Noah Silva on Sun, 9 Jun 2002 22:45:57 -0400 |
You can use any normal CD-R, that's one of the main attractions. You can fit about half a movie (Most movies are two-VCDs) depending on the VCD version, etc. no problem, noah silva On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 22:30, W. Chris Shank wrote: > 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: > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> >> Hash: SHA1 > >> >> > >> >> 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 > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > >> >> Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > >> >> > >> >> iD8DBQE9BACdPy62TRm8dvgRAgyYAKC7+HcUdXrS5hVTltZE6NPUQChjqgCffzzh > >> >> ooXHbCoO9AqF6t6/zMTRqcg= > >> >> =1Vls > >> >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ > >> >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group - > >> >> http://www.phillylinux.org > >> >> Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > >> >> General Discussion - > >> >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ > >> > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - > >> > http://www.phillylinux.org > >> > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > >> > General Discussion - > >> > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________________ > >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > >> Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > >> General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > >> > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug
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