Creating VCDs?

[Kelemvor]

Howdy,

Just picked up a Video Capture card (thanks to the Hot Deals Forum) and am looking for a website or something that will give step by step instructions on the best way to create Video CDs. I don't have a DVD burner but just want to play around with it until mine gets here.

Any help would be great.

Thanks!

 

[Doh!]

Start here....actually it's basically all you need.

 

[Kelemvor]

Well that site looks neat but I have to wait a day before I can post a question? Blah.

Does anyone have experience with a Sony DVP-S360 DVD player? It says it plays VCDs on the site but it didn't work for me. I have a few brands of CDRs that I can try in case that makes a difference. I captures some video in MPEG-2 format and used Roxio's EZ DVD thing to write it to a VCD and it said it worked but the DVD player reports a NO DISC message.

I guess I'll try again with a different CD and see what happens...

 

[kawboy68]

I hate to tell you, but I've read some awfully nasty things about the Sony 360 and 560 DVD players on places that have user reviews like vcdhelp.com and another that slips my mind right now. My brother has a 360 and hates it. I hope yours works out well for you...

 

[Doh!]

I just check vcdhelp.com and it sounds like this model is extremely picky about cd-r brands (although no problem w/ cd-rw's). Also noted that you're capturing in mpeg-2. You're not encoding in svcd by any chance? (mpeg-2 is svcd which this player can't play but if you're getting a mpeg-1 result and still can't play, it's probably the media type/brand).

 

[mamisano]

Originally posted by: Doh!
Start here....actually it's basically all you need.

That's a great site...same one I recommend for that question

 

[Kelemvor]

Hmm, maybe the MPEG-2 thing is the problem. It said creating VCD but maybe it just assumed it was a MPEG-1. I can't use TMPGEnc for some reason because it says it's an unsupported file even though I've installed a bunch of DVD players and stuff. I'll try capturing straight in MPEG1 and see what happens...


EDIT:
Still didn't help. Captured at MPEG-1 and burned on 3 different brands of CDRs and still just get a No Disc message on my DVD player. It works great for playing actual DVDs, just not my VCDs I guess. Ah well.

 

[oLLie]

Are you burning it correctly?

 

[Kelemvor]

How can I burn it incorrectly.

1) Capture the video as MPEG-1
2) Burn it as VCD

NeoDVD and EZDvd Creator both said it burned correctly. I just follow the instructions.

They work if I play them in Media Player.

 

[oLLie]

I'd say them playing in Media Player is inconsequential. Do you have a friend who's DVD player you KNOW plays VCDs to test it on? I just used Nero earlier today to burn some SVCDs and that turned out fine.

 

[Doh!]

Have you tried a cd-rw? If you let Nero do its thing, you shouldn't have too much trouble unless the cd-r media brand/type is not compatible with your Sony dvd player. Since you've already got many vcd's (non-working versions, nonetheless), just do a cd copy to a cd-rw instead of encoding the movie again (this will save you from the lengthy encoding time). I just realized you have specifically tell Nero to burn in SVCD so as long as you chose the VCD option, it should be in a compliant format. Try a cd-rw since it appears that your Sony would have much better luck with cd-rw's.