Using Nero And Burning a VCD....

[Josh]

I was, uh, once again trying to burn a video of a family reunion that was in AVI format. When I selected in Nero it took like 3 hours to "Encode" the video and then froze at 100%. When I used an MPEG it was quick and didn't freeze. Is there any way to do this with a AVI file? I don't want to sit here for 3 hours watching it "Encode" the video, so if there is another way, please help out!

Thanks in advance,
Josh

 

[konichiwa]

An AVI file is generally not a VCD. A VCD is an MPEG-1 file and is stored in a .mpg file. In order to convert your .avi files to VCD format you have to run a VCD encoder (NOT nero).

 

[Josh]

<< An AVI file is generally not a VCD. A VCD is an MPEG-1 file and is stored in a .mpg file. In order to convert your .avi files to VCD format you have to run a VCD encoder (NOT nero). >>



Know where I can find a VCD encoder?

 

[konichiwa]

You can go to vcdhelp.com (click &quot;convert&quot; on the left) for information on converting to and from various video formats. It will outline how to do it. The easiest (and free-est) VCD encoder is TMPGEnc. I think you can download it from vcdhelp, if not, try doom9.org (they also have conversion tutorials)

Note that this isn't going to be a simple procedure ... it's analogous to converting a wav file into an mp3, except imagine the wav file is 2 hours long and 200 times as big. It will take a good chunk of time.

 

[Josh]

<< You can go to vcdhelp.com (click &quot;convert&quot; on the left) for information on converting to and from various video formats. It will outline how to do it. The easiest (and free-est) VCD encoder is TMPGEnc. I think you can download it from vcdhelp, if not, try doom9.org (they also have conversion tutorials)

Note that this isn't going to be a simple procedure ... it's analogous to converting a wav file into an mp3, except imagine the wav file is 2 hours long and 200 times as big. It will take a good chunk of time. >>



I tried it, but it doesn't seem to wanna load the video as my AVI file. I can put the AVI file in the audio part though?

 

[konichiwa]

You followed the instructions on VCDHelp, using TMPGEnc? What happens when you try to load your AVI file? And what kind of AVI file is it? DivX?

 

[Josh]

<< You followed the instructions on VCDHelp, using TMPGEnc? What happens when you try to load your AVI file? And what kind of AVI file is it? DivX? >>



Yea, it's DivX

 

[konichiwa]

And I assume you have the DivX codec installed? What happens when you try to load it?

 

[MrCodeDude]

Konichuwa seems to know a lot about this, so I have a question. I have my Family Reunion in 2 .avi files. When I convert them to .mpg, is there anyway to combine them so they play on my DVD player?
-- mrcodedude

 

[j0lly]

Koni, thanks for the link. I bought some rare kungfu vcd's when I was in Singapore and could never play it. Now it works

 

[konichiwa]

You can simply convert them all to VCD (check the links I gave Josh) and then add them to a VCD compilation in Nero. Doing this will turn them into tracks on the VCD (like chapters on a DVD) and, assuming your DVD player can play VCDs, it will play fine.

 

[Josh]

<< And I assume you have the DivX codec installed? What happens when you try to load it? >>



DivX codec -- umm....i can load the movies and watch them. Not sure what 'cha mean, but when i load it in that TMPEG thing it says &quot;File cannot be open or unsupported&quot;

 

[konichiwa]

I just loaded a DivX file in TMPG and it worked fine.

 

[Josh]

<< I just loaded a DivX file in TMPG and it worked fine. >>



An AVI divx file? You clicked &quot;load video&quot; and it worked fine?

 

[konichiwa]

I clicked &quot;Browse&quot; next to Load Video and loaded makingRadius.avi that I just downloaded from divx.com -- running TMPGEnc version &quot;Beta 12a&quot;

 

[Josh]

<< I clicked &quot;Browse&quot; next to Load Video and loaded makingRadius.avi that I just downloaded from divx.com -- running TMPGEnc version &quot;Beta 12a&quot; >>



Ive got Beta 12i -- that a problem?

 

[konichiwa]

I don't think that should matter, but I zipped up my TMPGEnc directory and I'm uploading it here:

Click

It's still uploading, so give it about 3 minutes before you download. This is version 12a Japanese, already Patched to English. Just unzip all the files into a program directory and run TMPGEnc.exe. Give it a few minutes before you download.

DONE

 

[Josh]

<< I don't think that should matter, but I zipped up my TMPGEnc directory and I'm uploading it here:

Click

It's still uploading, so give it about 3 minutes before you download. This is version 12a Japanese, already Patched to English. Just unzip all the files into a program directory and run TMPGEnc.exe. Give it a few minutes before you download. >>



Thanks, ill try it out. You done?

 

[jaybert]

It takes me about 1hr 10minutes to encode 50minutes worth of .avi to .mpg. I have a athlon 1.2 w/ 384mb pc2100 ddr memory. I use VirtualDub's frameserver and then the actual encoding is done through TMPEG.

 

[Josh]

<< It takes me about 1hr 10minutes to encode 50minutes worth of .avi to .mpg. I have a athlon 1.2 w/ 384mb pc2100 ddr memory. I use VirtualDub's frameserver and then the actual encoding is done through TMPEG. >>



Damn. Nice PC

 

[Josh]

Im getting errors with that ZIP file

 

[Josh]

Nevermind, got it working 10 hours!?!?!?

 

[randomlinh]

konichiwa, damn... the only reason to want to get an 1.4ghz t-bird.. to cut my crazy 14hr divx ripping time