Page 1 of Answer to question "Can the Samsung SV-DVD1E read DVD-Rs and CD-Rs?

I recently purchased a Samsung DVD-V5000 (also known in Europe as the SV-DVD1E). According to the Instruction Manual, "DO NOT play CD-ROM, CDI, CD-R and DVD-ROM in this player!" What does this mean - will they damage the unit? In my view this is unlikely. I think what Samsung is really trying to say is that disks not specifically authored (or purposed) for playback in a DVD/CD set-top box will not play.
The good news though is that I HAVE achieved successful playback of both DVD-Rs and CD-Rs on my DVD-V5000 provided they have been properly authored for video. DVD-Rs burned on a Macintosh G4 using iDVD software work seamlessly with a very nice graphical selection menu. And provided they are compressed using Asparte MPAK and burned using "Toast", VCD-Rs also play well, except for a lack of a menu; items just played in order one after the other.
But disks burned on the same Macintosh G4 merely by "dragging and dropping" MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files onto the DVD-R or CD-R will not play on my Samsung DVD-V5000, even though these same disks play on a suitably equipped computer! I assume this is because such disks don`t have the directory structure etc. expected by the DVD-V5000.
A correctly authored SuperVideoCD-RW sometimes played well on my DVD-V5000, but as often "juddered" with fields apparently in the wrong order (ie 1324 instead of 1234). I have yet to determine if this is due to the SuperVideoCD or the CD-RW?
Finally, in answer to a different thread, an MP-3 disk played fine after a somewhat lengthy loading sequence during which all the MP-3 files on the disk were found (even though some were buried several layers deep). The names of the items were truncated to about 8 characters and displayed "flat" in a crude menu hiding the disk`s directory structure. Selection was by cursor control but playback was quite satisfactory.
Overall then the Samsung DVD-V5000 (SV-DVD1E) is quite versatile. Now if I can only find a hack for the Macrovision...

I have been having problems with the sound on VCDs I authore myself,
there is a clicking noise every 10 seconds. I capture the video with virtual dub as divx using the version 4.01 codec, then i use tmpeg to convert it into mpeg, i use the VCD template in tmpeg , if i use the Sevcd template it works fine on my pc but if i play it in my samsung the picture breaks up .The VCDS i make using the SeVCD template works fine on a Lasonic DVD player but not on my samsung. If i use the VCD pal template the picture is fine just problems with the sound.
I use nero to burn the VCDs
Any ideas anyone

This item was edited on Thursday, 27th September 2001, 09:25