I made VCD on regulad CD (may be data CD) from my dv movie clip, but DVD player, which has vcd play function, can't detect. I found that there are various types of CDs. I wonder that only certain type of CD may be made VDC ???. Thanks for your help.

-- EricPark (tobagiwiz@hotmail.com), June 09, 2004

Answers

If you're certain that your DVD player can play a VCD, then you may have not authored the VCD correctly. Check to make sure your program is making VCDs correctly.

Also, if you have a store-bought VCD, does it play ok?

-- Bryan (gryps-innocens@gryphon.zzn.com), June 10, 2004.

Look up your DVD player at http://www.dvdrhelp.com in the DVD Player list and see if it has problems with CD-R media. Some older players or Asian produced players may not support CD-R media at all. You can try burning to CD-RW as sometimes DVD players that don't support CD-R media will sometimes play VCD burned to CD-RW. I generally recommend people avoid burning to cheap, no name brand CD-Rs and stick to name brands for better results. I have read about people who have bought DVD players in various Asian countries and sometimes the manufacturers deliberately don't support CD-R/W media just to discourage VCD piracy.

-- Root (root@yahoo.moc), June 11, 2004.