Hi,

I am a novice in VCD or DVD creation process. I read through some of the questions and FAQ, etc. as far as I understood the process, MPEG2 files can only be burned on DVD-R media and MPEG1 on CD-R.

Here is my question: Is there any way to create a DVD format (MPEG2) on a CD-R to be playable on a standard DVD player ? Let's say I only need 15 minutes of video, so the 700 MB space on the CD-R will be enough to carry the MPEG2 file. In that sense, I would have a 15-minute DVD quality VCD on a CD-R. Is it possible ? Maybe fundamentally it is not possible, but at least theoretically it looks logical. If not possible what is the highest quality that I can achieve?

I have a Sony TRV-230 digital camcorder, PCI Firewire card and cable, MGIVideowave III v3.5. I just ordered a computer with P4 1.8 GHz, 256 MB SDRAM, and a 40x10x40 CD-RW and 3D AGP Graphics Video card.

Thanks,

-- Murat Ozbayoglu (mozbayoglu@hotmail.com), December 06, 2002

Answers

Hello, Insert MPEG1 headers into the MPEG2 file to fool your DVD player into believing it's a valid MPEG1 based VCD. Once the data begins streaming to the DSP in your DVD player, it will recognize the MPEG2 format and play normally. Simple instructions here: http://www.geocities.com/newestmoviesencode/dvdvcd Works well with most DVD players that understand VCD. Won't play on your computer after conversion unless the headers are changed again.

-- Eric Utah (eric_utah@hotmail.com), December 07, 2002.

recording vcd

-- mang odiq (modiqs@nesscape.com), December 07, 2002.

Be careful with your bitrate. Mpeg2 for DVD has a standard bitrate of 7000+kbps. I don't think there are any DVD players that can read this rapidly from CDR. Bitrate limits for CDR are well under 3000kps, which should still give you acceptable quality.

Cheers,

-- No One (no@one.com), December 07, 2002.

Merhaba. Have u considered SVCD? If your DVD player can play SVCD, then u may be satisifed with its quality. Using TMPGenc, u encode with any of the SVCD templates (VBR or CBR MPEG-2, at a max total bitrate of about 2.6Mb/s), and author the resulting files into an SVCD with Nero. Carefully encoded a 700MB CD-R can give up to 40mins of playing time. The one fundamental difference of MPEG-2 for SVCD over VCD is that the former preserves the interlaced structure (both fields are independently stored and played) of your original video, making jagged diagonal edges much less noticiable. It should be mentioned the MPEG-2 encoding capabilities of TMPGenc expires after 30 days after installation unless u pay $48 to Pegasys/Hori which I have done and which I think, for the superb MPEG quality it produces, is well worth the price (considering the thousands$ that HEuris and CinemaCraft wants).

-- Mehmet Tekdemir (turk690@yahoo.com), December 09, 2002.

Thanks for all the responses. I'll try..

-- Murat Ozbayoglu (mozbayoglu@hotmail.com), December 10, 2002.