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http://freshmeat.net/projects/vcdimager/
Stable 0.6.2 15-May-2001 Development 0.7.20 20-Feb-2004
The following command-line tools are provided with this package:
XML VCD-description generator, with a command-line interface similar to the classic `vcdimager' front-end.
This tool works almost like the `vcdimager' tool, except that it creates an intermediate XML description, instead of directly building the disc image. This XML can be used as a starting point for customization.
The XML file can then be fed to `vcdxbuild' for building the actual image file(s).
The support forum http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=vcdimager
To post a message to the Help-VCDImager m-list, send email to help-vcdimager@gnu.org.
To contact the author directly: <hvr@hvrlab.org>.
Taken from 'info vcdimager'.
In the following example session, the files `track1.mpg', `track2.mpg' and `track3.mpg' are mastered into the default output files `videocd.cue' and `videocd.bin'. The volume label is set to `My Test VCD'.
$ vcdimager --iso-volume-label="MY_TEST_VCD" track1.mpg track2 track3.mpg INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #0 for scanpoints... INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #1 for scanpoints... INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #2 for scanpoints... INFO: writing track 1 (ISO-9660)... INFO: writing track 2, MPEG1, NTSC SIF (352x240/29.97fps), 1 audio stream... INFO: writing track 3, MPEG1, PAL SIF (352x288/25fps), 1 audio stream... INFO: writing track 4, MPEG1, NTSC SIF (352x240/29.97fps), 1 audio stream... finished ok, image created with 13626 sectors [03:01.51]
The same with XML based tools:
$ vcdxgen --iso-volume-label="MY_TEST_VCD" track1.mpg track2 track3.mpg (Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `videocd.xml'
$ vcdxbuild videocd.xml INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #0 for scanpoints... INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #1 for scanpoints... INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #2 for scanpoints... INFO: writing track 1 (ISO-9660)... INFO: writing track 2, MPEG1, NTSC SIF (352x240/29.97fps), 1 audio stream... INFO: writing track 3, MPEG1, PAL SIF (352x288/25fps), 1 audio stream... INFO: writing track 4, MPEG1, MPEG1, NTSC SIF (352x240/29.97fps), 1 audio stream... finished ok, image created with 13626 sectors [03:01.51] $
Files can be added to the ISO file-system, that is the first track
of the Video CD, by making use of the command-line options
`—add-file=FILE,ISO_FILENAME' and `—add-file-2336=FILE,ISO_FILENAME'.
The latter option allows you to include files containing the complete
user data of mode 2 CD-ROM sectors (10).
The path name given as ISO_FILENAME determines where to link the file in the file-system of the Video CD. The given path name must be a valid ISO9660 file name with the following restrictions:
`_', dot `.' and slash `/'.
If the parent directory for a file entry does not exist it will be created automatically on demand.
For example, if you happen to have a CD-i application consisting of the
files `cdi_imag.rtf', `cdi_text.fnt', `cdi_vcd.app' and `cdi_vcd.cfg', with
`cdi_vcd.app' being the main application executable, you could add the
following lines to your `~/.popt' popt(12) aliasing file(13)
vcdimager alias --cdi \ --iso-application-id "CDI/CDI_VCD.APP;1" \ --add-file-2336 /usr/share/cdi/cdi_imag.rtf,CDI/CDI_IMAG.RTF \ --add-file /usr/share/cdi/cdi_text.fnt,CDI/CDI_TEXT.FNT \ --add-file /usr/share/cdi/cdi_vcd.app,CDI/CDI_VCD.APP \ --add-file /usr/share/cdi/cdi_vcd.cfg,CDI/CDI_VCD.CFG
If you have problems with your playing device failing to _detect_ a created SVCD, you can may the following things (some of the advices below apply to VCDs as well):
Add an empty `/SEGMENT' directory, if it isn't created due to inclusion of SPIs.
--add-dir=ISO_DIRNAME
add empty dir to ISO fsmfilm=test1.mpg
$ gmplayer -dr -vo x11 -vm "$mfilm"; xset +dpms VIDEO: MPEG1 352x240 (aspect 12) 29.970 fps 1149.6 kbps (143.7 kbyte/s)
$ vcdimager -l "label as Testing" "$mfilm" finished ok, image created with 3175 sectors [00:42.25] (7467600 bytes)
$ dir -gG videocd* -rw-rw---- 1 7467600 Aug 20 18:37 videocd.bin -rw-rw---- 1 172 Aug 20 18:37 videocd.cue
Ref:
test1.mpg: 5802852 videocd.bin: 7467600
ToBurn=videocd mfilm="$ToBurn.bin"; gmplayer -dr -vo x11 -vm "$mfilm"; xset +dpms
$ vcdimager -l Test -c Test-1.cue -b Test-1.bin 'Test-1.mpg' INFO: scanning mpeg sequence item #0 for scanpoints... ++ WARN: string 'Test' fails d-character constraint (pos = 1) INFO: writing track 1 (ISO9660)... INFO: writing track 2, MPEG1, NTSC SIF (352x240/29.97fps), audio[0]: l2/44.1kHz/224kbps/stereo ... finished ok, image created with 229960 sectors [51:06.10] (540865920 bytes)
$ mplayer Test-1.bin Playing Test-1.bin MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG1 352x240 (aspect 2) 29.97 fps 1100.0 kbps (137.5 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 28000->176400 (224.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) ========================================================================== AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
% debfoster vcdimager The following extra packages will be installed: libcdio0 libiso9660-0 libvcdinfo0 The following NEW packages will be installed: libcdio0 libiso9660-0 libvcdinfo0 vcdimager 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove Need to get 740kB of archives. After unpacking 1552kB of additional disk space will be used.
documented on: 2004.08.20
http://packman.links2linux.org/index.php4?action=251
GNU VCDImager is a full-featured mastering suite for authoring, disassembling and analyzing Video CD's and Super Video CD's.
The core functionality consists of directly making Video CD BIN/CUE-style CD images from mpeg files, which (after being written to CDR(W) media) can be played on standalone VCD players or DVD players and on computers running GNU/Linux, MacOS, Win32 or any other OS capable of accessing VCD's. BIN/CUE images can be burned with [cdrdao] (please use a recent version, since older ones do not support BIN/CUE-style cuesheets) under GNU/Linux (and other supported platforms by cdrdao, e.g. freeBSD, Irix, Solaris and even win32)
vcd-info display (selectively) the contents of a Video CD or CD image vcdimager generates simple pbc-less VCD and SVCD disc images directly vcdxgen XML VCD-description generator vcdxbuild Builds a VCD/SVCD according to a supplied XML control file. vcdxrip Reverses the process for a given VCD or SVCD disc. vcdxminfo Debugging tool for displaying MPEG stream properties. cdxa2mpeg Simple tool for converting RIFF CDXA file to plain mpeg.
Authors:
Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org> Rocky Bernstein <rocky@panix.com>
Homepage: http://www.vcdimager.org/[]
Last Update: 04-05-02 02:31 AM
SuSE 9.1, SuSE 8.2: Version 0.7.20 RedHat 9: Version 0.7.17
Changes from VCDImager v0.7.11 (Linux) to VCDImager v0.7.12 (Linux)
http://www.dawnload.net/alternative_platforms/linux_software/vcdimager_linux.cfm
VCDImager is a little program which allows direct making of VideoCD or SVCD BIN/CUE CD images from MPEG-1 files, which can be played on standalone VCD players or DVD players and on computers running Linux, MacOS, Win32 or any other OS capable of accessing VCDs.
The program is a commandline based, so step back if you hate tools without GUI.
VCDImager is the tool for you if you're looking for a completely free VCD/SVCD solution. It works without problems with VCD and SVCD files created using the TMPGEnc MPEG encoder.