My VCD's are not detected by my Samsung 301

[bcorson]

I have just started creating VCD's. I created one with VCDEasy and one with the program supplied with my CDR burner. I can play them on my computer in my DVD drive. When I put them in my Samsung-301, it says "no disc". Accordong to VCDHelp, the Samsung should be able to read VCD's.
Is anything special required?

Thanks for any help.

[vitualis]

It sounds like your player wasn't designed to read CD-R/W media (a separate ability to reading VCDs).

You may have to experiment with different brands of CD-R to find one that works. CD-RW often works better in these cases.

Regards.

[bcorson]

Thank you. In reading the reviews for the 301, some people had problems and others did not. I guess I will look for a combination that works.
However, it does seem to me that if this is something that is intended to work, it should meet a standard and work with any CDR/W. There is something wrong with the product and/or standard if it is intended to work and doesn't just because you have a certain manufacturer of CDR/W.

[vitualis]

The issue is that some DVD players/drives are not designed to read CD-R/W at all.

Thus, it doesn't have to support ANY brands of media.

It just so happens that usually you will find some that work...

Unfortunately, the earlier DVD players often had less than forthcoming advertising / specifications. It is fair to say that any DVD player that doesn't specifically state that they can read CD-R/W media discs (there will often be elaboration about dual laser or dual optics) that they are not designed to read CD-R/W discs (and hence do so poorly or not at all).

Luckily, most newer DVD players are designed to read CD-R/W discs.

Regards.