Looping first second of VTS with SVCD2DVD

[SavageDonkey]

OK, first of all can I say how I love this program. I use all the time to put TV shows from the US on to DVD, while waiting for them to arrive in the UK.

Anyway the only problem I have is occasionaly a VTS will loop the first second forever (so it looks like it has frozen). To remedy this problem I have to chapter forward on my dvd player and then rewind to just before the first second! This happens on all DVD players I have tried.

I think this may be something to do with mpegs that have previously been made into a svcd disk (i.e. using nero). If the file is then taken from the AV001.dat (or whatever it is) they seem to have this problem!

It's only a minor problem but if it were fixed SVCD2DVD would be perfect for me. Any suggestions?

thanks

[HighDesert]

I also experience the ocdasional movie that seems to freeze in the beginning.. I usually can just hit the fast forward button for a few seconds and it will play ok from there. My problems are not related to Nero. It happens about 20 percent of the time with mpeg 1 VCD and mpeg 2 SVCD files. Funny thing is these files will not freeze up when I play the DVD from my HD using Powerdvd software using the "play dvd from folder setting". This problem has occured in all players I have used including an initial portable, Pioneer 270, and Apex 1100w.

The only thing that I am guessing could be the source of the trouble is that I am running svcd2dvd on a windows 98se box. And I am sure that most of the coding for this program is optimized for w2k or XP. Chrissy could probably clarify this. I just don't have time to install XP and the 100 apps that I use. My question to SavageDonkey is if you are also using windows 98se. If so, this may help verify the source of trouble. Another reason I am to believe that 98se could give trouble is that when I used the trial version, I did not get the 30 second clip at the end and on one of my movies it cut off the last 2 minutes. It obviously did not behave like the trial version was supposted to and I am thinking that the OS may have something to do with that as well. There is another thread in here somewhere where somebody had this issue. I cannot find it. But it seems to be a bug that effects a minority of users. I would be interested in finding the source or a workaround or possible fix in future releases. Hopefully Chrissy may have some input or look into this.

[SavageDonkey]

Just a couple of points to pick up on from your reply.

1) I use Windows XP pro and Windows XP Home
2) If I play the created DVD back in Windvd on my PC, if there is a problem with one of the VTS's on the disk it will play them but with a slightly longer than usual pause.

[HighDesert]

I think this may be something to do with mpegs that have previously been made into a svcd disk (i.e. using nero). If the file is then taken from the AV001.dat (or whatever it is) they seem to have this problem!

It's only a minor problem but if it were fixed SVCD2DVD would be perfect for me. Any suggestions?

thanks

I see what you mean. So they use VCDgear to extract the mpeg from the Dat file or worse yet, just use the mpeg in the svcd folder without converting it back to a compliant mpeg. The problem is, I have seen this problem happen from bin files as well. But it sounds like you and I have the same problem using different OS's. No doubt a hard one to trouble shoot especially if one is using files from the net from god knows who..lol