Burning a VCD - VCD Not Playable

[TAllee]

Not sure if this is the right forum (so if it's ok, I'll post again)

Here's a techie question:

I noticed that after I burned the VCD using Easy Creator 5 Platinum, that the .DAT files are name MUSIC01.DAT and MUSIC02.DAT and of course, the VCD wouldn't play in my DVD player.

However, when I got Pinnacle Express DVD to work once (out of a couple dozen times), I noticed that the two files were named AVSEG01.DAT and AVSEG02.DAT (same mpg files being burned).

Is there a way to get those files renamed to the proper filename, or does it not matter?

Thanks in advance.

Thomas

[johnbmx4christ]

i would simply suggest using nero to burn the vcd

[TAllee]

John:

Thank you for your suggestion. I have tried to install Nero, but as soon as I do, and reboot, I lose all of my CD / DVD drives. The drivers get loaded, but the devices aren't found.

I'm in Windows XP, and used the Nero updated 5.5 for XP from their website.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
Thomas

[Simon T]

Do you use DirectCD??? On all my systems, Nero hates DirectCD and DirectCD hates Nero.