Why convert to (s)vcd?
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prolly because DVD PLAYERS are about a quarter of that price 
Yep converting good quality to (S)VCD is really out of date as per above better off with a DVD burner!
Absolutely, I havent made a VCD for 2 1/2 years and a SVCD for 1 1/2 years, so guess how long I've had my DVD burner for ?
However, for those not so well off, VCD is still a good alternative. A CD Burner is 1/4 the cost of a DVD burner, a CDR is 1/4 the cost of a dvdr and they play on just about anything.
However, for those not so well off, VCD is still a good alternative. A CD Burner is 1/4 the cost of a DVD burner, a CDR is 1/4 the cost of a dvdr and they play on just about anything.
And portable CD/MP3/VCD players are a lot cheaper than portable DVD.
SVCD looks like a format that's missed the boat, since it's less supported than VCD, but offers less compression than DivX/Xvid type codecs.
VCD, especially if made by a program which bungs a PC compatible player on as well, wins hands down in the compatibility stakes, playing acceptably on systems that are far too weedy to handle DVD or DivX (Divx is VERY CPU hungry, and generally lacks any hardware assistance)
SVCD looks like a format that's missed the boat, since it's less supported than VCD, but offers less compression than DivX/Xvid type codecs.
VCD, especially if made by a program which bungs a PC compatible player on as well, wins hands down in the compatibility stakes, playing acceptably on systems that are far too weedy to handle DVD or DivX (Divx is VERY CPU hungry, and generally lacks any hardware assistance)
You could for instance though put geexbox on with your DivX AVI, OGM, MKV or MP4. You then have yourself a self booting player/OS that should playback ok on a PII or better.
Well, in many places outside the US, recordable DVD media is not cheap, and CD writers and CD-R's are cheap. In fact, in some countries DVD writers and media are difficult to come by.. in many Asian countries, there is no dearth of CD-R's and CD-RW drives.
Also with the multitude of ever changing DVD formats, I personally know many people who are not buying a DVD writer for another couple of years till (if and when) things stabilize and get a little more standardized.
Also with the multitude of ever changing DVD formats, I personally know many people who are not buying a DVD writer for another couple of years till (if and when) things stabilize and get a little more standardized.
In a couple of years you will still have DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW's and DL formats for both not to mention the added confusion of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.
Now waiting to see how DL DVD-R's turn out before going with DL+R I can understand, but why not buy a cheap dual 8X in the mean time?
Now waiting to see how DL DVD-R's turn out before going with DL+R I can understand, but why not buy a cheap dual 8X in the mean time?