[plug] Problems getting SVCD movie to play

[John Knight]

Try out mplayer and xine, guaranteed to be able to find it on the net.

seeya!
John


>I can't help with playing svcd's under linux unfortunately, but I have just
>been playing around with creating vcds (part under windows, part under
>linux).
>
>I originally was going to use the SVCD format however I found that whilst I
>could play the mpg files on the disk manually, I was unable to get any of 
>my
>DVD players or drives to recognise the disk as a SVCD disk.
>
>I then downloaded an example image file from www.vcdimager.org and burnt
>this to disk with the same result.
>
>I noticed that reading through the XML structure files for use with
>vcdxbuild (part of the vcdimager suite) there is an option that allows you
>to rename the mpeg directory to the vcd standard mpegav (?)
>
>I havn't tried this yet but I was curious as to whether any one else had 
>any
>experience with svcds as mine have all been bad and I have given them up 
>and
>decided to go with the vcd2 standard.
>
>Thoughts appreciated
>
>Adam Davin.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard [mailto:wpickett at iprimus.com.au]
> > Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2002 7:30 PM
> > To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> > Subject: [plug] Problems getting SVCD movie to play
> >
> >
> > A friend has loaned me a movie in SVCD format spread across 4 CD's and I
> > was just wondering if anyone had any tips or ideas on what
> > application(s) can read this file format (xmovie was a little lost :),
> > and if not is there any way (utility) that could convert SVCD files into
> > another, more readily readable, format? Also, I was told that the
> > playstation2 (the only DVD player we have in the house) should be able
> > to read SVCD, but it doesn't seem to be able to. Is there a format I
> > could convert the SVCD to that would allow the PS2 to play it (the PS2
> > site has no specific info on supported formats at all, beyond saying
> > it's a DVD/CD in one). Any hints as to sites that may contain more info
> > on the formats involved would also be appreciated. Thanks.
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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