VCD - MPG file in wrong directory during creation

[pvrakking]

When I try to create a VCD from a 500Mb MPG file it puts the .dat file in the SEGMENT directory in stead of the MPEGAV directory.
With my PC I just double-click on the ITEM0001.DAT and I can see the movie, but I cannot see the movie with my DVD player.
I use Easy CD creator 5

[theDruid]

pvrakking - what are the properties of you MPG file?

I could be barking up totally the wrong tree here, but perhaps EasyCD thinks it's a slideshow or something rather than a video file?

Is it a VCD compliant MPEG1?

cheers,

mcdruid.

[Baldrick]

I would recommend another vcd authoring and burn tool like nero or vcdeasy.

But you could try "repair" the mpg before you add it in easy cd.
www.vcdhelp.com/faq#repairmpg

[vitualis]

Easy CD Creator has the peculiar habit of putting off-spec MPEG files into the SEGMENT folder when you use it to make a VCD.

Be that as it may, it does mean that your MPEG files are not VCD compliant...
http://www.vcdhelp.com/vcd

Make sure that your MPEG files have the correct settings if you want to make a VCD. Also, as the others have said, a better VCD authoring program is highly recommended.

Regards.