DVD Playback Not working at all

Eklipse · 14th June 2004, 14:25

Hi everybody.
I'm converting some movies from DivX to VCD and burning to DVD.
I follow some guides, and modified the VCD files to do this.
I am using TMPGEnc DVD Author to build the DVD files and everything went right, no problem at all, not errors at all.
I burned the DVDs using a Pioneer DVD burner, no problems at all too.

The resulting DVD did'nt work with my two DVD players, an old Panavox and a new AKI DVD-DivX-MPEG4 Player that I recently bought.

Both players tells me that 'not disc is loaded'

I tried to play the DVD using a DVDPlayer in a computer (DVDuck as example) and the DVD plays nicely showing the main menu, but DVDuck hangs when I play a movie. I didn't test DVDuck with a original DVD so I don't know if this error is important or simply DVDuck couldn't handle because there is a problem with the movies.

What's the next step?Is the physical media? Is it the software?

Maybe is important to know that TMPGEnc was the only program capable to handle modified VCD files (MPEG1 352x288 Pal+ 48 Khz+ 1150 kbps) without problem.
I tested DVD X Maker and this software refuses to use this files.
I tested NeroVision. This software takes the files, doubles his vertical resolution (352x576) and changes his bitrate to 1691 kbps, in this way the files are bigger and they don't fit in a DVD, so by the moment I discarded this software. (And suposse that it will change the MPEG1 files to MPEG2 file too)

The last thing I remember was that I did a main menu using 'animated menu' in the TMPGEnc options. Could it be a reason?

Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome. Thanks for everyone.
I'm apologize for my english.

oddyseus · 17th June 2004, 22:24

get powerdvd and test the disks.

test also the elementary audio and video.

if they play fine, the problem is located in the rest of the procedure that we will walkthrough step by step. But until then try lets make sure that the disk is OK.

14th June 2004, 14:25	#1 \| Link
Eklipse Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2	DVD Playback Not working at all Hi everybody. I'm converting some movies from DivX to VCD and burning to DVD. I follow some guides, and modified the VCD files to do this. I am using TMPGEnc DVD Author to build the DVD files and everything went right, no problem at all, not errors at all. I burned the DVDs using a Pioneer DVD burner, no problems at all too. The resulting DVD did'nt work with my two DVD players, an old Panavox and a new AKI DVD-DivX-MPEG4 Player that I recently bought. Both players tells me that 'not disc is loaded' I tried to play the DVD using a DVDPlayer in a computer (DVDuck as example) and the DVD plays nicely showing the main menu, but DVDuck hangs when I play a movie. I didn't test DVDuck with a original DVD so I don't know if this error is important or simply DVDuck couldn't handle because there is a problem with the movies. What's the next step?Is the physical media? Is it the software? Maybe is important to know that TMPGEnc was the only program capable to handle modified VCD files (MPEG1 352x288 Pal+ 48 Khz+ 1150 kbps) without problem. I tested DVD X Maker and this software refuses to use this files. I tested NeroVision. This software takes the files, doubles his vertical resolution (352x576) and changes his bitrate to 1691 kbps, in this way the files are bigger and they don't fit in a DVD, so by the moment I discarded this software. (And suposse that it will change the MPEG1 files to MPEG2 file too) The last thing I remember was that I did a main menu using 'animated menu' in the TMPGEnc options. Could it be a reason? Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome. Thanks for everyone. I'm apologize for my english.

17th June 2004, 22:24	#2 \| Link
oddyseus Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hellas Posts: 1,598	get powerdvd and test the disks. test also the elementary audio and video. if they play fine, the problem is located in the rest of the procedure that we will walkthrough step by step. But until then try lets make sure that the disk is OK. __________________ regards oddyseus "when u r aiming for the impossible everything else is within reach." Mike ps. respect the forum rules, read, search and only then post.