need VCD Burning help

[BigBadBob]

I have an Oritron 720 dvd player and got the hack to enable vcd working. I tried a vcd i burnt using NERO (Wizard) it didn't work. I know there are different ways to burn a vcd. different settings. i have read about using unauthored mpeg iso's. any help will be great. Thanks.

Bob

[Tommyknocker]

I have an Oritron 720 dvd player and got the hack to enable vcd working

To enable VCDs, or CD-Rs? It appears according to the database, the jury is still out on whether your player plays CD-Rs ((S)VCDs). You may want to consider replacing it with a more universal player.

[Vejita-sama]

Try VCDEasy. You can d/load it either to the left under tools or from http://www.doom9.org

[thor300]

I experienced that VCD's burned with Nero (Express) show up in Explorer as being only a few kilobytes total size, and the DAT file is unreadable from the PC. However, it will still work just fine in my Pioneer DV-444. Burning with VCDEasy instead of Nero removed the problem for me, maybe its worth a try for you too. VCDEasy will give you these different settings you mentioned.

[BigBadBob]

downloading and tyring now. will respond how it goes

[BigBadBob]

i dont thinki tried the right settings. i tried to burn a vcd and i got an error with an alarm and this is what was on the screen:

[Internal Xml Generation]
Internally computed XML generated successfully: "D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\videocd.xml"
[00s 040ms (Internal Xml Generation)]

[VCDxBuild.exe]
GNU VCDImager 0.7.12
initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [cygwin/i686]
changed volume number to 1
changed volume count to 1
changed restriction number to 0
changing 'next volume use sequence 2' to 0
changing 'next volume use lid 2' to 0
changed volume label to `VIDEOCD'
changed publisher id to `VCDEASY_V116'
changed application id to `CDI/CDI_VCD.APP;1'
changing 'relaxed aps' to 0
sequence count 1
adding sequence #0, D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\`Recorded TV Shows\Cheers 5 min Clip.mpg
pts start offset 0.282500 (max pts = 301.604956)
playing time 301.322456
scanning mpeg sequence item #0 for scanpoints...
already scanned... not rescanning
pbc: psd size 0 (extended psd 0)
iso9660: highest alloced sector is 224 (using 300 as isosize)
writing track 1 (ISO9660)...
writing track 2, MPEG1, NTSC SIF (352x240/30fps), audio[0]: l2/44.1kHz/224kbps/stereo ...
MPEG packet statistics: 18601 video, 3704 audio, 0 zero, 0 ogt, 311 unknown
writting post-gap ('leadout pregap')...
finished ok, image created with 23291 sectors [05:10.41]
[09s 694ms (VCDxBuild.exe)]

[CDRDAO Disk Info]
Cdrdao version 1.1.7
ASPI: D:\Program Files\ahead\Nero\WnAspi32.dll
1,0,0: ATAPI CD-R/RW 24X10 Rev: P.JJ
ERROR: No driver found for 'ATAPI CD-R/RW 24X10' (Use "Force Driver" in the "CD Writer/Reader" settings page to set a driver manually)
ERROR: Cannot setup device 1,0,0.
[01s 512ms (CDRDAO Disk Info)]

[11s 586ms (All tasks, and user interactions if any)]


It says no driver for cdr/rw drive. Use Force Driver. I have never needed a driver ( windows recognizes it and doesn't ask for one ) also the Force Driver option, didn't find it anywhere. I went to acer's web site ( the brand of cd drive) and i didnt find drivers for my drive. any ideas?

Bob

[mats.hogberg]

Now, this is a CDRDAO error message. You probably haven't got your ASPI layer set up correctly. Try the ForceASPI installation (Tools/Burn). If that still wont help, go to the CDRDAO home page and take a look at the compatibility chart to se what driver (if any) to use with your burner.
Last resort (and not a bad one at that!) is to just create the VCD image with VCDEasy (uncheck the "Burn" checkbox on the main page) and then use Nero to burn the cue/bin (File -> Burn image). Also, keep the burn speed low. This has been argued, but on some systems it actually seems to make a difference. I use 4X when burning (S)VCD.

/Mats

[BigBadBob]

the box at the bottom where it says Tools is greyed out.and it just says ASPI Tools support is disabled. also i went to CDRDAO homepage and there were no listings for my Acer 24/10/40 cd-rw drive

[BigBadBob]

i have tried 1.1.6 and 1.1.5.2 and the option for ASPI is greyed out on both versions? any idea where i can find the right driver?

[BigBadBob]

i have downloaded updated ASPI drivers and tried everything i can think of. I think i ma need the drivers for my cd-rw drive but cant find them. I found some but they were listed as being for Win98. I am using Windows2000. The driver is an ACER 2410A.