V-CD problems

[Tafflad]

Ok – finally took the jump and realised that my EOS system had been gathering dust for 3 years. Now bought a G3 and very pleased with it.
Second Q is:
In order to be able to show pics and distribute.. I want to have them in a format that can be played on a DVD …. I was given some sample V-CD’s, produced with “Win on CD” and although they work on a cheap DVD palyer and on my PC and laptop, it seems that my DVD player will not play V-CD format (High end Yamaha S-796 which was top award winning unit)

If I can’t use V-CD format, should I look at a DVD-RW drive, or is V-CD the way to go and I need to change the DVD player … annoying as it is still under warranty.

[PacAce]

Tafflad wrote:
Ok – finally took the jump and realised that my EOS system had been gathering dust for 3 years. Now bought a G3 and very pleased with it.
Second Q is:
In order to be able to show pics and distribute.. I want to have them in a format that can be played on a DVD …. I was given some sample V-CD’s, produced with “Win on CD” and although they work on a cheap DVD palyer and on my PC and laptop, it seems that my DVD player will not play V-CD format (High end Yamaha S-796 which was top award winning unit)

If I can’t use V-CD format, should I look at a DVD-RW drive, or is V-CD the way to go and I need to change the DVD player … annoying as it is still under warranty.


I'm not sure if the Yamaha 796 is the same as the Yamaha s-796 but the Yamaha 796 CAN play VCD.
However, it will NOT read CD-R; it will only read CD-RW. Maybe this is your problem, if your VCD is burned onto a CD-R. You should be able to burn your VCDs to CD-RW and play it on your player without any problems.

BTW, you should be able to read DVD-R and DVD-R/W with your player as well as DVD+R but NOT DVD+R/W.

[Tafflad]

The manual states - it supports
DVD-Video, Video-CD and Audio-CD

But it does not support:
CD-G, Photo CD or CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, CD-ROM, DVD-RW, CVD or CDV


I will admit to not being fully conversant with all the different standards.

Rick

[PacAce]

Tafflad wrote:
The manual states - it supports
DVD-Video, Video-CD and Audio-CD

But it does not support:
CD-G, Photo CD or CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, CD-ROM, DVD-RW, CVD or CDV


I will admit to not being fully conversant with all the different standards.

Rick


Hmmm, your DVD player doesn't leave you with too many options, does it? For how cheaply you can get DVD-players these days that support Video-CD on CD-R and DVD-Video on DVD-R and/or DVD+R, I would recommend you go out and get yourself another DVD player that supports at least the CD-R and either DVD-R or DVD+R or both. It'll be even better if it also supports CD-RW and DVD-RW and/or DVD+RW but not essential.

For distributing your pictures for playing on a DVD player, a Video-CD burned to a CD-R medium would be the way to go costwise although the image quality won't be as good as DVD.

You can also burn a DVD-Video on to a DVD-R or DVD+R medium but it'll be a little more expensive and a waste of DVD space unless you have LOTS of pictures to show (people will probably fall asleep long before they get to the end of a slideshow on DVD :D ).

[Tafflad]

Thanks for the comments - this is a real pain. I bought this as the 'Best Buy' player, it certainly was not cheap.

It still has 2 years to go on the warranty !

[marcel wouters]

search at vcdhelp.com, you will find your DVD compatibility and a lot of software!
Your dvd should read cd-rw in VCD mode not sVCD.
For still image there is no difference if you find a package that use the "still picture big resolution"
Resolution for VCD
NTSC 352X240 but 704X480 in big resolution
PAL 352X288 but 704X576 in big resolution
Big resolution is the same in sVCD!
I play with Pinnacle express one year ago, if you want to see picture on PC it's better to use VCD (non interlaced mode) but on TV sVCD (interlaced mode) give a better look.
Be carefull the pixels isn't the size ratio! The horizontal line is stretched on a TV!