Okay, I converted some avi files to mpeg-1 in pal format...then I burned the test file to CD-R and my DVD player won't play. Did I do something wrong?
Is there a tutorial somewhere or anyone can tell me how you make a VCD that works?
Thanks in advance
What formats does your dvd player support? Do you have any video editing software that you could use on your computer. I wouldnt reccomend it but there is always windows movie maker 2. I have made some movies with it, Sometimes it works great other times it is slow liike a goat. Usually a video editing program woud to handle the burning for you. I have always had good success with that.
its a sony DVD player so it supports pal (US/EUR) forat
it doesn't play wmp files...it only plays DVD VCD and MP3
you can't just burn a file to cd and have it work... when you create a vcd, it puts other files onto the disc to make it recognize it as a vcd. also, to make the vcd, the audio and video have to fit certain specs... here they are for PAL:
Video:
1150 kbit/sec MPEG-1
352 x 288 pixels
25 frames/second
(352 x 240 pixels, 29,97 frames/second for NTSC)
Audio:
44100 Hz
224 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2
you can go here for tutorials on vcd and svcd.
http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?tools=...+or+List+Guides
if you still have the original, i believe there are more avi to vcd tutorials than mpg to vcd.
Use nero...you have to have a cue and bin file though for an SVCD which is better then just a VCD. I dont think mpegs burned to a disc will play on a DVD player...
i forgot to mention that... easy cd creator and nero, they both come with vcd creators in them too...
Try TMPGEnc first to make a "good" .mpeg. And then burn it like a Compliant VCD with Nero.
All DVD players play VCDs 
playstations, though, can't play vcd's even though they can play dvd's
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