I know I am stating the obvious here but I just want to take this time to clarify some confusion for any newbies out there....

1. VHS tapes and TV broadcasts do not have an audio or video bit rate as they are analogue and not digital like VCD’s.

2. The audio bit rate of a VCD or a SVCD does not have anything to do with the flow of audio from the analogue outputs on the VCD/DVD player to the TV or VCR.

3. TV’s or VCR’s will have no problem in playing/recording a VCD with an audio bit rate other than 224kbp/s (e.g. 192kbp/s) as long as the DVD player plays the non-standard bit rates.

4. The outputs from a DVD player to your TV or VCR are analogue and not digital, If a VCD does not play the audio or video in sync it is not because your TV or VCR does not support it….it is really your DVD player that can not synchronize the non-standard audio/video bit rate/s.

5. An audio or video bit rate is not outputted from a VCD/DVD player to any other source….it is an analogue signal, just like the signal out of a VCR.

6. If you record a VCD or SVCD to a VHS tape it will no longer be a standard or non-standard digital audio/video stream….it will then be a standard VHS recording.

7. A VCR will think of a signal from a VCD/DVD just like a signal from an analogue or any other source like other VCR’s, TV’s, Camcorders or any other sources.

8. A VHS tape recorded from a digital source will play in any other VHS tape player (As long as macro vision* is not in the source VCD/SVCD/VHS/DVD).

*Macro Vision is a protection method used on commercial VHS and DVD movies to stop the production of analogue copies.

BTW….you should always stick to the standards that have been set for VCD’s and SVCD’s or any other video format to ensure 100% player compatibility.

It would be great if you could give me some supportive responses from this post A.S.A.P….

Thanx for your time….its appreciated.