I use Pinnacle studio 7 to capture from my digital cam & nero5.5 to creat VCD. Can anybody guide me about the maximum bit rate I can safely set for VDO/Audio while creating cd ,enabling me to play my CD on all CD players?? -Mahesh Mahajan

-- MaheshMahajan (maheshmahajan@vsnl.net), March 04, 2002

Answers

For a standard video CD, its data rate is fixed, since it uses the "CBR (Constant Bit-Rate) encoding method. Video Rate=1,152Kbps, and Audio Rate=224Kbps.

-- Frederic (frederic@eltw.nec.com.tw), March 04, 2002.

All players do not support CD-R and CD-RW, so please be aware that nothing you do will play on ALL players. For your best chance at compatibility, stick to VCD standards for bit rates and resolutions. www.vcdhelp.com can help you with this if you don't know what the standards are.

-- Jason (Jason.Shumate@equant.com), March 04, 2002.

Thanks! Mr.Frederic & Mr.Jason for responce....But Can u plz tell me, if I creat a vcd with constant bit rate of 1300kbps , will not it play on all cd players??

-- MaheshMahajan (maheshmahajan@vsnl.net), March 04, 2002.

No, at constant bit rate 1300, some DVD players will not play it correctly. I know at least one: Pioneer 434.

-- ktnwin (ktnwin@excite.com), March 06, 2002.