when a movie is downloaded from the usenet groups it usually takes
about 1.4 gigs as an mpeg1 and is burned onto two cdr's.

Is it possible, and what software and cookbook technique, is required
to burn such on to a dvdr? That way 3+ vids could fit on one disc. If
the file format is the same I would assume that it would still play on
my standalone, correct, ie if they already play from a cdr?

This is difficult info, though seemingly basic, to find.

I have vcd easy, nero 5.10.20, tmpeg, plus a couple of others.
No dvd burner yet, but if the info comes in appropriately I am
thinking about the TDK 440n.

running p4 1.3 w/ 768 ram

tia

John

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:15:16 -0500, scylla@bellsouth.net wrote:

A few (S)VCD to DVDR guides:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/vcddvdr
http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/tutorial/svcd.html
http://www.svcd2dvdmpg.com/

scylla@bellsouth.net wrote:
The DVD specification includes VideoCD compatible video (352x240 MPEG
video at about 1 mbit/sec), but not VideoCD compatible audio. Some,
perhaps most DVD authoring packages will take VideoCD compatible systems
streams--they preprocess by demultiplexing the audio and video and
then reencoding the audio.

I know that Ulead DVD MovieFactory and Ulead DVD Workshop will do
the above.

Sam

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:33:12 GMT, erratic <erratic@reply-to.address>
wrote:

had been there, but hadn't found those pages--thanks.

so.... my dvd standalones (an apex and a norcent) support mpeg1/2 iso.

can I just copy those mpegs as data or must I convert to another
format first? I have isobuster, but from the description on dvdrhelp
it looks like it is converting a dat file into an mpeg. My files are
already in vcd compliant mpeg.
I do have vcd gear that allows converting mpeg to dat if that helps?

thanks for your help. I am really tryng to do my homework on all this
before I spend a few hundred on s/w and h/w.

thanks again
John

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:33:12 GMT, erratic <erratic@reply-to.address>
wrote:

had been there, but hadn't found those pages--thanks.

so.... my dvd standalones (an apex and a norcent) support mpeg1/2 iso.

can I just copy those mpegs as data or must I convert to another
format first? I have isobuster, but from the description on dvdrhelp
it looks like it is converting a dat file into an mpeg. My files are
already in vcd compliant mpeg.
I do have vcd gear that allows converting mpeg to dat if that helps?

thanks for your help. I am really tryng to do my homework on all this
before I spend a few hundred on s/w and h/w.

thanks again
John

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:33:12 GMT, erratic <erratic@reply-to.address>
wrote:

had been there, but hadn't found those pages--thanks.

so.... my dvd standalones (an apex and a norcent) support mpeg1/2 iso.

can I just copy those mpegs as data or must I convert to another
format first? I have isobuster, but from the description on dvdrhelp
it looks like it is converting a dat file into an mpeg. My files are
already in vcd compliant mpeg.
I do have vcd gear that allows converting mpeg to dat if that helps?

thanks for your help. I am really tryng to do my homework on all this
before I spend a few hundred on s/w and h/w.

thanks again
John

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 08:06:18 -0500, scylla@bellsouth.net wrote:

In that case you can probably burn the MPG files as data.
Try it on a DVDRW first.