Panasonic CV51 playing SVCD problems

[slambet]

I have a Panasonic CV51, and I am having problems burning a SVCD that will play back correctly. I have created 2 SVCDs, one was burned from the Adaptec Sample Image provided on this site, and the other I created myself from a short clip ripped from a DVD and encoded with TMPG and burned with NERO 5.5. Both SVCDs played back the same, the video plays for a second with no sound then the video pauses and a second of sound plays then the sequence repeats. A bad case of the Herky Jerkys. The video looks flawless. The video fast forwards fine at 2x and even has sound at 2x. But I would rather not watch it at 2x.

Does anyone have a CV51 and has had success burning SVCD video? If so could you give me some pointers? Please.

Thanks in advance!

[deslynam]

don't know about that particular player but you could try this. It worked for my Wharfedale 750 that was having trouble playing SVCD's.

Basically follow the creation guide here http://www.dvdripguides.com/dvdrip2a.html but STOP when you get to the Burn with Nero part.

Download this http://www.vcdhelp.com/VCDImagerGUI.zip unzip and run vcdimagergui.exe Make sure to select the SVCD option. Choose your input mpg and off you go.

Now you can create a bin & cue file for your encoded mpg's. Once completed I used CDRWin to burn the bin files to CD's. Stuck the disk in my DVD player and it played perfect. The only difference between the SVCD's that didn't work and the ones that did was not burning with NERO.


Prolly old news but someone may benefit

[slambet]

Thanks for the suggestion DESLYNAM, I have tried burning on Nero, Adaptec, and CDRDAO, and all have produced the same results. I will try CDRWin next and maybe NTI. So far I have tried different bit rates for audio and video and even no audio, the results vary but the symptoms are the same.

[slambet]

I have concluded my testing of the Panasonic CV51. Here are my results incase anyone cares.
After lots of time consuming testing. I have concluded that the Panasonic CV51 can't play SVCD Movies recorded on CDR/W media. It appears that the CDR/W readback capability is limited to the standard VCD bitrate. I tried burning SVCD's with CDRDAO,NERO,CDRWIN,ADAPTEC EZ CD CREATOR, and NTI. I also tried multiple bitrates even VCD bitrates and none worked. I assume the CV51 will play stamped SVCD's because does recognize both the standard and nonstandard SVCD directory structures and attempts to playback both, it even attempted to playback a track encode with TMPEGs DVD Template.
I have returned the CV51 and purchased a Pioneer DV-C503 for $169 at Best Buy which did playback a SVCD Movie recorded on CDR media at the store. The only regret so far, is that the Pioneer won't playback MP3's.

[KenNashua]

The database for the CV51 shows that its SVCD compatible. Has anyone had any luck? My experiences echo those above -- I've tried SVCDs at multiple bitrates on CD-RW media and get the same studders.

[leebo]

I have the CV31, and got the same results.
I kept it though, because it was the only player I tested that could play DVD-RW.