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Re: [PLUG] VCD mastering under linux
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A VCD is a "VideoCD". The major difference is that is uses the standard
CD format media, so it can easily be read by almost any CD-ROM drive,
and written by any CD-writer. VCDs have a menu system and a track
system similar to DVDs, but they have been around a lot longer.
Depending on the VCD version (There is VCD 1.0, VCD 2.0, SuperVCD,
etc)., they are MPEG1 or MPEG2 video at certain sized and bitrates with
error correction.
They aren't popular in the US and Japan, but they are very popular in
China, and as a result, you can buy almost any commercial movie on VCD
legally. The quality isn't quite DVD, but it's not bad at all. I have
probably around 100 VCDs in total. I started using VCD long before DVD
started to get popular, and havn't seen much reason to move to DVD.
VCDs are usually much cheaper, and are easily backed up, and can be
played wihtout a DVD player. There are stand-along VCD players, and
many new DVD players support VCD as well.
-- noah silva
On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 22:10, W. Chris Shank wrote:
> what is VCD? what is the difference with that and DVD?
>
> > A .DAT file that a VCD uses is a particular specification of an MPEG
> > data stream with extra error correction added.
> >
> > btw most movies can be purchased on VCD. Just go have a look-see in
> > Chinatown.
> >
> > -- noah silva
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 21:27, ian reinhart geiser wrote:
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> >> Greetings
> >> Okay first off what I am doing is not 100% legal but since the MPAA
> >> has seen
> >> it fit not to master one of my all time favorite movie on DVD I am
> >> taking it on myself to at least make it in VCD format. I got to the
> >> first part and had a freind rip my VHS format tape into a nice
> >> 700+MB avi for me. My problems: a) Him being a media guy and not a
> >> linux guy made me a divx AVI thankfully he knew I was not in MacOS so
> >> he did not use Quicktime 5 to compress it. Is there a way to convert
> >> a divx video to a normal mpeg or avi. I have found tons of
> >> converters to go from VCD to mpeg.
> >>
> >> b) What are good tools for mastering a VCD under linux? I have looked
> >> at QVCD Gear but that seem more for mpegs. Are there any opensource
> >> ones or even closed source ones for less than $100?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for helping me in my petty crimes ;)
> >>
> >> - -ian reinhart geiser
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