avic n1 vcd

I was reading on the website that the avic n1 can play video cds, I made a vcd but when it put it in the radio it said non playable disc. Does it play them or not? anyone have this problem?

thanks

adam

I had that problem, but it does not play vcds, spoke to pioneer about it- it does play burn dvd's   :)

I used my dvd.  I know i did it right cause i played the vcd in my other car and works fine.

adam

Ok guys i have a lil info. This player does play vcds but they dont work if burned onto a cd-r they definitely work using dvd-r and dvd-rw. A friend of mine that works at pioneer said he heard that if you use a cdrw that it may work also I cant try this method right now cause my burner is fried. =( if anyone can try this and let us know it would greatly appreciated. I also included a alternate burn method for cd-r and cd-rw if it doesnt work

First, make a normal MPEG-2 file (for example with TMPGEnc using its SVCD-templates). You normally only have to add this file to VCDEasy in order to create a SVCD 1.0... But this is exactly what some home players can't play... The idea is to use the MPEG-tools in TMPGEnc to multiplex this MPEG2 file for SVCD (with a "MPEG-2 Super VideoCD [VBR]" header) again but this time just with a different header (the "MPEG-1 VideoCD [non standard]" header). If the multiplexing is done right , VCDEasy will recognize the file as a MPEG-1 video file, you then will be able to create a VCD 2.0 (with a MPEG2 file in fact... hoping your player will be able to play it...). Note that PowerDVD will recognize this file as MPEG-2 file (while playing, do a right click on the video, choose "Show information" in the pop-up menu )

Also, not all home players can play VCD's like this. But mine (JVC XV-521BK) does, while it can not play SVCDs.

Start TMPGEnc, and close the wizard if there is one.

	Select the "Multiplex" tabbed page
	Click on "Add" to open your file-browser and then select your MPEG2 file

	You can see here the video stream, and the audio stream
	Note that "MPEG-2 Program(VBR)" is selected in the "Type" drop down list. This is the original header of this file... And this is what we have to change...

Choose "MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard)" in this "Type" drop down list

	Be sure to have "MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard)" selected
	Click "Browse" to set the output file name
	Hit "Run"... and wait!

Now you can proceed as writen in the " How to make your first VideoCD" guide.

If you are lucky you can play VCD with the quality of a SVCD, which is normaly much better.

Note that, during authoring, you can use the VCD2.0 features, but not the SVCD ones (for example: selectable subtitles & audio).

For some home DVD players, you should use "MPEG-1 Video-CD" instead of "MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard)" as header... even if this "VCD-Header trick" is something "non-standard" !