How to encode MPEG1 so position slider in MP6.4 works?

[FredThompson]

I'm trying to make 720x480 MPEG1 files for use on systems where installing updated codecs isn't an option. Bitrate needs to be about 2500, max.

Thing is, the files I've created don't play well with Media Play 6.4. moving the position slider works but the display isn't refleting this in realtime.

Does anyone know how to make the two play friendly? ASF files zip along but the M$ encoeer seems to peek at a bit rate of about 1500 which isn't good enough for my DV source.

The idea is to make files that cdan be played on just about any Windows 9x or greater machine I might encounter in an office settings. Hence, Media Player 6.4 is a must. So is the slider.

Ideas?

[RB]

My guess is that MP does not like VBR MPEG1. Try using CBR.

[FredThompson]

Oh, I hadn't thought of that. CQ TMPGEnc WOULD be VBR, wouldn't it?

Hmmm...I'll give it a shot. Thanks.

[RB]

Well, this is the CCE forum and I'm really not the TMPGEnc expert. But I guess so.

[wmansir]

It may not be the type of file, but the muxer. I've had the following experience with VBR MPEG2 (for SVCD, but I don't think that matters). When I mux with bbmpeg the seek bar works, but when I use TMPGEnc it doesn't work, however the files are ~10 MB smaller for a 795MB file. Since it doesn't affect the final SVCD in my hardware player or PowerDVD/WinDVD I use TMPGEnc and increase the bitrate a bit.

Of course in this case the slider is grayed out and totally unusable in WMP 6.4, so chances are it's the file type in your case. But it may be worth a shot.