DiVX to VCD: sound ok, but picture is B&W

[sithspawn]

Hi there,

I have a problem when playing a (X)VCD in my stand alone DVD player (pioneer DV-626D). The sound is ok, but the picture is black and white. When playing the VCD on my computer everything is alright.

I used TMPGEnc toconvert DiVX to VCD and used several settings, but probably not the correct ones. I want to view the VCD on a PAL system.

Any suggestions?

[willem]

It sounds like you have encoded the VCD using NTSC settings. Create a VCD using the PAL VCD template in TMPGEnc. This should show up in full colour on your PAL TV.

[sithspawn]

Willem, thanks for the advice, but that was also one of the opties I tried. However, my DVD-player has a swith which can be set to PAL/NTSC/Auto. Its original setting was auto, but changing it to PAL cured all problems.

Thanks for the reply