I've been dealing with this annoying problem for the past few days and am now at the point where I can't figure this out myself. I have converted ACI files to MPEG-1(VCD) to burn a VCD which works great. I wasn't happy with the quality, so I decided to convert the ACI to an MPEG-2(SVCD) so I can make an SCVD. The program I use for the converting is TMPGEnc. They both convert fine to the MPEG's. The problem is when I burn the MPEG-1 to VCD's they burn fine... but when I try to burn the MPEG-2 to SVCD's one of 2 things happen. 1) I get a write error and can not burn the CD-RW OR 2) It says it completes fine but it does not play in the DVD player. I have two new DVD players... One of my DVD players detects it but just plays a black screen and the other DVD player doesn't even detect the SVCD. They both play VCDS fine. I originally used Nero for burning the CD-RW but have also tried VCD Easy and some others. Anyone have any clue why this would happen?
Why?? Can only burn VCDS Can't burn SVCDS
- Thread starter Rsspro18
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are you 100% sure that your dvd players can playback SVCD ????!?!? 
some can, some cannot and some can only play VCD not SVCD ! .....
even really expensive DVD players can fall foul of not being able to play ALL formats of disk
can you tell us the make and models of both your DVD players so we can check for you
some can, some cannot and some can only play VCD not SVCD ! .....even really expensive DVD players can fall foul of not being able to play ALL formats of disk
can you tell us the make and models of both your DVD players so we can check for you
Do the SVCD's play fine on the PC using WinDVD or PowerDVD ? If so then the problem is either media or actual DVD player.