NEWBIE HELP!!!!!!

[slarsen]

HELP ME!!!!
I have just bought a new dvdplayer, a cheep model though. The problem with it, is that it does not support VCD or SVCD, and I would like to know if it is possiple for me, without buying a new dvdplayer, to play movies on it. My burner is a normal cdburner, not a dvdburner, so if you would like to help me with my little problem, I would be very happy!!!!!!!
In regards, thanks for your help.......

Mads (Denmark)

[ChRaN]

does it play miniDVD?
if so you can just make the movis as miniDVD (DVDvideo on a cd)

[fantomlord]

what exactly is this a guide to?

[slarsen]

I dont know if it supports miniDVD, do you know how I can get that type of information??? I will try the miniDVD thing, but which program can help me with that??? Thanks a lot for your help....

[ChRaN]

what is the name of the player many cheep players are re-packed
my united player is a copy of a denwer or scott unit
so a name and model name woud help

OR

you can make a test miniDVD and burn the .vob file with nero (CD-ROM UDF/ISO)

[SandManTFC]

just do what i did when i bought a cheap dvd player that was vcd uncompatiable look for the hack for it!! start searching in the dvd hack section.....

[slarsen]

First of all I want to thank you for all your help. The name of the dvdplayer is Kennex DVD22K5......

[slarsen]

Okay my dvdplayer supports miniDVD, but I still have some quistions for you!!! are there any chance that my dvdplayer with some sort of hack or similar thing will be able to play vcd or svcd???? Is it possible to make a menu on a miniDVD (like on a vcd!)???? What quality is a miniDVD compared to vcd and svcd???

[johneboy]

What quality is a miniDVD compared to vcd and svcd???

MiniDVD is the same quality as a DVD... its just.... mini :P

[Craig Tucker]

And not much use unless you don't mind changing discs 6 or 7 times during a film. MiniDVD only holds about 15 minutes of video.

[slarsen]

okay
Is there anything else i can do to get my dvdplayer to play vcd or svcd???

[ChRaN]

you can make a miniDVD with a vcd/cvd video on i and, yes you can make (motion) menus it is just like a DVD but on a CD.

use the guide:

How to put VCD MPEG1 video on a DVDR
or
How to put SVCD MPEG2 video on a DVDR

and burn it to CD-R insted of DVD-/+R

[slarsen]

okay, I am about to understand it, but I am still wondering which program, and how to make a motion menu... Another thing I am still wondering about is if my dvdplayer (Kennex DVD22K5) ever will be able to play vcd or svcd or not????

[ChRaN]

i dont think your dvd player vill ever play svcd or vcd

to make menus you need a dvd authoring program that suports motion menus like DVDmestro or Scenarist.

if you neeg help you can contact me over ICQ i speak danish

jeg kommer fra aalborg

[slarsen]

nice, en dansker, en del lettere
Er du sikker på der ikke kan gøres noget, jeg har brugt en del tid på at løse problemet, men jeg kan simpelthen ikke finde en løsning. Jeg har dog fundet ud af, at nogle af de lidt ældere dvdafspillere fra kennex godt vil spille vcd og svcd, og jeg har set nogle sider hvor det er beskrevet hvordan man kan få det til at fungere med en f.eks LG-afspiller!!! Man gør det ved hjælp af fjernbetjeningen, og det er lige præcis den måde jeg gjorde min dvdafspiller kodefri på, nu mangler jeg bare at den også vil spille vcd og svcd...

Hvis du vil prøve at undersøge problemet, og muligvis komme med en løsning, så ville det fandme være KANON - hvis du altså har lyst!!! En anden ting, jeg har ledt efter kennex's hjemmeside i en evighed, og den er bare ikke at finde, er det måske også noget du vil hjælpe med???

TAK!!!!!

[Heavensent]

you can make a cdvd with lower bitrate,
lets say 352X480 resolution,
about 2000 bitrate.
you will get a cdvd about the size of 2 or 3 cd's.
about the same size that you whould have come up with for svcd.

you can do the conversion from avi to mpeg using tmpeg.
and you will need to author a dvd using other software.
lets say - "dvd movie factory" or "dvd workshop", "dvdit"
but these programs cost a lot....
and in any case you need to see if your dvd will play them,
chances are that it doesnt.
but you will not know untill you try.