Make a Video Cd

[nikki]

Hi,
I'm trying to make Vcd that will play in my DVd player. " my DVDplayer says it can read Vcd's"
I have a avi movie and toast 5 and 6, can someone explain how to do it,?

Any help would be great,



 

[Al]

You will first need to convert the avi file into a Quicktime movie file with Divx Doctor II.

Once you convert the file, it needs to be converted again into an mpeg1 file.  Toast should be able to do this or there is an mpeg creator plug-in for QT Pro (Pro is neccessary to convert any file formats with Quicktime) somewhere on the net, it was called MegaPeg.  Also, there is a program called Movie2MPEG, but it seems to take forever to convert things.  Creating the mpeg1 file takes forever, so be prepared to let your Mac chunk out the data for several hours, depending on how fast your computer is.

Once the file is finally converted into an mpeg1 file, Toast 5 can use it to creat a VCD.

Divx Doctor II, Megapeg & Movie2MPEG should be locatable on versiontracker.com.

Megapeg is quite pricey, but they used to have a trial version before, not sure about now.

[kbeartx]

nikki -

First of all, can you play / view the AVI on your Mac?

The reason I ask is that not all AVIs are 'created equal' (or any movie files, for that matter, but especially AVIs, which are Windows "Audio Video Interleaved" Multimedia Files).

Movies are encoded to play on computers with a piece of software called a 'codec', and there are many different codecs in use, some of which result in computer movie files that will not play on Macs for love or money, because the particular codec has never been made available in a Mac version.

If the AVI does play on your Mac, the process for making a VCD using Toast 5 Titanium is pretty simple:

Open Toast and select the Other icon, then select Video CD from the list.  Drag the AVI file into the Toast window.  Toast will convert the file into the necessary format.  This can take some time if your Mac is not a fast one or the movie is long.

When this conversion is done, click the red Record button.

FYI, according a Toast ReadMe file I found, even though a particular DVD player claims to support the VCD format, it might not play one that's been burned on a CDR, or it might be 'fussy' about the brand of CDR that you use.

hope this helps,

 - kbeartx

[nikki]

Thanks for the info,
Okay I can read the avi file on my mac, so I tried the second suggestion and used toast to convert and burn it, but my dvd player shows a X on the cd.
I'm going to take it to a friends house and try his.

What is a good brand of cd's that work better,??

HAPPY NEWYEAR


 

[kbeartx]

QUOTE(nikki @ Jan 1 2004, 3:20 AM)

What is a good brand of cd's that work better,??

 Nikki -

Unfortunately, that's difficult to say.  

Maybe if you tell us the model of your DVD player, somebunny can chime in who's got the same or a similar unit and report what brand of CD blanks has worked for them.

For example, I have a low-end JVC, and it played the two VCDs I made using Verbatim blanks just fine.

 - kbeartx

[nikki]

Hi,

I got a Toshiba SD-1800
                       SD-310V

The above is what it says on the front of the manual.
We just bought it about 2 months ago.

Here's what the manual says,

This DVD video player supports VIDEO CD's equipped with the PBC (version 2.0) function. (PBC is the abbreviation of Playback Control). You can enjoy two playback variations depending on types of discs.

 VIDEO CD not equipped with PBC function
(Version 1.1)
Sound and movie can be played on this DVD video player in the same way as an audio CD

VIDEO CD equipped with PBC function, (Version 2.0)
In addition to operation of a VIDEO CD not equipped witrh the PBC function you can enjoy playback of interactive software with search function by using the menu displayed on the TV  screen (Menue Playback) Some of the functions described in the owners manual may not work with some discs


 

[kelly]

Found this. Kind of a yes, no, maybe on that Player.

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fe...l?msg_id=00AM9B

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/

[nikki]

Thanks again,

I'm thinking of buying a HighDefinition DVD player, is this a good idea,? I do have a HD. TV.

Any Better brands of DVD players out there,?

Thanks for any info.