[MPlayer-users] Re: encrypted vcd

[Jonathan Bartlett]

Also, vcdimager has a tool which will convert the mode2 tracks to MPEG
files.

Jon

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jonathan Rogers wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> weigelt at metux.de wrote:
> > So my problem seems to be solved. My main problem was that i tried
> > to play the mpeg-files from mounted SVCDs, which only works with
> > an few CDs. Is it possible that the FS-emulation in the kernel
> > only under specific cirmcumstances ?
>
> It is my understanding that (S)VCDs have MPEG Program Streams in Mode 2
> tracks, instead of using Mode 1 like ISO9660. This allows more space for
> the movie, since it doesn't have all of the Error Correction Codes
> (ECC). Therefore, VCD movies aren't readable from an ISO9660
> filesystems, though the disc typically has a small filesystem for
> miscellaneous extra stuff. I suspect (though I'm not certain) that if an
> MPEG movie is readable from an ISO9660 filesytem, it isn't really a VCD,
> but an MPEG movie on a CD-ROM.
>
> There is a Linux filesystem driver that can expose CD tracks as files,
> so reading the correct file should render the MPEG stream.
>
> <URL:http://www.elis.rug.ac.be/~ronsse/cdfs/>
>
> Jonathan Rogers
>
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