Playing VCD'S on a PC

[Eee-Tee]

this might seam an ez prob, but i'm confused. i've burnt a project from DV onto a vcd, yet i can't play it on either windows media or power dvd. if i need to change an option in a menu, what and where? My cam is actually ntsc, and im in the uk (pal). does this make a difference? me thinks not coz i've burnt a dvd and it works fine. but can't always do this coz dvdr disks r expensive
(using pinacle express)
PLEASE HELP!!!

[mh2360]

Windows media player does not recognise S/VCDs.. so here's what i do..

Step 1 - Create a copy of the Windows media Icon on your desktop, and rename it to "Play VCD" or something...

Step 2 - Right click on it and select properties. You now need to change the "Target" line. Simply add X:\mpegav\avseq01.dat on the end - Where X = the letter of your CD Drive...



Step 3 - Just make sure theres a VCD in the drive when you D-Click...

[Eee-Tee]

ok, just to make sure, in the box 'target', where it says "Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"/prefetch:1 do i type what you have said?
after the 1, is there a : or; ?

also, i've got a feeling that the vcd that i burnt may not be ok, what can i do to check to see if it has been writen on?
thanks

[Eee-Tee]

i've seen the picture now- didn't load before!

[SteveDVD]

thats good thinking to come up with that target! nice work

[Eee-Tee]

Thanks for the help! doesn't end here thou!
as my cams ntsc, and im in the uk, as mentioned above, is this a prob? ive got conflicting answers from different people and if it is, perhaps this is the route of the problem??

[mh2360]

Ok we need more info... explain what you used to capture/convert/burn your VCD... the NTSC/PAL thing shouldnt make a difference when playing on your PC...

[Pied-Piper]

WMP can't play interactive VCDs and by changing the target of its shortcut you will miss VCDs interactivity, menus, chapters and slide shows.

[Eee-Tee]

To capture the video i used a canon mv450i (=zr30mc in the US which is where i bought it) camcorder, to convert i'm using Pinnacle express dv, and to burn im using a TEAC 24*10*40 CDRW (as it came bundeled w/pc, don't know model no)- ,but i also have a PIONEER AO3 DVDR/RW drive that i could use. as mentioned before, its not as if nothing works with it, cos ive sucessfully burnt a dvdr that i can watch both on my pc and stand-alone player, but i would rather have the chace to put it onto a cdr (if i am able) cos there much cheeper

[mh2360]

Try using Tmpgenc to convert, try both the NTSC and PAL VCD templates... The resulting file can then be burned with either Nero or VCDImager/Fireburner...

BTW.. this depends on whether Tmpgenc will accept the file format your camera produces...