Burning VCDs for Pioneer

[Dionymnia]

I have a Pioneer C503, which I have played VCDs on before, but now any VCDs I burn don't work: I have used Memorex, Maxell, and just generic ones, and none work. I'm using the newest Nero software, encoding appropriately for NTSC, but with no luck. Any suggestions?

[Betamax]

Create the MPeG's using TMPGenc (be sure to use 1 of the templates for VideoCD-NTSC if you're avi's are NTSC!).
Authore the MPeG's using VCDwizard or one of the other VCDimager-GUI's and be sure you select VCD1.1 (without PBC = without menu's) or VCD2.0 (with PBC = you must create a Selection-/PlayList (see help inside VCDwizard) in order to be conform with a compliant VCD2.0).
Burn the cue/bin using CDRdao (it's free, all info also inside VCDwizard). I also have a Pioneer standalone DVD-V, I can use any type of CDR for VCD - Pioneer accepts them all without complaining.

[sommersby]

sounds like a player problem, does it play the vcd's it did before? You can also take a vcd you create and try it on another player.

[Dionymnia]

Unfortunately, I don't have any of the original VCDs I created, but I'm creating the new ones in the Exact same way as the earlier ones. I think it may be a player problem now.