Problem burning video cd

[showtime586]

Hello,
I downloaded an mpeg of a music video that was about 10 minutes in length. I burned it to a cd-rw with Nero (because my stand alone dvd player will only play cd-rw's) and the burn process looked fine. When I tried to play the disk, the player only showed the initial frame and gave an error message when the "play" button was pushed on the dvd player. I was finally able to burn it to a dvd, but never could get a cd-rw to work. Any thoughts on what I did wrong? Thanks for any info.

[jimmalenko]

Much more information required.



How did you burn it ? as data ?

Maybe your player only plays raw MPEG on DVD ?

Can your player play raw MPEG at all ?

Maybe your DVD player didn't like that particular CD-RW ?

Maybe your burner didn't like that particular CD-RW ?

Did it play on your PC ?

mpeg file - MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 ?

What player were you using ?



and I could go on

[showtime586]

Much more information required.



How did you burn it ? as data ? "video cd"

Maybe your player only plays raw MPEG on DVD ? "Have no clue as to what raw is. I'll have to do some more reading"

Can your player play raw MPEG at all ? "Dunno. Again, more reading..lol"

Maybe your DVD player didn't like that particular CD-RW ? "It has played them before"

Maybe your burner didn't like that particular CD-RW ? "It has burned them before"

Did it play on your PC ? "No, the pc gave an error message of unsupported file type".

mpeg file - MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 ? "File properties says mpeg-video"

What player were you using ? "Sony"


And I could go on

Sorry Jimmalenko, I had no idea it could get this complex or I would have never posted an inquiry. As much as I have tried to understand this stuff, I can't seem to get a good working grasp of it.

[lordsmurf]

You also need to change your post title.
It should be a few words that describe your problem.
"Very "newbie" type question" is inappropriate.

[jimmalenko]

OK ...... let me rewrite your OP then ....

Hello,
I downloaded an mpeg of a music video that was about 10 minutes in length. I burned it to a cd-rw as VCD with Nero (because my stand alone dvd player will only play cd-rw's) and the burn process looked fine. My burner has burned to this brand of CD-RW successfully before, and my DVD Player (a Sony) has played this brand of CD-RW before. When I tried to play the disk, the player only showed the initial frame and gave an error message when the "play" button was pushed on the dvd player. I was finally able to burn it to a dvd, but never could get a cd-rw to work. Any thoughts on what I did wrong? Thanks for any info.

Now at least that leaves someone with barely enough info to start ruling things out.


The first thing I would say is that it seems quite bizarre to me that your DVD player would play CD-RWs and not CD-Rs. Some players can be picky, but I would have thought there would be at least one brand of CDR that would work. If we knew the model of your DVD player, we could look it up in the DVD Players section (to your left) to see what other people have managed to play in it.

I take it that you just loaded up the MPEG file in Nero, and let it encode and author to VCD for you, as well as burn ?

[showtime586]

Thanks for the info Jimmalenko. I figured my issue had to be very simple (operator error) so I tried to be as brief as possible. I had no idea one problem could have so many possibilities, so again, I thought being as brief as possible was the way to go. I will make sure in the future that I am more descriptive.
As far as the player only playing cd-r/w's. The owners manual said it will not play cd-r's, so I took a shot on cd-r/w's and got lucky.
And yes, I dropped the file into the Nero program and let it do everything.
Thanks again.

[jimmalenko]

The title was chosen to allow those who do not like to delve into "very" elementary issues the opportunity to simply skip over it without having to read the content of the post. While I will acknowledge that the post title is not very descriptive of my issue, there was no intent to mislead, therefore, I hardly see where it is an "innappropriate" title. After all, this is the "newbie" forum. I'm not trying to be a smart a## here, but your post seems to be a tad bit harsh.

Regardless of your intentions, it's a forum rule to use a topic heading that describes your problem.

Like it or lump it

[jimmalenko]

I figured my issue had to be very simple (operator error) so I tried to be as brief as possible. I had no idea one problem could have so many possibilities, so again, I thought being as brief as possible was the way to go.

It's actually quite the opposite. We really need to know all the ins and outs since we can't see your screen from here. You are our eyes and ears so you'll get much more help if you can give as much info as possible first up.


If I were you, I wouldn't let Nero encode the VCD. Try TMPGEnc (free for MPEG-1 encoding) and http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/TMPGEnc1CD.htm and see how you go.

[Cobra]

A simple "more detail, please" may have done just as well. Sometimes it is difficult for a newcomer to know what is relevant and what is not. I remember how bewildering it all was when I first looked at making a VCD.

[harley2ride]

I have to agree with Cobra. When I first started, I didn't have a clue what to ask, let alone what information to provide. I've been burning and editing for two years now, and I feel like I'm just scratching the surface still...

[SatStorm]

You tell me.... I'm doing this things 7 years now, and I still learning some basics....

[jimmalenko]

A simple "more detail, please" may have done just as well. Sometimes it is difficult for a newcomer to know what is relevant and what is not. I remember how bewildering it all was when I first looked at making a VCD.

I try to leave threads in a position where if I didn't know the answer, at least I had arranged the information such that someone who did know the answer could come along and have everything they needed at their fingertips.

But if I had have just said "more detail, please" (and nothing else) and this newcomer was finding it difficult knowing what was relevant and what was not (as you say), isn't there a fair chance that we may not have gotten answers to the questions that we really need to know to help him with his problem ?

Is it not better (and a lot more helpful for both the OP and anyone else who reads the thread) to ask a heap of specific questions that the OP can answer that will help everyone out in trying to work out the issue, without leaving it up to the OP's (confused) discretion as to what information we need to know ? We can't see his screen from here, and he doesn't know enough about the subject to know what we want or need to know, so since when has asking specific questions been detrimental to the forums ?


Here's a good example:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=279023

Now if I respond with "More information please", the first question that runs through the OP's mind is "what further information does he want to know ?". Now if I detail what I want to know in the form of specific questions, is this not a lot more pro-active and helpful for everyone's benefit ? The OP obviously doesn't know what other information is helpful, otherwise they would have presented it in the first post.

[showtime586]

A simple "more detail, please" may have done just as well. Sometimes it is difficult for a newcomer to know what is relevant and what is not. I remember how bewildering it all was when I first looked at making a VCD.

Exactly, I used to Admin on a satellite t.v. "testing" site that had upwards of 25,000 registered members. What we found was that the more brief the post, the more likely that other people would take the the time to read it. The problem with newbies on that site, just like I experienced here, is that sometimes a poster simply does not have enough working knowledge to know exactly what is relevant information and what is not. In their attempts to be brief, sometimes necessary information was omitted in order to avoid creating a long post. In the future, I will certainly provide more information and a more definitive post title. I can't say anything negative about Jimmalenko, he pointed out the problem with my post and then offered his assistance. He has always seemed more than willing to help anybody and that makes him a real asset to this forum.

[showtime586]

The title was chosen to allow those who do not like to delve into "very" elementary issues the opportunity to simply skip over it without having to read the content of the post. While I will acknowledge that the post title is not very descriptive of my issue, there was no intent to mislead, therefore, I hardly see where it is an "innappropriate" title. After all, this is the "newbie" forum. I'm not trying to be a smart a## here, but your post seems to be a tad bit harsh.

Regardless of your intentions, it's a forum rule to use a topic heading that describes your problem.

Like it or lump it

I hope you realize that reply was not directed at you. That is why I went back and deleted it. You do a great job here and I'm sure many,many people besides me appreciate your help.

[jimmalenko]

The title was chosen to allow those who do not like to delve into "very" elementary issues the opportunity to simply skip over it without having to read the content of the post. While I will acknowledge that the post title is not very descriptive of my issue, there was no intent to mislead, therefore, I hardly see where it is an "innappropriate" title. After all, this is the "newbie" forum. I'm not trying to be a smart a## here, but your post seems to be a tad bit harsh.

Regardless of your intentions, it's a forum rule to use a topic heading that describes your problem.

Like it or lump it

I hope you realize that reply was not directed at you. That is why I went back and deleted it. You do a great job here and I'm sure many,many people besides me appreciate your help.

Hey, no problemo mate


Thanks for the kind words - it is quite refreshing



Annnnyway ......


Let's forget about all this sidetracking and attack the issue at hand, eh ?


Did you get a chance to try that guide I linked to ?

[showtime586]

Not yet, it's been a very busy week and to be perfectly honest, the music video quality wasn't real good to begin with. I'm going to get ahold of something else and try it with your suggestions. Thanks again.......