Help please. I burned the VCD but player won't read it

[deadpool2002]

I know the DVD player can read it because it has a Video Cd option. Do you need a dvd burner or can you use a regular burner? I used Nero Burning Rom Video Option but The dvd player said there was no disc. All my mpegs are allready encoded correctly, in Mpeg 1 vcd format. NTSC. What is wrong?

Thannks

[Hoagie]

Your player may play VideoCDs, but does it play CD-Rs?

Check out the compatability listing (the link is somewhere around VCDHELP) to see if your player will. If it can read CD-Rs, then you are doing something wrong... but my guess is that your player can't.

[deadpool2002]

Yes it does read cdr's here's the link to the chart on my dvd player

http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDnameid=335&Search=Search&list=

I used TDK 80 minute CD. I just bought them today because my imation cdr's didn't work.

[Hoagie]

Give a break down of all your steps... all the details too.

[deadpool2002]

I took screen captures of what was on my disc once I burned it, here are the pics.

http://www.geocities.com/deadpoolman2002/Ddrive.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/deadpoolman2002/Mpegav.jpg

[deadpool2002]

OK, I wanted to make a dvd of trailers, so i downloaded the trailers, most were avi. I used tmpgenc to convert them to vcd's. Here's a screen capture i took a second ago, the settings I chose are at the bottom. http://www.geocities.com/deadpoolman2002/tmpgenc.jpg

[deadpool2002]

Next I got Nero and followed the instructions on this website exactly. I made a menu, and everything. It seemed to burn fine. The dvd player even started flashing the Video CD icon on the display. But then it said there was no cd.

[aldus4]

Try using the Panasonic MPEG Converter. Many DVD Players just don't like a VCD made by TMPGEnc. There is a testversion you can download and do a trial run.

[chasmanian]

okay, i ran into this problem with my panasonic and nero. at first i thought it was a cdi incompatability, but that didn't make sense because commercial vcds have the cdi applications included, and they work fine. so a little more toying around and i find that on the write tab, there is a disc-at-once option. if i select that (default), the panasonic won't acknowledge the vcd. if i deselect it, no problem. try that.

[vitualis]

chasmanian,

That suggests that Nero is stuffing up your burns. There should be no reason for discs burnt DAO not to play (if done correctly).

As for your problem deadpool, try burning an audio CD with your new media to see if that works in your DVD player. It still may be a media compatibility problem.

Regards.

[aldus4]

@ deadpool2002

Should you still be experiencing problems I suggest downloading the VCDImagerGui and creating a bin/cue file. This you can then burn in Nero (under "burn image&quot. This is what I used to have to do before upgrading to 5.5.2.3, as my VCD would be recognized, just not played by one of my DVD Players.

[chasmanian]

Michael,
could you please explain "stuffing up"? I've seen this term used once or twice, but don't know is meant by it. Thanks.

chas

[vitualis]

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Michael,
could you please explain "stuffing up"? I've seen this term used once or twice, but don't know is meant by it. Thanks.

chas
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"Stuffing up" as in not doing it properly. Perhaps you have a funny installation of Nero, or there is some driver/software conflict, or some hardware incompatibility (or gremlins). For whatever reason, Nero is not burning your VCDs in DAO properly...

What I was trying to suggest and clarify before (apparently poorly ) is that it is not "DAO" that is the problem. Rather it is Nero that is the problem.

Regards.

[ksyapp]

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On 2001-07-03 18:01:27, Hoagie wrote:
Your player may play VideoCDs, but does it play CD-Rs?

Check out the compatability listing (the link is somewhere around VCDHELP) to see if your player will. If it can read CD-Rs, then you are doing something wrong... but my guess is that your player can't.

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I have a similar problem. Burned a VCD using a CD-R disc. My DVD player can play DVD and VCD but not CD-R or CD-RW. What I want to know is how does one make a VCD without using a CD-R disc??? My understanding is once I have created a VCD using a CD-R disc, it then becomes a VCD. Please advise. My player is Panasonic RV20.

[vitualis]

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On 2001-07-05 04:55:41, ksyapp wrote:
I have a similar problem. Burned a VCD using a CD-R disc. My DVD player can play DVD and VCD but not CD-R or CD-RW. What I want to know is how does one make a VCD without using a CD-R disc??? My understanding is once I have created a VCD using a CD-R disc, it then becomes a VCD. Please advise. My player is Panasonic RV20.
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VCD is just the format. VCD compatibility for a DVD player only means that it can play professionally mastered VCDs that you can buy from a shop. These VCDs are on regular pressed CDs (i.e., just like the audio CDs or CD-ROMs you buy from a shop). DVD players have no difficult reading these discs.

Creating a VCD on CD-R or CD-RW media is a separate issue. If a DVD player isn't designed to play back CD-R or CD-RW media, there is no reason why it should. Those players that are designed with this capability will undoubtedly have this fact advertised and will be in their manual.

Regards.

[ksyapp]

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On 2001-07-05 04:55:41, ksyapp wrote:
I have a similar problem. Burned a VCD using a CD-R disc. My DVD player can play DVD and VCD but not CD-R or CD-RW. What I want to know is how does one make a VCD without using a CD-R disc??? My understanding is once I have created a VCD using a CD-R disc, it then becomes a VCD. Please advise. My player is Panasonic RV20.
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VCD is just the format. VCD compatibility for a DVD player only means that it can play professionally mastered VCDs that you can buy from a shop. These VCDs are on regular pressed CDs (i.e., just like the audio CDs or CD-ROMs you buy from a shop). DVD players have no difficult reading these discs.

Creating a VCD on CD-R or CD-RW media is a separate issue. If a DVD player isn't designed to play back CD-R or CD-RW media, there is no reason why it should. Those players that are designed with this capability will undoubtedly have this fact advertised and will be in their manual.

Regards.

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Thanks Michael for your advice. My next question is how can I make a VCD that is of professional standard. Is that to do with the disc, hardware? and perhaps software??

Thanks again.

Kai Seen.

[vitualis]

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Thanks Michael for your advice. My next question is how can I make a VCD that is of professional standard. Is that to do with the disc, hardware? and perhaps software??

Thanks again.

Kai Seen.
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Perhaps you missed my meaning...

Professional VCDs are pressed discs. There is NO way you can make this yourself.

You can get a CD mastered though, but usually this is only if you want to mass produce a particular disc (these companies work in 100s and 1000s). Also, this process isn't cheap.

Regards.