VCD Compliance w/Nero 5.5; good VCD playback players

[briansmccabe]

Hi -

I have burned dozens of VCDs using Nero 5.5 recently. When Nero is examining the MPG file after I drag'n'drop it into the "to - be - burned" window, I get a message saying that my file is out of compliance with VCD standards, even though I encoded using the VCD template in TMPGENC. Does this cause problems for anyone?

Playback on my PC is fine, while playback on my cheap-ass Apex AD-1500 is highly problematic. I suspect, however, that this is player-related and not disc-related, because a) it does this with VCDs that did NOT encounter the compliance question in Nero, and b) the player is one cheap-ass player. If anyone else has experienced problems with VCD playback on the Apex AD-1500, please post. Also, any solid recommendations for component DVD players that handle VCD playback flawlessly would be greatly appreciated.

[curryman]

If you are using the 1246 bitrate template in tsunami then you are creating a non standard vcd, but i have never come across a player that reads vcd's that has trouble with this spec(it is only slightly above the norm.
as for nero, just untick "create standard compiant cd" on the new compilation screen