Hi...ok, now I am confused. I am very new at this so please be easy on me. For quite some time now, I have been downlaoding movies off the internet (first off, are the files I download off the internet always referred to as AVI?). Anyway, I have ALWAYS converted these downloaded files using TMPGEnc and then burned to a CD-R as a VCD using Nero. I have no problem playing these in my DVD player. However, for the first time ever today, I ended up burning some downloaded movies directly to CD-R as a VCD WITHOUT first converting using TMPGEnc...and yes, I was able to play these on my DVD player as well. Why did this happen? Not that I mind....I saved a few hours!! :) Also, why am I not able to play this VCD on my computer and only on my DVD player? I hope someone can help me out...I just want to understand.
Were you able to play those files before burning it to a disc?
Im not sure what you did, but about the other problem, download GSpot and load the file into the program, itll show you which codecs you need to play the file.
I was able to play them on my media player on my computer (the same application I used to download them from). I just am curious though to know why I was even able to burn directly to VCD...still confused...:)
I think I found the answer. I think I just got lucky with the files I downloaded in that they were already VCD compliant. No, I definitely know that Nero didn't convert for me because if it did, it must have done it in about 10 seconds as the entire burn process on an 80min CD-R took less than 3 minutes. (and plus, Nero tells you when it is converting for you)
Open up the files with AVICodec.... if im not mistaken VCD compatible files:
- Video: MPEG1 codec, 1150KB/s
- Audio: 44.1Khz, 192kb/s
- 320x240 @ 29.97/25/23.976
If that's the case then your file was indeed already VCD compliant
Excellent, I will check that. I guess it just caight me by surprise because I have NEVER downloaded any video that was already compliant. I should note however that the quality sucked while I watched it on my dvd player.:)