creating vcds in linux

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Hi there.

well I have a mpg file. i have mkisofs and cdrecord. I have heard that a vcd is burnt in xa mode 2 ? well so how do i take that mpg... and make it into a vcd? in short how do i create all those extra folders and stuff .?

thx.. Ari

-- arib0nd (aribond@cyberjunkie.com), October 30, 1999

Answers

CD-Writing-HOWTO gives these URLs:

http://www.mainconcept.de/ http://www.johanni.de/munich-vision/vcd/

-- Mikko Tuumanen (mijutu@utu.fi), February 04, 2001.


You cant currently burn xa mode 2 with cdrecord...

You need: vcdtools and cdrdao.

http://www.munich-vision.de/vcd/ http://www.ping.de/sites/daneb/cdrdao.html

BTW, vcdtools mkvcdfs is the BEST ive seen yet at making simple VCD's... IE, Makes actual chapters my Toshiba 6109 can skip to..

good luck.

JurgyMan

-- Al (JurgyMan@yahoo.com), February 05, 2001.


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