EazyVCD problems - is there a better program?

[mrebman]

I have been using EazyVCD to rip & make backups of my DVD movie collection. EazyVCD is truly easy to use but when I watch the movie on my Mintek DVD player, the first 20 minutes of the movie will look great & then I start getting artifacts & pixelization & then the movie just feeezes, oh the player is thrashing & spinning the CD-R but nothing is happening on the screen. I'm think that I'm using a cheap-o CD-R & maybe using a better Imation CD-R would help.
Are there any better DVD-to-VCD Programs out there?

P.S. - I'm using Nero 5.5 to burn the Bin/Cue Image to the CD-R.

-Thanks-

Mike

[johns0]

Sounds like crappy cdr media,try a better brand.

[jimmalenko]

EazyVCD is IMO one of the easiest (and best) DVD-to-VCD programs you'll find. Output quality is always A1 IMO, and as you say, it's very easy to set up. I too think it's the media, and it's either crap media, the media doesn't get along with your player, or it burns poorly.

[mrebman]

I will try a different Media, I'm using a cheap 100-Pack of Free-after-rebate generic crap. I have found that my Mad-Dog DVD-Rom CDR Burner combo really likes Imation CD-R's when I burn MP3 Music CD-R's. I guess that it only leads to believe that the Imation CD-R's are also the way to go when doing VCD's, I will give them a try.

-Thanks-

Mike

[saycoda]

I'm glad to hear positive reviews of EasyVCD, since I just started using it. The only comment I have is, I can't seem to get chapters/menus to display/work on my player which does have the PCB (playback control) feature.

I'm using the settings below. Any other guides for this software?

v1.15a
Inputs:
All defaults on input
N. american NTSC

Encoding:
highest quality
XVCD
1 CD

Output:
Make Bin/CUE

Questions:
No menu functions on burned CD, why?
Why does prgrm ask to play a few seconds of movie first?