PSE 12 ORGANIZER DOES NOT BURN VCD TO RUN ON DVD PLAYER

[robertm51749983]

I use the PSE 12 Organizer, Version 12.1, on a new computer with 5 processor cores, 8 Mb RAM and Windows 10 Home OS.  Windows Media Player is installed as well.

Following the instructions for burning a Video CD provided in the PSE Organizer, I created a slide show with 67 slides and custom audio for each slide.  Total run time is about 33 minutes.  I then tried to burn the slide show to a VCD that would run in a DVD player.  But the Organizer only burned a .WMV file that won’t play on a newer DVD player.  I searched Adobe PSE Organizer on-line support files for a solution to this problem but found no help there. Is there anyone who can help me?

[Greg_S.]

I no longer have Elements 12 on my machine and don't remember exactly how VCD burning worked in that program.  But what I can tell you is that many modern BluRay/DVD players cannot play a VCD.  Also, were you attempting to burn the VCD to a DVD disc or a CD disc?  If you were trying to burn to a DVD, then only a data file (wmv) of the video was copied to the DVD.  It would not create a playable "VCD".  While it is technically possible to convert a VCD to a DVD, you need conversion software to do that.  I may be wrong but I doubt whether Elements could accomplish that task.