burining to svcd

[johnthese]

is it true that svcd can be seen on a standalone vcd player?i want to watch on tv and not on the computer.but as i read the instructions,easy cd creator platinum is not in the list.then what am i suppose to do.HELP!

[R-Dub]

two things:

#1 get Nero Burning Rom (at least version 5.0).

#2 check to see if your DVD player can play VCDs/SVCDs. There is a list of players that can/cannot somewhere on this site.

If you want to watch your MPEGs/AVIs/ etc.... you'll need an encoder (but you can find the instructions on all that on this site).

NOTE: When installing Nero, you may have to unistall EZ CD.

In a nutshell, that's about it. Everthing else is dependent on what exactly needs to be done.

[johnthese]

yeah,but one thing i dont understand.my easy cd creator 5 platinum has video cd capabilities,so y cant i use it.
by the way,i have to burn scvd right,not vcd?

[Braindrain]

On the contrary, SVCD cannot be seen on a standalone VCD player. The format (MPG2) is different from VCD (MPG1). Secondly, EZCD cannot burn SVCD.

I have tested this out with actual standalone VCD players and have confirmed it.

[ralfbeckers]

I made fabulous SVCDs with TMPGEnc and Nero 5.5. I had to use 704 by 576 picture size for a PAL SVCD though to play it properly on a Pioneer DV-434. The "standard" SVCD template of TMPGEnc works fine though with cheap Chineese players like the Supervision 1100. Strange.
have fun and feel free to ask me any questions.
Ralf

[johnthese]

thanx for the info guys.but the only thing i want to know now is,what format can actually be seen on a standalone vcd player to be watched on tv?

[angelbite]

Only MPEG layer I discs which are VCD compliant usually.