I believe kVCD is incompatible with this standalone player. i successfully burn the kVCD file i created with TMPEG in Nero, when i place it in the player the menu works fine. as soon as i go to play the movie the sound works fine, but the video just fills the screen green.

any ideas, or should i just forget about it?

welcome in forum Gonzo!

no ,don't forget,maybe need little adjusts in tmpgenc.
we need to know all the process. did you follow any guide?
take a look in great guides here if needed:
http://www.kvcd.net see "Articles" on the right.
post in tmpgenc forum all details that was used for encode(source,script, mpeg1 or mpegg2 ...all details)
in kvcd forum we "never say die"!

Update:
I took your advice Jorel, and never said Die. i tried it again (same movie, same standalone DVD, followed the steps of RazerBlade's Tutorial

And SUCCESS, i was pleasently supprised witht he final output of the movie. and i was just like to say:

Thanks Karl Wagner you're a ****ing CHAMPION! from now on, all the movies I backup will be in this format instead of DivX/XviD

Thank you so much!

Hi Gonzo,
Welcome aboard!
You'll see how KVCD/SKVCD and KDVD just blow any DivX/XviD from the skies of your TV set
If you run into any problems just share it with us and maybe we can give you some help on it.
Cheers

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Rui