VCDImager GUI problem.

[Achaean]

Hi!

I was trying to copy a VCD to HD.
Seems like that the only available option is ripping it with vcdimager.
I tried VCDImager GUI (from sf.net), but gives me the error:

"VCDImager has been started:

**ERROR: fread (): Input/output error"

OK, VCDs aren't state of the art technology and both vcdimager and vcdimager gui are not in active development for many years.


Does someone understand this cryptic message or knows any alternative method?
I couldn't even understand, how the vcdimager (the console version from repositories) works.

[oshunluvr]

What is it you're trying to do exactly?

If you're just trying to rip it, insert vcd into drive.

Run command "vcdxrip" in the terminal.
It will create the avseq**.mpg files in your home folder.
Now the mpg files can be used with ffmpeg to create other formats.

[Achaean]

THANKS oshunluvr!!!
Indeed I was trying to rip it.

Giving vcdxrip at konsole without puting a vcd on the tray, returns an error that couldn't find the vcd.

Giving vcdxrip, with a vcd in tray, don't gives an error (so I suppose it can see it), but still doesn't do something.
It just returns after a second or two, in the next konsole line.

Τετ Ιούν 12 . 06:54 πμ ~>vcdxrip
Τετ Ιούν 12 . 06:55 πμ ~>

PS. I tried also some other switches (like verbose, gui, pointing to avseq01.dat etc.), but still no luck.
And the help files has removed both from binary distribution and gnu page, because of the lack of a proper free license. Only the man page is still available.

[oshunluvr]

Could be your VCD isn't in the best shape. vcdxrip and mencoder are both very sensitive to source format. You might have to mount it using cdfs and read the files that way.

[oshunluvr]

If you can play the disc using VLC you can stream it to a file that way.

[oshunluvr]

Try these:

mencoder vcd://2 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -o targetfile.avi

vcdxrip -i /dev/sr0 -v -p -t 1 –nofiles –nosegments

[Achaean]

vcdxrip -i /dev/sr0 -v -p -t 1 –nofiles –nosegments

**ERROR: Why are you giving me non-option arguments? -- try --help

I tried also with /media/VideoCD/ (since it is mounted there) with the same results.
The DVD-RW is in good shape (since it's brand new), but it may not be 100% compatible (since it's a cheap noname brand).

mencoder vcd://2 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -o targetfile.avi

Success!!!
Mencoder did the trick!
THANKS AGAIN!!!

[oshunluvr]

Cool! I don't have any VCD's so I was shooting in the dark. Glad I hit a target!

[Achaean]

Nice!!!

A have a collection of VCDs (from an older newspaper offering), that my dad likes to watch.

[oshunluvr]

You could rip them to videos and then burn collections to DVD. Then he could watch them on his DVD player.