Xvid to Mpeg on stand alone player

[bex_3000]

I'm having a problem with a movie that is Xvid encoded and I have converted it to MPEG-1 so I can play it on my stand alone player - something I have done successfully many times with other movies. The movie has converted fine and plays on my PC, but the file format is not recognized on my DVD player. Is there a resolution problem with TVs that could be the cause or any other ideas?

Thank you,
Bex

PS. Sorry about the other post - it's locked so I don't know how to delete it!

[sitlet]

you didnnt really explain how you burned the dvd. if you just put the mpg on a dvd and burned it, you're way wrong. you need to author it. check out the guides to the left about how to convert to a dvd compliant mpeg2, and then find a guide to author it. off the top of my head, the file has to be mpeg2, 720x540, etc

[bex_3000]

Sorry no, I put the Mpeg-1 on a cd-r, and the resolution I used was 704x576.

Bex

[Gazorgan]

That's an invalid resolution for MPEG1.

Ceheck out DVD specs here: https://www.videohelp.com/dvd

[indolikaa]

bex_3000,

A MUCH better post this time.

VCD is 352x240 (for NTSC) or 352x288 (for PAL) SIF @ 1150 CBR MPEG-1 with 224 MP2 audio, as you've probably discovered at left. You have to reencode: if you deviate from these specs you create an XVCD (or worse) and you may run into compatibility issues.

If you are using TMPGEnc, there is a template for both VCD formats.

[bex_3000]

How come TMPGEnc lets me then?? Lol. I'll try it thanx!

Bex

[indolikaa]

TMPGEnc will let you do just about anything you want with an incoming stream. That's the beauty of the program! Of course, this means you have to have a solid grasp of the 'standards' for each format.

[bex_3000]

Okay, I've tried the resolution and that's still not working on my DVD player. Anything else it could be?

Bex

[sitlet]

are you burning it as a vcd? or just a data cd with the files on it?

[bex_3000]

As a data cd

[FulciLives]

As a data cd

You need to burn it as a VCD using a program such as NERO

Here is a guide on how to do it with VCDEasy:

https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=526&howtoselect=3;7#526

Good Luck!

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[bex_3000]

I don't think that could be the problem because I've burned loads of data cds to play on my dvd player before.

Bex

[bottle-necked]

Got to be burned as a VCD disk, not data. Most burning applications has this option, but your files will need to be compliant.

I think 1 disk will hold about 68 minutes of video(?), so you might need to split your files to fit it their longer.

Good luck.