[vlc] Re: trouble playing VCD

[Terry Jackson]

does it play fine in QuickTime Pro 6?
IF not, then it needs to be demuxed and re-authored
into a valid MPEG file.

I always test my MPGs first by making sure they are QT
compatible first, before authoring to VCD/SVCD.
If they do not pass QT, then I demux using ffmpegx,
then re-author using QT Pro.

Then I build using Toast or VCD Builder to insure compatible
structure.

> From: "Ira Fuchs" <IHF at mellon.org>
> Reply-To: vlc at videolan.org
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:53:42 -0400
> To: <vlc at videolan.org>
> Subject: [vlc] Re: trouble playing VCD
> 
> I'm using Toast 6.0.3. The source was an .mpg file. As I said, it runs fine on
> VLC 0.5.3 but not on .7.2 on either the Mac or Windows.
> 
> Ira
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vlc-bounce at videolan.org [mailto:vlc-bounce at videolan.org]On Behalf
> Of Terry Jackson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 12:30 PM
> To: VLC Mailing List
> Subject: [vlc] Re: trouble playing VCD
> 
> 
> You say the VCD was created in Toast.
> Which version, 5x or 6x?
> The original source material was what specifically,
> an .avi, a .mov, or .mpg from the internet?
> Also, the audio is showing to be somewhat suspect...
> What was the audio originally, AIFF, MP3, or WMA?
> 
> So far, VCDs do play in 0.72 on a Mac running Panther 10.3.4,
> yet the only issue with them is that they will not go to the next chapter
> automatically on a SVCD. You must manually advance them...
> 
>> From: "Ira Fuchs" <IHF at mellon.org>
>> Reply-To: vlc at videolan.org
>> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:02:56 -0400
>> To: <vlc at videolan.org>
>> Subject: [vlc] trouble playing VCD
>> 
>> I am attempting to play a VCD created using Toast.  This disk will play using
>> a very old version of VLC 0.5.3 on Linux but when I try to play it using .7.2
>> on aMac or Windows system it does not play and I get the following messages:
>> main debug: adding playlist item `vcd://D:@1' ( vcd://D:@1 )
>> main debug: creating new input thread
>> main: playlist item `vcd://D:@1'
>> main debug: waiting for thread completion
>> main debug: access `vcd', demux `', name `D:@1'
>> main debug: looking for access module
>> main debug: probing 1 candidate
>> main debug: thread 2912 (input) created at priority 1 (src/input/input.c:326)
>> vcd debug: using winNT/2K/XP ioctl layer
>> vcd debug: p_sectors: 0, 0
>> vcd debug: p_sectors: 1, 801
>> vcd debug: p_sectors: 2, 238055
>> vcd error: could not read entry points sector
>> vcd warning: could not read entry points, will not use them
>> main debug: using access module "vcd"
>> main debug: looking for demux module
>> main debug: probing 1 candidate
>> ps warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing
>> main debug: looking for mpeg-system module
>> main debug: probing 1 candidate
>> main debug: using mpeg-system module "mpeg_system"
>> main debug: selecting ES 0xe0
>> main debug: looking for decoder module
>> main debug: probing 22 candidates
>> main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
>> main debug: thread 2956 (decoder) created at priority 0
>> (src/input/input_dec.c:161)
>> main debug: selecting ES 0xc0
>> main debug: looking for decoder module
>> main debug: probing 22 candidates
>> main debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
>> main debug: thread 2980 (decoder) created at priority 2
>> (src/input/input_dec.c:161)
>> main debug: dumping stream ID 0x0 [OK:0/D:0]
>> main debug: seekable stream, position: 0/551378296 (-:--:--/-:--:--)
>> main debug: dumping program 0x0, version 0 (partial)
>> main debug: ES 0xbe, stream 0xbe, fourcc `    ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
>> main debug: ES 0xe0, stream 0xe0, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
>> main debug: ES 0xc0, stream 0xc0, fourcc `mpga', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
>> main debug: using demux module "ps"
>> 
>> Can anyone please tell me how I can play this disk or what the problem might
>> be?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ira
>> 
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