nero and decreased vCD quality after burn?

[geniv]

just wondering, tonight was my first time burning a complient VCD I used Nero 5. I acutally worked with MPEG1 for over 1 year already.

I usually capture my mpeg1 to data format and burn the *.MPG file to CD as regular data.

anyway I use to just watch the mpeg on my 19in monitor or TV output it from my encoder or HW+.

with the VCD I made. I played it on my sony s330 DVD. it seems to have worst quality on my TV screen than from my tv-out on my PC. I was able to see compression artifact alot more.

now when nero burns it to VCD does the file lose any quality after it's "coverted" to vcd. in nero when I drag the video file over it just say "checking.." file. as far as I know the mpeg file I feed it is already VCD complient

[Jeomite]

Perhaps your DVD player has a bad onboard decoder? =|

[dirk67]

Try playing the large DAT file on the VCD with your favourite mpeg player. If it's better than with your standalone DVD player, than indeed the decoder of the DVD player is crap. If it's the same bad quality then Nero has done something to the file. Was it really VCD compliant before? If you find Nero guilty, you might try VCDEasy to burn your VCD.