Many users have been asking the question how do I convert XviD to DVD, and it's getting boring giving the same answer all the time. This is a tutorial on how to convert XviD/DivX/AVI to DVD using DVD2SVCD, CCE and some DVD author.
Required apps
DVD2SVCDCinemaCraft Encoder
Some DVD author (you may use any)
Step 1: Configuring all the settings
When you install DVD2SVCD you get a bunch of other applications like AviSynth, VStrip, BeSweet etc. so you don't have to get anything else. Now let's start with all the settings. Open up DVD2SVCD and ignore the pop-up message saying you should use the default settings if this is the first time you use the app.
Then open the Misc tab. In the Input file type select AVI and in Output file type select DVD. It should look like this:
Then click on the Default Output Folder button and choose Set default output folder. Browse to any folder you want, just make sure it has enough free disc space (around 5GB should be enough). Also set the DVD2SVCD Level to Advanced, some necessary features may be prohibited if you use Normal mode.
Now head over to the Conversion tab.
To the right in the AVI File field there's a browse button, click it and browse to the AVI you want to convert. Next, click the Go! button and then choose Preview video (still picture). This will show you how the final video will look. If you're video somehow is interlaced (only occurs on nuked releases), you can choose to Deinterlace it. You can do that by choosing one of the deinterlace methods from the Deinterlace dropdown menu (I've never had to use deinterlacing on AVI source). One thing you need to worry about here is the aspect ratio. Somehow it gets the AR settings wrong when you load your AVI, so you'll need to change between the 3 formats in order to get the desired aspect ratio. Just remember how the video should look and choose the correct AR settings.
You'll also see that under Selected Audiotracks there's now one track, and it says which format it is in. Depending on the format we maybe don't have to reencode the audio (e.g if the source is AC3). As far as I know there's no use in specifying which language the track is in (if it's AC3 it may be set to the correct language but not on MP3 sound).
Note: You need to specify the path to your encocer before you open your source file in the Conversion tab, you specify the path in the Encoder tab.
Now it's time to set up the Audio settings. Go to the Audio tab and have a look at it.
If your source was AC3 then just check Do not convert audio (use source audio). What is does is pretty selfexplaning. However if your source is MP3 (which is quite likely), you'll need to reencode it to MP2 (of course you could reencode it to AC3 too but this program doesn't support that). I don't think you'll need to change any settings here, just make sure Stereo is selected under Output mode. Choose whatever bitrate you want, although 224 is pretty minimum.
Next tab to go to is the Encoder tab.
Here you can choose between 4 encoders, although it's recommended that you use Cinema Craft Encoder. Specify the path to the encoder and then there's only one setting you may have to change, the Video encoding mode. If you're movie is short (less or equal than 90 minutes), you can safely use CBR without loosing any quality compared to VBR. If your movie is longer than that I recommend using VBR. In the Number of passes field enter how many passes it should encode. 3 is enough in almost every case, choose 4 or 5 if you want to but IMO this is quite unnecessary as the source isn't of top quality.
Now it's time to setup the Bitrate. Go to the Bitrate tab.
Max. : Should be set to 9400 for maximum quality.
Min. : Should be set to 0 (300 or 500 is also OK but I don't see why not to use 0)
Min avg. : Set it to anything, it isn't too important for this kind of conversion.
Max avg. : Set it high, like Min avg. it isn't too important for this kind of conversion.
CD Size: This is the most important one. Using a too high number here will result in oversized movies. The default of 4464 MB should be fine, I've set it to 4450 to be on the safe side.
Now to the last tab, the DVD Image tab.
As DVD2SVCD only supports Sonic Scenarist and DVD Author as authoring programs you may want to choose No Images. This will able you to import all files to your favorite authoring program and make a nice little menu there. However if you have Scenarist (2.7) and want DVD2SVCD to author it automatically for you, all you need to do is enter all the info in the fields and choose how many chapter points you want to add.
The following tabs don't need to be touched:
Finalize
About
Log
AVI Hints
Pulldown (PAL users NEVER even have to look at this tab)
Subtitles
Step 2: Hitting the Go! button
Now that you have all settings configured correctly, all you need to do is go to the Conversion tab and hit Go! and then Start conversion. The log will then open and you can see what is going on at the moment. After the conversion has finished it'll say Conversion done!.
This guide may seem very complicated but once you've configured everything once you don't have to touch almost anything. And once you start to know what all the settings do you don't need any guides like this anymore.
No lo hice yo solo lo traigo de donde aprendi hacerlo
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