burning VCDs from downloaded movies

[nepenthes]

I hope someone can help me with this. I am new to VCDs and have been experimenting with making disks from various movies that I have downloaded from the net. I am using a G4 running system 9.0.4 and burning using Toast Titanium.

My first couple VCDs worked great. I then downloaded some more mpegs of equal size (about 550megs) and when I try to import them i get a warning like "can't create a vcd from this file. Use the "Video CD" option in your MPEG encoder/multiplexer".

I have tried using Quicktime pro to do this, but every single MPEG that I have tried has "an invalid track".

Any help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated!

[major]

The most probable reason is these MPGs are not VCD compliant. You should try to force burn them by using VCDGear (.mpg -> .bin/.cue) and then burn the BIN in Toast VCD Mode. If that doesn't work, you must re-encode the file with Cleaner 5.

[nepenthes]

Well, I have tried converting the files using VCDGear but I get a warning about the pack size being incorrect. VCDGear recommends to remultiplex the files.

I then tried Cleaner 5 but when I go to encode I get a message saying there is a Quicktime export error.

Are there any suggestions on what I might try beyond those already suggested? What software can I use to remultiplex on the Mac?

Thanks

[Thargok]

Use VCD Imager in OS X. It is most likely that the file you downloaded contains menus (like DVDs), VCD Imager should take these out.

[nepenthes]

I haven't had any plans on upgrading to os x. Any other suggestionsin 9.0.4?

[aguillon]

Open the file in TMPGENC, make sure to load the proper VCD template (NTSC or PAL) and re-encode. The resulting file will be VCD compliant.