[vdr] Re: vcd plugin

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Florian Ottillinger wrote:
> Hi everybody!
> 
> I have a problem with the vcd-plugin. I use the newest version 0.0.6c 
> and vdr 1.2.6.
> Some VCD's and SVCD's are only played back in black white mode. I can 
> watch the
> movie but with no color.

> Does anybody know what could be the problem?

These (S)VCDs are most certainly encoded in the north-american TV
standard called NTSC and not in the european PAL. Obviously your TV set
cannot handle NTSC.

> I found out that you can burn SVCD's in MPEGAV or MPEG2 mode, what is 
> the difference?

Don't know.

> Could this be the problem?

No, see above.

> Are MVCD's also supported?

I don't think so - at least I always had problems playing MVCDs.

Cheers,
Juri



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