audio problems with svcd

[pete7769]

well where do i start, i decided to download the svcd template from the site and burn it to see if my stand alone sanyo dvd player would play, it sort of played in the fact that the picture was perfect but the sound was very choppy and stuttering, i then decided to convert a small avi clip to mpeg2 and try and burn that, i used tmpge to convert it, and then tried using nero to burn a svcd, there were no warning errors from nero and the disc burned ok, tried it in the dvd player and the same thing happended, i then used nero again but this time using the burn image option using bin/cue lists, surprise the same thing again, i looked through the forum and decided to try using vcd easy, burnt to disc and the same thing yet again, perfect picture but stuttering sound, i have tried 3 types of media, and i also dowloaded the trial version of power dvd to see if the mpeg2 file i created was ok, it plays perfect, great picture & great sound, please please please can someone help me with this as i am now out of ideas.

thanks peter
p.s i dont think its the dvd player as i would have thought that if it cant play svcd's i would get no picture or anything, i have even tried changing the audio set up on the dvd with no luck.

[pete7769]

UPDATE i have now tried to lower the bit rate in an attempt to get thing working but still have no joy, i have pasted a copy of the report that vcdeasy gives me and there seems to be a problem with the audio as you can see it bringing up error messages????

[VCDxMInfo.exe]
GNU VCDImager 0.7.12
trying to open mpeg stream...
strange (possibly non-compliant) user_data seen...
mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of range for 'forward_I_offset ': [00:08.2e]
mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of range for 'next_I_offset ': [00:01.1e]
mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of range for 'forward_I_offset ': [00:08.4a]
mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of range for 'previous_I_offset': [00:01.1e]
mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of range for 'backward_I_offset': [00:08.2e]
mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of range for 'backward_I_offset': [00:08.4a]
mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of range for 'forward_I_offset ': [00:08.3b]
mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of range for 'next_I_offset ': [00:01.0b]
mpeg user scan data: from now on, scan information data errors will not be reported anymore---consider enabling the 'update scan offsets' option, if it is not enabled already!
pts start offset 0.733356 (max pts = 92.293356)
playing time 91.560000
stream scan completed
<mpeg-info src="D:\Temp Music\save the last dancempeg2.mpg">
<mpeg-properties>
<version>2</version>
<playing-time>91.560000</playing-time>
<pts-offset>0.733356</pts-offset>
<packets>12130</packets>
<bit-rate>2491200</bit-rate>
<video-stream index="0">

<horizontal-size>480</horizontal-size>
<vertical-size>576</vertical-size>
<frame-rate>25.000000</frame-rate>
<bit-rate>2200000</bit-rate>
<aps-list>

'update scan offsets' option enabled for the following tracks!
writing track 2, MPEG2, PAL 2/3 D-1 (480x576/25fps), audio[0]: l2/44.1kHz/224kbps/stereo ...
strange (possibly non-compliant) user_data seen... (not a problem, usually a sign of TMPGEnc)
mpeg: some marker is not set...
non-MPEG1 audio stream header seen
non-MPEG1 audio stream header seen
mpeg: some marker is not set...
non-MPEG1 audio stream header seenMPEG packet statistics: 11011 video, 1119 audio, 0 zero, 0 ogt, 0 unknown
writting post-gap ('leadout pregap')...
finished ok, image created with 12730 sectors [02:49.55]

please help if you can. thanks pete

[snowmoon]

Don't worry abou the error messages I get them too, but it has never affected the quality of my SVCD's.

What model is your DVD player?

[pete7769]

its a sanyo dvd 1500.

[snowmoon]

I would not call that great support. Although it's listed as SVCD on the main page their is only 1 confirmation and their was no comments. Another listed it as NOT having support.

If the player officialy supports it ( check the manual ) return it, otherwise you may be SOL.

[pete7769]

i have done it at last, but there are still a few questions, i made it work by encoding the avi file to mpeg2 using tmpge then i had to demultiplex the file using the mpeg tools in tmpge, i then used bbmg(or somthing like that) to remultiplex the file back together, and then i burnt the file using easy vcd, i just wanted to know why i had to convert to mpeg2 and then split the file & then join them back up agian, any ideas????

thanks for everyones help

pete

[baker]

Just like to push my cvdguide


Baker

[pete7769]

the cvd guide is not working??????

[baker]

The cvd link is working now but if there is a html doc in the house how can I get my damn vcd link back?

Baker

[Frontier]

Stop using TMPGenc, and start using CCE (Cinemacraft MPEG encoder). I had the same problem with my Nintaus 9901 - now playes perfect, when encoded with CCE, and muxed with bbmpeg.