Hi,

I saw the term "Header Trick" mentioned a few times here for SVCD to be played in DVD players. Just curious to know what exactly is Header Trick and when do you need it?

-- Edward (skedton@yahoo.com.au), May 27, 2003

Answers

The header trick is to mux a SVCD using TMPGenc as a non-compliant VCD. There is no reason why a DVD player can't play SVCD as SVCD uses MPEG-2 video, which DVD supports, but some manufacturers were too lazy to write firmware to support it. By putting a fake VCD header on the file, it fools the DVD into playing it because it thinks it is playing a VCD. Some Sony players were notorious for needing this trick. If you have a DVD player that won't play SVCD but will play VCD you can try it, but it is not guaranteed to work.

-- Root (root@yahoo.moc), May 28, 2003.

Does applying the vcd header trick help if your DVD player plays the SVCD, but plays it very choppy, almost like sputtering?

Thanks,

Sean

-- Sean (sdelessio@earthlink.net), May 31, 2003.