MPEG to VCD

[imported_Irse]

Is there any programs that will convert MPEG to VCD without burning a DVD? I just want a VCD file. I have a portable DVD player that has a USB port and SD slot but the only video it will accept from these two slots are VCD and not MPEG. Thanks

 

[MadRat]

Anything built around FFmpeg, like SUPER or WinFF. Pretty easy to convert between formats nowadays.

 

[akugami]

By VCD do you mean the Video CD format? If so VCD's basically use MPEG1 as the video format with a few minor differences I believe (been a long while since I made VCD's for home videos). Maybe it's a case of how the files were named. After extracting the .DAT files try renaming them to .MPG and see if that helps. I've seen car stereos that would not play MP3 files without the proper file extensions.

 

[Ken g6]

Assuming you really need a video in VCD format, the main program you need is TMPGEnc. Its MPEG2 encoding is time-limited in the free version, but its MPEG1 (VCD) encoding is not.

Your next problem is that TMPGEnc doesn't read MPEG2 files directly. To do that, get a program called DVD2AVI, open the MPEG2 file, save the project (not an AVI), and open the project with TMPGEnc.

Edit2: Oh, you may have problems with TMPGEnc reading the AC3 audio file. There's an old program called HeadAC3he that can convert them to WAV, which TMPGEnc can read.

Alternatively, you could try VCDEasy instead; but I haven't tried that one. Edit: And it looks like it's not free.

 

[MadRat]

SUPER and WinFF allow you to dump your files directly into VCD format. No need to go to all the hassle of those programs. Believe me, I used to use TMPGEnc among others.

 

[imported_Irse]

Thanks. I tried Super again but the extension is still MPEG.

 

[Nothinman]

Thanks. I tried Super again but the extension is still MPEG.

That's because VCDs use the MPEG codec to compress the video and audio. The closest thing to a "VCD file" is an ISO containing the MPEG streams in the proper directory structure.

 

[imported_Irse]

I tried converting to VCD (MPEG) on a Flash Drive with Videostudio 12 and the DVD did not play it. So it probably won't play this one. The manual does say it will play VCD on a flash drive but I don't know if it means .VCD (if there is such a thing) or MPEG 1. I guess maybe I should just get a Zune. Thanks.

Edit: Actually looking online, its supposed to play MPEG 4 videos so I will try that. I thought in the manual it said that it would play VCD from a drive but I can't find it any longer. Maybe my eyes are bad.

 

[Ken g6]

For MPEG 4 converters, see this thread.

 

[Pretty Cool]

Just to clarify, a vcd means a mpeg-1 video with a resolution of 352x240, 29.97 fps, and mp2 audio at 224 kb/s burnt on to a cdr or cdrw. Anything other than this (like burning to a dvd) is not a vcd. By the way, I have never even seen a .vcd file, and I have burned lots of vcd's. If you want to burn the file to a VCD so a dvd player can read them, the freebie Ashampoo can take the mpeg-1 compliant video and burn it to a cdr. An alternative would be to burn it onto a dvdr because the dvd player specs supports the mpeg-1 video. However, the dvdr disk will have the same files and folders as a regular dvd (not vcd).

Of course, all the above info means little now because it sounds like your player wants some mp4 format instead of raw mpeg-1 or .dat which is the video file on a vcd.

 

[MadRat]

I just take my mpeg's and burn the vcd in nero. You can create a nice menu for your vcd if you have a full version of nero. I personally used to like to index my vcd files so I can ff/rev through them, plus I break them up into chapters so I can jump ahead in larger increments. If you don't do indexes or chapters then some dvd players are a hassle to skip ahead on movies.