Problem playing VBR VCDs on APEX AD5131 using Stinkys tool

[rrolsbe]

Seems to play everything except the following.

I have successfully made several VBR MPEG1 2Mbps VCD's using Stinkys tool with my AIW Radeon and burned them with Nero. They all play fine on my Apex AD-500W; however, the audio has drop outs on the AD5131. I tried many different media types all have the problem. I made a data CD with just the MPEG file I used to create the VCD and it plays just fine on the AD5131; however, it uses up more space on the CDR/CDRW and the FF/RW play funtions do not work and off course it is not a VCD. This player does have the Kodak picture CD feature and seems to play everything else tested so far fine.

Since the player can play the the raw VBR MPEG1 file, there must be a way to burn a VCD and get it to play. Has anyone tried to play a VBR VCD on this player using Stinkys GUI? If so what was your experience.... Note both the demo unit and the one I purchased have this same problem.

Any ideas or comments welcome....

Thanks Much In Advance
Ron

[Thumper]

Went to CC lastnight to look at this unit cause its only 99 bucks. Brought 3 SVCDs and 2 VCDs. All worked great on store unit. 1 pass VBR for a SVCD, hmm, maybe its balking at low to mid bitrates. Ive also had bad experience with SVCDs and NERO. I strictly use VCDeasy and the built in CDRDAO tools. Never once made a coaster. Often when VCD/SVCD play in one player and play in another crappy, has to do with either the way it was encoded, speed it was burned, media it was burned on, on the app used to burn the .cue/.bin files. Play around with some other software, use a CDRW for experiementing with. I had to do that with my SONY, got it down to a science now.

TT

[albtross]

I am not familiar with Stinkys VCD tool and I am using an APEX 1500, so the following may not apply for you, but I have found the the APEX 1500 does not work very well with 352x480 VBR VCDs, lots of audio dropouts. Works great with 352x240.

Even at 352x240, if using VBR(TMPGEnc) and a high bitrate, I need to set the minimum bitrate to about 800 kbps or I get audio dropouts.

[markm]

If I burn a higher than standard bitrate "VCD" and play it on my 5131 the sound skips. If I use TMPGenc and mux it as non-standard VCD and then burn it, it plays just fine.

[El_Mero_Zooter]

Mark,

What resolution are you 'higher than standard' vcd's at?

Just like AlbT, i've tried to get kwag'z {template} xvcd's to play on my 1500 at 352x480---no probs at 352x240 even with minimum video down to 300 or 0. They play on my pioneer with no problems. Someone on another forum suggested adjusting the buffer down to 40 from 48. I'm gonna try adjusting the buffer and remuxing as an Svcd. My 1500 didnt like the xvcd remuxed as a NonStandard Vcd either. But my pioneer does play xvcd's and svcds that have been remuxed as StandardVCD's. There's no official support for svcds on the pioneer.


ZtR