AndyMan 7 #1 November 21, 2003 IIRC, you can write a AVI file to a CDROM in a manner that it will play on most DVD players. I believe its called a video disk. Anyone know how to do this? _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #2 November 21, 2003 Do you mean Video CD (VCD) or Super Video CD (SVCD)? There are a bunch of tutorials for doing this under Windows. The usual way to do it is to create MPEGs using TMPGEnc and then do chaptering and burning with a program like Nero. There are lots of tutorials here. Read the TMPGEnc tutorial first, then VCDEasy 101. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psw097 0 #3 November 21, 2003 Premier 6.5 has it built into the MPEG encoder or there are dozens of conversion tools free or shareware on the internet to convert AVI to VCD, SVCD or DVD. CD burning software like Nero can also do this. I have a bunch of free/shareware that I used before I upgrade to 6.5. Google: convert avi to vcd I realized I have a lot of redundant info with the above post - I don't type very fast - TMPGenc you do have to be careful if you are using DV AVI type I or II and they charge money for DVD output, unless they have upgraded it recently Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #4 November 21, 2003 Thanks Brian and Paul. Not surprisingly, knowing the correct name of the format increased the accuracy of my search results... _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #5 November 21, 2003 I'm confused - can you use premiere to do the chaptering and menus... do you even NEED to do chapters and menus? I'm going to a party and I want to throw my year-end flick on a CDROM, because my VHS deck sucks. Whats the easiest way to get it on a CDROM? _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #6 November 21, 2003 What I would do? Convert it to an MPEG with TMPGEnc. Then use the Nero VCD wizard to import the clip, do the menuing, and burn it. The freebie version of Nero that comes with OEM CD burners can only do regular VCD, but I'm sure you could *ahem* borrow a full version and do an SVCD. Total effort: A few minutes to fiddle with the options, and anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours waiting for the conversion to happen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psw097 0 #7 November 21, 2003 No, Premier will not do the chapters/titles etc. you can use it or something like TMPGenc to convert your DV AVI or other types of video to VCD (MPEG 1) or SVCD (MPEG II) format. VCD will give you about 1 hour of video per CD-R at not so good quality and SVCD will give you about 20 minutes at medium DVD quality. Almost all DVD players will play VCD but SVCD is spotty for support. Once the files are converted you can use Nero to make chapters and title pages. You do not have to have a menu page if it is all in one file you can just burn it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #8 November 21, 2003 Just a little bit of drift here. Does anyone know of a player of m2p (or is it mp2)** files that Premiere encodes for DVDs (without, that is, using custom DVD playing software). MPlayer won't play them. ** not at home - at the DZ waiting for a manifest call, and don't recall the extension.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psw097 0 #9 November 21, 2003 I use Cyberlink PowerDVD 4.0 - I think that is the version. It came with my Sony 500ax DVD burner. Work well, no complaints. But, in Premier you will need to interlace the audio or the player software will only show video - Default is not interlaced since you don't want the audio imbedded for DVDit or other DVD authoring software. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
