Problems with VCD - ffmpeg vs. mpeg2enc

[reality1234]

I am converting a .avi-file (640x272) to VCD, and I´ve tried using both "ffmpeg" and the "mpeg2enc" encoders.

I´ve unchecked "decode with Quicktime", since I couldn´t get any of the two codecs above to work in this modus (no picture in the output m2v).

However, only the mpeg2enc will encode my file properly - the ffmpeg gives me this error message:

Input #0, avi, from '/Volumes/Data/filmer/hard_eight.avi':
Duration: 01:41:33.9, bitrate: 963 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, 640x272, 23.98 fps
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 115 kb/s
Output #0, vcd, to '/Volumes/Data/filmer/movietest.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video (hq), 640x272, 25.00 fps, q=2-20, 1671 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[mpeg1video @ 0x2ea1f8]bitrate above max bitrate
Error while opening codec for stream #0.0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height



Keeping all other settings, and changing back to "mpeg2enc" makes ffmpegx code the file properly again. Why will the one codec work, and not the other one (when all other conditions are the same?)?

[ykz]

Output #0, vcd, to '/Volumes/Data/filmer/movietest.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video (hq), 640x272, 25.00 fps, q=2-20, 1671 kb/s

these aren't vcd settings, you might want to take standards the fast vcd preset is offering