True VCD Settings for burning?

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Hello, Probably a very old question this one......

I'm having trouble burning my mpg1 files as vcd's, i've tried Nero, Adaptec (latest + updates) and Prassi Primo Cd Plus, they reject my mpg's but dont specify why. Although NTI CD Maker Pro accepted them without question.

I captured my avi's as 352*240, 25fps with 44.1khz 16b stereo, which is NTSC res with PAL framerate. And encode to 352*288 res, 25fps, cd 44.1/16/stereo with 3 lines cropped at the bottom to remove noise. I cant see what the problem is!!!

I have used LSX, Panasonic and Mpeg Conversion Studio to encode to Mpg, but each resultant mpg is then rejected by the above cd-r software (except NTI).

So, can someone please post the detailed settings or a definitive template which can help me. ie GOP, headers, sequences etc.....

Many thanks,

Andy andy@snes.freeserve.co.uk

-- Andy (andy@snes.freeserve.co.uk), May 09, 2000

Answers

hmm the only thing i can come up with is maybe the other programs do not accept a PAL format vcd??? Their is an option in the adpter to display what is wrong with a video cd when it rejects it. look in the options and such you have to turn it on, but its there (adpatec 4.0)

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), May 09, 2000.

Christ, my typing is horrible sometimes.

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), May 09, 2000.

I have been reading several e-mails of poeple having similar problems and I just wonder why no one is sticking to the standard resolution of PAL 352x288x25 or NTSC 352x288x30?!! I would be a lot easier to use that resolution if possible. Still to be on the safe side though use any AV editing software before encoding the avi to resize the video or adjust frame rate to the standard VCD settings mentioned above. You can use Premier, After Effect, or many other just to add these extra black pixles to have 288 instead of 240. Now any encoder will give VCD complient files.

-- Rodolph Schwenzner (rodolpho@emirates.net.ae), May 12, 2000.

Andy

You didn't mention your bitrate which is 1150Mb/s + what you said to be VCD compliant. Just use NERO, you can tell it to burn even if it's not standard VCD.

Rodolph

Why people don't stick to the VCD standard, is because the quality is not that good. It's suppose to be better then a VHS, but it's not.

Try encoding your clip at 2344Mb/s(for video) with panasonic, then burn it with NERO at non standard VCD, then you will see the light

have fun

TTran

-- TTran (anh.tuan.tran@clp.gouv.qc.ca), May 12, 2000.


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