Noah Silva on Sun, 9 Jun 2002 22:45:57 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] VCD mastering under linux


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:
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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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