Tosh SD-100ES and CD-R/RW playback?

[IAmATeaf]

I seem to remeber that even though the Tosh SD-100ES DVD player won't playback CD-R/RW that some forum member had reported some success but at the time since I wasn't paying too much attention.

I'm thinking of transferring some of my home videos onto VCD and would dearly love to play/watch them on the DVD player as opposed to being limited to just the PC.

[Kartikp]

Originally posted by IAmATeaf
I seem to remeber that even though the Tosh SD-100ES DVD player won't playback CD-R/RW that some forum member had reported some success but at the time since I wasn't paying too much attention.

I'm thinking of transferring some of my home videos onto VCD and would dearly love to play/watch them on the DVD player as opposed to being limited to just the PC.

I have used Verbatim CDRW's (and also Memorex CDRW's) with no problem. AFAIK CDRW's work perfectly, but CDR's do not.

[akan7]

SIRIUS 16X 80MIN 700MB CDR's work perfectly.

FOR VCD USED TMPGEnc Version 2.50.32.120

WITH TMPGEnc U CAN MAKE XVCD (60 MINS OF TOP Quality ON 1 CD)
CVCD (120 MINS OF ALLMOST VCD Quality ON 1 CD.)


Note!!! Remember that these are no STANDARDS as VCD and SVCD. And therefore most stand alone DVD Players can't play them without lots of hacking/freezing or not at all, most because of the high bitrate that requires faster CDR/W reading-capabilites in the DVD Player.


XVCD stands for eXtendedVCD and is an extension of VCD 2.0. It tries to use the most power from the chip of the standalone dvd player. Some people speak from a mix between VCD 2.0 and SVCD. XVCD uses like VCD MPEG1 but it is possible to set up the bitrate to 3.5 MBit/s and use a higher resolution. It is impossible to use multi audiostrems for multilanguage or use subtitles.

XSVCD stands for eXtendedSVCD. It tries to use the most power from the chip of the standalone dvd player. Some people speak from a mix between SVCD and DVD. XSVCD uses like SVCD MPEG2 but it is possible to set up the bitrate to 9.8 MBit/s and use a higher resolution. It is possible to use multi audiostrems for multilanguage or use subtitles.

[GarethH]

Princo CD-R's work and so do most CD-RW discs!

[IAmATeaf]

Thanks for the info people much appreciated. I'll see if I can source some of the named brands, I've tried Verbatim CD-R but no joy

[IAmATeaf]

Right I've been doing some reading on www.vcdhelp.com and I have another question:

Can I use one of those el-cheapo Hauppage TV PCI cards to connect either my VCR or SVHS camcorder to capture the video stream. If so does anybody have experience of doing this and what's the quality like?

[Kartikp]

Originally posted by IAmATeaf
Thanks for the info people much appreciated. I'll see if I can source some of the named brands, I've tried Verbatim CD-R but no joy

SVP (http://www.121cdr.co.uk) sell verbatim CDRW's. Highly recommend those guys