SVCD not recognized by standalone player (Windows XP only)

[stormmaster]

Hi,

I don't think I'm a newbie, but this one beats me ...

I created a simple movie in SVCD-Mpeg format (encoder is TMPGEnc).
Then I created a cue/bin file using VCDEasy.

When mounted with DaemonTools I can play the cue-file without a problem.

But when I write the file to a cd-r (using VCDEasy and my notebook's DVD/CD-RW, Windows XP) my standalone player does not recognize it as svcd.

The I started digging for the source of the problem. This is what I did:
- Burn the *same* bin/cue file using another computer (VCDEasy again, Desktop:PC, Windows 2000). -> Strange thing: The movie worked fine in my standalone player.
- I also tried Nero to create a SVCD on my notebook: CD not recognized.
- I can play the CD created on the notebook using PowerDVD on the notebook.
- I installed some patches for XP that resolve "some cd writing" issues, but I still can't watch the created cd on the standalone player.

To me it seems that either XP has still more bugs when writing the CD or that my DVD/CD-RW drive is not working correctly.

Does anybody have a clue? I would greatly appreciated any hint or idea concerning this problem.

Thanks,
Stefan

[RabidDog]

check you are using the same type of media in both. Check all the settings in vcdeasy are the same on both systems. Sounds like you only have a problem with discs burned in your notebook?

[vitualis]

It is possible that you have a DVD player that wasn't designed to play CD-R discs, and on some of these players, they can be extremely tempemental -- things like burn speed, different burners/burn strategies can make a difference to the readability in that particular player.

My suggestion?
1. (short term) Find what works and stick to it
2. (long term) Find a player that is actually designed to read CD-R discs (most modern players)

Regards.

[stormmaster]

I could fix the problem:
I think the solution was to set driver in the DAO-settings page of vcdeasy to "generic mmc raw" (previous setting was "generic mmc").

FYI: DVD/CD-R Drive is a Toshiba SDR 2212 combodrive.

BTW: The standalone player was designed to read CD-Rs, and I used exactly the same medium to write to (I used one CD-RW, and that worked perfectly when burned with the desktop computer, but not on the laptop).

Thanks you very much for your suggestions.