Re: How the heck do you burn a VCD?
best way to burn this. with the following: burncd -f /dev/acd1 -d vcd star_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi you must first prepare VCD image - use vcdimager from ports ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How the heck do you burn a VCD?
Hey folks. This may be slightly OT, but I just downloaded the StarWreck spoof (http://www.starwreck.com), and I'd like to get it burned to a VCD. It's in xvid/avi format, and I'm not sure what's the best way to burn this. with the following: burncd -f /dev/acd1 -d vcd star_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi but it doesn't seem to play anywhere - not even my FreeBSD box - which is the only machine I can get the avi file to play in the first place (MacOs X Windoze won't play it). How's that for FreeBSD being a better multimedia box? I have checked the disk, and it *does* appear to have been burned - so this is a coaster now. I'm guessing I just didn't understand the burncd manpage in regards to vcd burning. I also couldn't find anything but 'doze and MacOs X commercial software ads on google, even though I required either FreeBSD or Linux in my search. Anyway, I'm really a newbie with this vcd stuff, so a little leg up would be appreciated. TIA Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 QOTD: On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd say... oh, somewhere in there. pgpYZKmRg6wGp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How the heck do you burn a VCD?
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 21:20, Louis LeBlanc wrote: Hey folks. This may be slightly OT, but I just downloaded the StarWreck spoof (http://www.starwreck.com), and I'd like to get it burned to a VCD. It's in xvid/avi format, and I'm not sure what's the best way to burn this. with the following: burncd -f /dev/acd1 -d vcd star_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi but it doesn't seem to play anywhere - not even my FreeBSD box - which is the only machine I can get the avi file to play in the first place (MacOs X Windoze won't play it). How's that for FreeBSD being a better multimedia box? I have checked the disk, and it *does* appear to have been burned - so this is a coaster now. I'm guessing I just didn't understand the burncd manpage in regards to vcd burning. I also couldn't find anything but 'doze and MacOs X commercial software ads on google, even though I required either FreeBSD or Linux in my search. Anyway, I'm really a newbie with this vcd stuff, so a little leg up would be appreciated. TIA Lou Look in the handbook under opticle drives on how to make ISO's -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How the heck do you burn a VCD?
On 11/23/05 09:35 PM, Michael C. Shultz sat at the `puter and typed: On Wednesday 23 November 2005 21:20, Louis LeBlanc wrote: Hey folks. This may be slightly OT, but I just downloaded the StarWreck spoof (http://www.starwreck.com), and I'd like to get it burned to a VCD. It's in xvid/avi format, and I'm not sure what's the best way to burn this. with the following: burncd -f /dev/acd1 -d vcd star_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi but it doesn't seem to play anywhere - not even my FreeBSD box - which is the only machine I can get the avi file to play in the first place (MacOs X Windoze won't play it). How's that for FreeBSD being a better multimedia box? I have checked the disk, and it *does* appear to have been burned - so this is a coaster now. I'm guessing I just didn't understand the burncd manpage in regards to vcd burning. I also couldn't find anything but 'doze and MacOs X commercial software ads on google, even though I required either FreeBSD or Linux in my search. Anyway, I'm really a newbie with this vcd stuff, so a little leg up would be appreciated. TIA Lou Look in the handbook under opticle drives on how to make ISO's What, really? I haven't been able to find any indication that the VCD format was nothing more than an xvid AVI file in an iso filesystem. Figures it would be so painfully simple - that'll play on my DVD player? Thanks for the pointer. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 The lovely woman-child Kaa was mercilessly chained to the cruel post of the warrior-chief Beast, with his barbarian tribe now stacking wood at her nubile feet, when the strong clear voice of the poetic and heroic Handsomas roared, 'Flick your Bic, crisp that chick, and you'll feel my steel through your last meal!' -- Winning sentence, 1984 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest. pgpJ3n0vGkEd3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How the heck do you burn a VCD?
On 11/24/05 12:56 AM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed: On 11/23/05 09:35 PM, Michael C. Shultz sat at the `puter and typed: On Wednesday 23 November 2005 21:20, Louis LeBlanc wrote: Hey folks. This may be slightly OT, but I just downloaded the StarWreck spoof (http://www.starwreck.com), and I'd like to get it burned to a VCD. It's in xvid/avi format, and I'm not sure what's the best way to burn this. with the following: burncd -f /dev/acd1 -d vcd star_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi but it doesn't seem to play anywhere - not even my FreeBSD box - which is the only machine I can get the avi file to play in the first place (MacOs X Windoze won't play it). How's that for FreeBSD being a better multimedia box? I have checked the disk, and it *does* appear to have been burned - so this is a coaster now. I'm guessing I just didn't understand the burncd manpage in regards to vcd burning. I also couldn't find anything but 'doze and MacOs X commercial software ads on google, even though I required either FreeBSD or Linux in my search. Anyway, I'm really a newbie with this vcd stuff, so a little leg up would be appreciated. TIA Lou Look in the handbook under opticle drives on how to make ISO's What, really? I haven't been able to find any indication that the VCD format was nothing more than an xvid AVI file in an iso filesystem. Figures it would be so painfully simple - that'll play on my DVD player? Thanks for the pointer. BTW, am I supposed to burn this as a vcd or data track? Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank. -- Scotty pgpT7TwG9R4KS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How the heck do you burn a VCD?
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 21:56, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 11/23/05 09:35 PM, Michael C. Shultz sat at the `puter and typed: On Wednesday 23 November 2005 21:20, Louis LeBlanc wrote: Hey folks. This may be slightly OT, but I just downloaded the StarWreck spoof (http://www.starwreck.com), and I'd like to get it burned to a VCD. It's in xvid/avi format, and I'm not sure what's the best way to burn this. with the following: burncd -f /dev/acd1 -d vcd star_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi but it doesn't seem to play anywhere - not even my FreeBSD box - which is the only machine I can get the avi file to play in the first place (MacOs X Windoze won't play it). How's that for FreeBSD being a better multimedia box? I have checked the disk, and it *does* appear to have been burned - so this is a coaster now. I'm guessing I just didn't understand the burncd manpage in regards to vcd burning. I also couldn't find anything but 'doze and MacOs X commercial software ads on google, even though I required either FreeBSD or Linux in my search. Anyway, I'm really a newbie with this vcd stuff, so a little leg up would be appreciated. TIA Lou Look in the handbook under opticle drives on how to make ISO's What, really? I haven't been able to find any indication that the VCD format was nothing more than an xvid AVI file in an iso filesystem. VCD format isn't xvid. For the most part, anything you burn to a DVD or CD should be done as an ISO file, especially if you want the CD to work with other OS's or DVD players :) Figures it would be so painfully simple - that'll play on my DVD player? Depends on your DVD player and the codecs used for the VCD. If its encoded right it should, if not then start learning mencoder and the art of re-encoding. Mencoder comes with mplayer and you should find a mail list that caters to that sort of thing if your interested. Thanks for the pointer. Your welcome :) -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How the heck do you burn a VCD?
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 10:11:57PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: On Wednesday 23 November 2005 21:56, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 11/23/05 09:35 PM, Michael C. Shultz sat at the `puter and typed: On Wednesday 23 November 2005 21:20, Louis LeBlanc wrote: Hey folks. This may be slightly OT, but I just downloaded the StarWreck spoof (http://www.starwreck.com), and I'd like to get it burned to a VCD. It's in xvid/avi format, and I'm not sure what's the best way to burn this. with the following: burncd -f /dev/acd1 -d vcd star_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi but it doesn't seem to play anywhere - not even my FreeBSD box - which is the only machine I can get the avi file to play in the first place (MacOs X Windoze won't play it). How's that for FreeBSD being a better multimedia box? I have checked the disk, and it *does* appear to have been burned - so this is a coaster now. I'm guessing I just didn't understand the burncd manpage in regards to vcd burning. I also couldn't find anything but 'doze and MacOs X commercial software ads on google, even though I required either FreeBSD or Linux in my search. Anyway, I'm really a newbie with this vcd stuff, so a little leg up would be appreciated. TIA Lou Look in the handbook under opticle drives on how to make ISO's What, really? I haven't been able to find any indication that the VCD format was nothing more than an xvid AVI file in an iso filesystem. VCD format isn't xvid. For the most part, anything you burn to a DVD or CD should be done as an ISO file, especially if you want the CD to work with other OS's or DVD players :) VCD format is 1150 kbit/sec MPEG-1 at 352x288 pixels (PAL) or 352x240 pixels (NTSC). If the file isn't in this format--and given that it's an Xvid, that seems unlikely--he won't be able to make a VCD out of that file without conversion. Figures it would be so painfully simple - that'll play on my DVD player? Depends on your DVD player and the codecs used for the VCD. If its encoded right it should, if not then start learning mencoder and the art of re-encoding. Mencoder comes with mplayer and you should find a mail list that caters to that sort of thing if your interested. I don't think codecs really come into play with VCDs. They must be mpeg1 video (and a few other limitations on audio--Google can probably help find all the specifics.) No DVD player I know of will accept a VCD formatted cd with mpeg-4-like content. Some DVD players will play CDs with a standard ISO filesystem that includes an xvid file, but these are generally the odd cases. As stated earlier in the thread, this would require making an ISO using mkisofs and burning that with burncd. Unless he has one of these special case players, then he'll almost certainly have to learn how to use mencoder, as you suggest. Thanks for the pointer. Your welcome :) -Mike Erik ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How the heck do you burn a VCD?
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 12:20:22AM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: Hey folks. This may be slightly OT, but I just downloaded the StarWreck spoof (http://www.starwreck.com), and I'd like to get it burned to a VCD. It's in xvid/avi format, and I'm not sure what's the best way to burn this. with the following: burncd -f /dev/acd1 -d vcd star_wreck_in_the_pirkinning_subtitled_xvid.avi but it doesn't seem to play anywhere - not even my FreeBSD box - which is the only machine I can get the avi file to play in the first place (MacOs X Windoze won't play it). How's that for FreeBSD being a better multimedia box? I have checked the disk, and it *does* appear to have been burned - so this is a coaster now. I'm guessing I just didn't understand the burncd manpage in regards to vcd burning. I also couldn't find anything but 'doze and MacOs X commercial software ads on google, even though I required either FreeBSD or Linux in my search. Anyway, I'm really a newbie with this vcd stuff, so a little leg up would be appreciated. http://www.bsdnews.org/01/vcd.php Marc pgpNdArAlqxhw.pgp Description: PGP signature
