SVCD on Sony S-360 problems

[jeffbenson]

I've had a lot of success burning and playing VCD's on my Sony DVD player. But, I can't seem to get SVCD's to play. I've used TMPEnc to convert the files. I've tried 2-pass VBR and CBR at 2600 k/sec. When I try to play the SVCD on my DVD player, it's all scrambled and it hangs. Any suggestions?

[hitechjunkie]

based on the posts by other S360 owners, no one else could get SVCD to play on theirs either.

[jeffbenson]

So, most other DVD players work?

[hitechjunkie]

i'd have to say that there are more DVD players that play VCD and XVCD, than there are DVD players that play SVCD...

[jeffbenson]

Oh well. Thanks for your help.

[hitechjunkie]

there are so many variants of XVCD (MPEG-1) that i've created and play well on my JVC 523GD standalone. i've used CBR and VBR bitrate encoding, 352x240 and 720x480 rez, 44.1khz/64kbps and 48khz/192kbps audio, 0-950 VBR and 2500 CBR video bitrates.

i wonder how many different variants of XSVCD are there that can actually play on SVCD capable standalones?

[jeffbenson]

I'm a little confused. Is XVCD just MPEG-1 with higher resolution and bitrate? Will these work with the S360?

[hitechjunkie]

yes, XVCD is just a non-standard VCD (MPEG-1), higher or lower rez and/or bitrate. whether or not it will work on the S360, i could not tell you. just do what i did - get some CD-RW media and try encoding 10 minute clips using different rez and bitrates to determine the S360 full capabilities.

[jeffbenson]

Thanks. I'll try it out.