FS613
Premium
join:2002-11-18
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit |  [Need Info] Burn Video to CD
My PC runs Windows XP Home SP 2.
It has an internal CD player/burner and a DVD player, but not a DVD burner.
Does anyone know of any software (free of spyware and adware) that can convert an MP4 file or an MOV file and then burn it onto a CD as a video/audio file that can be played on a DVD player connected to a TV?
Thank you. |
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wings10
I Am Legend
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join:2004-06-09
South Elgin, IL
1 edit | Your burning software should allow you to make a VCD or SVCD.
For converting the DVD to VCD try DVDfab or Intervideo
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"The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration." |
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fuziwuzi
Not born yesterday
Premium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA
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Google for some VCD or SVCD conversion software (there are several good ones available). Just know that a VCD or even an SVCD is only about "VHS tape" quality in picture and sound, so you're not going to get high quality. VCD would be equivalent to a VHS recorded in EP mode, SVCD quality equivalent to VHS recorded in SP mode. |
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janderso1
Jim
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-15
Saint Petersburg, FL
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Have you considered buying a DVD burner? They aren’t very expensive.
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···27106226
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btB
@sbcglobal.net
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I do not think there is any free software that will do everything in one step. So, just get software (Super, MediaCoder, Any Video Converter, FormatFactory XMedia Recode, whatever) to convert the video to mpeg-1. Then, use a decent burning program (Nero/Roxio/whatever that was bundled with your drive or a freebie like Ashampoo)with a "burn a vcd" option in their wizard. A vcd can hold a little under 80 minutes of video. |
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wings10
I Am Legend
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join:2004-06-09
South Elgin, IL | reply to FS613
All you need to know.
»www.videohelp.com/vcd |
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Unknown_Poster
@verizon.net
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I make VCDs all the time.
I agree that the quality isn't up to snuff of a DVD, but it's good enough. Eminently watchable.
Of course, the higher the quality of your source material, the better the VCD (or SVCD) will look.
Look at your DVD player's manual to see what formats it supports.
Both of these apps will convert directly to a burnable VCD or SVCD from those file types you mentioned:
»mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?p···avidemux
»www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
I'm an AVI-Demux fan, personally. |
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btB
@sbcglobal.net
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I probably should not have mentioned SUPER. Program pretty much sucks if you want to burn a VCD. While the application has multiple drop-down menu items for vcd/mpeg-1, none of them are THE correct standard. So, you have reencode the mpg a 2nd time if you accept the defaults. Usually I convert to mpeg-1 with TMPGenc, but that program does not handle mov or mp4 files. |
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Unknown_Poster
@verizon.net
| said by btB :
I probably should not have mentioned SUPER. Program pretty much sucks if you want to burn a VCD. While the application has multiple drop-down menu items for vcd/mpeg-1, none of them are THE correct standard. So, you have reencode the mpg a 2nd time if you accept the defaults. Usually I convert to mpeg-1 with TMPGenc, but that program does not handle mov or mp4 files. I've burned plenty of VCDs directly after encoding with SUPER. No problem.
No menus, and it may not be the 'strict standard'-- but it burns and plays just fine-- on my DVD player, anyway.
Which, btw, won't accept a DVD-R or R/W disc-- only 'factory burned' DVDs. But it'll accept a VCD.
Go figure. |
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btB
@sbcglobal.net | reply to FS613
To me, SUPER is just not worth the hassle of potentially having to re-encode the video a 2nd time because another program refuses to continue the burn process. |
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Unknown_Poster
@verizon.net
| said by btB :
To me, SUPER is just not worth the hassle of potentially having to re-encode the video a 2nd time because another program refuses to continue the burn process.
I hear that.
As I said earlier, put me down as an AVI-Demux fan for making VCDs.
Btw-- Do you (or anyone) happen to know exactly what the story is with TMPGenc? Is it a free program or not?
I've downloaded the installer but have never installed it.
There seems to be a lot of talk around video help websites that TMPGenc is a free program, yet every time I go their website they're offering a '30-day free trial' version of something that they seem to be selling.
If there are two different versions, one free and one paid, I'm not seeing it.
Thanks for any info on this. |
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btB
@sbcglobal.net
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TMPGEnc makes multiple products. The relevant product for this discussion would be TMPGEnc Free Edition.
»www.tmpgenc.net/en/download.html
Product is free & provides unlimited conversion to mpeg-1. However, mpeg-2 conversion is only available free on a 30-day trial basis. |
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Unknown_Poster
@verizon.net
| said by btB :» www.tmpgenc.net/en/download.htmlProduct is free & provides unlimited conversion to mpeg-1. However, mpeg-2 conversion is only available free on a 30-day trial basis. I see.
It's both free and unrestricted and a 30-day trial version rolled up into one installer.
Hence my confusion, and thank you for clearing that up. |
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