mpeg and avi to VCD

[enner]

I am trying to use Ahead Nero and Easy CD creator 5.2 to record some windows mpeg and avi files in Video CD format. I want to be able to play them on a U.K. Playstation 2 ( pal system ) .

I am getting the following error message in nero :-

File 66.mpeg is invalid, need MPEG-1 which was encoded for Video CD
Audio 44.1kHz
Stereo 224 kBits
Video 352*240/29.97 Hz or 352*240/23.976 HZ or 352*288/25hz

In Easy CD Creator I get the error message :-

44.mpeg will not work in a VCD player. To make this file Video CD complaint, you will have to an MPEG encoder that will support Video CD encoding.

Does any body know of a good program that will encode the files I have into the requirements for either program ?. I also have some Windows AVI files that I want to turn into the required mpeg encoding. I will be encoding for the British pal system so I assume out of the error message in the Ahead Nero in the video choice I would need 352*288/25 Hz ?.

I have so far tried 2 different mpeg-1 encoders but I still get the same error messages when i try to record them as video cd.

I would be most gratefull if anybody could recommend a program for encoding the files and a program for recording the files

[Baldrick]

are you loading the vcd template when converting?
www.vcdhelp.com/convert.htm#vcd

[enner]

got me there so far i have tried converting the files then just using the vcd option in easy cd creator