Does anyone know of any free (or trial) software that converts Video CDs to MPEG (or any other popular video format)? I have some video footage that a put on video cd ages ago and have since lost the original file. Thanks, Thomas
theres loads of them, just search for "convert VCD to MPG" into your fav search engine, but be carful most of them either put a big banner accross the viewing window, or will only complete about 80% or your project
I'm confused... VCD *is* MPEG video format. Why would you wany to re-encode it and reduce the quality even more?
i know but, i thought VCD was just a way to burn an MPEG file to CDr to make it compatable with DVD players, bassically converting a file to occupy a full CDr, what am i wrong about ?
Cos that's the only way I can recover the lost mpeg file that is on a video cd (or so I think). I think I've found one that does the whole thing. It's just doing it now.
True, VCD is MPEG format. However, true again, VCD has a special file system which means that you can not just copy the video part onto your HDD. In other words you need to extract it to your HDD. Check my signature for the link to VideoHelp.com. Or if you cannot be bothered to look through there (I dunno... for general education) look here - http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?howtoselect=4;14#4;14 I think most methods use freeware where possible. Good luck!
On a Linux system, I would simply do a raw copy of the disc to an image file and play said file with Mplayer. I don't know if this is possible on Windows, but if it is, I would recommend something similar to avoid re-encoding the already compressed video data.
Yeah I could have done that on Windows, but the idea was I could get an mpeg file so I could edit it in Pinnacle.
Ahh, I understand now! In that case, it sounds like you're definately taking the right path. I still stand by the principle of my previous statements though. To recap, try to avoid re-encoding video and audio which is already compressed. The quality will only degrade, not improve by the process.
