Making VCD's

[buster]

H E L P

Trying to turn 6.5 hours of Alpine driving into an interesting video for home / website.

I am using "Ulead" which gives option for making VCD - had quick attempt last night, CD ejected beforing writing complete and couldn't get it to read on pc or my dvd player!

Am I being useless (not techie at all!) or was I just unlucky at first attempt - will V CD's work on DVD players????

Thanks all!

[Plotloss]

VCD's will work on most DVD players but you cant burn a 6.5 hour VCD its too big...

[buster]

I just made a quick test VCD in "pal" - only 2 mins!

Still did not work -

[FourWheelDrift]

buster said:

I just made a quick test VCD in "pal" - only 2 mins! Still did not work -

I'm guessing it ejected the disc after 2 mins?

If you are using Ulead what does the disc capacity bar say at the bottom of the screen when you are on the first screen (but after you have chosen the video you want to burn) and have VCD chosen as the output?

[buster]

FourWheelDrift said:

buster said: I just made a quick test VCD in "pal" - only 2 mins! Still did not work - I'm guessing it ejected the disc after 2 mins? If you are using Ulead what does the disc capacity bar say at the bottom of the screen when you are on the first screen (but after you have chosen the video you want to burn) and have VCD chosen as the output?

Disc capacity was OK - seemed all be perfect then ejected CD at abt 95% but said it had all been successful - DVD would not read it.........

Confused. I did choose VCD as output too!

[FourWheelDrift]

Movie Factory 1 or 2?

(I'll start up whichever and have a look on mine)

[buster]

Video studio 7

[FourWheelDrift]

ah, I don't have that, I know it's like Adobe Premiere though.

I did however manage to squeeze over 15GB of DV video onto a CD using the VCD on Movie Factory 2 which must use the same technology as Video Studio. But that only ammounts to 1hr 15 mins worth of full screen DV Video.

Are you compressing the video in quality (video/audio) & size?

I'm thinking there may be something happening between fitting it on the CD in current form and after it has been converted to VCD to be written. Are there settings for video and audio compression? If so what do they say?

The only other "fault" it could be if the settings are correct is the disc and the speed you are burning at. Some discs say they are 48x or 32x but rarely do they actually work successfully at these speeds all the time. It would be best to half the burn speed for the disc.

Can't think of anything else at the moment.

[ErnestM]

I find that CD-RW makes better VCD's than CD-R. Additionally, if you are going to be doing this a lot, you should really pick up one of the current generation DVD-R+R/-RW+RW writers. Panasonic and Sony both make good ones...

Also - ditch ULEAD and the rest and buy Adobe Premiere 7 and Encore...

ErnestM

[FourWheelDrift]

Or DVD-Lab which is a very good package for those who aren't very techy.

www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 25th September 12:47

[cacatous]

I agree with going to DVD. My bet would be a Pioneer A-06 or latest Sony Multiburner. If funds permit they're only about £130 inc VAT...