burning

[Buttons]

ok heres my situation... I've tried to burn this SVCD many times now. Everytime i do i get an error. I've been using Nero 5.5.9.6. It wont play in my friends standalone or in my computer using MediaPlayer or WinDVD. I cant seem to figure out why it wont work. Every other (S)VCD i've burned works fine. Even when Nero needs to re-encode it. If someone has an answer please help!

[vitualis]

More details...

Do you already have the MPEG-2 file? Or are you using Nero to encode?

Regards.

[Buttons]

i'm not exactly sure how to tell that

[vitualis]

What file are you trying to get Nero to turn into a SVCD?

Did you make it? For example, with TMPGEnc?

Or did you get it from somewhere else?

What can you tell us about this file?

Regards.

[Buttons]

i got it from someone else. its a movie split into 2 files. i can watch it on WinDVD from my harddrive but when i burn it an error happens midway through burning. I've shut everything down on my system so the processor would only be used by Nero and that doesnt work either.

[vitualis]

It sounds like a DivX AVI file. Is it?

If so, you should convert the DivX AVI file to MPEG-2 first with TMPGEnc rather than let Nero convert it.

http://www.vcdhelp.com/convert

Regards.

[Buttons]

NO its an SVCD.. the source i got it from told me that.

[Buttons]

its too large for an avi... its 734Mb. Its an mpg file.

[vitualis]

Well, I don't necessarily believe your source and neither should you. And you can easily make DivX AVI files of ANY size.

Why don't you actually CHECK what the file is??

I assume you mean that it is an MPEG-2 file rather than "SVCD". If it is already a SVCD ready MPEG-2 file, try remultiplexing it with TMPGEnc or bbMPEG. There may be something wrong there...

Regards.

[Buttons]

ok well... how do i CHECK wat type of file it is? I'll try the remultiplexing as well. Thank you for your help and patience

[vitualis]

For MPEG files try "MPEGProperties": http://www.vcdhelp.com/tools

For AVI files, try gspot: http://www.vcdhelp.com/tools

Regards.

[Buttons]

ok..i used MpegProperties. It said the file is a Mpeg-2. Now when i try to burn in Nero i get the following message:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The file 'D:\Movies\***.mpg' is not a valid file for creating a standard Video CD V2.0(CD-I player) disc. A compiant video file requires the following specifications: MPEG-1 which ws encoded for Video Cd
The following problems were found:MPEG-2 instead of MPEG-1
invalid video stream 29.97 frames/second, 480x480 pixels
How would you like to continue?
Turn off standard compliance and continue

Re-encode the video file
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now wat option should i choose?

[ghoster]

Re-encode the video file

[Buttons]

Thank you

[vitualis]

It seems like you are trying to use your video file to make a VCD with Nero?

Try making a SVCD.

Alternatively, try using VCDEasy: http://www.vcdeasy.org

Regards.