How to make autorun VCD with menus?

[videopromaster]

Hello everyone!

I am a videographer that is looking into the posibility of distributing my video demo on a CD. I've been considering VCD's, but I don't think they are viable because I need my disk to play in as many computers as possible, with a menu autostarting. Is VCD the best solution for this?

Is there any way to burn a VCD that will auto start in a computer with menus? I'd really like to go svcd, but I think that might be out of the question. What would you do if you were in my position? Thanks in advance!

-Alan Lockwood

[Beretta]

SVCD will work in almost ZERO computers that don't have a DVD drive (because you need the MPEG-2 codec to play a SVCD and that usually ships with DVD drive software.

(yes, I know some people (like myself) have installed the codecs, but we represent probably less than 1/2 of 1% of users.

Your best bet would be to use AutoPlay Menu Studio 3.0 and make yourself a menu that way, using buttons or images (like a menu type dealy) to directly launch mpegs files.

That's about the best advice I can offer (I also am a videographer by trade, and this is what I do, and besides some idiot sticking it in a Macintosh and wondering why the cd won't autoplay, I haven't had any problems whatsoever.

[Paradebh]

There is a little player included in winoncd 3.8. It is in IMAGES directory named VCD_PLAY.exe. With this player you can play your VCD like a Standalone player in your computer. Well, it's not shareware.....