thanks marc peters,
I can only burn as low as 4x, which i think is about as low as any of the burners i might have access to go.
Error code says "Player cannot read disc, please check disc."

In the manual it says this,
"... following formats:
- music CD format
- video CD format
- MP3 or JPEG format that conforms to ISO9660* Level 1/Level 2, or its extended format, Joliet."

It then goes on to say,
".. some CD-Rs/CD-RWs cannot be played on this player due to the recording quality or physical condition of the disc, or the characteristics of the recording device."


In the first point, I'm pretty sure I'm doing it all right. But I still have no way to prove it. What I do is use TMPEGnc to convert an .avi into a mpeg-1 then use VCDEasy to write that as a .bin/.cue image file which I then burn to a cd. There are a few more things I do in the converting.

The second point I believe is my problem. I'm pretty sure the recording quality of the disc is not the problem (Vertabim CD-R 48x - super Azo), I think it is the characteristic of the recording device. But I also, have no way to find this out.

My plan is to,
1. Try my current technique, with different cds.
2. Try my current technique, with different burners.
3. Look for more guide and try more software to make it work.
4. Steal this cheap Sonwa DVD player from Go-Lo. (cheap players rule).


If anyone has any advice at all, especially concering the Sony SONY SLV-D910AZ or the Sony CD-RW CRX216E please reply. Even if its to say that you have burnt a workable VCD with the burner or got something to work with the player, please. I do know for a fact that someone else on this forum has had the same problem, but alas, she has not posted for ages and her last post was that she succeded in burnings some stills and getting the player to read them, but she said nothing else. Is there a way to get her email from this forum???





cheers, matty