SVCD Success in Mac OS X

[Tim Anderson]

>> With a helpful suggestion and some trial-and-error, I did manage to
>> successfully play an SVCD in Mac OS X. I hope this helps anyone else
>> struggling with the same problem. The critical information is that vlc is
>> unable to play an SVCD directly from the disc.
> 
> Could you post a the output of a vlc -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv vcd: ?
> I don't have any SVCD.

I'm not exactly sure if this is what you're looking for, but I inserted all
of those v's when I ran the command from the terminal. If this isn't what
you mean, I can certainly try again.

Tim

* OUTPUT STARTS HERE *

Welcome to Darwin!
[x-factor:~] tim% /Applications/Video/vlc.app/Contents/MacOS/vlc
-vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv /Users/tim/Desktop/svcd.mpg
VideoLAN Client - version 0.2.92_2002-01-24 Ourumov - (C)1996-2001 VideoLAN

intf: playlist initialized
intf: added `/Users/tim/Desktop/svcd.mpg' to playlist
module: checking built-in modules
module: new builtin module `es', ISO 13818-1 MPEG Elementary Stream input
module
module: new builtin module `ps', ISO 13818-1 MPEG Program Stream input
module
module: new builtin module `ts', ISO 13818-1 MPEG Transport Stream input
module
module: new builtin module `memcpy', libc memcpy module
module: new builtin module `yuv', YUV transformations module
module: new builtin module `idct', IDCT module
module: new builtin module `idctclassic', classic IDCT module
module: new builtin module `motion', motion compensation module
module: new builtin module `imdct', AC3 IMDCT module
module: new builtin module `downmix', AC3 downmix module
module: new builtin module `mpeg_adec', Mpeg I layer 1/2 audio decoder
module: new builtin module `lpcm_adec', Linear PCM audio decoder
module: new builtin module `ac3_adec', Ac3 sofware decoder
module: new builtin module `mpeg_vdec', MPEG I/II video decoder module
module: new builtin module `idctaltivec', Altivec IDCT module
module: new builtin module `motionaltivec', Altivec motion compensation
module
module: new builtin module `dvd', DVD input module, linked with libdvdcss
module: new builtin module `dummy', dummy functions module
module: new builtin module `null', the Null module that does nothing
module: new builtin module `rc', remote control interface module
module: new builtin module `macosx', MacOS X interface, sound and video
module
module: module bank initialized
module: memcpy has score 50
module: locking module `memcpy'
module: macosx has score 100
module: rc has score 20
module: dummy has score 1
module: locking module `macosx'
intf: interface initialized
input: playlist item `/Users/tim/Desktop/svcd.mpg'
module: dummy has score 1
module: dvd has score 5
module: ts has score 2
module: ps has score 10
module: es has score 5
module: locking module `ps'
input: opening file `/Users/tim/Desktop/svcd.mpg'
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vout warning: late picture skipped (0x23e20c4)
vout warning: late picture skipped (0x23e21b4)
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aout info: fifo #0 destroyed
thread info: 37600448 has been joined ((null):0)
module: unlocking module `mpeg_adec'
module: unlocking module `idctaltivec'
module: unlocking module `motionaltivec'
thread info: 37584016 has been joined ((null):0)
module: unlocking module `mpeg_vdec'
input: closing file `/Users/tim/Desktop/svcd.mpg'
module: unlocking module `ps'
thread info: 37632864 has been joined ((null):0)
module: unlocking module `macosx'
module: unlocking module `yuv'
vout_macosx: About to delete QTSequence using codec: 'y420'
module: unlocking module `macosx'
[x-factor:~] tim% 


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