My DVD player won't play my VCD/SVCD's!!!!!!

[Sara]

Help I don't know what to do. My DVD player won't play my VCD/SVCD's.

I have tried making MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 (I have read that MPEG 1 is for VCd and MPEG 2 is for SVCD, is that true), I have also tried making PAL and NTSC but none of it works. I think I have used over 15 CD-R's for nothing.

My DVD player is called United DVd 3153.
It supports both VCD's and SVCD's.

Is there a way to NOT use either PAL or NTSC cause maybe my DVD can't play that??? Where can I get a good encoder cheap or maybe free???? I need help really bad cause right now I can't use my DVD player for anything else but DVD's and I only have one.
Thanks for any help you can give me. :P
Sara@vcdhelp.com

[Craig Tucker]

Is your DVD player able to play CDR's, some players can play VCD's but only original pressed ones not burned ones. Will it play a music CDR for example. If you find it wont play CDR's you may find that CDRW's work as the reflectivity of these is closer to that of the pressed discs.

Craig