Cucusoft MPEG/AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD/MPEG converter

Cucusoft MPEG/AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD/MPEG converter 5.09
There are two versions of Cucusoft MPEG/AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD/MPEG converter - Lite($19) and Pro ($24.95)
Cucusoft MPEG/AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD/MPEG converter Lite 5.09

"Cucusoft AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD/MPEG converter Lite" is a powerful, splendid and simple to use application for AVI to VCD, AVI to DVD and AVI to SVCD video converting. In fact, it doesn't limit its video source to only AVI but almost all video formats (as long as the Windows media player can play) to what you need on TV play .

Features of Cucusoft AVI to VCD/DVD/SVCD Converter

• Convert avi to VCD/DVD/SVCD compatible mpeg file
• Support .VOB, .asf, .wmv format as input file
• Support DivX, XviD avi format
• Support MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4 video format
• Support MPEG layer1, layer2, layer3 audio format
• " Split function" to cut a big mpeg file into several smaller parts to fit a CD-R capacity
• Support both TV systems: NTSC/PAL
• Input/Output preview
• Two output modes: Stretch to Fit / Lock Aspect Ratio
• High audio 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
• 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

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. 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!

Minimum Requirements Software requirements:

AVI to VCD / DVD 3.X based on Microsoft™ DirectX?™ technology. Works under all Windows™ 9x, Me family Operating Systems as well as under WindowsNT™4.0 and Windows™2000, Windows™XP. ( for Windows™ NT 4.0 and Windows™ 95 it is necessary to install DirectX 8.1 or later).

Hardware requirements:

• MMX-enhanced CPU (Intel Pentium MMX, Pentium II, Celeron, Pentium III, AMD K6-2, K-6, Athlon, etc.)
• 32 MB RAM
• Any VGA card

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.