Making VTS Files to fit on CR-R

Newbie10: You gotta end up with .bin/.cue files. When you get these at the end of your conversion, you've got it! Ardendag: I've yet to use Gordian's Knot, so this question is straight up and not a dig at you. Will it really be easier for Newbie10 to go this route, and what are the pros and cons here? I'm truly eager to learn more of your theory on this! ammck55

If I am way in left field let me know and I'll purchase one of those programs that promise to burn automatically. It's just that I usually learn from new challenges but your time is too valuable to waste on a single user. Thanks, I missed this the first time around, but there was a major discussion in the forum recently on these "dummy proof" backup programs that are for sale out there. Purchase one of these, and you may be getting a product that contains ripps from the creators of the very tools that you can get for free here. (And actually get support for.) Whichever method you choose to continue with, get a guide in your hand and follow it to the letter. No joke. Read up on .bin/.cue's and do your search(es). Read the FAQ's. You've exhibited dogged persistence in the face of adversity, so don't give up. Once you get a few rips down, you'll almost be embarassed by how easy these fine tools are to use. Ripp it up........ammck55

@Newbie10 Well, OK. Now it is more or less clear. You are creating SVCD using DVD2SVCD with TMPGEnc mpeg encoder. 1. Check if your DVD player can play SVCD at all ( search your player model, read also users reports, from the data in our forum APEX AD-600a can play) 2. If the result is positive, burn the cue/bin files with Nero. Open Nero (close the Wizard) click File - select "burn CD image". From pop window select .cue file (not .bin, cue file says to the burning prog how to burn the data which are in .bin). Burn... 3.If you have errors with Nero, download trial of CDRWin and burn the cue/bin with it (the same, you should select .cue file). Some remarks: 740 is for regular 650MB discs, they can take 740 MB VIDEO data. 800 is for 700MB discs, they can take 800MB video. I assume your HD is 70 GIG, not 70 meg, 70 meg is less than a CD (700 meg):D The .bin files in fact content bbMPEG_Muxed_FileXX.mpg files inside. Therefore you can use alone authoring program to create cue/bin from bbMPEG_Muxed_File, but before you should get some experience. So I wish you good luck. If you have some problems post them here.

You guys have done a great job explaining to me what I need to do. I can't thank you enough. I'll try the methods you proposed until I get it right. Hopefully someone else will be helped by this information too. Thanks again. Newbie 10

@Newbie10: Man, you have a good attitude, and some expert help from Abond to run with now. Post back and let us know how you're doin'. @Abond: Your last post here was fun to read. I'm getting solid conversions and clean burns, but D2S and Nero do it all for me. It's another story to actually understand the process, and then try to explain it to someone. I still spend a lot of my time wandering around in a confused state, but I have learned several things from you and Ardendag both as a result of being involved with this thread. Thanks. @Ardendag: I'm going to get GKnot and do some work with it(or try to). You've piqued my curiosity! Thanks. ammck55

Success 

Following the advice previously given me in this thread Lord of the Rings burned easily and well using DVD2SVCD and Nero 5.5 Express. It runs great on my Apex 600 Standalone DVD Player. Using Nero to burn the .cue file is the part I didn't understand. I didn't realize that burning the .cue file would identify for Nero what other files to burn but it worked great. Sorry for the delay in responding but I am trouble running it on my CD-Rom. After about 10 minutes the system bogs down. The is NOT the problem of DVD2SVCD however, it is either in my video Card (ATI Rage Pro 128 w/32 meg) or my Lite-On 2401B CD Burner because it works great on my Apex 600 standalone. By the way, the $22-$40 I almost bought did NOT work on my standalone Apex. The sound and video were out of Sync, so learning to use the DVD2SVCD program is definitely worth it. I will post to another forum on my bogging down problem. If other Newbies follow the instuctions in this thread, they should be successful in creating great SVCD's from DVD's. Good Copying!!