can you help me about "close gop"

can you tell if that is correct I encoded all my video dv with cinemacrat 2.64 and authoring with scenarist the setting of the encode was 3 pass VBR for the setting video I active dvd compilation but I have active close all gop in the gop menu a friend off me say if this is not active you mpeg2 file can not be read in a standalone dvd player can you confirm that I'm very sad can you tell me if he has a way to correct this on a mpeg2 file thanks

closed gop's 

I'm not familiar with anything you're talking about, but I once read that closing Gop's is helpful if you plan on editing the .MPG's for future use. Good luck!!!!!

hello I just want to know if a video mpeg2 compress without close gop can be compatible with sandalone dvd player sorry for my english yani

Are you asking "can you get away without closing gop's for standalone playback?" The answer would be yes, since Tmpgenc and CCE uncheck this default anyways, and it's what I run for standalone players. I've never had to check the box for closed GOP's, but can guess that it should be okay. Like I said, I'm sure this helps for someone who plans on video editing the mpeg 2 file(because mpeg is tricky to edit, closed gop's help the encoding software). But it should work also for simple encoding for standalone. Give it a try. Two short tracks, one with, one without closed GOP's. Sorry I couldn't help you any more. I'm just pulling from what I've read on previous posts. Good luck!!!!

I've only had to use it once, when I encoded two video files for use in a multi-angle dvd movie. The rest of the time I leave it unchecked.

Read the CCE manual (downloadable from the CCE website). It contains a thing or two about the different options;)