Cucusoft MPEG/AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD Converter Lite 7.07 - User Guide and FAQ

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1. Select button "To VCD"
2. Choose the "merge" or "batch" tab.
3. Click "Add/Open" button to open your avi file.
4. (optional) Set your preference: set the output MPEG properties.
5. Click "Convert" button to start the convert task
6. After you click "Convert" button, the conversion dialog will pop up automatically.

1. Select CD
2. Select "VideoCD" icon
3. Select radio button "PAL" or "NTSC" depending what format your output VCD file, which is producted by Cucusoft convert avi to VCD/DVD, is in.
4. And click "New" button.
5. Locate your .mpg and drag it(see picture below). Remember that you can add several .mpgs also, each mpg will be a own track on the VCD and you can add data files also, just drag them to any folder.
6. Check the time. It should be the same as in the movie.
7. Rename the CD to anything you like by clicking F2 on NEW.
8. Select File->Write CD or click "Open the write cd dialog..." button.
9. Select Write speed, lower may work better if you get problem playing the VCD. Select Disc at once and Finalize CD.
10. Select "Disc-At-Once".
11. Mark the check box of "Finalize CD".
12. Click "Write" button.

Frequently Asked Questions - Cucusoft MPEG/AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD Converter Lite

1. What is 'AVI to VCD / DVD'?
   'AVI to VCD / DVD' is a Windows based program to encode avi files to VCD/DVD/SVCD compliant mpeg files for recording to VCD with a VCD creation program. The resulting VCD/DVD/SVCD can be played on VCD players, and many DVD players.
   
   
2. OK, I have encoded my files, how do I copy them to a VCD/DVD/SVCD?
   'AVI to VCD / DVD' is just the file encoder. You will still need a CD recording application which can create all the required structures required for a VCD/DVD/SVCD, as well as write the mpeg files to individual tracks on the VCD/DVD/SVCD. There are several such packages out there such as NTI CD Maker, the full (Deluxe or Platinum) version of EZ CD Creator, InstantVideo, Nero, etc. YOU CAN'T JUST RECORD THE MPEG TO A CD AND EXPECT IT TO PLAY IN A DVD PLAYER! If your CD recording application can create VCD/DVD/SVCD's, there will be an explicit setting for creating a VCD/DVD/SVCD. Check your manual. For example, with Easy CD Creator, you need to use the EZ VCD Creator application which comes with it. For InstantCD, you need to use the InstantVideo selection in the startup menu.
   
   
3. I made a VCD, but my DVD player cannot play it.
   Not all DVD players can play VCDs. Some DVD players that can play commercially stamped "silver" VCD's cannot play VCD's on CD-R. You need to try both CD-R and CD-RW media. I have found that even different brands of CD-RW get different results.
   
   
4. What's a codec?
   Codec stands for "COmpressor/DECompressor". Every compressed video file uses a codec to decompress the individual frames for playback. There are a great many codecs. Some come with Windows, others must be downloaded and installed before you can play back the video. Some codecs are not compatible with DirectX, which is what 'AVI to VCD / DVD' uses to decode the video frames, in which case you will not be able to encode the video using 'AVI to VCD / DVD'. Try getting the latest version of the codec, it might work with 'AVI to VCD / DVD'.
   
   
5. Why is 'AVI to VCD / DVD' so slow?
   Depending on your computer system, you may experience anywhere from 1 to 10 frames (more or less) encoded per second. Some systems will be slower, some faster. This means it might easily take from 3 to 30 hours to encode 1 hour of video to mpeg. Mpeg encoding is a computationally intensive, and slow, process. The characteristics of the video also have an effect. If your video is 720x480, for example, 'AVI to VCD / DVD' needs to resize each frame to 352x240 (or 352x288 for PAL), which adds to the time required. Some codecs are also slower than others.
   
   
6. 'AVI to VCD / DVD' will not encode the video from my mjpeg capture card?
   Some mjpeg capture cards use a hardware based codec which is not compatible with the DirectShow component of DirectX. Some software mjpeg codecs are also not compatible with DirectX. You should first make sure you have the latest version of the codec. If that still does not work, then the only other thing I can suggest is to contact the manufacturer and request a DirectShow compatible version of your codec. Also make sure you have the latest version of DirectX installed on your system.