I am trying to burn a VCD from a 200+mb video file I have. I am using Nero to do it. I run through the burn correctly and it encodes the file in MPEG-1 ( I checked the file, it has the right specs after I encode it), but after I burned the file to a CD-R my DVD player, (Which can play VCD), can't play it. What is even worse is that my comp does not even recognize or see that there is a CD in my drive. If anyone has any advice on how to make this work, it would be greatly appreciated. Please Help.
1. Run Nero. Click the VideoCD tab, select Create Standard Compliant CD. In ISO tab, select only ISO Level 2 and ISO9660, all others un-ticked. In Volume Descriptor tab, enter a Volume Label, such as THE_GLADIATOR_1 for disk 1 of the Gladiator. Click on New and then drag & drop the Disk1.mpg file from the right window (your HD) to the large left window (the VCD disk). Nero will check through the mpeg file to confirm that it is a compliant VCD file. After it finishes checking the file, all should be well, (if not do NOT continue, but check back over your steps as you have missed something) click the Burn Button. Select the Write Speed to be 4x maximum for older 8x or 12x burners. Select 8x or 12x. Make sure Disk-At-Once is selected and Finalize CD is ticked. Then click Write and sit back and watch your first VCD disk being burnt. The excitement builds!
2. When the burning is finished, label the CD with felt pen and rush to your DVD player to check it out. If all is okay, repeat this for the second or third disks remembering to change the Volume Label. Refer to Nero's Help for further info and clarification on how to use Nero.
3. Use only good quality scratch resistant CDR's. Some DVD stand alone players will only read from CDRW's, then burn to CDRW's instead. Burning at greater then 4x speed (older burners) or 12x (never burners) can also make them unreadable by many players, particularly the PSX. Try different brands of CDR(W)'s if having playback problems.
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