Smart Navi

john booth · Post by **john booth** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:06 pm

:) I burnt an Mpeg 2 file on a CD complete with menu. If i play it on my computer using Windows media player I get the menu and it plays fine. When I try it on my DVD player I get the smart navi screen and it has split the video and audio. So I get video but no sound. Any takers on this.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:42 pm

You burnt an MPEG-2 file to a CD

how ???

Did you use the Create disc function in UVS to properly author and burn a VCD or an SVCD on a CD or a DVD on a DVD. you can't just burn a file to a CD and expect it to play correctly on a DVD player - it has to be the right type of file in the right place on whatever disc you are creating.

Could we have a little more detail on what exactly you did to make this CD.

john booth · Post by **john booth** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:16 pm

I used create disk, ticked menu, the file size is only 315mb, output disk format is dvd, carried on and burnt it to CD. On widows meadia player it plays complete with menu.

praebo1557 · Post by **praebo1557** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:44 pm

BrianCee I definitely agree with yor argument.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:58 pm

What you have in effect done is produce what is called a 'mini DVD' i.e. a DVD burned on a CD. Not all that many standalone players will play them. What you have to do is select either VCD format (which will at best produce something about the quality of a VHS tape, though you can get around an hour on a CD) or SVCD (much better quality -- about 35 - 40 minutes to a CD). Older and brand name players may also not play either of them, though are more likely to play VCDs than SVCDs. You will have better chances with a more recent player, particularly (oddly enough) the cheaper ones, which seem to play just about anything put into them. The brand name ones still seem to be a bit picky about what they will play.