VCD 'Hiccups'

[maycm]

I have been experimenting with creating VCDs using 2 pass VBR coded using TMPGENC. Padding is off. I create the disk as a non-standard MPEG-1 Video CD

I seem to have a recurring problem of the discs hiccuping / pausing for seconds at a time at various points on the disc.

It invariable occurs in the first few seconds and sometimes the audio continues while the video freezes. Occasionally I see it elsewhere on the disc.

I have a Malata 996 - no access to another one for testing at this time.

Anyone else experienced this?

Thanks in advance

[ZippyP.]

What are your bitrate settings? Some players don't like it if you go too low or too high. Try some different settings and see if it helps.

[maycm]

Found my problem - needed to enable padding to prevent the bit rate going too low for my player.