From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Paulo R. Dallan" Subject: Re: MPG Video Format Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:46:31 -0200 Message-ID: <437BC4D7.5020105@uol.com.br> References: <20051115105214.25290e02@Peter.meridiantelekoms.com> <43795637.90904@gelm.net> <20051115165702.24307506@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20051115165702.24307506@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Peter Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Peter wrote: >Thanks Chuck et all! > >OK, I made mkisofs -o file.iso /path/to/directory/file.mpg and got an iso >file. Then I used graveman to write the file to the CD. Well it succeeded to >write the iso file to the CD, however, that is not what I need. > >I would like to copy the file.mpg to the CD in order that it can be played >from that or copied back to a HD and played from there. The reason is, I want >to give it to friends which have no broadband connection and cannot >consequently download such a large file. > >Then I did cdrecord -v dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 fs=64M speed=2 driveropts=burnproof >gracetime=2 file.mpg and all proceeded nicely apparently, however, now I >cannot read or mount the CD anymore: > >dmesg tells: Unable to identify CD-ROM format. > >The dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 I got from the program xcdroast. > >My CDRom drive is [ATAPI:0,1,0] ASUS CRW-5232AS > >What will be the next step? > >Just did it using xcdroast in Write Mode: RAW writing (raw96r) gave me what I >wanted, a playable CD with file.mpg from that file.iso > >Regards > > Well, the way you invoked cdrecord, it probably undertood file.mpg was an iso image! As others have already explained to you, if you do want a VCD/Video CD, you need to use other tools. Which , I have no clue at the moment (someone talked about vcdimager and vcdtools), but google is your friend. Good luck! Paulo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs