Re: VCD's and linux
On 8/8/05, Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> wrote:
> On Aug 07 2005, Jon Roed wrote:
> > I was wondering if anyone knew of a program out there for making VCD's.
>
> Yes, I make VCD's all the time and basically, what I use is mplayer +
> mjpegtools + toolame + vcdimager to make them.
>
> Some of the programs cited above can be grabbed from Christian Marillat's
> repository.
>
> > I have heard of a couple of ways to do it, but they all seemed pretty
> > complicated. Is there something nice and simple that doesn't involve
> > using a terminal ?
>
> I don't know, but then, I am not afraid of using a terminal and, in fact, I
> prefer to use it (but I am not opposed to the idea of having something
> where I can fine-tune the parameters used for compression).
>
> I have modified the script that comes with mplayer to make VCD's so that it
> works with current mplayer (1.0pre7, if I am not mistaken) and all that it
> takes is something like the following command line:
>
> mencvcd dt -a 2 -noburn -toolame -svcdout -tvnorm n -vfr 4 dt.avi
>
> Not really that complicated, once you learn what the parameters are. All
> that it takes is a *lot* of time, especially if you don't have a fast
> machine.
>
>
> Hope this helps, Rogério.
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