OT: Need some Audio/Video help

[Daniel Koster]

I have a long video file that was made using VCD (best I can figure out).

I want to convert it to a small video file to stream over the internet.

The video takes up the entire CD (or else I'd gladly email it.... )

The filename on the CD that contains the video content is: AVSEQ01.DAT


I have a pretty good video converter for AVI-to-WMV, etc. But I have no idea how to convert this one.

Any help?

 

[ferguson]

Keep in mind that I know nothing about what I say.

Just did a quick search "convert vcd to mpg" and came up with this shareware program

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/vcdeasy.cfm

Are mpgs what you need to come up with?

Good luck bud. This stuff is all greek to me.


steve

 

[munk]

Dan is so competant with this stuff I was mildly surprised to see him asking a question. Guess it just underscores that no one knows it all.



munk

 

[BruiseLeee]

Dan is so competant with this stuff I was mildly surprised to see him asking a question. Guess it just underscores that no one knows it all.

Maybe he's trolling.

 

[Daniel Koster]

Ferg - thanks for the link, I'm not sure it will help, though.



Here's the deal (maybe it will provide incentive).

Pasang made a video of Bura making a khukuri - gave it to Yangdu, who gave it to me. He used software similar to the link above to "compile" the video. VDC stands for Video CD. That means you can stick it in your computer, or in your DVD player and it will play the video on its own. No media player needed. It's "self sustaining".

Normally, that's a great idea. But in this case, I want to be able to take that video footage and stream it over the internet. I can do this already, if it's in mpeg, avi or wmv format.

However, since it's VCD, that means the video is "trapped" in a DAT file that's only accessible through VCD software.

I've never had a use for VCD, so I never took the time to fully learn it.

If there is anybody out there who is familiar/experienced with making/editing VCD, then you're the person I need to speak to. I need to know if it's possible to "export" the video to a different format.

If nobody replies, that's fine - I can still just duplicate the CDs and make them available for $$. But we're missing a great opportunity here to stream it over the internet for free........

 

[ferguson]

Sorry it didn't help. The software is supposed to export a file from VCD to Mpg or others. Way out of my league. Hope you get it done, I'd love to see the vid!

Steve

 

[Daniel Koster]

With that one, Mpeg is the "method", VCD is the end result. Puts me back at square one.


I'm still looking....

 

[Daniel Koster]

everything I found at download.com is for converting avi/wmv/etc to VCD (instead of the other way around)....

I may be SOL on this one...

 

[donutsrule]

Is this any help?

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141726.php

 

[Yvsa]

Dan what you're asking is way outta my league as I know squat about such things. I have found that asking Google very simple questions has paid off for me in the past but I don't know if anything on these pages may help or not.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=convert+VDC+to+Mpeg&btnG=Google+Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=convert+VCD+to+Mpeg&spell=1
There are a lot of references to the terms you're speaking about.

 

[Daniel Koster]

downloaded it - installed it - tried it a few times. Looks like it should be the right thing....but the output file has 0 bytes....

 

[BillTheCat]

VCD to AVI (DivX)

I hope your PC is up to the task of video conversion and encoding
Don't be surprised if it takes 1 hour(+) to do this. Use DivX 5.