vcd sound stutters under standalone DVD player

[astroboy2520]

i have just burned my second vcd. when i played it back on the computer everything seems to work fine, but when i played on my toshiba DVD player, the sound stutters. what could be the problem for this. i have seen some posts with similar problem, but no real definite answers (one that seems feasible was that the computer is more forgiving that the DVD player. is this the case?) i made the first vcd and everything are fine under the standalone machine. so how can i fix this?

thank you

[mats.hogberg]

one that seems feasible was that the computer is more forgiving that the DVD player. is this the case?

It's more than the case, it's the fact!
But to help you fix the problem, you have to fill in much more details regarding your material and process. Start with describing your source, then step thru every setting for every app used it the path from source to VCD. Then maybe someone can give you some hints.

/Mats

[bgrieb]

I also had problems with stuttering audio on my standalone DVD player and here's what I did:

I encoded a 30 second video clip in multiple video bitrates (2000, 2100, 2200, etc) and burned them all with Nero on a CD-RW disc (I'm cheap and don't like to waste discs that aren't for permenant storage ). I watched them on my Standalone until I found the one that would stutter (2600). I wiped the disc and reencoded clips at intervals from 2500 to 2600. 2500 was the max. I think this is specific to my standalone unit, but maybe not. Either way, it's a little time consuming, but I'm glad that I did it. Ever since then I have never had a VCD stutter if the Video bitrate was 2500 or less. Hope that helps.

BG

[mats.hogberg]

Eherm... Wheren't we talking VCD here? As the eternal besserwisser (gotta change my byline) VCD is CBR 1150 kbps video @ 352*240/288, 224 kbps audio @ 44.1 kHz, no more, no less. If you use other values, and get problems when playing the "VCD", it seems rather likely that it's because it's no VCD you're playing!

/Mats

[astroboy2520]

hello, it's me again. i am copying dvd's onto vcd's using smart ripper then dvd2avi then encode using TMPGEnc at the bitrate given for vcd (CBR 1150 kbps for video and AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps 48KHz for sound.)
i then chop the video with TMPGEnc and burn on cd-r with roxio easy cd creator 5 platinum. the main snag i get is that when i import the "cut" mpg into easy cd, the program cannot recognize the mpg as a valid file that will work on a standalone machine. i wonder if that is caused by the cutting and multiplexing that TMPEnc used during cutting.

i don't know if any of this help. but advices would be greatly appreciated.

[vcd4ever]

astroboy2520;

When the audio stutters does the video also stutters..if it does it can be that the audio is padded or the multiplexing is not correctly done. It can also be the padded audio and multiplexing is not correctly done. This is most likley the reason to the stuttering problem.

vcd4ever.

[bgrieb]

TMPGenc allows for the creation of non-standard VCDs. It's MPEG-1 encoded, so it's not a Super VCD. If changing the bitrate of the video (or audio for that matter) makes it no longer a VCD, than what is it?

As for the encode and chop thing, that might be part of the problem. Try setting a source range and creating individual MPeg files for each selection. Batch encode it if you don't want to sit around and wait for one to finish before starting a new one.

BG

[Laddydaddy]

48KHz is not standard for vcd. Try encoding the audio at 44.1KHz which is the standard for a vcd.

[astroboy2520]

thank you for all the advice. i will try the solutions. i was also thinking about cutting the video under my premiere and encode the mpeg that way. but i will try source range first.

thank you again