Making a VCD or SVCD

Hello there,

There have been many people who want to make a VCD or SVCD and have been
disappointed that Movie Maker cannot do it.

I have been looking at the most recent Windows XP Official Mag and find
that it co0ntains some useful programs. One of these programs is by Magix
and is called Movie Edit Silver. Apart from adding the potential for some
new transitions and effects to your desktop it also gives the chance to
create a VCD or SVCD with menus etc...

Well worth a look I think.
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Someone
Tue Jun 15 07:04:16 CDT 2004

Try Nero. It's easy and works well. You can get a trial version at
www.download.com. But if you don't want to pay for a program for making vcd
and svcd... then I suggest VCDeasy. It's free (or at least it was last I
checked). Google it and it should show up. It's a great program that will
allow you to add menus and some other features as well. The only problem I
had with it was that it's a bit tricky to set up--at least on my computer.
Friends of mine use it and have no trouble, so it must be me :-)



"John Kelly" <not.released@dot.com> wrote in message
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> Hello there,
>
> There have been many people who want to make a VCD or SVCD and have been
> disappointed that Movie Maker cannot do it.
>
> I have been looking at the most recent Windows XP Official Mag and find
> that it co0ntains some useful programs. One of these programs is by Magix
> and is called Movie Edit Silver. Apart from adding the potential for some
> new transitions and effects to your desktop it also gives the chance to
> create a VCD or SVCD with menus etc...
>
> Well worth a look I think.
> --
> Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> www.the-kellys.org
> www.the-kellys.co.uk
> ---
> All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
> obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work

John
Tue Jun 15 07:23:21 CDT 2004

Hello there,

Thanks for that. What I was trying to do was inform others that there is a
rather good editing & SVCD program being given away FREE on the cover disk
of the XP Magazine. I already have more than I will ever use in this area.
--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
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SecretSquirrel
Tue Jun 15 15:37:57 CDT 2004


"John Kelly" <not.released@dot.com> wrote in message
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> Hello there,
>
> Thanks for that. What I was trying to do was inform others that there is a
> rather good editing & SVCD program being given away FREE on the cover disk
> of the XP Magazine. I already have more than I will ever use in this area.

Movie Edit Sliver was given away with PCFormat last issue (same publisher)
and it's crap! It cannot make VCD's Period.

Silver edition is not able to write them. Only the £40 upgrade to version
XXX can write VCD.

**SS**

John
Tue Jun 15 15:44:59 CDT 2004

Hello there,

Oh. Its strange because the wizard took me all the way through and I
backed out because I did not want to waste a disk on an experiment. Does it
come up with some message right at the end then?

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk

"SecretSquirrel" <secret@secret.squirrel> wrote in message
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>
> "John Kelly" <not.released@dot.com> wrote in message
> news:Omp2NOtUEHA.808@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hello there,
> >
> > Thanks for that. What I was trying to do was inform others that there is
a
> > rather good editing & SVCD program being given away FREE on the cover
disk
> > of the XP Magazine. I already have more than I will ever use in this
area.
>
> Movie Edit Sliver was given away with PCFormat last issue (same publisher)
> and it's crap! It cannot make VCD's Period.
>
> Silver edition is not able to write them. Only the £40 upgrade to version
> XXX can write VCD.
>
> **SS**
>
>

SecretSquirrel
Wed Jun 16 10:43:31 CDT 2004


"John Kelly" <not.released@dot.com> wrote in message
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> Hello there,
>
> Oh. Its strange because the wizard took me all the way through and I
> backed out because I did not want to waste a disk on an experiment. Does
it
> come up with some message right at the end then?

Did with my copy. Said something about upgrading to Professional (i.e.
useful!) version. I too was fooled into thinking this was just the program
I'd been looking for. I didn't buy the magazine for this program, buy it
anyway - but still felt decieved.

Replace the word Silver Edition with DEMO!

**SS**

SecretSquirrel
Wed Jun 16 10:47:18 CDT 2004


"Someone" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Try Nero. It's easy and works well. You can get a trial version at
> www.download.com. But if you don't want to pay for a program for making
vcd
> and svcd... then I suggest VCDeasy. It's free (or at least it was last I
> checked). Google it and it should show up. It's a great program that
will
> allow you to add menus and some other features as well. The only problem
I
> had with it was that it's a bit tricky to set up--at least on my computer.
> Friends of mine use it and have no trouble, so it must be me :-)
been many people who want to make a VCD or SVCD and have been
> > disappointed that Movie Maker cannot do it.

Seems VCDeasy is now a £££ program. :-( - going to try out the demo tho'.
Here's hoping it'll actually write a few VCD's for me.

**SS**

John
Wed Jun 16 13:13:16 CDT 2004

Hello there,

You are right.....I thought I had followed the wizard to the last but one
stage....I tried earlier with a cd in the drive...and of course it
failed...pity for those who need something cheap and reliable...I should
have known better.
--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
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SecretSquirrel
Wed Jun 16 14:45:01 CDT 2004


"John Kelly" <not.released@dot.com> wrote in message
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> Hello there,
>
> You are right.....I thought I had followed the wizard to the last but one
> stage....I tried earlier with a cd in the drive...and of course it
> failed...pity for those who need something cheap and reliable...I should
> have known better.
> --
> Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> www.the-kellys.org
> www.the-kellys.co.uk

I've been trying to find a freeware program that can make VCD's, and I've
managed to find 6 for the MAC OSX, but nothing but trails/demos for Windows
:-(

**SS**

Rehan
Wed Jun 16 15:16:05 CDT 2004

I have tried VCDEasy and found it very good. The demo can make (s)vcds that
are nore more than than 200Mb. Most of mine do. For full vcds one may hunt
out the older version which was completely freeware. VCDEasy has the full
functionality for making menues but lacks a full visual interface such as
found in other paywares. But it is the only decent freeware around.

The last freeware version:
http://www.pc-magazin.de/datatip/common/dtt/download.php?areaid=66&fileid=2245







"SecretSquirrel" <secret@secret.squirrel> wrote in message
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>
> "Someone" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:4BBzc.82$%a.60@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
>> Try Nero. It's easy and works well. You can get a trial version at
>> www.download.com. But if you don't want to pay for a program for making
> vcd
>> and svcd... then I suggest VCDeasy. It's free (or at least it was last
>> I
>> checked). Google it and it should show up. It's a great program that
> will
>> allow you to add menus and some other features as well. The only problem
> I
>> had with it was that it's a bit tricky to set up--at least on my
>> computer.
>> Friends of mine use it and have no trouble, so it must be me :-)
> been many people who want to make a VCD or SVCD and have been
>> > disappointed that Movie Maker cannot do it.
>
> Seems VCDeasy is now a program. :-( - going to try out the demo tho'.
> Here's hoping it'll actually write a few VCD's for me.
>
> **SS**
>
>

John
Wed Jun 16 15:32:39 CDT 2004

Hello again,

I have a search running at the moment for vcd software. The program
searches around 15 or so other search engines including Google, which is
why it always finds more results than google alone.

So far it has made 512 hits and still searching. If you have a suitable
email address I can send you the "text only" output so you can go through
it. As always there are a few that are not worth looking at things like
"Best Prices at" and so on. I found a few trial versions on the first
screen and some of them looked rather good. As always you have to search
through these things to get the best, I would be surprised if there is not
at least one free program. If you are interested I will leave it running a
while. It orders the results so as to make life easy.

If you can create a use it once yahoo address perhaps that would work for
you.
--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
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SecretSquirrel
Thu Jun 17 10:10:10 CDT 2004

Cheers, that would be helpful. Here's my emial address:
secretsquirral2003@yahoo.co.uk

Please put moviemaker in the subject line to avoid auto delation.

**SS**


"John Kelly" <not.released@dot.com> wrote in message
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> Hello again,
>
> I have a search running at the moment for vcd software. The program
> searches around 15 or so other search engines including Google, which is
> why it always finds more results than google alone.
>
> So far it has made 512 hits and still searching. If you have a suitable
> email address I can send you the "text only" output so you can go through
> it. As always there are a few that are not worth looking at things like
> "Best Prices at" and so on. I found a few trial versions on the first
> screen and some of them looked rather good. As always you have to search
> through these things to get the best, I would be surprised if there is not
> at least one free program. If you are interested I will leave it running a
> while. It orders the results so as to make life easy.
>
> If you can create a use it once yahoo address perhaps that would work for
> you.
> --
> Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> www.the-kellys.org
> www.the-kellys.co.uk
> ---
> All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
> obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work