you can get that codec.

at least that MIGHT work =)

deb