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jimcho wrote on 1/24/2001, 5:31 PM
I just created my first trial VCD yesterday. Although, the
quality is not that great (ie. blocky), it's not too bad
when viewed on a TV.

All you need to do is capture your video, edit it if you
want with Video Factory, then render using the built-in
templates for VideoCD (for PAL or NTSC). I actually copied
a template and changed the render quality from "good"
to "best".

Then drop it on the NERO burning software (with the VCD
template) and burn away. It can be downloaded from
http://www.ahead.de.

I also created an SVCD sample using the intructions at
http://www.vcdhelper.com/tmpgencsvcd.htm. The quality was
better, but still not great. I also had a skipping problem
with the sound in the finished SVCD. That and the
tremendously long rendering times required to create SVCDs
means that I will be sticking with the lower quality VCDs
for now.

How I wish VF would support SVCD templates (please!).

Chuck wrote:
>>What is needed to transfer video tape to a video cd
(other
>>than needing a video caption card) which is compatible
with
>>a dvd player? My dvd players are dvd/video cd/cd
compatible.
WWWhatsup wrote on 1/31/2001, 9:18 PM

You will need some software such as Vegas Video :) :) and, yes, a capture
card -- if you are using an IEEE1394 card + DV camera - it;s going to chew up Hard-Drive at
about 1GB for every 5 mins, but ther's no reason not to do it in segments. This will
give highest quality. You need the latest V-V to get the MPEG-1 output.

There are cheaper cards, such as the Dazzle, that will capture straight to MPEG-1,
and a free encoder BB2MPEG that can be used to dump vhs on the fly, tho. Others here may
have suggestions which is best. I don't know.

There is a bunch of info at http://www.vcdhelp.com

a couple of more tips for you.

1) render as VCD-PAL - 352x288 25fps - it gives you 44 lines better resolution than NTSC
(PAL is the default for VCD as it's the Chinese TV system)
2) you will have to upgrade to full version of Adaptec or use Nero to burn.
Using nero means uninstalling Adaptec Direct CD.
3) If you want your VCD's to be readable on most DVD players, you will
have to burn them on CD-RW not CD-R, so you need a CD-RW drive. These
discs will not be readable in regular CD-ROM's. If you are just burning for
personal use and your DVD can read CD-R then don't worry about it..
4) Burn at 2X for minimum errors.


>>Chuck wrote:
>>>>What is needed to transfer video tape to a video cd
>>(other
>>>>than needing a video caption card) which is compatible
>>with
>>>>a dvd player? My dvd players are dvd/video cd/cd
>>compatible.
SonyEPM wrote on 2/1/2001, 9:08 AM
One slight correction to this very helpful post: Vegas
Video and VideoFactory use the same MPEG plug-in, so there
will not be a quality difference. Make sure you are using
the latest version:

http://sonicfoundry.com/download/step2.asp?DID=245

WWWhatsup NYC wrote:
>>
>>You will need some software such as Vegas Video :) :)
and, yes, a capture
>>card -- if you are using an IEEE1394 card + DV camera -
it;s going to chew up Hard-Drive at
>>about 1GB for every 5 mins, but ther's no reason not to
do it in segments. This will
>>give highest quality. You need the latest V-V to get the
MPEG-1 output.
>>
>>There are cheaper cards, such as the Dazzle, that will
capture straight to MPEG-1,
>>and a free encoder BB2MPEG that can be used to dump vhs
on the fly, tho. Others here may
>>have suggestions which is best. I don't know.
>>
>>There is a bunch of info at http://www.vcdhelp.com
>>
>>a couple of more tips for you.
>>
>>1) render as VCD-PAL - 352x288 25fps - it gives you 44
lines better resolution than NTSC
>>(PAL is the default for VCD as it's the Chinese TV system)
>>2) you will have to upgrade to full version of Adaptec or
use Nero to burn.
>>Using nero means uninstalling Adaptec Direct CD.
>>3) If you want your VCD's to be readable on most DVD
players, you will
>>have to burn them on CD-RW not CD-R, so you need a CD-RW
drive. These
>>discs will not be readable in regular CD-ROM's. If you
are just burning for
>>personal use and your DVD can read CD-R then don't worry
about it..
>>4) Burn at 2X for minimum errors.
>>
>>
>>>>Chuck wrote:
>>>>>>What is needed to transfer video tape to a video cd
>>>>(other
>>>>>>than needing a video caption card) which is
compatible
>>>>with
>>>>>>a dvd player? My dvd players are dvd/video cd/cd
>>>>compatible.