Hi -

Is it possible to "rip" (a la .mp3s) a VCD, convert as needed, then write out as a DVD ?? A friend at work has a number of VCDs he bought in various parts of Asia, and he'd like to view them on his portable DVD player or Sony Vaio desktop PC.

What software would I need to do this ?? I'm running an iMac with MacOS 10.2.5, and have all the usual Mac software (iMovie, QuickTime, etc.).

Thanks !!

Steve Huff

-- Steve Huff (mugwump1@attbi.com), May 26, 2003

Answers

Possible - yes. http://www.vcdhelp.com has some guides on doing this. Basically you only have to convert the audio to 48 MHz and burn. However, some DVD authoring programs will not allow you to make DVDs with MPEG-1 video. This is unfortunate because DVD standards allow for this, but I have read that some programs only accept MPEG-2 video. As far as what you would use on a Mac, I have no idea.

-- Root (root@yahoo.moc), May 27, 2003.

How kvetchy. Converting VCDs to DVDs, that is. Why don't u simply play these VCDs on those DVD players? Why do u need 2 convert them 2 DVD??

-- Mehmet Tekdemir (turk690@yahoo.com), May 29, 2003.

cuz my godam playstation cant play video cds

-- johnny (ixdjplayskooxi@aol.com), November 20, 2003.