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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Software => Topic started by: bobesch on October 06, 2020, 11:23:59 AM

Title: Converting old SVCD
Post by: bobesch on October 06, 2020, 11:23:59 AM

Hi folks,
this is my first posting here, though MacOS9Lives has been a great help during the last years just by reading.
So at first thank you all!
Now I have a question, not a big problem, but maybe there's a smarter solution than mine:
I have a lot of old SVCDs from the late 90ies sitting in the shelves (captured/burned with PC/DVD-Master).
Luckily I found software for PPC (MacVCD) to watch them now (up to full-screen) and I was also successful to re-record the full-screen-video via video-/audio-out to an eyeTV-box then to another PPC-Mac for recording.
Well, video quality didn't suffer noticably by this - it was abysmal anyway, compared to the todays standard. But it has been a bit time consuming.
Is there any software solution to convert this strange SVCD/MPEG2 video-codec to anything, that can be viewed with current video-players?

Title: Re: Converting old SVCD
Post by: IIO on October 06, 2020, 12:57:38 PM

i would do it in OSX (if you have that on your PPC), VLC and toast 7 or 8(?) should be able to do it.

but try quicktime player first, quicktime pro(!) in OS9, that is.

p.s.:
you should also try if your player app would also read mounted image files. then you just have to copy the CDs to image files.

Title: Re: Converting old SVCD
Post by: ssp3 on October 06, 2020, 01:45:53 PM

Have you seen this site?

web.archive.org/web/20110711082002/http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCD_on_a_Macintosh.html (http://web.archive.org/web/20110711082002/http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCD_on_a_Macintosh.html)

Nice avatar, btw  :)

Title: Re: Converting old SVCD
Post by: bobesch on October 07, 2020, 03:13:16 PM

Thanks guys, so there's something to start with during my coming holidays.  :)

Title: Re: Converting old SVCD
Post by: bobesch on October 07, 2020, 03:46:22 PM

Quote from: ssp3 on October 06, 2020, 01:45:53 PM

Nice avatar, btw  :)

I'm dedicated to "Ampelmaennchen"  - that's the east-Berlin pedestrian "go" traffic light.
Reminds me always to Coldplays "Clocks "... am I part of the cure or am I part of the disease?"
So for me that little green guy is a symbol for "better be part of the solution than part of the problem".
At least, I hope so.

Here some funny cousins ...

Title: Re: Converting old SVCD
Post by: IIO on October 07, 2020, 04:31:22 PM

ich find ja die aus dem osten viel schöner. aber selbst das haben wir denen weggenommen.

Title: Re: Converting old SVCD
Post by: ssp3 on October 07, 2020, 06:21:26 PM

Are they gone now? That would be pitty. I always found them cute when visiting from the other part of the divided city.

Title: Re: Converting old SVCD
Post by: IIO on October 08, 2020, 06:40:46 AM

no, not all. but i think in most areas they must use the new ones as soon as they need to replace a glass.

same with the various female or fantasy icons. main argument there is colorblind road users.

would love to have the karl marx light in my room. :)