Authoring VCD Video To DVD

I wasn't really sure what forum to post this in - vcd or dvd, but I chose here.

In the a/D Guide, "How To Put VCDs on DVD", dRD describes pulling the vcd videos off discs already made; demuxing the audio & video, then resampling the .mp2 to the necessary 48kHz.

Well, I gave most of my vcds away, but have recently been making a few more with TMP, using my tried & true method. Loading in the standard NTSC-VCD template creates the proper, standard vcd-compliant mpeg-1 video. (which, I am told is also backwards-compatible with dvd standards; the whole idea here).

I ripped the original dvd audio to a 48kHz wave file. I use this wave file as the audio input to TMP. First, I selected the standard vcd template, then the "unlock" template so that I can specify that TMP *keep* the 48kHz sampling directly.

This way I don't have to use tooLame and SSRC (as described in the article) to re-encode the 44.1 kHz mp2 audio *back* to 48kHz. The resulting audio is _way_ superior this way as a quick listen on headphones will show.

Loading the resulting .mpg into VirtualDub shows the proper vcd resolution, and the proper (for later dvd burning) .mp2 audio, 48kHz sampling, stereo, 224 kbits.

I then used TMP's simple demux option to split the completed .mpg file into it's .m1v and .mp2 components.

Ok, I now have some [vcd-&-(more-importantly)-dvd compliant] video .m1v files, and their associated dvd-compatible 48kHz .mp2 files.

My very dumb question: How am I going to get these things onto a dvd so that my standalone player will recognize them?

That's a very big authoring question, I know.

One of Doom9's articles starts out....

"It has finally happened: IfoEdit is the first freeware program to be able to multiplex elementary audio and video streams and create a fully compliant DVD disc out of it." Well, that sounded *excellent*, but that's pretty much ALL I could understand of the whole article. (It gets *real* hairy after that).

Scanning through the article, I got the distinct impression (perhaps incorrectly) that I could only use *one* video file for the authoring process! This is no good for me because I'm making up a bunch of 1/2-hour Monty Python show episodes, and I estimate I can fit something like 15 shows-per-dvd *easily*. I estimate, roughly, that a single dvd blank can hold approx. 9+ hours of vcd-type video.

To keep things simple, I am not at all interested in creating a menu. No-no-no.

Also, with short 30-minute shows, I don't care about chapter breaks, *but* I _would_ like to have the separate shows individually selectable. With ordinary vcds, it's SIMPLE!

With all burning software, each individual vcd file will produce a separate 'track' when burning ordinary vcds on cd blanks. I have NO idea how to accomplish the same thing on dvd.

I suppose it would take 3 or 4 complete articles to fully answer even my basic question, "how to author the vcds to dvd", but unfortunately, the a/D article leaves off at this point.

I will be building up my Monty Python collection of tv shows in the interim, hoping to figure it all out later. I'm pretty certain my files are now indeed, all dvd-compatible. Any hints, tips, etc. very much appreciated.

(No doubt it's 'easy' when ya knows how!).

Thankee.

-- Mike --