SVCD and EXE on one CD required software?

[KyDan]

I know this has been covered-- believe me I've read and tried

to understand the provided links.

I have specific questions I think.

For reasons unknown to me my @#$% home DVD player won't play DVDs that I

make on my computer. They play wonderfully at my son's house.

I made an SVCD of the same presentation and it DOES play at my home!!

Now I've upped the ante so to speak.

I have created a presentation of some old friends past parties and get togethers.

Some of them are no longer with us

I would like to create 1 CD (or many copies of this one)

that contains

SVCD presentation

EXE file

auto run file

this way hopefully they will have the option to watch their disk

on computer or TV.

Here -at last- is my question.

Right this moment on my PC I have

Ulead DVD MovieFactory Studio Suite Deluxe

Nero Express.

Will I be able to burn my SVCD using what I have now?

It seems to me that U-lead won't let me drag in the other 2 files.

(auto run and EXE)

I don't know if Nero Express will either but

Nero Express says it won't burn SVCD without an add on

(upgrade) unless it's mpeg-2 format.

Can I use P2E to create a MPEG-2 file??

If I need Nero burning ROM to do this, which version (how new)

must I have.

Thanks for any info you can give me.

[Ken Cox]

Dan

many dvd players will not play svcd's

but will play vcd's and dvd's

many moons [win98 era] ago graphic card mfg's -- in their bundle of software would throw in a vcd disk to show you what their card would do

see

http://www.videohelp.com/vcd

and see if your player is compatible

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

of my 8 dvd players, only 3 of them will play svcd

in the early days of p2e being able to make the avi/vid file it was very frustrating in the learning process to not be able to play the svcd one made

mixed disk see

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4136

but if you are going to try a dvd you must use a dvd disk

ken

[KyDan]

I've tried in vain all weekend to get this to work. No go.

I'm going to aquire Nero 6 and try it that way.

At this point I'll gladly settle for either a

DVD or VCD with my video and EXE file on there.

At least I know how to make DVD or SVCD or VCD

as I've created plenty of them in my experiments.

Thanks for the heads up on the SVCD.

I'm just trying to make one disk that will be the most

playable for my friends.

I imagine most of them have DVD players and computers.

I know the EXE file gives best quality if only one or 2 want to watch.

If you have a room full of old friends they will more easily fit in

front of the TV. This is why I'm trying so hard to make a disk

work both ways.

As always it's wonderful to have helpful folks to ask questions of!

Peace!!

Dan D. Louisville KY

[Ken Cox]

Dan

make a separate disk for the vcd

and

then make a separate file disk for the exe

forget about auto run for now

you shoiuld be able to do these things with what burning software you have

the latest suite of nero is 7 ultra and it will make you a dvd as well as the other stuff

ken

[KyDan]

Dan

make a separate disk for the vcd

and

then make a separate file disk for the exe

Ken, my son came over last night and informed me I already

have Nero 6 on my PC!! How embarrassing....

Can't wait to get home this afternoon and waste some more disks

Of course if I fail in all attempts I will burn multiple copies of DVD

and separate CDs containing the exe version.

I've been reading the suggested threads "again" and sure would

like to get them all on one disk eventually, either VCD or DVD.

If I weren't doing this I'd just be mowing the lawn or some other gainful

endeavor....

[Ken Cox]

Dan

it sometimes does not hurt to get son to help

it will good for his ego:)

ken

[KyDan]

Argh!! I still can't do this.....

I tried Nero v6 yesterday.

ANY time I try to burn either VCD or DVD and include

the exe & ini file the program promptly responds

that those files aren't video files and refuses to include them.

I can burn VCD and DVD all day but cannot figure out how to

include the exe and/or autostart.ini file.

Any clues what I am missing?

[Ken Cox]

eliminate one thing at a time

start with the auto run ini

make a file disk on a dvd

add the exe

add the video_ts folder that you have saved to the hardrive

ken

[KyDan]

make a file disk on a dvd

add the exe

add the video_ts folder that you have saved to the hardrive

ken

So you are saying I'm not burning a DVD.

I am creating a "data disk" on a DVD blank.

When I open Nero I don't click "create DVD" but rather I choose

some other option ( the program is at home, I'm at work....)

that will let me burn data files onto the DVD blank?

And the video_ts folder is created how?

with which program.

(I'm not file ignorant. I've been copying moving renaming and manipulating

files since the days of DOS 2.1)

I'm just ignorant about these @#$%^! video files....

Thanks for your patience!

Dan D.

[KyDan]

Al or anyone listening.....

I've been re-reading the threads on this subject.

Al said-> Once the DVD has been "burned", then you can copy other files onto it using your DVD disk drive. However, the "autorun" feature might cause problems as it might conflict with the autorun capability inherent in the video files on the DVD. Also, as Ken says, the DVD would only be viewable in a DVD player (for the video files), and/or a DVD drive on a pc (for the PTE files).

If I am reading this correctly, you are saying to create a normal DVD video of my show.

Actually burn the disk. Even watch the disk on my TV DVD player.

Then add the exe and ini file to this already completed DVD disk???

Seems like I tried that back a few days..... once I'd burned the DVD show my computer

says that disk is full and I cannot add any more. Maybe I'm wrong about that, I will try again.

[Ken Cox]

Dan

it sometimes does not hurt to get son to help

it will good for his ego:)

also if you were a msn user at home some of us might be able to talk you thru the procedure

ken

[alrobin]

Dan,

It should be easy to tell if the DVD is full or not.

If there is room for more data, but your pc says it is full, then perhaps it has closed it off and you may have to try a different way to burn it.

Try creating the "TS" files and folders into a single folder (directory) on your HD first, put the ".exe" and "autorun" files in the same folder (directory), and then burn everything in that folder (directory) onto the DVD in a single "session", or operation.

[Ken Cox]

Dan the method Al explains is called a file disk

and there is a procedure in Nero that will do it

you never have told us whether you have the FULL nero suite just that you have Nero installed

big difference when it comes to explaining procedure to you

ken

[KyDan]

Dan the method Al explains is called a file disk

and there is a procedure in Nero that will do it

you never have told us whether you have the FULL nero suite just that you have Nero installed

big difference when it comes to explaining procedure to you

ken

I'll try again. I know my data should fit. The disk is not physically full it

is just "closed" by the burn process.

My exe file is 30 megs and my total run time for the slide show

is only a tad over 9 minutes.

I have Nero burning ROM v6. I will go home and explore the programs folder

for Nero and see if other add on's are in there....

The sun is shining brite on my ole Kentucky home so I'll likely wait until

tomorrow when more rain is predicted.

In the mean time, my ball cap is off to both of you.

Peace!!

Dan D. Louisville KY home of the fastest 2 minutes in sport

[Ken Cox]

I have Nero burning ROM v6. I will go home and explore the programs folder

for Nero and see if other add on's are in there....

Dan you have the basic version of nero that likely came with your burner

you can do a file disk with it but will not be as easy as if you had a suite

bet the winner at the derby and maybe you can the then buy the suite:)

ken