[MPlayer-users]resolved: making a vcd from certian chapters

[ronnie escobedo]

Thanks this worked well. However I am having issues with cdrdao. If I burn 
the files on a win system should the .cue and .bin be burned as an image.




>On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 04:03:55PM +0000, ronnie escobedo wrote:
> > I've been using mplayer for over a year now to view dvds on my laptop 
>and
> > make audio cds from my concert dvds. I think this is a fabulous program.
> > Just recently I began to dabble in making vcd's. I've encountered some
> > problems but nothing I wasn't able to resolve from reading the mailing
> > list.
> > I use the following on fedora core 2
> >
> > mplayer-1.0pre4-4
> > mencoder-1.0pre4-4
> > vcdimager-0.7.14-1.1.fc2.fr.1.fc2.dag
> > mjpegtools-1.6.2-3.1.fc2.dag
> > mjpegtools-devel-1.6.2-3.1.fc2.dag
> >
> >
> > One thing I would like to do is create a vcd from certain chapters on a
> > dvd. I wasn't able to find this information on the list. I am assuming
> > that I would have to transfer the chapters to the hard drive first. I've
> > done this using the following commands:
> >
> > mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/cdrom -chapter 1-4 -dumpstream 
>-dumpfile
> > partOne
> >
> > mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/cdrom -chapter 10-12 -dumpstream
> > -dumpfile partTwo
> >
> > mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/cdrom -chapter 21-24 -dumpstream
> > -dumpfile partThree
> >
> >
> > I then try and create the vcd using the following command:
> >
> > mencvd MyVcd -vnorm -vfr 4 -noburn /home/vidFiles/*
> >
> >
> > I'd like to mention that I've been succesful at creating a vcd from an
> > entire dvd by using:
> > mencvd MyVcd -vnorm -vfr 4 -noburn mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device 
>/dev/cdrom
> >
> > Would it work out if best if I created a vcd for each set of chapters 
>then
> > burn all the 'bin' and 'cue' files to a cd? Or would this scenario cause
> > some conflicts?
>
>I don't think you can burn different cue/bin on one VCD.
>
>Suggested solution would be:
>mencvd MyVcdpartOne -vnorm -vfr 4 -mpgonly dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/cdrom 
>-chapter 1-4
>mencvd MyVcdpartTwo -vnorm -vfr 4 -mpgonly dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/cdrom 
>-chapter 10-12
>mencvd MyVcdpartThree -vnorm -vfr 4 -mpgonly dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/cdrom 
>-chapter 21-24
>vcdimager -t vcd2 -c MyVcd.cue -b MyVcd.bin MyVcdpartOne*.mpg 
>MyVcdpartTwo*.mpg MyVcdpartThree*.mpg
>cdrdao write MyVcd.cue
>
> > The mencvcd script makes makiing vcds easy however it takes forever on 
>my
> > system. Is there another method or script that is recommended that will
> > speed up the process.
>
>To speedup the creation of the audio mp2 stream you need toolame.
>Concerning the mpeg video, a lot of time is taken by yuvscaler to downscale
>from DVD size to VCD size. An increase in speed is obtained if you do the
>scaling with mplayer. Add -vf scale=352:240.
>
>I did a script that has more capabilities that mencvcd.
>http://spazioinwind.libero.it/encode2mpeg/encode2mpeg-0.1.3.tar.bz2
>you can have a look. A 0.2.0 version is almost ready. It has support
>for mplayer 1.0pre5 and has better divx features. For VCD 0.1.3 is ok.
>
>
> > A few more questions when I use dumpstream with mplayer it creates a raw
> > video file, correct? If I were to transfer that file to a win system 
>what
> > kind of extention should I add to it?
>
>dumpaudio creates a raw video file. The extension depends of the type of 
>raw
>video (mpeg, rm, etc). dumpstream dump the complete stream. If the source
>is a dvd a good extension is .vob
>
>Giacomo
>
>_______________________________________________
>MPlayer-users mailing list
>MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
>http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users

_________________________________________________________________
Overwhelmed by debt? Find out how to ‘Dig Yourself Out of Debt’ from MSN 
Money. http://special.msn.com/money/0407debt.armx