[ubuntu-in] VCD Problems

[Baishampayan Ghose]

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On Saturday 21 April 2007 10:28 PM, ramnarayan.k at gmail.com cobbled
together some glyphs to say:
>>> Then when I try to copy i get the following message
>>> Error "I/O error" while copying /media/dvdrecorder/mpegav/avseq01.dat
>> Copying the so-called .DAT file won't work as it's not a real file. Read
>> the following doc for more info on this --
>> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/vcd.html
> 
> read the doc but it still does not explain how i can copy the same
> unreal .dat file under windows - using just a normal copy command and
> then rename the file under linux and play. Infact once its copied i
> don't need to rename it just plays.

To quote the doc, ''Under Windows it is possible [to copy the .DAT file]
as its iso9660 driver emulates the raw reading of tracks in this file.''

> is the Linux version of Power DVD available in apt-get - has anyone used
> it ??

PowerDVD is a proprietary software, thus the answer is a `no'.

Regards,
BG

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