Thursday, March 4, 2004
SVCD Playback - Does It Really Matter?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 12:03 PM
I set up a combo VCD/DVD player to replace several other units I have (more on that later), and before I decide if I want to keep it, I wanted to make sure it worked with all the formats of CD and DVD that I might burn. It said it supported DVD-R and DVD+R, but no mention of VCD or SVCD. Most recently DVD players support VCD, but SVCD is always a bit of a wild card.
When I started testing, it played DVD-R ok, and VCDs were no problem. But when I tried an SVCD (burned with Nero 6), the DVD player refused to play it. So now I'm trying to decide how important that lack of ability is - will not being able to play SVCDs bother me? Is it worth packing up the player and returning it? I prefer SVCDs over VCD because of the higher bit rate, but with only being able to fit 20 minutes onto a CD, they're not terribly useful. Where do you stand on this?
Yes, I know our voting button is missing in the poll - just click on the X and your vote will be cast. ;-)
When I started testing, it played DVD-R ok, and VCDs were no problem. But when I tried an SVCD (burned with Nero 6), the DVD player refused to play it. So now I'm trying to decide how important that lack of ability is - will not being able to play SVCDs bother me? Is it worth packing up the player and returning it? I prefer SVCDs over VCD because of the higher bit rate, but with only being able to fit 20 minutes onto a CD, they're not terribly useful. Where do you stand on this?
Yes, I know our voting button is missing in the poll - just click on the X and your vote will be cast. ;-)
