Why VCD or SVCD or DVD? How do I make a VCD, SVCD or DVD? How do I play a VCD on my computer? How do I play a SVCD on my computer? How do I play a DVD on my computer? How do I play a DivX on my computer? How do I watch movies on the TV with the computer? What standalone DVD Players can play VCDs? What standalone DVD Players can play SVCDs? What standalone DVD Players can play miniDVDs? What standalone DVD Players can play XVCDs? What standalone DVD Players can play DivXs? Where do I download applications? Where do I buy original VCD Movies? Where do I buy original SVCD Movies? Which MPEG Encoder is the best? How can I take a screenshot from a VCD,DVD,DivX… video? What do I do with these .rar,.r00,.r02 files? How do I make VCD photo CD? How do I make Karaoke VCD or DVD? Can PS2 play VCD, SVCD, Mini-DVD, XVCD, XSVCD ?

Playing Problems I can not play the AVI movie that I have downloaded? I can not play the DivX movie that I have downloaded? I get some purple/pink/red colors when I play AVIs,DivX..? I can not play any VCD on my computer? I can not play any SVCD on my computer? I can not play any MPEG2 on my computer? How do I play a ripped DVD movie on my computer? I can not forward or rewind on my VCD's on my standalone DVD Player? I can not forward or rewind on my SVCD's on my standalone DVD Player? I burnt a VCD/SVCD and it doesn't play on my DVD Player? My DVD Player won't play the VCD/SVCD I burnt on CD-R?

Conversion How do I convert or download a streaming ASF,RM? How do I convert a MPG/AVI/DivX/MOV/Anything to VCD,SVCD,DVD,miniDVD,Divx,RM,Anything? How do I add own subtitles to a video and encode to a VCD/SVCD? How do I add Subrip, .SRT or MicroDVD, .SUB subtitles to a DivX video and encode to a VCD/SVCD? How do I convert a PAL/NTSC VCD to NTSC/PAL VCD? How do I convert only the audio in a MPG/AVI/DivX/ASF to mp3 or wav? How do I get better audio quality with TMPGEnc and how to use toolame? How do I use toolame with TMPGEnc? The audio get out of synch or freezes when converting a DivX/ASF to MPG? How to use the Avisynth frameserver with FlaskMPEG? How to use the Avisynth frameserver with Adobe Premiere? When I convert a AVI,DivX the colors change to purple/pink/red some times? How do I convert an AC3 audio file or DivX with AC3 to an audio file?

Capture How do I capture with my TV-card/TV-in and convert to VCD? How to use Virtualdubs frameserver? How to use Virtualdubs Multisegment Capture (Spill System)? What capture card should I get? Why can't I capture to files bigger than 4 GB? Why can I only capture(copy) ~18 min DV?

Burn Can I copy a DVD Movie like copy a AudioCD if I have a DVD Writer/Burner? Can I copy-protect or add a password to my own made VCDs or SVCDs? Can I copy-protect my own made DVDs? Does burn speed matter when burning VCDs or SVCDs? How do I convert or extract a BIN/CUE(CDRWIN), CIF,ISO(Easy CD, Iauthor), NRG(Nero), C2D(WinOnCD) Image? How do I mount a BIN/CUE as a virtual CD-ROM unit? How do I burn a BIN? How do I make a BIN? How do I burn a DivX? How do I burn a MPEG as a VCD? How do I burn a MPEG file bigger than 650 MB? How do I copy a VCD? How do I copy a SVCD? How do I copy a DVD? How do I make a VCD or SVCD with menus and chapters? How do I make a DVD with menus and chapters? How do I make a VCD photo album / slide show? How do I make an autoplay, autorun VCD,SVCD,DivX,AVI? How come that I can fit 740 MB on a 74 min CD or 800 MB on a 80 min CD? How come that I can only fit 4.3 GB on a 4.7 DVDR?

DVD Ripping How do I rip a DVD to my harddrive? How do I convert to VCD,SVCD,DivX or DVD?

Multiplex How do I demultiplex a MPG,AVI,DivX,ASF? How do I multiplex a MPG,AVI,DivX,ASF? How do I multiplex with bbMPEG?

Audio How can I convert the VCD audio to an audio CD or a wav file? How can I convert the DVD audio to an audio CD or a wav file? How do I convert an AC3 audio file or DivX with AC3 to an audio file? How do I convert a wav audio file to a mpeg audio file? How do I convert only the audio in a MPG/AVI/DivX/ASF to MP3 or WAV? How do I fix audio sync in a MPG? The audio get out of synch or freezes when converting a DivX/ASF to MPG?

Region free How do I make my DVD-ROM regionfree? How do I make WinDVD,PowerDVD,Win2k… region free? How do I make Hollywood Plus DVDStation region free? How do I make my standalone DVD region free?

Repair How do I repair a MPG/MPEG? How do I repair a DivX/AVI? How do I repair a ASF?

Edit/Cut/Join How do I split/cut/edit a DivX/AVI? How do I join DivXs/AVIs? How do I split/cut/edit a MPEG? How do I join MPEG? How do I add a logo, watermark or text to a video file? How do I remove a logo or text,subtitles in a video file?

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A VCD,XVCD,XSVCD or SVCD are burned in mode 2 form 2 instead of ordinary data mode where you fit 650 MB on a 74 min CD. The mode2 form2 has less error correction than data mode.

80 min CD VCD/SVCD/XVCD mode

Mode2 Form2 = 2324 bytes/sector = 360 000 * 2324 = about 800 MB on a 80 min CD.
Data mode
Mode1 Form1 = 2048 bytes/sector = 360 000 * 2048 = about 700 MB on a 80 min CD.

(a 80min CD has 75 sectors/s = 80min CD * 60 * 75 = 360000)

74 min CD VCD/SVCD/XVCD mode

Mode2 Form2 = 2324 bytes/sector = 333 000 * 2324 = about 740 MB on a 74 min CD.
Data mode
Mode1 Form1 = 2048 bytes/sector = 333 000 * 2048 = about 650 MB on a 74 min CD.

(a 74min CD has 75 sectors/s = 74min CD * 60 * 75 = 333000)