VCD creation using Nero and ATI AIW Radeon

[Housy]

I am using my ATI all In Wonder Radeon to capture Mpeg-1 video, fine but when I record it onto CD using Nero 5.5.8.0, VCD creator option (Nero now excepts VCD capture straight from my Radeon card) I find that the file plays back with colour distortion, small squares of colour sometimes in a line. The file plays back fine on computer as captured but the 'AVSEQ01.DAT' file is distorted, even if copied back to hard disk from CD. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help

Housy

[TheUncleTass]

try ulead dvd movifactory it works relly fine and its very easy to use

[neomaine]

housy,

I've been successfully burning/creating AIW captured VCDs for quite a while now. Let's see if we can you into the club. Actually, it sounds like you may have bad media (CDR). I get this color distortion / lines of blocks (any loud screeches too? ) when any of these occur:

- Player can't handle the media. My Panasonic RV31, which is not rated for CDR or CDRW actually will play a CDRW. Try a CDR and you get those blocks or screeching. Just the opposite on my laptop. Plays CDRs just fine but gets the blocks/noise with CDRW about 60% of the time.

- Scratches or smudges on media. The player will try to work around the scratch or smudge but won't be able to pick up all the bits it needs for the picture and/or sound. Therefore the missing pieces (blocks) and noise. Remember, no error correctoin in video. (At least in VCD from what I understand.)

- Bad media/burner. I tend to think you have this one, and definitely bad media before bad burner. If the file plays fine before you burn it tells me your encode or capture went OK. Nero itself won't do anything to your .mpg except burn with VCD info on the CD. But now you have problems when either playing the VCD or copying it (the .dat) back to your PC. Yep. Sounds like it didn't make it to the CD. When all is working well, your VCD should play EXACTLY as good as your source .mpg. Try a different brand of media. If you got the good old 100 pack, return it to the store. Did this on a couple of 'specials' at Staples a few months ago. First on some bargain 'Hi-Val' and then some 'Kodak' brand they were just about giving away. Now I know why.

- This could be as simple as burning at a rate higher than what your media can handle. Say you have a 24x burner but your CD is only rated for 16x. Try burning at a slower speed.

Hope this helps...

[Housy]

You are star, thanks for that, really useful. I have tried Verbatim CDRW's, The good old Jungle 'monkey media' (Memorex) and Maxell CDR's. Can you recommend a brand you have had success with, preferably CDRW and CDR?

Many Thanx

Housy