When I use Nero to make a VCD I run into the following problem: Some of them run fine (Shitty VCD quality, but otherwise fine) yet others run very choppy. The ones that run good and the ones that run choppy are both made from AVI files that were encoded the same. Is there a certain encoding I should use on all AVI files? Should I convert to VCD on a seperate program and then burn to CD? Please help!!! I have a computer full of Avis and I need to unload!!

-- Sebastián Schmidt (djbrujo2k@hotmail.com), June 03, 2004

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Response to VCD´s run choppy on my DVD player

Look up your DVD player at http://www.dvdrhelp.com in the DVD Player list and see if it has any problems with VCD or CD-R media. It could be your media. Try a CD-RW and see if it's any better. CD-RW discs usually play better than CD-R discs on DVD players that are fussy about CD-R media. What are you encoding with? Nero? Nero is a terrible encoder. Try using TMPGenc (http://www.tmpgenc.net). When you say AVI files, I assume you are really talking about DivX stuff you downloaded from the Internet. Sometimes people make these with really weird frame rates and that could also be a problem. If you are trying to convert something that's running at, say, 14fps in AVI to 29.97 fps for NTSC VCD, it may not ever encode all that well.

-- Root (root@yahoo.moc), June 04, 2004.

Response to VCD´s run choppy on my DVD player

Thanks!!! I'll try everything you said, and again: Thank You!!

-- Sebastián Schmidt (djbrujo2k@hotmail.com), June 04, 2004.