I have the vcd player working, now i need Help
 

Ok i've got the vcd player working, but now i got a problem with the video files format. the instructions say it needs a Mpeg1 format i wanna know how to tell what format my video files are in, and if I can convert them to Mpeg1 format

AND I REALIZE THERE ARE FILE FORMATS SUCH AS .AVI .ASF.WMF ETC... I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS BY WINDOWS MEDIA FORMAT MPEG LEVEL 1. THESE ARE THE README FILES EXACT WORDS...


* You can only play MPEG-1 videos. Codecs such as DivX, MPEG-4, and so on do NOT work. I repeat: MPEG-1 ENCODED VIDEOS ONLY! |

It means that VCD discs are strictly MPEG-1 format. Not only that, but there are strict specifications on the resolution, framerate and bits per second that cannot be changed, unless you want a disc that can only be viewed on your computer (no DVD or VCD machine will read a disc whose video files aren't in the right format).

Sorry, but I don't know off-hand what those resolutions, framerates and BPS are right now - since I'm at work and not near my home PC for reference.

The new version of Nero creates VCD's

Yup. The new Nero makes VCDs... Also, the newest version of Easy CD Creator has a really nice VCD making setup. Nice menus.. GUI and the whole nine.

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I assume you guys know I'm talking about the DC VCD player. If you didn't know, its all right because I realize i forgot to mention anything about DC. If any of you are familiar with this i would be very thankful for any info you have on how to make video files in a mpeg layer 1 format so that they are able to be picked up by the DC VCD player.

thanks

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