VCDs with Roxio DVDBuilder

[SgeM]

I have just installed Easy Media Creator 7.0. I usually go with Nero,
but it's a little fussy with some MPEG formats, so I'm trying EMC.

Ideally I'd just like to make a VCD where a number of MPG files become
VCD chapters. In DVD Builder, though this does not appear to be
possible. It seems that I am forced to use the initial menu where, in
order to see my MPG segments I have to click the corresponding number
(1, 2, 3, ...) on the remote, while in Nero I could much more simply
drag and drop all files and they would play sequentially automatically
(i.e., no menu). Here the Play button does not do anything, and after
playing one it goes back to the main menu, where I have to select a
new file/number.

In order to add MPG files to the CD, I have to do "Add new title", if
I add one file per "Title" I have random access to all through the
main menu, but I find that quite inconvenient, I'd just like to see
them all in a row, and skip to what I want with chapters. Also, if I
add more than one MPG file in the same "Title" they are just combined
together as one big file, but again not separated by chapters.

The "mark chapter" dialog is also quite useless. If I combine many
files under one title, and push the playback scrollbar all the way to
the end, I don't even see the whole thing (not that it would be a
convenient way anyway).

So my question is, how can I just get rid of the useless initial Menu
and just create a standard VCD where different MPG files correspond to
different chapters ?

Thanks

 

[SgeM]

I have just installed Easy Media Creator 7.0. I usually go with Nero,
but it's a little fussy with some MPEG formats, so I'm trying EMC.

Ideally I'd just like to make a VCD where a number of MPG files become
VCD chapters. In DVD Builder, though this does not appear to be
possible. It seems that I am forced to use the initial menu where, in
order to see my MPG segments I have to click the corresponding number
(1, 2, 3, ...) on the remote, while in Nero I could much more simply
drag and drop all files and they would play sequentially automatically
(i.e., no menu). Here the Play button does not do anything, and after
playing one it goes back to the main menu, where I have to select a
new file/number.

In order to add MPG files to the CD, I have to do "Add new title", if
I add one file per "Title" I have random access to all through the
main menu, but I find that quite inconvenient, I'd just like to see
them all in a row, and skip to what I want with chapters. Also, if I
add more than one MPG file in the same "Title" they are just combined
together as one big file, but again not separated by chapters.

The "mark chapter" dialog is also quite useless. If I combine many
files under one title, and push the playback scrollbar all the way to
the end, I don't even see the whole thing (not that it would be a
convenient way anyway).

So my question is, how can I just get rid of the useless initial Menu
and just create a standard VCD where different MPG files correspond to
different chapters ?

Thanks

 

[Biz]

I have just installed Easy Media Creator 7.0. I usually go with Nero,
but it's a little fussy with some MPEG formats, so I'm trying EMC.

Ideally I'd just like to make a VCD where a number of MPG files become
VCD chapters. In DVD Builder, though this does not appear to be
possible. It seems that I am forced to use the initial menu where, in
order to see my MPG segments I have to click the corresponding number
(1, 2, 3, ...) on the remote, while in Nero I could much more simply
drag and drop all files and they would play sequentially automatically
(i.e., no menu). Here the Play button does not do anything, and after
playing one it goes back to the main menu, where I have to select a
new file/number.

In order to add MPG files to the CD, I have to do "Add new title", if
I add one file per "Title" I have random access to all through the
main menu, but I find that quite inconvenient, I'd just like to see
them all in a row, and skip to what I want with chapters. Also, if I
add more than one MPG file in the same "Title" they are just combined
together as one big file, but again not separated by chapters.

The "mark chapter" dialog is also quite useless. If I combine many
files under one title, and push the playback scrollbar all the way to
the end, I don't even see the whole thing (not that it would be a
convenient way anyway).

So my question is, how can I just get rid of the useless initial Menu
and just create a standard VCD where different MPG files correspond to
different chapters ?

Thanks

Try VCDEasy, perfect for what you want to do....and I believe its freeware.