How to make dvd player display correct total time ?

[tai01]

When I play the xvcd that I made (using CCE to encode, bbmpeg to mux) the total time is not displayed correctly in Hiteker dvd player.
It showed about double the actual total time. Does anyone know where the problem come from ? Is it because of encoding or muxing. I see nothing wrong with these so far.

CCE settings:
mpeg 1, CBR, avg bitrate = 3200, quality = 17, antinoise = 6, write sequence end code

BBmpeg settings:
mpeg-1, pack size = 2324, video buffer = 230

[MOVIEGEEK]

It happens to me also,Windows says xx,Nero says y:yy and media
and dvd player say z:zz.

[DVantrease]

Happens on my Apex player too... Elapsed time seems correct, but Remaining time is usually off.

[omoses]

When I play the xvcd that I made (using CCE to encode, bbmpeg to mux) the total time is not displayed correctly in Hiteker dvd player.

Well, on my Philips 712, there is only the actual position, but it is useless, because a full 80Min-CD (SVCD with 40-60 Minutes video) will always show 40:00 at the end, areas with real low bitrate (like black scenes) have almost no time passing on the display (about 1 second on display for 10 seconds reality), but high bitrates pass about real time.
If I make chapters on the svcd, there is no time display at all, just --:-- nothing else.

[RoopeT]

Philips DVD players show the playtime for an SVCD encoded at max SVCD bitrate, so for 74 min CD it's 37 minutes and for 90 min CD it's 45 minutes. You can have chapters and the time display, if you turn PBC off.

[kitty]

xvcd is not standard - you expect some dvd player programmer to anticipae us making wierd xvcds instead of standard discs?

You give the programmers too much credit.

[omoses]

Philips DVD players show the playtime for an SVCD encoded at max SVCD bitrate, so for 74 min CD it's 37 minutes and for 90 min CD it's 45 minutes. You can have chapters and the time display, if you turn PBC off.

Well, when I turn PBC off, I have Time-Display on my 712, but no more chapters etc. They are gone... I think I have an older version of the player than you, and without PBC there is no way to show still images, that I put on most of my SVCDs for information about the movie. they do not show up.

[RoopeT]

Well, when I turn PBC off, I have Time-Display on my 712, but no more chapters etc. They are gone...

You can make an SVCD with chapters and without PBC with VCDEasy. But there's no way displaying menus without using PBC.