Excuse the n00b question

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Alright, say I have an xvid movie I want to turn into a vcd, is there an all in one program I can use that's relatively simple? I've read a bunch of faq's and most of them tell me to download like 3 seperate programs and it's relatively complicated to follow. I'm not computer illiterate in any way, but it's still hard to follow. If not, can someone direct me to a guide that's put into idiot terms. Thanks.

[RealitY]

The easiest is vsoDivXToDVD which is basically one step app...

[muchspl3]

he wants vcd
nero can do it but its subpar IMO, but I would use tmpgenc (www.tmpgenc.net) then use nero to burn it

[orcutt989]

he wants vcd
nero can do it but its subpar IMO, but I would use tmpgenc (www.tmpgenc.net (http://www.tmpgenc.net/)) then use nero to burn it

Nero doesnt convert well or something?

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Alright so I burned the first half of the movie and i pop it in and it works....but no sound. I open the movie on my computer to discover...no codec. Divx says unknown codec and wmp says error retreveing codec, which I assume is the same thing. How do I know which one I need? And where to get it?

[keyser_soze]

Download the divx codec from here http://www.divx.com/ nero although I know is not renowned for being the best encoder in the world for whatever techie reasons I dont understand is still simple to use effective, Judging by your question I wouldn't bother with TEMPGEnc just at the minute as it takes a fair bit of knowledge of video encoding terminology to use and the wizard part does'nt get the best results, if you know what your doing TEMPGEnc is probably good.

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Alright, thanks for all of the help so far, but I have two last questions. The file I have is 640 x 272 and has an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and I have a 36 inch sony trinitron. I want to know how to make it so the file isn't full screen. When it's full screen it stretches bad. Finally I found the audio codec and it works fine on my computer, but on cd the audio and the video are not in sync. How can I fix this? I burned it with nero by the way, if that makes any difference.

[muchspl3]

one of the downfalls of nero....

just learn to do it the right way first with tmpgenc
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/tmpgenc_basic_guide.cfm

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Alright, I think I've figured everything out, but the movie i downloaded has an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and the one I can choose in tmpgenc is 2.21:1. SHould I pick that or just pick 16:9?

[muchspl3]

choose fullscreen (keep aspic ratio)

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I don't see that option, maybe 1:1 VGA?

[muchspl3]

http://www.videohelp.com/images/tmpgenckeepaspectratio.png

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Thanks for all the help muchspl.

I was looking at the wizard btw.