VCD play on standalone but not on PC?

[Weevis]

A newbie problem here. I am backing up some DVD to VCD using the following: smartripper to rip the DVD (as movie), DVDx to encode to mpg (vcd), and Nero-express to author and burn onto cdr. The resulting vcd plays well on my standalone DVD, but doesn’t read on my PC, on Windowsmedia or Powerdvd using DVD/rom or CD/rom. I am not sure why. Maybe a problem with Nero as the vcd author/burner? Or DVDx as encoder?
I have done with two DVDs, same problem. Any help would be great.
Thanks.

[poopyhead]

did you try playing 1) the VCD as is and 2) loading the avseq01.dat file directly into mplayer or powerDVD???

[ZippyP.]

..... loading the avseq01.dat file directly into mplayer or powerDVD???

That's what I have to do, I drag and drop the .dat into Powerdvd directly and it works. 8)

[poopyhead]

That's what I have to do, I drag and drop the .dat into Powerdvd directly and it works. 8)

powerDVD/winDVD is suppose to play (S)VCDs as is..w/o having to drag the actual .dat/.mpg file. you should be able to set the defult drive letter corresponding to the drive you inserted the disc and powerDVD/winDVD is suppose to play it as is...on winDVD, the info box even indicates "SVCD" or "VCD 2.0"

[Weevis]

I have tried to play VCD as is using PowerDVD, and also just opening the .dat file with mediaplayer. But I get invalid media error.

[poopyhead]

have you tried opening the .dat file directly with powerDVD?

[Weevis]

Yes. i have tried to play .dat with PowerDVD. Crashes everytime.