total newbie asks silly question

[semloh]

hi guys, like i say this could be the most stupid question yet,but i am a total newbie so please bare with me.
i have just encoded an avi to mpeg,using tmpegenc,burned it using ez cd creator 5 platinum,and all i can find on the disk are some empty folders, and a .dat file.
my question is, will this play on a standalone dvd player,(phillips dvd622,which will be purchased soon) or do i need to do some more work on the file(which plays ok on wmp).
sorry for the ignorance of the question, but we all have to start somewhere.
help me obi-wan kenobi, your my only hope.

regards
semloh

[Battra92]

all I can tell you is try it. The structure seems okay to me.

[eyeofbeholder]

Depends on which format you chose - VCD or SVCD. The file and folder structures are a little different. It looks like you chose the VCD format.

I agree, try it. If it works, great.

One suggestion, use CDRWs. Mistakes with CDRs can create a bunch of coasters.

[semloh]

thanks guys
tried it today having taken delivery of my new dvd player,but it doesn`t work,i tried a back up disk of a music album,that worked,a borrowed home-made vcd,that worked,the media discs are the same but my file would`nt work,its not the dvd player, so any idea what i should do next
thanks

[RaleighNC]

I dumped creator and went nero. Creator is unforgiving when creating s/vcd.

[semloh]

hi guys
i have also dumped creator and used winoncd, happy to say everthing went great,perfect picture, sound and playback,
thanx gents for all your help and advice
regards
semloh

[ebaldino]

AFAIK, EZCDCreator will only work if it´s a legit copy...
Non-legitimate copies of the software will produce coasters like the ones you´re describing... I may be wrong, though...

rgds
EBaldino

[RaleighNC]

Mine was legit, straight from roxio pre-order. And after learning how much better svcd is, creator was history.

[semloh]

mine is a legit copy of creator, but still i was getting these problems