VCD help

[Bradleyko]

hello i have burned several Mpegs on cds and evertime i put them into my player it says disc error. here is what it saysin my manual about what my dvd player supports i have no idea what it emans if u do plz tell me.

This DVD video player supports VIDEO CD's equiped with PBC (Version 2.0) function. (PBC is the abbreviation of Playback Control.)You can enjoy playback variations depending ontypes of discs.

VIDEO CD not equipped with PBC function
(Version 2.0)
Sound and movie can be played on this DVD video player in the same way as an audio CD.

VIDEO CD equipped with PBC function
(Version 2.0)
In addition to operation of a VIDEO CD not equipped with the PBC function, you can enjoy playback of interactive software with search function by using he menu displayed on TV screen (Menu Playback).Some of the functions described in this owners manual may not work with some discs.

The following discs are also available.
CD-R
CD-RW

CD-R/CD-RW disc recorded by CD-DA method can be played. Some CD-R/CD-RW discs may be incompatible.

This is exactly what it says does anyoen know why it keeps saying disc error plz notify me

[CryptKeeper]

maybe the brand of cd you're using isn't working in your dvd player

mine plays cdrw
tho a certain brand is working and another isn't
so i gotta stick to more expensive cdrw's in order to use them

[Bradleyko]

what kind is more expensive?

[gll99]

Your Player sound fine.

At least it says it will accept "Compliant VCD" that's all you can tell from that.

You don't mention any software so assume tmpg for encode in my comments.

Try to encode a (Choose VideoCD) mpeg1 VCD at 1120 or 1150 constant bitrate not constant quality set audio 224 stereo.

test a small clip on a CDRW with nero

OR

If Nero tells you its not compliant and asks you to re-encode say yes the second time.

Make sure the file is not too big cause it might be after nero reencodes it.

Now write that to "VIDEOCD" with NERO

Check the disk on your PC make sure its has the right directory structure and that you can see the mpg. Play it on your PC.

Try it on you DVD player.

Now if that works your on your way.

Do other tests using the same input avi clip (5 min or so is ok) and process it by changing only 1 option like constant quality instead of constant bitrate) . Now try that file but don't let nero change it.

If it works keep trying other stuff.

[Bradleyko]

ok u sound like the person i need i have no idea what u just said but can u send me a mpeg 1 to test plz?

[Bradleyko]

and the mpg im trying to burn is in bin and cue format would i have to make it a mpg?

[aguillon]

Ah, there we go.

2 things -

1-If you re burning a bin/cue file in Nero, make sure to set Nero to burn in DAO mode, and not in TAO - that could account for the problem you mention

2- Your bin/cue file might not be a VCD compliant mpeg file. In that case, use a utility like vcdgear, extract the mpeg file, and re-encode it under TMPGEnc using the appropriate templates.
You can then burn the resulting files into a VCD using Nero or any software capable of burning VCD.