home made vcd's with menus behave differently on different p

[hamambocegi]

i made a vcd (many actually for trial & error) which has two levels of menus.

- SthSDVD will play one menu selection fine, but under the second menu no selections appear

- I-Video CD Player crashes immediately as I put the CD in

- PowerDVD plays exactly as it should.

> now since SthSDVD and I-Video are freeware - is the problem with these pieces of software ?

> has anyone else had difficulties playind VCD's with them ?

> does anyone know a freeware vcd player that can handle menus ?

> why am i asking for fee programs when i have powerdvd ? - because i need to bundle the player with the vcd, so people who dont have a vcd player can also enjoy the videos.

thanks

* no i cant play the DAT files in media player becasue there are multiple sequences - thats why there is a menu in the first place !

[RiG]

Why do you bother with vcd if you're playing them on the computer anyway? Just a thought.

[hamambocegi]

Well the thing is, it is a mixed audience that is going to watch. so some have DVD players some dont.

[Bluez]

which version of powerdvd? got one here but that doesn't automatically play vcd's, i gotta' point it to the mpeg files by hand...

i'm looking for a piece of similar software for my parents pc (which is just a p225mmx, so way too little processing power) but it did perform surprisingly well playing all sorts of avi's... no vcd's yet

[tigerwolf]

if you are just using it for vcd, why not try
quickvcd player, its free:

http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,73127,00.html

[tigerwolf]

you can cut and paste the link above or just go to zdnet downloads and type in quickvcd into the search.