VCD 1.0 or 2.0 in a Sony DVP-NS315?...help please

[LioCraft]

Hi there,
I read over this site that Nero's VCDs were very bad in quality compared with what VCDEasy can do. SO I tried it, and selected VCD 2.0 (without a clue of what the difference is)....the result was a VCD that you could watch pretty cool in the PC, but a hole bunch of crap in the stand alone DVD player (Sony DVP-NS315).

Questions:
1.- Difference between VCD 1.1 and VCD 2.0
2.- Someone knows if the DVP-NS315 can show 2.0 VCDs?

Thx.

[LioCraft]

bump....I really need the help

[dartboard]

Hi,
I use VCDeasy to make bin/cue files that nero can then burn on my sony-315. I always use vcd 2.0 and the quality is very good. Really, I have trouble telling much difference between vcd and dvd. Yes, there is some, but not alot. Try www.vcdeasy.org. On their site they have step by step guides. When done, Nero will happily burn the bin/cue file to disk without any problem.

BTW, the sony player will play svcd after you use the tmpgenc header trick.

[LioCraft]

Thx a lot

[adam]

VCD 2.0 was an upgrade to 1.0. It allowed more interactive features, different encoding modes for audio, higher bitrates for segment audio, etc.. The only reason you would ever want to make a VCD 1.0 would be if your vcd player was very old and predated 2.0. I think any VCD compatible DVD player would surely support 2.0.

In any case, whether you make a VCD 1.0 or 2.0 should not have any effect on the quality of playback of the movie track. Also, the authoring program should have no effect either. If you are unhappy with the quality of your vcds than the source was either poor to begin with or it was not encoded very well, or you are just experiencing the limits of what the VCD standard can achieve. Personally I find VCD quality unacceptable.

I'm not sure what you mean by a whole buncy of crap, are you talking about obvious artifacts like yellow or green blocks? This may be a media problem. Most likely the dvd player is not able to read the cdr/w that you used well enough and that is causing these artifacts. Try using different cdr/w media and try burning at a slower speed. Also check the dvd player compatibility chart to your left to see what types of media work best on your player.

[VCD-Addicted]

Great advice adam. So far with my Sony DVD player I've been using Sony cdrs and cdrws with great results. Then again Sony to Sony better work well.