[VCDImager Bugs/Devel] Real time recording of VCDs

[Arnd Bergmann]

Hi!

I am working on a way to record (S)VCDs in real time on a linux system
as part of my bachelor's thesis and have a few questions.
My plan is to first reserve a track on a CD-R, then write data coming
in from mp1e (or possibly other sources through a pipe, maybe gstreamer)
with a simple recording tool I am writing for the linux 2.4 CD packet
interface. As a final step I want to use libvcd to generate the iso fs
for the reserved track and stream that to the CD as well.
mp1e already creates system streams that I can play back fine with my
Yamakawa DVD player after creating a CD the normal way with vcdimager
and cdrdao.

Is there anything I am missing that will prevent this from working, e.g.
do I need to know the definite file size before starting to write an
MPEG track?
Has anyone (successfully) tried to use variable size packet writing 
instead of track-at-once or disk-at-once for MPEG tracks? That might
make buffer handling a lot less critical.
What do you prefer me to do with the changes on libvcd? Should I fork
a specialized version for this or rather contribute to vcdimager?
If you accept my additions to libvcd, should my (linux-specific)
front end also be a part of the package?

Arnd <><