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Re: [PLUG] VCD mastering under linux
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if i want to burn VCD's. do i need special blank VCD's or can it use
standard CD-R? if so, how much video time can you get on one CD-R? if it
takes a special disk, how much video time can I get on that disk? finally,
if special disks are required, where can i purchase them and how much do
they cost?
thanks for answering my questions.
> 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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