My Mintek will indeed play VCDs, alas I too have had the issue of the sound fading in and out every 2 seconds when I created an mpeg with the Higer Quality KVCD template (352 x 480). I thought it was a burning issue and so I made like 10 discs at different speeds and settings (next time I'll try the forums first, eh?) The picture quality was very nice on Resident Evil...very nice!

Queen of the Damned did not have the sound issues but the video was a little jerky when panning and it looked ever so slightly washed out (don't quite remember if I modified the template in any way).
I am currently backing up my Blade 2 DVD using the KVCDx3 Template...the matrix sample had my mouth watering (and drool ain't exactly good for the keyboard)...I will post my success or failure.
I have modified the template in the following ways:
Lowered the Max Bitrate to 2000
Lowered the CQ to 14
Increased the Frames per sec to 29.97
Lowered the VBV to 0 (auto)
Increased the audio to 224
I am very impressed with your work Kwaq, not only with the templates but with continual improvements and creator support for the Noobs and troubleshooters out there. Regardless of the outcome of my latest attempt
Thanks for all your past and future efforts in improving a great free program (Tmpgenc). I will continue to try to get it right an even if it never works on my DVD player...you've given me the tools to turn my laptop into an excellent portable movie player (great for vacationing)!