How can I make a 4.7Gb VCD disc (not in DVD format).

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  1. heavensed

    heavensed Member

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    I have captured all my home movies (birthdays, weddings, etc) onto my PC and compiled many DVDs from these files. I can play all my DVDs fine but when I make copies for other family members they can't play them. I think the age and model of their standalone players may be a contributing factor to this problem.

    As an experiment I converted some of the movies from one DVD into VCD format. I burnt them onto a CD-R as a test (to not waste a DVD-R disc) and to my surprise the VCD worked on EVERYONE's standalone player. The quality was lower but was only noticeable on larger televisions.

    I went on to convert all the movies on the DVDs to the VCD compliant format and found I could fit almost the entire collection onto one DVD-R. This is where the problem starts. My burning software (RecordnowMAX) does not support burning a VCD onto media larger than a CD (800Mb).

    I went searching for answers to my problem, forum after forum, post after post. I tried one method which said use TMPGenc DVD author but found all it did was convert the VCD compliant files back to a DVD compliant format (IFO's and VOB's).

    I guess what I am after is a way of making a 4.7Gb VCD disc which contains the same file structures as a VCD.

    Is this possible and how?

    I would appreciate some advice.
     
    heavensed, Jul 8, 2004
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    I have never tried this and dont think it is Possible, Basically VCD is MODE 2 burning on a regular disc, which means its more the minutes that count than the MB's, like 800MB = 80mins, now you couldnt fit, 800MB onto a Mode1 disc (well there are methods but nothing that is perfect).

    Only thing I would recommend to you is you try alternative DVD-R media. Some DVD Players will play almost anything, wheras others are very picky about the media you use!
     
    Dela, Jul 13, 2004
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    If their players won't play DVDs on recordable media I'd say they definitely won't play VCDs recorded on the same media. I agree with Dela that it's probably an issue of what media you're using. Have you been using +R media? If so, that's probably the issue for older players. Even if you use -R media, some players (especially older ones) are very picky about what media they recognize. If you browse through the media forum you'll notice that most people recommend either Ritek Grade A or branded Verbatim.
     
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    @vurbal, exactly. I dont see why people actually buy DVD+R's, i get mine free, well, kind of, i do a small, very small amount of work for a friend and he buys them, im hardly going to tell him "hey man, next time get -R! lol". I use Riteks too but in the past I had trouble with Verbatim CD-R's, how is their branded DVD-R media??
     
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    @Dela: I've had great luck with them. The ones I've had have all used Ritek dye. I think all their branded DVDs have either that or AZO. And I agree about the +Rs. The only reason I've ever bought them (the Verbatim's in fact) was because I forgot to order discs until it was too late and the only good ones I could get locally were +R.
     
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    @vurbal, Thanks, i'll give em a try then. With all the bad media floating around its not a bad idea to get a list of good media!
     
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    No problem. I feel the same way.
     
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    Dela, Jul 13, 2004
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    @ALL: Thank you for your responses and input. I am in fact using Ritek DVD-R G04 discs for all my work. I have also read all the stats for DVD players prior to posting this message and although most the players listed state they play DVD-R it's only in theory. What I might do is try different DVD-R media and recording tools and keep a sample pack to test on all players I come across. I can then go with the disc/method which works best for them. Thanks again.
     
    heavensed, Jul 15, 2004
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    hey no problem on my part anyways man! :) Sorry i cudnt help more than that1
     
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