Divx to VCD?

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:24 pm

Hey all,

My friend is a newb to computers, and I'm looking for a program that will put a Divx file (some old TV shows I guess) onto a VCD for him. Anything that will do this in one step is great.

I am on a Mac so I don't know any of the 'good' windows programs, and I'm used to Toast's drag and drop.

Anything? Thanks

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:05 pm

I would use tmpgenc it is simple, and will get the job done for him.

OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:10 pm

TMPGEnc won't do it in one step, but I don't know of anything that really will. TMPGEnc has templates to encode an MPG file that conforms to the VCD specifcation, and then he could just burn that using Nero or any other burning program that will create a VCD.

TMPGEnc
Nero

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:29 pm

Only prob is that TMPGEnc will almost always spread a DivX file out to two CDs once it's done encoding.

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:37 pm

Thats because most VCD movies take up two cd's. If it is a TV show with the commercials edited out you can fit 3 episodes on one disk. 74 minutes per disk with VCD movies.

OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:45 pm

Yeah, MPEG-1 doesn't compress as well as DivX, so it will result in a larger file. If you want to get more stuff onto one disc, you could try the KVCD templates (should be a link at http://www.videohelp.com on the tools page) if the DVD player you wish to use will support non-standard VideoCD's.

Clessy · Post by **Clessy** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:52 pm

I'd use ACP and then use KVCD with more VCD spefic encoding.
320x240 30-3000 bitrate change
41000 sound at 128 bit

Works fine for me.

Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:56 pm

I'd suggest Nero. It can take the files and convert them and burn them in one step.

However, I don't think it will do file splitting.

OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:31 am

I didn't think Nero would handle the MPEG encoding. I'll have to check into that.

navi · Post by **navi** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:14 am

Nero works fine for me When I convert Tele episodes to VCD, although try to avoid the whole little Nero Mini-DVD opition it sometimes locks up a DVD player, like seriously locking it up so that even pressing power won't fix it, you have to unplug it. True story

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:11 pm

Nero takes a LONG time to encoding and I think it uses more cd's I think.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:12 pm

Nero is just horrible for encoding. You might as well encode your videos at 500bitrate.

Clessy · Post by **Clessy** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:21 pm

People how can you seriously suggest basic VCDs?
There low quality and large in file size.
And nero is a horid piece of software for video encoding.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:24 pm

I do not suggets vcd's. I suggets buying a fudging xvid player.

Clessy · Post by **Clessy** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:44 pm

Also a huge fucking waste of money Zerotype.
A cheapo dvd player that can play kvcd's is fine.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:48 pm

Clessy wrote:Also a huge fudging waste of money Zerotype.
A cheapo dvd player that can play kvcd's is fine.

Yea you can have fun with your kvcd's I'll be sticking to my insanely nice xvid movies.
The player is fudging 70bucks ,anyways. So if your that cheap pfft...

Clessy · Post by **Clessy** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:57 pm

KVCDs work on 70% of peoples dvds players. It's about compatablity while keeping quality. Xvid doesnt work on many peoples dvds players. I use tv out on my pc and kvcd. KVCD can have amazingly great pictures. I would give you some examples but that would be illegal.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:00 pm

yea I host examples on my server. I do use it, but i'd rather use xvid any day of the week. You can ask mat about it I do pretty good encodes (I take time to actualy make them 800megs, and use scripts) so I know what they are, and are not capable of.

Clessy · Post by **Clessy** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:03 pm

Yeah I use scripts too. You pretty much have to with KVCDS. It's nice getting a 30-8000 CQ VBR video under 2GB ^^

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:07 pm

I will admit using kvcd's is good for letting my little sister use on her portable. That is the only reason I even use it. Besides that xvid all the way. (it is nice getting a really exact CQ though ie 78.64)