[Langdon]

I am trying to burn downloaded music videos in mpeg format to a video CD.
Using Toast 5 I am able just to drag and drop most of the videos but with certain files I get error messages. They vary from file to file but they read:

"abcd.mpg cannot be used to create a Video CD. Please use the "Video CD" option in your MPEG encoder/multiplexer."

AND

"xyz.mepg cannot be used to create a video CD because it contains MPEG data in an unsupported format"


What exactly do these messages mean and how to I resolve them so I can include those files in my video cd to play on my DVD player?

[dtriska]

I can't remember what the difference is exactly, but if you don't encode the MPEG file with Toast's encoder, even though it still may be a standards compliant VCD, Toast will not accept it.

For the first error, download GNU vcdtoolsX and use vcdimager to make .bin files. Toast will accept these.

As for the second error, I have no clue as I've never seen that error before.

[Langdon]

OK tried that. I made the tracks into a .bin file and burned in VCD format. It produced a small (1.1 meg) file and a .cue file which i don't know what it is.

I put it into the DVD player and it flashed "CDDA" and did not play.


But to further complicate things the original VCD i made with the mpeg files did not play right. Only one of the mpeg movies played correctly. The others had only audio or showed a studdering image on only a portion of the screen.