VCD (DivX) to DVD

[Phil Brennan]

No, your cdrom is a videocd ( VCD ), mpeg1. Its an old standard that
most dvd players will play. What you've done there is turn a vcd into
a divx, which is even less likely to work in your dvd player. You need
to output to mpeg2 instead of mpeg4.


On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:37:57 +0200 (EET), Achilleus Mantzios
<achill at matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote:
> O Phil Brennan έγραψε στις Nov 24, 2004 :
> 
> > Try not to confuse VCD with Divx. VCD=mpeg1,DVD=mpeg2,divx=mpeg4 ( roughly )
> 
> The way i managed to see the movie with mplayer was
> 
> mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/acd1 vcd://
> 
> and the way to rip the movie was:
> 
> mencoder -cdrom-device /dev/acd1 vcd:// -o \\
> /usr/local/misc/MIKE_MOORE/MM.avi -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts \\
> vcodec=mpeg4
> 
> # file /usr/local/misc/MIKE_MOORE/MM.avi
> /usr/local/misc/MIKE_MOORE/MM.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 352 x
> 288, 25.00 fps, video: DivX 4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 44100 Hz)
> 
> Thats how far i went.
> 
> The vcd:// part of the mplayer "url" maybe made me think VCD has something
> to do with DivX.
> 
> I'll have the CD at work in Friday, and maybe i can give you more info/
> read some mplayer docs and have a result.
> 
> Thanx.
> 
> 
> 
> > If you have a divx, you should be able re-encode it as mpeg2 with
> > mencoder (part of mplayer). So, you need to start reading up the
> > documentation for mplayer/mencoder. There are manpages, and entire
> > folder of docs. Then search the web for howtos if thats not enough.
> > Hope this helps a little bit.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:37:01 +0200 (EET), Achilleus Mantzios
> > <achill at matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > i am FreeBSD 5.3* workstation/server user/admin and now i need
> > > to do some multimedia as well.
> > >
> > > The problem:
> > > I own some VCDs (DivX) (the ones that newspapers give away), which
> > > my funai DVD player at home should easily play.
> > > This is not the case unfortunately.
> > > My funai dont play any VCDs.
> > > So my problem is kinda unusual:
> > >
> > > I want to convert these VCDs to DVDs.
> > >
> > > I have played with mplayer, dvdauthor, etc...
> > > but the set of standards governing multimedia DivX, VCD, DVD, MPEGx,etc..
> > > sound a little chinese to me.
> > >
> > > I have managed to view the movies on my FreeBSD 5.3-BETA2, with
> > > mplayer-gtk-esound-0.99.5_2, but didnt know what to do next.
> > >
> > > I would be a greatful (and even more happy) FreeBSD user, if somebody
> > > could
> > > give a direction on how to accomplish this task.
> > >
> > > Unfortunatelly, i try all the above as a "break" from my ordinary job,
> > > which leaves few possibilities for extented reserach.
> > >
> > > Thanx.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Achilleus
> > >
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> 
> --
> -Achilleus
> 
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