I'm desperately looking for someone who can help me create a computer file with the proper format to comply exactly with the Video CD (VCD) standard.

My problem:
I have software (Cyberlink PowerDirector Pro 2.1) that will edit MPEG-1 files and burn VCDs. VCDs burned after editing will play on all VCD-compatible DVD players I have tried except for my Philips DVD-953, which is the only Philips unit to which I have access. Unedited MPEG-1 files yield VCDs that play fine on all players, including the DVD-953.

The symptom:
The first ~2-minute period of a 45-minute PC-created VCD plays "too fast," dropping many frames. The next ~10-minute period plays fine. After that, the rest of the VCD plays "too slowly," freezing playback for progressively longer and longer glitches, as if the player is waiting for new frames to load.

My guess:
The disks I create are made from MPEG-1 files that were in turn recorded with a constant bitrate. It's as if the Philips DVD-953 is playing back in Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) mode, when it should be playing in Constant Linear Velocity (CLV) mode. Perhaps the Philips has too small a buffer or just makes a wrong guess as to the correct mode.

My question:
Is there a Mode trigger code that is missing from the VCD, or should the original MPEG-1 files be recorded differently?