XVCD compatibility

I have tried XVCD compatibility with one XVCD's downloaded from VCDHelp on the 10:th of July 2002:

• "XVCD NTSC Sample, 352x240 2500kbit/s MPEG1 Constant Bitrate"

I have tested this on the Denver DVD-176 and there were big problems to play this XVCD disc. The picture on the screen stopped several times, but the sound played fine through the whole clip.

I have also made an XVCD myself with four short movies (352x288 resolution) in different bitrates:

• Standard VCD (1150+224kbit/s)
• 2Mbit/s
• 3Mbit/s
• 4Mbit/s

Only the first (standard VCD) played without problems. The rest of the clips had problems to keep up the framerate, it seemed to slow down a bit in certain places.

For more information about some XVCD tests on the DVD-176, look at the "Official VCDHelp.com PAL/NTSC Demo Video-CD" test results at the VCD compatibility test page.

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