I was wondering if high bitrate Video CDs play in standard DVD Players? Also, what kind of bitrate would it be (ex: 2500, 3000?) Will a VCD authoring program take this kind of MPEG?(A Program like EZ-CD, WinOnCD 3.6, or Video Pack 4) Thanks for any help

-- Jay (jlink84@yahoo.com), March 12, 2000

Answers

Nero does - No not all DVD players play high data rate VCD's

-- Ross McL (rmclennan@esc.net.au), March 12, 2000.

ez-cd will not take the file. it seems most players can ahndle a bitrate no higher then 2500

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), March 12, 2000.

Doug

Does that mean you capture at 2900 and encode at 2500 with your Dazzle?

-- Ross McL (rmclennan@esc.net.au), March 12, 2000.

NTI cd maker will also accept high bitrate mpegs.

-- ndumu (ndumu@hotmail.com), March 12, 2000.

hey Ross,

i capture at 2900 with the Dazzle, but then encode down to 2500 with the panasonic encoder

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), March 13, 2000.

VideoPack 4 creates high rate vcd's in a menu structure also.

-- Ross McL (rmclennan@esc.net.au), March 13, 2000.

My Sony 725D plays high bitrate VCD's (on CDRW)

-- Nige (narnold@cableinet.co.uk), April 09, 2000.

Adaptec software will decidedly NOT accept high bit rates for Video CD. It is extremely finnicky!

Hope that helps...I just bought the NTI software and am awaiting a response to an inquiry about whether it is good for recording high bitrate VCD.

Take care.

-- Ric Dyks (arlington@galaxy-7.net), April 18, 2000.