svcd stops after 4 seconds

[needbeer]

hi as says above got a prob with svcds:
example LOTR 4cd's..all img / cue files.
Burnt cd1 plays perfect on my wharfedale dvd-750 standalone player. Burnt cd 2 exactly same method..stops after 4 seconds.. the four seconds it plays are almost like slow motion.
I have got this problem on a lot of svcds..searched everywhere i can find for a similar problem and fix but no joy.
Can anyone advise pls?

Just found someit interesting: CD1 in player shows as SVCD, CD2 shows as VCD

[segboy]

right click on file select properties to see if video is mpeg2(svcd) or tryvirtual dub to find out for sure what file it is ie/mpeg 1 or 2...you will have to rencode it to svcd if that is the medium you wish to play...

[needbeer]

tried virtualdub - cant open the mpegs (cd1 or 2)..says pack sychronisation error. As far as i know they are both mpeg_2

[needbeer]

BUMP..can anyone help with this pls

[xed]

I've had a very similar problem. As mentioned by the first reply, you MUST be sure to choose MPEG2 (SVCD) instead of plain-vanilla MPEG2.
You will find this in the ADVANCED menu in TMPGEnc under STGREAM TYPE.
This is something you will have to do during the encoding phase.
I found that when I tried to encode plain-vanilla MPEG2 and burned the resulting MPEG-2 file as an SVCD, I got the kind of problems you describe (well, actually, my problems involve play-then-freeze, then more play, then freeze again, etc.)
Changing the encode setting to MPEG-2 (SVCD) under STREAM TYPE solved that problem completely.
Quick check:
Have you tried playing the encoded file back on your computer to make sure it's not a problem with your DVD player?