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VCD to DVD ETC....

Nov 25, 2005 7:13PM PST

Ok, I am not a multimedia guru in the least but learning. I have a ton of home movies on cds, in NTSC, MPEG, I can't remember all of them since different programs were used to create them, Roxio for some, Intervideo Windvd for some, Windows Movie maker for others. I wanted to put these home movies together on a DVD, sick and tired of sorting through them. What my wife wants is to put them on a DVD with a menu ...my newborn daughter, my son's first bike ride, etc.... or at least sort some by years. Now, I know intervideo windvd does this but the problem i'm having is this...what do I use to extract the files , and then convert them? I used iso buster to extract the video from the cd, figured IVwindvd would make the movie and put it to DVD, wrong. The DVD won't work, even in a pc. I can watch the FILES that are on my pc, but that's it. I tried some weird converter but the sound was garbled and my son was riding his bike headless, not the best home movie when the upper half is cut. So, money is tight, what would anyone suggest to use for little to free , to take the CD, take my video off, convert it so I can put them together in my IVWindvd, and make a nice DVD with menus, etc...?
I have an Emachines
64 vid ram
512 ram
1.73 ghz amd 2100+
80 gig western digital
Winxp pro sp2
Two standard DVD R\RW burners
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Thanks in advance.

Paul

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DVDSanta trial version.
Nov 25, 2005 9:55PM PST

The VCD has these .DAT files where are MPEGs. Just copy them off the disks and rename then to 1.mpg, 2.mpg as you want.

Go get DVDSanta (google.com) and you can use it's demo mode to craft another DVD with said mpeg files.

Usually works, but since many TV SET TOP boxes don't play recorded DVDs, this will never fix that. However it should help you make a nice new DVD that will play on newer players.

Bob

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Thank's will do...
Nov 26, 2005 1:42AM PST

Thanks Bob, I will give it a whirl. I'll let you know how it works.

Paul

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update...
Nov 26, 2005 4:37AM PST

Yup, thanks. Dvdsanta will do. Now just to buy it and i'm all set. I tried it with a smaller file just to see if it works. It's easy to use, no complaints hereHappy

Thanks again, Paul

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Good to read.
Nov 26, 2005 7:50AM PST

It's nice to see that the tip about the mpg files paid off.

Bob