green blocks on VCD when viewing

[castertvs]

Hello,

This is my first post, so I will try to be clear and concise. I have a Panasonic DVD-RV31, which reads VCDs but not SVCDs. In the past, I have used TMPGEnc to convert the SVCD to a VCD that the DVD player will read. However, when I convert my Spider-Man SVCD, the conversion (seemingly) works, but when I burn the converted file with Nero and put it in the DVD player, the sound and picture are fine, but there are green blocks that take up about the top 1/3 of the screen, and white blocks line the bottom of the screen. Does anyone know the cause of this, and how to fix it? Thanks for your time!

-John

[nemesys777]

Sounds like Macrovision to me, a copy protection. Did you capture the film yourself or get it off the net? If you captured it yourself, and it is indeed macrovision, there are a number of things you could do to fix this..but you'd have to re-capture it. If you got it off the net there is nothing you can do.
I cant be positive about it being macrovision but it sure sounds like it.

[castertvs]

Actually, it's the SVCD of Spider-Man. My friend burnt it by letting Nero re-encode, and it looked good at first, but got progressively choppier and blockier. Any suggestions on how to burn this SVCD to run on a VCD player without experiencing the green blocks and white blocky bottom will be greatly appreciated.

[vitualis]

It definitely is NOT macrovision. Macrovision does not affect VCDs or SVCDs if you do a DVD rip.

If there is a Macrovision problem for captured video it will be obvious when you are doing the capturing.

Macrovision problems do not present in this manner.

@ castertvs:

Firstly, does your source MPEG play correctly on your PC? If it doesn't, then you've most likely done something wrong with your encoding.

If the source file plays okay on the PC, is the source file in spec for VCD? That is, the framerate, framesize, bitrate, etc... Are they are in spec or are they off spec?

If that is okay, does the VCD play correctly on your PC? Does it play properly on someone elses DVD player? It could be that you have media problems (and if you gets progressive worse during playback, this is the most likely reason)...

Have you tried any other VCDs on the same media in your player?

If it is a media compatibility problem, you can usually resolve it by experimenting with different brands of media. CD-RW often works better in these cases.

Regards.

[int_53185]

I own a Panasonic rv-26...similar to the rv-31...which also wont play svcd's...unless u give them a vcd header...sounds like this svcd wasnt given a vcd header....ive used nero encoding....discs wont play on my player either....u get very strange effects....try re-encoding the svcd with tmpg....then giving it a vcd header with simple multiplex...under mpeg tools...works very well....quality results....except after searching in fast forward...u have search again in the slowest ff mode to have sound again...otherwise works perfectly in my panasonic player....