going from .mpg to vcd or svcd

[dan222555]

i've been trying to make vcds/svcds that will play in my standalone dvd player for a while now but i haven't been able to get them to work no matter what i try. here's what i have tried, am i missing something?

first i tried to just burn half of a movie i have that is in .mpg format using the lates version of nero. it burned successfully but it just didn't work in my standalone dvd player, and i know my player has vcd playback

the next thing i tried was to make a svcd of the file i have so i encoded my .mpg and turned it into .mpeg using TMPGEnc and burning that as an svcd in the lastest version of nero, but when i tried to play it, it didn't work again.

so, i decided to alter that method and so after i encoded my .mpg for a svcd i converted the .mpeg to .bin/.cue and burned that using nero. once again, it burned successfully, but when i tried to play it, it didn't work

i have no more ideas but i really want to get this to work , any advice anyone could give would be great

thanks

[vcd4me]

Before you beat yourself up, does your machine also play cd-r or cd-rw.some machines will only play original store bought vcd's.Next try it in another dvd player. some dvd players don't like some brands or cd-r(w). If your not afraid go to a local audio video store, then check it out there on a few machines.Your question does have many variables start with these options then re-post to see if anyone can help you again.

[dan222555]

i've tryed the vcds in a few different players but they still haven't work, but i'll try them in some other ones, thanks for the advice

[vcd4me]

Dan are you sure your file is mpg and not avi

[dan222555]

its not avi, its definately .mpg

[Dragonsf]

download ULEAD Moviefactory Trial and use it to burn the (S)VCD.Mayby you'll have more success or MF won't accept your mpeg at all (because of wrong format).If MF can burn a SVCD, probablility is high, that it will play on a standalone.

[dan222555]

i'll try it, thanks

[nean]

Dan, I got a similar problems as yours, only that I have an AVI file which I capture from my DV. Have you solve the problem yet, I myself still look for an answer to this.
~Nean :o