TMPGEnc - every 3rd mpg file gives me an error when joining

[xPunkOff]

i have a bunch of old tv episodes i've been trying to seperate (by 80 minutes) then join each group individually so i can make several vcds. i've converted every .avi to .mpg and now i'm trying to join the first set of 10 files. when i have it setup as this site says to under "mpeg tools" every 3rd file in the set will give me an error saying "File _ _ _ _ _ _.mpg is not compatible with other MPEG file." so i tried just taking the file out and doing it with the 9 on there, then it said the same error for the new file in the 3rd spot. anyone know why i'm getting this error and how to fix it so i can get this working?

[banjazzer]

Why don't you burn to VCD without joining them?

[xPunkOff]

Why don't you burn to VCD without joining them?

you can do that? i'm using Ulead DVD Movie Factory. i thought you had to join them into one file and seperate the chapters on their?

[banjazzer]

I don't know about Ulead, but with Nero you just drag as many mpegs as will fit the disc.

[xPunkOff]

nero won't let you design menus and chapters though, plus it always takes forever to burn off of nero and ulead only takes a min or two.

[banjazzer]

That is true about the menus, but Nero burns as fast as your writer! I think you are confusing Nero as burner with Nero as encoder.

[xPunkOff]

well i tried burning a vcd off of nero once and it took a little over an hour with my 32X burner, maybe it was just a one time freak coincidence? who knows but i've never had that problem using ulead.

[Craig Tucker]

If Nero took that long it is because it reencoded the video like banjazzer said (at 32 speed, shouldn't take much more than a couple of minutes). I have not used DVD movie factory. but I have used Ulead DVD workshop and you can add multiple mpeg's in that. I would assume you could do the same in movie factory.