Guide on how to Convert VCD/SVCD to DVD

[Lazza]

Originally posted by Indiana Jones @ CDRG


It took me awhile but I created my own method on converting VCD/SVCD titles to DVD which works 100% everytime, sure it might seem to some a long way of doing it but this gives 100% results everytime and after all, isnt that what we all want.

Important thing to remember, never merge the VCD/SVCD files before you have converted them, this usually leads to lip-sync issues or sound drop out, by converting the files first then mergeing them no lip-sync issues will arrise.

Converting VCD to DVD

01. Extract the .dat file to a .mpg file using VCDGear
02. Open the DVD Wizard on TMPGEnc Plus, choose the correct format (PAL/NTSC)
03. Load the mpg file into it and then choose a bitrate
04. Choose a location to save to then press Go
05. Once you have done this with both parts of the VCD, load TMPGEnc Plus and choose MPEG Tools, then select Merge & Cut
06. Add the 2 new DVD Complaint MPEG files, choose a location to save to then Run
07. Once done you will have a DVD Compliant MPEG file which contains the whole film
08. Finally load the MPEG file into a DVD Authoring program (I use DVDLab), create menus, author then burn with your DVD Burning software (I use RecordNow Max)

Converting SVCD to DVD

01. Extract the .mpg file to your hard drive using VCDGear
02. Open DVD2AVI and load the mpeg file, then change the Audio-Channel Format to MPEG
03. Save the Project and this will produce 2 files, .d2v and .mpa
04. Change the audio file from .mpa to .mp2 then run it through a MP3-WAV Converter (I use Apex MP3 WAV Converter, good quality and fast)
05. Open the DVD Wizard on TMPGEnc Plus, choose the correct format (PAL/NTSC)
06. Load the .d2v and .wav files into it and then choose a bitrate
07. Choose a location to save to then press Go
08. Once you have done this with all parts of the SVCD, load TMPGEnc Plus and choose MPEG Tools, then select Merge & Cut
09. Add the new DVD Complaint MPEG files, choose a location to save to then Run
10. Once done you will have a DVD Compliant MPEG file which contains the whole film
11. Finally load the MPEG file into a DVD Authoring program (I use DVDLab), create menus, author then burn with your DVD Burning software (I use RecordNow Max)

[willand]

no offence or nothing, but u can use ya methods above, but if u want to save time and effort, just use a prog called


svcd2vd , it rips bins-dvd in 40mins, with menu's. chapters etc, and if u have mpeg then its even quicker, its excellent for multi's, takes 90 mins to do a 3 movie multi

the only bad thing is that u have to pay £10 for it, but well worth the money :)

If u want anymore info, lmk:wavey:

[celtic_druid]

The above instructions are for converting to full DVD res compliant files. Not the same as what you suggest.

Should point out that VCD's once the audio has been resampled are DVD compliant, but still not as compatible as full res MPEG2.

[willand]

hi m8, svcd2dvd does pretty much exactly the same, it resamples the audi etc, to full quality, but, for me its by the best and easiest :)

[celtic_druid]

It does not touch the video though which was my point.

[MattRix_Of_Smeg]

Just started doing VCD 1 of 3 using this method, and it says that there is another 2 hours 20 mins remainig.

Does that mean I am stuck doing all 3 for the next 7 or so hours before I even merge the 2 of them?

[Indiana Jones]

The amount of time it takes to convert each file really depends on your system spec, on my old computer (900MHz, 128Mb RAM) it took about 6 hours to convert a 40min SVCD but on my current system (AMD 2800+, 1GB RAM) it takes about double the length of the title so a 40min SVCD takes 80mins to convert.

[dougiefresh]

I followed your guide doing Day After Tomorrow & it didnt work. when Merging with tmpgenc after converting the files i get no audio. i had to just load both parts of my mpegs into ulead to author. do you know why this happens ?

[Indiana Jones]

Did you set different bitrates for the different parts as that can cause trouble? To be honest though I have never had a problem converting any VCD or SVCD to DVD using the above method, only time I have ever lost audio is when I have merged the files before they were converted, since I started merging the files after they had been converted I have never had a problem.

[dougiefresh]

Both where set the same. i always merge my files first & then convert & never had any problems with audio going outta sync. anyway i think its just this movie. it went outta sync both ways i tried so idk.

[Indiana Jones]

Was it the TUN release of the film as that has been nuked for being out of sync so wouldnt matter how it was converted the audio would still be out.

Also, on some VCD releases I have found they glitch and if you try to merge these together the glitch can cause the audio to drop out or go out of sync, that is why I recommend merging files once they have been converted as any glitches should have been corrected and to this day I have never had an out of sync film using the above method.

[Big]

It does not touch the video though which was my point.
True...but you can't polish a turd...:insane:

[celtic_druid]

Never said that the quality was any better, just that it was more compatible.
Quality will actually be worse since MPEG2 is lossy.

[dvdzuk]

Don't understand, converted the two mpeg files (vcd to dvd method) but then they turn out to be .m2v files??

[gilead]

Nero Vision will convert Pal to Ntsc or Ntsc to Pal