VCD Chapter numbers don't display on PowerDVD and standalone

[mazfan]

I have been capturing VHS tapes with a Hauppauge Win-PCI for the purpose of saving them as VCD's. I have everything down fine. Capture and filter with Vdub. Encode with TMPGEnc to VCD. Using VCDeasy to burn. I am adding chapters for navigation by using "Create X Equidistant Chapters" under the chapter tab of VCDeasy. Everything plays fine, and I can use "Prev" and "Next" to skip chapters, but no chapter numbers appear either with PowerDVD on my PC or on my Pioneer DV-C503 standalone. Does chapter number display simply not work, or am I missing something?

[W_Eagle]

Hello pal,

It is but normal that you don't see chapter number of VCD/SVCD/CVD upon klicking 'next' or 'previous'. You will see the chapter number if you will click a nuber key. At least it is so on my srandalone.

Take care

[Betamax]

'Chapters' at (S)(C)VCD aren't actually real chapters. At least not the ones you know from a DVD.
They just are kinda pin-points in the motion stream, so your player know where to jump to when you clicked the next- or prev-button, but they aren't there physicaly (the movie still is stored as 1 whole piece on the CD, so your player won't find any chapters).
So it's normal your player won't show those chapters in its led.

In most cases, a chapter only works when you're using PBC at the (S)VCD, so it's only available from VCD2.0 and up.
If you start a VCD2.0 by pressing the '1' key instead of the 'play'-key you properly won't be able to jump in the movie using those 'chapters'.

[W_Eagle]

Hello pal,

In most cases, a chapter only works when you're using PBC at the (S)VCD, so it's only available from VCD2.0 and up.

What's 'PBC'?

Take care