Can make VCDs/MPEG1 but not DVDs/MPEG2 - please help!!!

[andy2810]

Please help a newbie before he throws his digcam out of the window along with his dvd player!!!

System:
Marantz DV4100ose - DVD Player
EasyCDCreator5 platinum - CD burner
Pinnacle Studio 7 - Authoring software
Canon MV3MC Digicam - Video Source

I have had success authoring my dv footage and burning onto cd using VCD format and MPEG1 compression. However, I cannot seem to edit and burn cds that play on my DVD player that are DVD formatted using MPEG2 compression. Where am I going wrong? In Studio 7, there is the functionality to author in DVD/MPEG2, but when I attempt to use the VCD creation wizard in ECD5, I get error messages. Furthermore, when i do successfully save in DVD/MPEG2, my DVD player doesn't recognise the disk. The player's manual clearly states it can decode MPEG2. Please help a newbie who simply wants to improve the video quality of my current VCD creations. Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!! Andy (very confused)

[Baldrick]

You can not burn dvd as vcd with easy cd creator. And if you are authoring dvd on cdr/w you are creating a minidvd/cdvd that won't work on most dvd players. www.vcdhelp.com/minidvd.htm

[Baldrick]

And please do not double post( in several forums).