Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:38:44 +0100 | From | Nils Faerber <> | Subject | Re: Video CD under Linux |
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 02:01:40PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > I've recently discovered that the "VCD format", i.e. 2352 bytes > > sectors, seem to be completely unsupported under Linux (both in terms > > of reading and writing CD:s). Am I correct? If so, how come? Is it > > just that nobody has bothered to implement it? > It is supported for both reading (via the ioctl interface since its not > really a file system) and for writing by some of the writing tools (cdrao I > believe) To be somewhat more precise, writing is only supported as far as copying is concerned. And yes, cdrdao (CDR disk at once) can copy VCD format. If anyone knows of a pssibility to master a VCD, please let me know! I would very much like to toast some MPEG-I movies I have got to a VCD which would also enable standalone VCD players to play them without the need for a computer beeing turned on (OK actually the VCD player is a computer ;) but I guess you know what I mean). CU nils
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