Serial frisbee maker - help please

[davegreen]

Hello Folks,
Wonder if you can help. I’m new to creating VCDs but seem quite proficient at making frisbees.

When I burn a movie it seems to start to play OK, but then very quickly the picture starts to freeze and jerk and the sound cracks. It basically becomes un-viewable on my DVD player, but yet it plays OK on my PC. Any help would be appreciated.

Hardware
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1.8Ghz cpu
½ Gig ram
LG DVD CD R/W Combo 32x10x40
Panasonic DVD/CD Player DVD-S35

Software
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W2K
AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV Splitter v3.22 – Trail Version
TMPGEnc 2.5 – Trail Version
Nero 5 - V 5.5.8.3

Here’s my process…

I obtain source video, normally in AVI format. I split the AVI using Splitter. I then encode using TMPGEnc into VCD – PAL format. I then use the Nero wizard to creat a video CD and burn.

As I have said it plays well on my PC but does not play with any form of quality on my DVD Player.

What Am I doing wrong?

I choose all the defaults when using each tool; do I need to tweak settings?
Is there any know problems with my hardware?

I have done a bit of reading on this but still end up making coasters…

Help please, and sorry about the really long 1st post.

Cheers,
Dave

[redwudz]

Your method seems OK. You might try different media, though with CDs, that not as important as with DVDs.

A program you might try is TheFilmMachine. It's a simple program that works well with AVI to VCD or SVCD or DVD converstion. If your source AVIs are XVIDs or DIVX, it's an easy way to go.

[thecoalman]

Since they work good on your computer I would suggest it's the standalone player. As red suggested changing media might help, you could also try to specify a slower rate to burn the disc.

[davegreen]

Hi Guys,
Thanks for your help. Here is the latest installment on howto make xmas tree decorations...

OK, the above was where I have been, but it was well past time to clean up my system, so that what I done... clean install, carefull patching, etc. The box is as clean as a whistle.

I took onboard what some of you have mentioned and drop the burn speed to x8.

That almost worked. I now have great video but no audio

So I checked with TMPGEng and sure enough, there was no adio source.

To get this movie to play I had to install the following -
XviD-1.0.2-29082004
tag2000audio

I'm now going to try a different movie and check that TMPGEng captures the audio. Then I will try burning that at x8. Its failed before.

Any ideas on why I never got audio ? I assume its to do with the codecs I installed.

[Faustus]

Just a suggestion but try looking into a program called DVD2SVCD it can do VCD and SVCD and DVD output. And I think it should accept your file with the right codecs installed.

[davegreen]

Problem solved folks.

Think it was dropping down to x8 burn that done it.

I solved the audio problem by installing AC3ACM.

Thanks for all your help.

[zak_swan]

why make a VCD when u can buy a good DVD writer for £50?