Sometimes this problem is caused by media incompatibility issues. If a DVD/CD does not play or work after you have burned the medium, choose another medium type or brand and repeat the burning process. Eventually, you may have to lower the burning speed. Many writers are not compatible with cheap or old media (blanks). The quality of some blanks is actually so bad, that the specified maximum speed cannot be reached in most cases. Find a combination of writer, disc and player that work together.

For VCD/SVCD, you'll want to work with CD-R rather than CD-RW because you can't play CD-RW discs in normal VCD/SVCD players.

Not all component DVD player support SuperVCD playback. To find out if your DVD player supports SVCD go here:

For Step-by-step instructions on how to play a VCD on Mac or Windows computer or on a DVD player, refer to our help page:

Subject: Re: Jump to DVD (how about SVCD?) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:12:20 -0400 From: "Harry S" One cheaper solution than the DVD-RW solution mentioned is SVCD. SVCD is a format orginated in China and is basically MPEG-2 video at 480 x 480 NTSC at bit rates up to 2.5Mb authored onto a regular CD or (or very cheap) CD-R. This allows for about 40 min. of video on a CD at the higher data rate.

Now, go take a look of your DVD player. At the front side of your DVD player it often indicates what formats of discs it can play. If it can play CD-RW or CD-R formats disc, then it can play all Video CD. If you are still not sure whether the VCD will play in your DVD player or not, here is the sure way. We offer one free VCD for our shopper to try on their DVD player. Which VCD is totally up to your choice. Simply you can pick any one VCD from our collection for free.

The PVR can capture either MPEG-1 (the "VCD" settings), or MPEG-2. If you capture the video as MPEG-2, and own a good video editor (such as ULead) and the full Nero package, you should be able to: 1. Capture an MPEG-2 clip using the PVR; 2. Read it into the editor and output it as an SVCD; 3. Then use Nero to burn the SVCD itself.

The machine does not meet the system requirements. The machine must be a PowerPC, running OS 8.5 or later To verify that this is not the problem, go to the finder and select the "About this Computer" from the Apple Menu To verify that QuickTime is not the problem, try running the VCD using Quicktime. If it plays, Quicktime is not the problem.

The reason why some burned CD or DVD discs cannot be played on your DVD/VCD player is due to the "Read" ability of your DVD/VCD player. Please try to play your burned CD or DVD disc with this DVD player software on your computer. You may download the free DVD player software from the following links: If the burned CD or DVD disc plays well, there is probably a compatibility problem with your current DVD player. Please try to play the burned CD or DVD disc on another DVD player.

The reason why some burned CDs cannot be played on your DVD/VCD player is due to the "Read" ability of your DVD/VCD player. Please make sure your DVD/VCD player supports VCD 2.0 format. Even so, according to our test, some models of DVD/VCD player (normally, old models) do not support some particular brand names of burned CD-R or CD-RW disc (especially for CD-RW disc). If this is your case, please turn to another brand name of blank CD-R disc (not CD-RW disc) to have a try.

In order to play any of these formats, you must have a player that will play that format. Many computers now come with DVD drives in which case you could play DVD. If your player is not DVD compatible, it will not play DVD.

If you have this kind of compatibility issue, please do not assume that all the movies you have received are bad. This is really not bad at all. There are times that some VCD's may not be compatible with your DVD player. As you know every manufacturer wants to be unique with their product. Thus, it makes the DVD and VCD providers life a little difficult. Again this is nothing more than a compatibility issue.

No. VCD only support 2 channel mp2. SVCD theoretically supports MPEG-2 multichannel, however there's no Windows software to make these kind of audio tracks. There's some Linux software but before you install Linux I suggest you read the my thoughts on the format.

If you do not want to author dvd or burn vcd/svcd/dvd format to disc ,please click setting button(in general you need not do this settings) After converting ,showing the vcd/dvd burner dialog .Just select CD/DVD writer and instert blank disc into CD/DVD Rom and click start burn button to burn VCD/VCD/DVD

VCD: If your DVD player supports VCD playback, simply insert the disc and wait for the menu to come up. Press the corresponding number on your remote for the selection you would like to view, or use the "next/previous chapter" functions to move between episodes. DVD-R: If your DVD player supports DVD-R playback, simply insert the disc, wait for the menu to come up, use the arrow keys to highlight your selection, then select it to view.

Quicktime and Quicktime Pro do not include support for MPEG-2 playback. To play MPEG-2 media using Quicktime you need an MPEG-2 Playback Component. or in our Mac SVCD Software Bundle (includes iVCD, MacVCD X and an MPEG-2 Playback component for $44.95US)

Some automobile-based players are available to play your CD-R burned with MP3 files, click here for article: http://mp3.about.com/cs/portableplayers/tp/mp3car.htm

Answer: Not all CD players play CDs that have been recorded with computers. Newer ones usually will, but make sure that the CD player you’re using supports CD-R discs.

If you want to put many of Roy's lectures onto one CD and play them back in the car, at home or on your walkman, it's probably best to buy MP3 audios.