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Amiga VCDGear
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This is the Amiga port of VCDGear (console version) for creating VCDs on your
Amiga. The porting is done by Sigbjørn (CISC) Skjæret <cisc@c2i.net>.
To get the full benefit of VCDGear, I suggest you buy the DAO version of
BurnIT, as it's the only program afaik that can burn true VCDs (mail me with
info if you know different).
The following changes have been made especially for the Amiga port:
· AsyncIO read/write using asyncio.library (if this isn't convenient (f.ex.
if it doesn't work over your network), use the .noasync version).
· Makes Amiga specific .cue files (BurnIT, as it's the only program that
supports MODE2/2352 BIN/CUE afaik).
· Reads Amiga specific as well as standard .cue files.
How to make a VCD from mpeg-file in BurnIT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First make sure the mpeg-file has the right packet-size (VCDGear will complain
and abort if it's not), if it's not you either need to remux the mpeg or pad
each packet, the latter being the easiest (using vcdpad or similar), but also
the worst solution as your VCD might not play correctly.
Then run VCDGear on it with the -mpg2bin option, this will produce a rather
large .bin file which is the real data, and a small .cue file which contains
the information needed to divide the tracks (the .bin is worthless without
the .cue!).
Run BurnIT and start a DAO session. Load the .cue file. Write CD. And you're
done, congratulations... ;)
Q&A:
Q: What's with the "þ" symbol?
A: It's from the Linux version, I left it in there for its cuteness factor. ;)
Q: Why is there no PPC version?
A: Tests show that this will actually drag down performance (too much
diskaccess, and too little cpu-load), I will however consider a MorphOS
version in the future...
Q: Why no GUI version?
A: Because that would make the porting much more complex and time-consuming,
however, if I find the time at some later date, I might add one.
Q: How do I remux a mpeg?
A: Afaik you can't do this on Amiga atm, as I haven't seen any utilities, or
found any sources that does this properly (the options are either too
complex for the average user and/or the file produced doesn't work). Your
best shot is finding one of the several progs that do this on PC .. check
the links sections for where you might find these...
Links:
VCDGear - http://www.vcdgear.com/
VCDHelp - http://www.vcdhelp.com/
- CISC