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[shagrath]

okay, i have finally learned how to make those vcd/svcd thanx to this great forum, and now being a quality freak i have finally got the quality that i am sattisfied with for vcd, captured some home recordings using ati aiw pro 32m at 3.84 mbs at 99 me to have the best quality and burned it with nero it works great on my apex 660 but on my pioneer 525 it works fine only up to 2.57 mbs after that it gates the shakes its like in slow motion but on the apex its all fine, why is that and also it works great on the apex but after few minutes of playing its out of syntch the sound is about 2 seconds behind, how can i fix this or am i forgetting something before i burn it to nero, thanx for any help

[aldus4]

If I understood you correctly you are making VCD's and using a bitrate of 3.840kb/s. You are wondering why your Pioneer won't play it and your Apex plays it, but with the sound unsyncronised. Yes?

If yes, then the problem lies in the bitrate, which is far to high for your players to handle.

If I understood your problem incorrectly, try making your sentences shorter (lost my breath trying to read yours <grin> )

[shagrath]

some of the shorter movies i have burned are all fine eccept the ones over 10 min, and the apex plays them fine with no problems, only the longer vcds have the sync problem...... it it wierd that a cheap machine as apex can play all of the vcd i made in that high bitrate and pioneer cant

[shagrath]

i am trying to get the best possible quality, it is fine that it is only viewable an the apex just that anoying sync problem, i am trying record some of my old vhs-c tapes that are about 30 min long it almost looks as good as the original and fits on 1 cdr and thats perfect, if i go with lower bitrate the quality gets worst and that makes no sense cause than i reather watch the tape than a cdr of a 10 times worst quality. if there is a way to fix this i would appreciate all the help.

[aldus4]

This is quite often the case that a cheaper player will play various media well, whereas more expensive ones don't. This has been explained that more expensive ones are better DVD players - something I myself have yet to experience.

However you might find that a different reflective layer on your CD-R(W) media might help you with the pioneer. Otherwise you'll have to reduce the bitrate more to the given standards.