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Re: VCD/SVCD - Kernelpatch





>Hi,
>I know you can watch vcds with tools like mtv or the smpeg-plugin for xmms
>or with xtheater (http://xtheater.sourceforge.net) but what really
>interests me now is: Is there a VCD-Kernel-Patch Out there? if yes, where?
else, plz
>tell me where I could search for it.
>My Actual problem is, I want to run SVCDs which are in mpeg2-format but i
>just have a mpeg2-codec that cannot read from SVCDs raw (like the above
>mentioned vcd-players do--but they are mpeg1-only) so I needed kernel-support
>for vcd/svcd for reading the appropriate files on the cds.
>It would be great if someone knew help here cause it looks like this is
>still a domane of Windows that Linux couldn't manage yet for some reasons...
>(maybe cause VCD is somewhat a asia-only-thing?)
>I'm looking forward to your replies,
>Michael

Kernel 2.4 supports the UDF file system which is used by DVDs. Perhaps that is
what you need to view SVCD's since they seem similar.

Scott









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