vcd freezing after a few minutes

[adamthepostie]

i recently downloaded a music video from the internet, put it onto a cdr using nero 5.5, VCD. but it only plays for about a minute when i put it into my standalone player then freezes (the original file was an avi 352x288)...why???? i am using a philips dvd 633 player which SHOULD play all media types!!! can anyone help me?

[wee haggis]

Here is compatability reports on your player:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDnameid=1260&Search=Search&#comments

The first thing you should know is....do NOT use Nero to encode (its ok for authoring though).
I would suggest using TMPGE to encode.

I would also download this version of Virtualdub and scan the video for bad frames.(scroll down to the "MP3_Freeze" version)
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/virtualdub.html

If you have bad frames (and the amount is not more than a couple of hundred)you can remove the frames with Virtualdub,then re-stream the AVI ready to be encoded.