I recently obtained an SVCD that has puzzled me. It won't run in my DVD player, which is a Pioneer DV-545, and does everything - having run previous SVCDs, both backup and retail.

However, this SVCD, does not work whatsoever.
I insterted it into my computer, extracted the AVSEQ01.MPG video file using Isobuster, and tried to run it - but to no avail. I then went and downloaded and installed an SVCD codec and some Visual Basic files of some nature, which I was told may be necessary.

Thanks to this, I got sound, but Windows Media Player (the LATEST version, definetely, for Win2000 SP3) still wouldn't give me a picture.

So, I tried to use Nero to create an SVCD from the file, but I received the following error:

-Stream Encoding which is invalid with [S]VCD

I tried it with the VCD format too, but received the same error, and another one - Obvious, really:

-Invalid Video stream: 29.97 frames/second, 480 x 480 pixels

The file will also not open in TMPEGEnc or VirtualDub.

Is there a solution to this problem? A way of repairing the SVCD? If so, is it an xSVCD or something? And how would I go about burning that to disc?

I will appreciate any reply.

Best Regards,
James Ellison

Hi,

I would try first Womble Mpeg2vcr GOP-fix and then Womble to resave it in SVCD format (no re-encoding.

Cheers

I have downloaded Womble, but it requires me to register it before I can use it to mess with SVCD-MPEG files

Are there any alternatives?

Registration ?! Try this (need to tweak registry / user first ?)
If You downloded it from buy-site enter:

Name: JAM ELL
Key: WIN32-MPEG2-7c64d531830c

Yes, thanks - I have a working SVCD file now

Cheers, people.