[MPlayer-dev-eng] (Super) Video CD support...

[Arpi]

Hi,

> hvr at hvrlab.org said:
> > I'm the author of GNU VCDImager, see http://vcdimager.hvrlab.org/ for more
> > information...
> > 
> > I was wondering whether you want to add playback control support to
> > mplayer in order to exploit the full potential of Video CDs...
> > 
> > if you need information regarding the implementation, please don't
> > hesitate to ask me...
> 
> This would be great. Mplayer does a beautiful job with a/v playback, but
> doesn't support the more advanced control features of either DVD or VCD.
> It would be nice if mplayer could navigate menus like ogle. It's
> already headed in that direction by incorporating libdvdread.

Ehh. It's very nice if someone implements it (VCD/DVD menus). But don't
expect we do it soon. We simply has no time for this thingy.
(as it's at very low priority on our TODO list - none of the developers need
it)

And you must know teh minimal requirements:
- still image support - needs libvo changes
- color OSD support - needs libvo changes
- mouse control - needs libvo changes
It means that you should wait until we finish libvo2 api design, and
start to implement it. With the current libvo api it would be a big ugly hack.

> What would be really nice is if vcdimager and mplayer both supported
> extensions to the S?VCD format so you could have a VCD with ogg/vorbis
> audio, divx video, and all the extra space you get from a CD by using
> the mode2 track format for the data.
I think it works now. I haven't seen such disks, but mplayer in theory
supports any file format on mode2 tracks, and in theory supports any codec
in mpeg streams.

> so Herbert, I'll help test anything you contribute. I have lots of VCDs
> and keep up with both mplayer and vcdimager, and i'm a C programmer so I
> can give you decent bug reports. I may even contribute some code in my
> copious free time. :)
If you're C programmer, why don't help us developing stuff? :)
(it's more usefull than bugreporting :))


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