SVCD2DVDMPG is a tool which eases the creation of DVD compliant mpeg files from (S)VCD .bin images or .mpg files.
SVCD2DVDMPG is intended to help users to author DVDRs based on (S)VCD content. It eases the task by integrating all the necessary steps, like de-multiplexing, audio transcoding, and video header patching, in a single front end.
SVCD2DVDMPG is basically a front-end for several command line tools (BeSweet, mpgtx, and vcdxrip). It can produce either a multiplexed DVD-Video MPEG-2 stream, or separate MPEG-2 video and audio streams for DVD authoring software like DVDMaestro or Scenarist. The software is capable of handling both .MPG files and .BIN/CUE images.
SVCD2DVDMPG is intended to help users to author DVDRs based on (S)VCD content. The standard process for achieving this is quite convoluted (when achieving high compatibility) and involves numerous steps. These steps require a lot of human intervention and are typically:
- rip (S)VCD .bin images to mpgs
- demux mpgs to elementary streams (ES)
- resample the audio ES from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz
- patch the video ES/PS to DVD horizontal resolution
- optionally remux the ES streams into a mpg program stream (PS)
- Repatch VOB files after DVD authoring
- Given that we can, in theory, put 5 SVCD and many more VCD images onto one DVDR, we're talking a lot of work both computationally and - more importantly - by the user. All this before we even start authoring the DVD!
SVCD2DVDMPG helps by automating all the above steps whilst allowing certain settings to be set for a given situation.
