Re: VCD

Maverick wrote on 10/7/2002, 8:18 AM

Just thought I'd let you know that I finally got a VCD to play. It wouldn't play on a few cheap DVDs but my new Sony DAV-S800 played it with no problems.

Thanks to all those who offered their help:-)

A further question - but this time about SVCDs;

Can the above systemn play SVCDs? The manual doesn't say it does but, then again, some that say they play VCDs don't.

I have searched vcdhelp but it isn't listed - even under a search for just VCD.

Any help would be greatfully appreciated - as always.

Cheers

Comments

jboy wrote on 10/7/2002, 11:03 PM

Why dont you just burn an SCVD on a CD-RW, and see for yourself ?

Stiffler wrote on 10/8/2002, 12:54 AM

I found your player on vcdhelp.com. I dosn't look like it will do an SVCD, but I would go with the above suggestion and give it a shot anyway.

Take a look:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=&DVDselect=Sony&Submit=Search&Search=Search

minion wrote on 10/8/2002, 12:59 AM

Even if your Player doesn"t plays SVCD"s you might be able to Fool your DVD Player into thinking the SVCD is actually a VCD..You do this by putting a VCD header on the SVCD file then you burn it to CD-R as a Xvcd or a Non-standard VCD..This method works most of the time as long as your dvd player can handle the higher bitrate and the increased Resolution..On My Cheapo DVD Player I can Play SVCD"s with a 704+480 resolution and a max bitrate of 6000KBS while useing VBR, and it can play VCD"s with the same bitrate and resolution so you could try doing XVCD"s too ..

Maverick wrote on 10/11/2002, 5:04 PM

Thanks for all the advice.

I will try a SVCD and see how it goes.

Cheers