VCDImager/VCDEasy vs. Nero

[Surprise]

Hello,

I am going to burn SVCD's that will be sold (No piracy!) - and it is very important to be 110% compliant with the specs. For the video I convert the DV video to MPEG2 with TMPEG PLUS. Then I split and remux with avi2mpg.

I have created two SVCD CD's, one with VCDImager and one with Nero. My standalone DVD player (Philips DVD622) accepts both discs, but the result are quite different: On the VCDImager version the playback time does not show, and the DVD-player menu is unavailable (thus cant select audio, subtitles, etc.). While the one from Nero is perfect. But Nero dont support chapters, right?

Does anyone have a clue about this? What is the differences between Nero and VCDImager? I would like to use the VCDImager because of the chapter support, but again I need the SVCD to be compliant and working on a broad specter of DVD-players. And for me it seem like the Nero version is the most compatible.

Can anyone please help me?

[RoopeT]

On the VCDImager version the playback time does not show, and the DVD-player menu is unavailable

This is just because you're using PBC. Uncheck "Use PBC" in vcdimager and it works just fine (and is IMHO a lot better than Nero). Chapters is a must for this player as SVCD REW/FF doesn't work for discs longer than 40 mins.

By the way, I also have a Philips DVD 622. Have you had any problems playing your encoded material? I'm asking because I have had huge problems creating anything that will play on this player. Very often the SVCD/VCD hangs the player for a while, then continuing playing as nothing had happened. I haven't tried TMPG for a while, I already though it is hopeless to create an working SVCD with it. Right now I'm using CCE (with & without DVD2SVCD), it has created at least a few working SVCDs for me (and many skipping ones). If you haven't had any problems, I'd like to know about the method you're using for SVCD creation.