Re: [VCDImager] Welcome

[Herbert Valerio Riedel]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Stefan Onken wrote:

>   I am wondering if anybody may explain me different mpeg, avi &
>   divx formats for using vcdimager. I got last week 2 iso's for

vcdimager supports only MPEG program streams...

>   But, when I am trying to work with other avi files, I am getting
>   an error messages like this:

> address@hidden:~/001 > vcdimager test.avi
>    INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #0 for scanpoints...
> ++ WARN: mpeg scan: pack header code (0x000001ba) expected, but 0x52494646 
> found (buflen = 2324)
that's a sign for it not being a program stream...

> ++ WARN: bad packet at packet #0 (stream byte offset 0) -- remaining 
> 279042240 bytes of stream will be ignored
> ++ WARN: mpeg stream shorter than 75 sectors
> ++ WARN: sequence items should contain a motion video stream!
>    INFO: writing track 1 (ISO9660)...
>    INFO: writing track 2, MPEG2, UNKNOWN (0x0/0.00fps), no audio stream...
> finished ok, image created with 525 sectors [00:07.00] (1234800 bytes)

> 1) How can I get informations about the different formats. Is they a
> tool similar to mp3info which shows me the informations ?
well, you could try file(1) on the files...

e.g.:

$ file SVCDSample.mpg
SVCDSample.mpg: MPEG system stream data

$ file schuessel.mp3
schuessel.mp3: MP3, 128 kBits, 44.1 kHz, JStereo

> 2) How can I convert the files to a format which is ok for
> vcdimager ?
by reencoding/multiplexing/etc... try the mjpegtools webpage for more
informations...

> 3) How can I split the mpeg files to a size which fit a normal CD?
by using a tool which is suitable for the task :-) (maybe the mjpegtools
have something...)

regards,
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