Re: [PLUG] VCD mastering under linux

[Will Dyson <will_dyson@pobox.com>]

ian reinhart geiser wrote:

> 	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  

[snip]

> Thanks in advance for helping me in my petty crimes ;)

Actually, since you own a copy of the movie in VHS, converting it into 
SVCD format for your own use is compleatly within your rights.

As for converting divx (MPEG-4) to MPEG-2, every tool I've been able to 
find seems to assume you want to go the other way for the ripping of DVDs.

I did find a program called transcode, which purports to be a general 
framework for converting between video formats. It claims to have plugins 
for divx input and mpeg2 output. I didn't go so far as to actually test 
that it works, however.

http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/

Once you have the file in mpeg2 format, you need to convert it into a SVCD 
image file (writing it to a iso9660 filesystem won't cut it). Gnu 
VCDimager seems to be the standard tool for that.

http://www.vcdimager.org/

--
Will Dyson
"Back off man, I'm a scientist!" -Dr. Peter Venkman


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