After creating many beer coasters trying to burn VCD's , I finally came up with an almost full-proof way of burning them. Note - not all DVD players will play VCD's .

 The easiest way to get movies onto VCD format is to download them in VCD format . Generally Mpeg 1's in 352x288 . Although it's not always practical to download in this format , it saves the most time if you can find them .

 If you don't have them in this format , it's possible to convert them . My favorite tool is TMPGEnc . Keep in mind it doesn't convert every codec , and the farther out of spec the video you are converting is , the longer it'll take . I've got a speedy machine , and conversions can take a few hours , with the cpu seemingly locked up.

 After installing/unzipping TMPGEnc ,you'll see a screen similar to this

hit the Video NTSC then pick a video

 I skip the #3 ,  this screen will show you whether or not it fits on a cd .

  Let it decode  .  Next NERO IT