Robert Storey said: > > Greetings Mark. You piqued my interest when you mentioned "burning VCDs." > Under Linux, I have not been able to either copy or roll-my-own VCDs. > Xcdroast, for example, seems to copy VCDs fine - but the copies won't > play. Most any Windows burner program I've used can at least copy a VCD > without a hiccup. What software are you using? Is there a FAQ you can > point me to that gives some info on how to convert VHS tapes to VCDs?
last I checked X CD roast was a front end to mkisofs/cdrecord. I can't imagine how it could read the VCD in the first place since there is no ISO9660 filesystem on it.. Real videocds are recorded in what's called "Mode 2", which stores data differently from data and audio cds. I think this is to make video playback smoother somehow(the VideoCD standard is more then 10 years old). You'll probably need vcdtools, or vcdimager. Or look for tools that can create/burn .bin/.cue files, this format is what a VCD would come in. the .bin contains the raw data, and the .cue tells the CD software how to burn it. I use a Likko Electronics VDR2100 to make my VCDs. It's $445 from lik-sang.com. Burns VCD on the fly, in real time. I output from my tivo to it, have burned more then 800 VCDs in the past year(burning one now infact). Real nice unit. I have had 1 coaster though, perhaps it was a defective CD. Sofar I've only used Kodak and some high tech memorex CD(made in japan, forgot the name). I wish there was better VCD extraction tools in linux. I've had to use MpegTV for my extractions which isn't perfect but it's the best I've found. Other tools like vcdtools screw up the tracks real badly for me(e.g. first 5 tracks are merged into 1, tracks cut off..etc). I'm fairly sure my liko generates valid VCDs since it works on my portable likko player as well as my dreamcast vcd players, and in every computer-based VCD player I have encountered. MpegTV generates slighly invalid mpeg data(it errors out after each track) but it's playable at least. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
