I am having kittens over this problem, it's really starting to aggravate me! I have an mpeg2 file from an svcd. The file won't play at all in WMP. It plays perfectly in Womble and VirtualDub, but I can't burn it onto a DVD. I have tried Nero Express, DVDSanta won't work any more, WinAVI doesn't do anything with it. I've tried leaving it as an SVCD and burning straight to disc, but it won't play on my external DVD player, which is SVCD compatible by the way, and I can't convert mpeg to DVD file with anything. Is there something I'm missing?
SVCD Files can Not be Normally be authored to DVD unless you re-encode the File which is not a Good Idea because this will Totally Ruin the Quality... There is One Program though that will take your SVCD Mpeg-2 file and author it to DVD without re-encodeing the File so there is no Quality Loss and the DVD will Play on Most DVD Players.... What you need is a DVD authoring Program called "MediaChance DVDLab (Pro)" and it will accept your SVCD file and resample the audio to DVD audio for you and then let you add menu"s and Chapters and Burn the DVD For You...Doing it this way will let you Fit up to 3 Full SVCD Movies on each DVD.... There is a Guide in the Guides section on how to author SVCD Files to DVD useing DVDLab...You should Read it and Use it to Make your DVD...I used the same method to back up my 400 Movie SVCD Collection to DVD and they all turned out great.... This guide will tell you how to put multiple SVCD movies on a Single DVD-R... http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/multiple_svcd_on_dvdr.cfm
Yes, DVD Lab is THE choice (it accepts all: DVD MPEG-2, SVCD MPEG-2 and VCD MPEG-1). Or, if you want a free program, load the MPEG-2 with VCDGear and make a SVCD. Of course, you must check that the system (PAL/NTSC) complies with yours... Some players being unable to play MPEG-2 files is not uncommon...
