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- From: m.jantz@public.ndh.com (Marcel Jantz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: MPEG CD
- Date: 31 Jan 1996 11:07:54 GMT
- Organization: ndh - Netzwerkdienste Hoeger
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- Jolyon Ralph wrote,
- >> It it just a matter of MPEGging video files and then writing them onto
- >> CD or is there a specific format?
- >>
- >> I am thinking of using ImageFX to convert to MPEG and the ISO-MAster
- >> to burn the CD? Will this work?
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- >No, it's not that simple.
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- >White book MPEG Video discs use CDXA format MPEG-1 bitstreams as tracks
- >on the disc. They appear like audio tracks when you examine a CD, except,
- >of course, they aren't. Track 1 looks like a standard ISO-9660 track, but
- >even that is somewhat strange (the CDXA tracks appear as 'virtual' files
- >inside the track. Strange indeed). Official WhiteBook disks also have to
- >have CD-i executable code contained (otherwise it won't work on a CD-i.
- >No big deal if it's for your own use, but required if you want to publish
- >as an official white-book title). This code is licencable from Philips.
- >Note this is for /real/ white-book, not just the old Philips proprietary
- >VideoCD format!!!!
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- >The format is not the same as the .MPG format for file-based MPEG streams
- >(as you'd find on the internet), and I've not seen anything except
- >highly-priced PC mastering software that will covert from that to White
- >Book.
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- So there is no possibility to play the CD on a 'normal' cd-rom-drive and
- a mpeg-player ?
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- >It's a real pity that the old C= FMV card for the CD32 didn't play .MPG
- >files (in fact, I don't think it could. We spent a fair amount of time
- >doing low-level programming on it - the only way we could see to get it
- >to play .MPG files was by rewriting the firmware on the card!). The
- >quality of that unit is better than any other FMV card I've seen on any
- >system....
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- >Jolyon - Almathera
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