Is it possible...

bombidol · 20-05-2002 4:43pm #1

... To burn an AVI or Mpeg on to a CD and play it in my PS2? or if not a Ps2 what about a normal DVD player?

Bomb

PPC · 20-05-2002 4:54pm

You can make MPG into VCD's i think.
Try search for mpeg to vcd software.
But it will only play in decent dvd players (not the cheapo ones)
Won't play in a ps2

po0k · 20-05-2002 4:57pm

yeah, avi2vcd or soemthing.

get mroe stuff from here

PiE · 20-05-2002 5:05pm

Actually the cheapest DVD players are often quite good for playing VCD's as theyre usually slapped together in Asia where VCD's are hugely popular.

Having said that, I've a Panasonic SC-HT70 which plays them no problems.

PPC · 20-05-2002 5:19pm

Originally posted by PiE
Actually the cheapest DVD players are often quite good for playing VCD's as theyre usually slapped together in Asia where VCD's are hugely popular.

Having said that, I've a Panasonic SC-HT70 which plays them no problems.

Yeah you got a Panasonic not a Yakamaka 50000 DVD Player.

JustHalf · 20-05-2002 5:27pm

PS/2 won't play VCDs. Unless you can make a DVD, then you're screwed.

Quigs Snr · 20-05-2002 6:11pm

Apparently you can make your own PS2 movie files, never tried it but heres a link to the guide.

http://www.megagames.com/console/cgi-bin/dlps2.cgi?guide2pss!zip

PiE · 21-05-2002 4:45pm

Originally posted by PPC
Yeah you got a Panasonic not a Yakamaka 50000 DVD Player.

I hear they're excellent ;]

SantaHoe · 21-05-2002 5:45pm

Easy CD Creator can burn VCD's, but you have to convert your AVI to mpeg2 first... playing the VCD on the PS2's DVD player should in theory work, but I've never tried it before.

JustHalf · 22-05-2002 10:50am

Well I have, and they don't.

Why don't people listen?

alb · 22-05-2002 11:17am

VCD's are really **** quality though no? compared to DVD or DivX< I heard you'd have to uncompress a movie that took up say 1 CD on to about 4 CD's in VCD to get similar quality

Quigs Snr · 22-05-2002 11:32am

It depends. I have seen some really poor VCD's however, I have seen pretty damn good ones fit onto 2 CD's before (still much much worse than VHS quality even, but very watchable all the same).

PiE · 22-05-2002 2:10pm

Yea, good quality VCD's take at least(!) 2 CD's. Even the best come out looking a tad blurry. Still very watchable though. And you can use CD-RW's so once you've watched the movie you can record over it :]

Kali · 22-05-2002 6:51pm

isnt VCD a fixed resolution format? or is this 2/4 cd stuff refering to SVCD etc.?

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