I'm a newbie to this stuff so I am not too familar with everything. I have a progressice scan dvd player and it pretty much plays close to everything that is all my vcd's and it should play svcd's as well but yet when I use TMPGEnc to create the svcd and then burn it with nero my dvd player doesn't read the cd-r. On TMPGEnc im using the SVCD NTSC template. Please, please can you try to help me and tell me on what I am doing wrong. I believ it has something to do with nero becuase I am pretty sure I'm using TMPGEnc correctly. Is it possible that my dvd player could only just read vcd's and not svcd's??? I have been frustrated on this for weeks now trying to figure this out. Much appreciation and thanks for future help from everyone.
It could be your DVD player does not read SVCD or it could be the certain type of CD-R you are using. With Nero, make sure you have the most updated version and that you are choosing to burn a SVCD. You have to have Nero set up the templete for it as you cannot just drop the mpeg onto the CD. If Nero still doesn't work for you, try VCD Easy. I found that program to be very useful as well.
It's your DVD player... If it were me I would go buy the cheapest Apex dvd player. I saw one in the paper at Best Buys for 39.50. I picked it up to replace one of my DVD players.
One of my DVD players wouldn't play SVCD movies but played VCD beautifully.
My other Apex DVD player played both, so I just went out and bought another one.
Don't let the cheap price scare you, and don't think you have to get the top of the line Apex either. Although all Apex will play both VCD and SVCD I would just grab the cheapest Apex if all you need is to play SVCD and VCD.
I have had one of my Apex Players for over two years and it has played hours of movies. Not bad for $40 US bucks.
The Samsung is I think they are a little more expensive. I mean not that it really matters cause anything under a hundred bucks is like nothing these days.
But I think Samsung are twenty thirty dollars more.. Infact I don't know too many places you can go to get a DVD for fourty bucks that will play everything like the Apex is!
My Apex has been awesome... I mean two years of use thus far. Geesh if it went out tomorrow for fourty bucks, I more than got my money's worth out of it...
As far as building one, you go boy! More power to ya... I don't have the time so maybe I will buy DVD players from you... Dela that's a good brand name!
