On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 23:19, nate wrote: > 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 > > > You have only one coaster out of 800 produced??? You are either buying better cd blanks than I do, or the data elves are smiling on you (that is data ELVES, not data ELVIS ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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