How To Make VCD Disc, with Autorun files aswell?

[NickAFX]

Hello, i am new to this forum, i tried searching for the answer before i made this post, but i could not find the answer. I hope someone can help me!

I have an mpg video file i need to turn into a vcd for playing on a dvd player. I can make the VCD fine using Ulead dvd workshop 2, but then i also want it to auto-run a presentation when you put the disc into a computer.

I can make an autorun cd that runs fine on a computer using Autoplay Express 3.5. But when i copy the VCD files and then Autorun files onto the same disc, the vcd will no longer play.

Does anyone know what i am doing wrong, and if possible can tell me what to do so that this will work, i am willing to try new software if need be.

Thanks all!

[Cornucopia]

My recommendations:

Don't use Ulead to make VCD. TMPGEnc is better for the encoding, VCDEasy is better for the authoring. In addition, it allows you to add custom files (including autorun.inf, etc) to the ISO portion of the VCD disc.

Scott

[p_l]

https://www.videohelp.com/autorun.htm

[Cornucopia]

That guide is outdated and doesn't cover many variables.

Depends on what you want to autorun. Is it...

1. Just the MPEG1/VCD .DAT movie files?

2. Whole VCD, including Menus, etc?

3. Other PC-based data/applications?

If #1, you could get by with the guide, although doing it literally will limit you to only the 1st video item. Better possiblities include Batch files, autorun facilitator apps like WinOpen, etc.

If #2, you're gonna need to either supply a VCD player app (such as Roxio's VCD_PLAY.exe), or have the autorun reference the user's default DVD player app (which usually can play VCD 2.0 discs). Figuring out the default DVD player app is the hard part--hence the need for batch-type files.

If #3, use your current autorun menuing app and reference that in the autorun.inf.

Scott

[aguillon]

For a real autorun, I like (if possible) to include a small VCD software on the disk itself, so that my autorun.inf does not depend on any ressource located on the PC.

Here s an example of the type of software I m talking about (they even include an autorun.inf file for you to use).

http://www.digimode10.com/digimode_free_vcd_player.htm

Cheers