SVCD?

[BaDbOy3998]

Okay, I've gotten some movies (one is a bin and cue, the other an mpeg layer 2). When I burn them, both don't seem to "work". To elaborate, I think that the movie is intact on the discs, but my DVD Player nor Software will play it "normally". The DVD Player refuses to play the SVCD, and with PowerDVD I have to use file mode and point it to the mpeg 2 folder. I'm confused as what I need to do...

[xzarkad]

Hi there:

first; as far as I know: Power DVD has only two modes: DVD and file. As a SVCD is not a DVD, then it seems logical to go for file mode.

second; does your standalone support SVCD's? Are these standard SVCD's?
an MPEG2 file does not mean that you have a standard SVCD.

[BaDbOy3998]

I'm fairly sure that both are. I burned the Mpeg with Nero and VCDEasy (2 identical discs). I'm positive it's SVCD compliant, the sign at the store said so, the manual says so, and it's new so it's probably compliant. So far I've ran VCD's, CD's, and Mp3 Discs on it so I'm guessing that it works with SVCD's. I'm curious, it's a Toshiba DVD Player, but have these players had the same problem as Panasonics (there was a post at the home page about this)? Thanks!!!

[BaDbOy3998]

To add to my last reply (my bad), what is the disadvantage to burning an Mpeg Layer Two on a VCD? It doesn't seem to lose any quality, and more players are compliant with VCD's than SVCD's it seems. But, I need to make sure that I'm not able to burn complaint SVCD's which play on my standalone Toshiba.

[xzarkad]

I have a toshiba. which version do you have?
Did you activate PBC on the player?

[BaDbOy3998]

I think Playback Control is on. When I play a PBC it says PBC ON before it plays the disc.

[BaDbOy3998]

I mean when I play a VCD...

[xzarkad]

Which type of toshiba player do you have? Did you check the compability list to find out if your player supports SVCD's?

[BaDbOy3998]

I got rid of the Toshiba and got an iced out Sony DVD Player. Cost me $200 though . It plays the SVCD, and I'm actually surprised that it's awesome quality (how often do you download a movie that looks like a DVD?). Progressive scan is awesome too...

[xzarkad]

I am glad that you can watch the SVCD now