I've had some problems in the past with vcd menus when using nero. I upgraded to version 5.5.4.0 and the menus worked perfectly. If the size of the background picture looks distorted, you should make sure that the image file you're using is 640 x 480 pixels (the 4:3 aspect ratio) if you're in ntsc format. Also I was told that using files saved in bitmap format gives better results. That's all you should need to know if you want to make basic vcd menus. By the way, I have a Philips 825 dvd player which all the discs work properly on, as well as on a different sampo player. I noticed lots of people were saying that the menus didn't work properly on the Philips 825, but it was just the version of nero.