RE: [VCDImager] option XML element and the "update scan offsets"option

[John Hamm]

It does say that!  I apologize for missing that.  I watched my SVCD on
WinDVD on my PC, and it works beautifully.  I do have a few questions
though.

When I watch the SVCD on my Apex 550, everything works as expected, except
the menus do not appear.  I can still press digits, and the right sequences
play.  It is almost as if I encoded the segments incorrectly.  I used
TMPEGENC and encoded BMP files at 480x480 the same way I encoded the
sequences.  Is there a different setting to use for the segments?

What does "rejected=true" mean in the playlist element?
I couldn't seem to make the "hotspot" option work.  I suppose it is
player-specific, I used WinDVD, SthSVCD, and my Apex standalone, and none of
them responded to the hotspot.

Slightly off topic - Is there a utility I can use to describe how a
particular MPG was encoded, what the bitrate is, etc?  I downloaded the
hvrlab_ntsc_mpeg1.mpg and hvrlab_ntsc_mpeg2.mpg files, and I want to make
sure that my encoded BMP files match these.



> ...look out for the following message in the output:
>
>    INFO: 'update scan offsets' option enabled for the
> following tracks!
>
> ...if this shows up, you can be sure the option is really enabled
>
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, John Hamm wrote:
> > i just compiled my first SVCD using vcdimager.  i received
> the following
> > messages:
> >
> > ++ WARN: mpeg user scan data: one or more BCD fields out of
> range for
> > 'next_I_offset    ': [00:01.0e]
> > ++ WARN: mpeg user scan data: from now on, scan information
> data errors will
> > not be reported anymore -- consider enabling the 'update
> scan offsets'
> > option
> >
> > so i included the option element in my xml according to the
> dtd, but i'm
> > wondering if this syntax is correct because i'm still
> getting the same
> > error...
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE videocd PUBLIC "-//GNU//DTD VideoCD//EN"
> > "http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/videocd.dtd";>
> > <videocd xmlns="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/1.0/";
> class="svcd"
> > version="1.0">
> >   <option name="update scan offsets" value="true" />
> >   <info>
> >     <album-id>SVCD</album-id>
> >     <volume-count>1</volume-count>
> >     <volume-number>1</volume-number>
> >     <restriction>0</restriction>
> >   </info>
> >    ...