How do I do this? I tried exporting from iMovie to Quicktime, and also to MPEG-4 and the discs were unreadable to my Sony DVD player. Do I need some sort of special authoring software?
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create a Video CD that will play in DVD players
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I use Toast for making VCD's. but you still have the problem of some DVD players not playing them.
Part of it is regional too. VCDs are a lot more common in Asia (they're used instead of VHS), so the DVD players released here tend to support them. On the other hand, the models released in, say, the US may not all support VCD.
Basically, you have to check the DVD player for compatibility.
I have a YAKUMO player that plays DVD, VCD, MP3, anything in MPEG format (even .AVI and .MPG) and can even read folder stucture, so I can burn a normal data DVD, and as long as it has MPEG format, it can read it!
And all this for £30! - Look cheap - a lot of the more expensive players play DVDs really well, but don't have all those features built in.
The YAKUMO player is here - check out those supported formats!
I have a YAKUMO player that plays DVD, VCD, MP3, anything in MPEG format (even .AVI and .MPG) and can even read folder stucture, so I can burn a normal data DVD, and as long as it has MPEG format, it can read it!
And all this for £30! - Look cheap - a lot of the more expensive players play DVDs really well, but don't have all those features built in.
The YAKUMO player is here - check out those supported formats!
Yep, sounds like similar features to my Philips 625, which I got for free with one of those 'bonus points' schemes 
litosclone said:
Have you included iTMS tracks on these VCDs you burn with Toast or does the DRM shut it down. I can't burn purchased music via Toast anymore. I read somewhere that Cupertino blew it out with a Quicktime update.
aricher said:
My (very) old Sony 5-discs DVD player does play VCDs but only if I use blue-dye discs and I burn at 1x (higher than that and it has problems reading past about 20 minutes).
Other dye colors usually result in the player telling me "no disc".
Is that LaCie external FireWire, Dual-Layer, LightScribe-capable burner out, yet? (it even comes with Toast if you buy the Mac version).
VCDs are MPEG1, and SVCDs are MPEG2. www.videohelp.com has all the answers and tutorials for how to create VCDs. This link (if it works) has all the Mac OS guides:bluemonkey said:
http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php...=0&listallusers=&search=Search+or+List+Guides
this seems helpful:
http://homepage.mac.com/major4/fcp_vcd.html
Inspector Lee said:
I have not tried to include iTM track on to the VCDs, I mainly use toast for making VCDs of my short films and the music is added to the final movie. But you have me curios, I'm going to play with that, see if I cant add hidden features.