RE: [PLUG] Recording VCDs

[Fred K Ollinger <follinge@sas.upenn.edu>]

I never did this, but a quick lookup shows that the tools seem to be
available:

Note especially, the vcdtools.

follinge@moonraker:~$ apt-cache search vcd
gtkwave - a VCD (Value Change Dump) file waveform viewer
libxine-dev - the xine video player library, development packages
libxine0 - the xine video/media player library, binary files
vcdtools - Creates Video CD (VCD) filesystem images
xine-ui - the xine video player, user interface

Fred Ollinger

> >From what my understanding is, VCD's use MPEG I's (read as MPEG 1)as their
> video format.  Super VCD's use MPEG II's (MPEG 2).  For viewing in the US
> (presumably) you will need to convert to NTSC format at 29.97 frames/sec.
>
> avi's are not used for VCD.
>
> DVD's use MPEG II's as well.
>
> Not all DVD players will properly recognise and play a burned VCD or Super
> VCD (for example, my parent's sony won't play them or even play burned music
> cd's) and the Playstation 2 won't play them either.
>
> As far as doing the conversions and burning under linux, I can't help you
> there, that is one thing I still use windows for.
>
> -brad
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