Hello there, i have to say that since i discoverd this pages i've learned alot about video edition, i just succesfully re-encoded some AVI's files that i downloaded into MPEG files using TMPGEnc and after i compressed the same file to fit it into a mini CD-R with 185 MB to burn it after into a VCD with Nero. The Whole thing works perfect and play nice in my Clairtone DVD, just that when i press play the menu of nero appears but won't play unitl i dissable the PBC option in the Mode menu with my remote... why... i just don't know. I try to play my VCD into a Panasonic RV-32 DVD player and it did tha same.
Anyway i just wanted to tell my experience and say that this pages really helped me, hope it will help you too.