80 CD no dvd

bigtings wrote on 11/9/2003, 11:25 PM

Hi all i am new here
I dont have DVD Burner but i am trying to create a DVD on a 80 cd
i would like to play the cd in a DVD player
but having problems ..
i have rendered the workarea using the MPEG2 DVD NTSC
Then picked up the folder that was outputted for nero
(one video..) folder
(by the way the nero is on another computer thats why i do no use the same computer which has DVD arch on it
but when i put in the cd it does not play

any help would ok,
Ps it has played in the pass some how but dont now
i have also tried to burn this using sonic dvd it

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BillyBoy wrote on 11/10/2003, 12:08 AM

DVD-A can't burn a CD. Why not, is kind of odd since most DVD authoring software can.

What you probably want to try is making something called a SVCD or a XVCD. Many DVD set top players will play them. Both use MPEG-2, but at lower bitrates than DVD. There's several templates in Vegas. While you can burn one from Vegas, no menu system. So a better choice is to use Nero or something like Ulead's DVD Movie Factory which also does CD's and you can add a menu system similar to a DVD.

If you haven't already visit here: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/

Tons of stuff on burning CD's in those formats. Nice forums too.

bigtings wrote on 11/10/2003, 1:38 AM

But I need the best quality for the demo that i am producing the will be for a presentaion 5 mins
but i am sure this can be done as sonic dvd puts the video on but no audio ?

BillyBoy wrote on 11/10/2003, 1:55 PM

It gets to be a format/bitrate issue. If you don't have a DVD burner but do have a CD burner like I said, either a so-called "super" CD (SVCD) or a none standard (XVCD) is probably the way to go.

AFAIK what happens both when you burn and attempt to play a disc the hardware in the first case is putting information in the disc's header that says its either a DVD or CD based on the blank mediia you use.

Your DVD player reads this header infomation and acts accordingly. So even though you only have a few minutes worth of material that may fit on a CD at some ultra high bitrate, the DVD player will treat it as a CD expecting a much lower bitrate. If I remember right a DVD also spins at a much higher RPM when its playing compared to a CD.

I never tried to put 8 MPBS on a CD. Perhaps someone here has or someone over at the DVD Help forum. Even if its possible to force it to work, if a demo, you may very well open a whole can of worms that's only going to reflect negatively on you if you send out a bunch of demos and hardy anyone can play it.

So if you don't have a DVD burner, don't want to get one now, you're better off making the best quality SVCD you can. That's what I would do.

nolonemo wrote on 11/11/2003, 5:15 PM

I wouldn't even recommend doing SVCD if it's important that the disks play widely, because even some current DVD players don't play SVCD, but only VCD.