Cucusoft AVI to DVD VCD SVCD MPEG Video Converter Description:

Cucusoft MPEG/AVI to DVD/VCD/SVCD/MPEG - Video Converter Pro
(Enhanced MPEG Encoder Engine Inside, AVI to DVD with 3x faster than Real-Time)


"Including all the features of the basic version, "Cucusoft AVI to DVD VCD SVCD MPEG converter Pro" enables you to convert AVI files directly to MPEG1 and MPEG2 whose dimension is at your control and you can customize your own MPEG format. In addition, you may merge several video clips into one MPEG file or convert multiple videos in one batch with the new Pro features. Now you can get this All-in-One video converter at such a competitive price!

What's new (All history)
Version 6.13
1. Supported RGB32 color space.
2. Fixed a bug on merging several video files.


Version 6.00
1. Improved the output video quality for VCD/DVD/SVCD.
2. Improved Encoder Engine, the video conversion speed is even 3 times faster than real-time on converting AVI to DVD. That means it can convert a movie within 30 minutes. (The conversion speed also depends on your CPU, our data comes from a PC with P4 2.6G CPU)
Features of Cucusoft AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD Converter Pro

Enhanced MPEG Encoder Engine, AVI to DVD is even at 3xSpeed real-time. New
Convert avi to VCD/DVD/SVCD compatible mpeg file
Support .VOB, .asf, .wmv, .rm, .rmvb format as input file
Support DivX, XviD avi format
Support MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4 video format
Support MPEG layer1, layer2, layer3 audio format
Support Subtitle, you can add subtitle onto your output movie. Only in world(You need to install VobSub software first.)
"Split function" to cut a big mpeg file into several smaller parts to fit a CD-R capacity
Support both TV systems: NTSC/PAL
Support Input/Output preview at same time. Only in world
Two output modes: Stretch to Fit / Lock Aspect Ratio
High Audio and Video quality
Can output *.m2v and *.mpa for DVD authoring
Support no sound avi files
Optimized for Intel Pentium 3 and Pentium 4 processors and AMD Athlon
Support SSE2 and hyper-threading CPU New
Batch Function, Support converting multiple avi files to DVD VCD SVCD MPEG1/2 at the same instance
Merge/Join function, Support selecting several avi clips from different sources and combine them into one single output Only in world
Online upgrade/help service site (click here to enter) Only in world
In full version, added an Update Detector, you can easily know if a new version is available.
Cool UI skin available New
Advanced setting feature added, so you can customize your own DVD/VCD/SVCD/MPEG format New (Only available in Pro version)
Support "Drag and Drop" New


"Only in world" - means only we have this feature in the world.
"New" - means this is a new feature.



Hardware requirements: MMX-enhanced CPU (Intel Pentium MMX, Pentium II, Celeron, Pentium III, AMD K6-2, K-6, Athlon, etc.)

Input AVI specification
'AVI to VCD / DVD' will encode avi files that fit the following limitations:
Input Video: 'AVI to VCD / DVD' supports any frame rate from 5 to 60 frames per second. If a media file is used that has a lower or higher frame rate than the above, the 'AVI to VCD / DVD' will play back faster or slower than normal.

Input Audio: 'AVI to VCD / DVD' can supports almost all audio format, include 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz, 16-bit stereo/mono audio. Other audio types include MPEG Layer 1, 2 and 3 are all supported. 'AVI to VCD / DVD' also converts all audio to stereo, if it is not already stereo.

The video codec used should be compatible with DirectShow, in another words, your avi/mpeg file can be played in Microsoft Media Player 8.0 or over.

Note that for best quality, there are preferred values which will not require 'AVI to VCD / DVD' to resize or resample the input to match VCD specifications. The ideal values are (depending on target format)



VCD specification DVD specification SVCD specification
NTSC:
Horizontal width: 352
Vertical height: 240
Frames per second: 29.97
Color depth: 24 or 32 bits

PAL:
Horizontal width: 352
Vertical height: 288
Frames per second: 25
Color depth: 24 or 32 bits NTSC:
Horizontal width: 720
Vertical height: 480
Frames per second: 29.97
Color depth: 24 or 32 bits

PAL:
Horizontal width: 720
Vertical height: 576
Frames per second: 25
Color depth: 24 or 32 bits NTSC:
Horizontal width: 480
Vertical height: 480
Frames per second: 29.97
Color depth: 24 or 32 bits

PAL:
Horizontal width: 480
Vertical height: 576
Frames per second: 25
Color depth: 24 or 32 bits



Note: If you don't know what the parameters of the video file you have are, in explorer, right click on the file once, then select 'Properties', then select the tab 'Details' or 'Summary', depending on the version of Windows.



Output MPEG specification
Resolution
If this resolution is not the same as the input files, they will be resized or cropped according to the specification of VCD/DVD/SVCD. Common resolutions include 352x240 for NTSC VCD, 352x288 for PAL VCD, 480x480 for NTSC SVCD, 480x576 for PAL SVCD, 720(704)x480 for NTSC DVD and 720(704)x576 for PAL DVD. (refer to above table)

Audio

Output audio format is 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz, 16-bit stereo audio, which compatible with the specification of 'VCD / DVD / SVCD'. If none of the media input files contain audio this will be set to none and no audio is encoded.