I've ripped my 1st VCD. I played the 1st half of the movie (CD1)just fine in my Sony standalone DVD player. The 2nd half does not. The DVD player states there is no disc. I also tried PowerDVD w/ my pc, but still does not play. I used Adaptec to create the VCD's and carefully selected the same process for both cd's.
you might try converting from mpeg to mpeg with vcdgear and check fix mpeg errors. Then re burn. It worked for me, so hopefully it'll work for you too.