play SVCD on VCD-Player ?

[MaXime]

i heard there would be a way to add a VCD-Header to a SVCD-CD so the VCD-Player would think it is a VCD and play it even if it isn't natively capable to do so. Is that right ?

[zulu]

don't think so, vcd and svcd do not only differ in the mpeg header.
vcd is mpeg1, svcd is mpeg2. the are also differences in the disc structure..

[Thanatos]

you could try encoding your material in MPEG1-VBR with SVCD-resolution and mux that as non-standard VCD, thus getting more or less the same quality as an SVCD.

You would have to burn that as a non-standard (S?)VCD in Nero.

Remember though, that in case your player only has an 1x CD-ROM drive you're stuck to bitrates up to 1374 KBits/s, rendering the higher resolution useless.

In case your player doesn't support SVCD-resolution you could still try to play around with VBR and with higher max. bitrates, but that depends on your player...