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OBSOLETE INFORMATION:

[Gorunova]

Lately there has been an increase in the popularity of VCD posts. People post episodes in .DAT or .BIN/.CUE format that some CD burning software can write directly as a VideoCD.

VCD posts are okay because the picture quality is great, and people who don't want VCD can convert to other formats using VCDgear and VirtualDub etc.

However, VCDs are big (650+ megabytes) and so they should be spaced out over about 4-5 days in order to avoid drowning the newsgroups and pushing off everyone else's posts. Please have some consideration for the people on short-retention servers.

.dat files are just mpg converted to vcd formats, any players that plays mpg1 should be able to play them. bin/cue is a cd image format, you will need programs such as cdrwin, fireburner to burn these. Nero also supports bin/cue, but not very well.

It is possible to extract files out of a bin/cue image file with isobuster or vcdgear (http://www.vcdgear.net) if neither cdrwin or fireburner supports your cd burner.

Go to http://cdrsoft.net for all the cd burning programs mentioned in this section.

VCDs and Macs

Need mpg extension on Quicktime for Macs.

Not all files with the .mpg extension can be viewed with Quicktime. When people pull .dat files off of VCDs they usually just change the file extension to .mpg, but they're still .dat files. Quicktime cannot play them directly. Mac users must use a dat2mpg program called VCDGear from http://www.vcdgear.com/

Mac users can go to http://www.versiontracker.com for software.

WMP is fairly buggy on Macs. Sound rarely syncs in full screen mode.

[Yugo Nada]

Just for accuracy, QuickTime *can* play (most) .dat files directly under MacOS, but how well it does so appears to depend on the hardware. Perhaps the video card or cpu speed: it won't play well on my older Mac but the same dats played fine on 2 G3 class machines I tried them on.

[xo]

Not all AVI codecs are available for the Mac. Indeo(R) Video 3, Indeo(R) Video 4, and Indeo(R) Video 5 are available on the Mac. Many of the more obscure codecs are not available on the Mac

Linux

For Linux, check http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/research/mpeg/mpeg_encode.html for Berkeley MPEG Tools. Encodes and Plays. Many other utlities out there. Check freshmeat.net. [TheMan]

Also, see mpegTV - http://www.mpegtv.com/download.html

Unfortunately it requires a $10 for the "full-featured" version, although a free version is available. The free version includes a time-limited demo of the "full-featured" version (mtv), *AND* includes a unlimited command line version (mtvp). It can play in regular size, zoomed, and FULL screen. It even plays the Tylor movie mpeg that many where unable to play, and VCD (/dev/cdrom, or set by environment variable). Biggest difference in the 2 versions is the availability of a GUI interface to the registered version, fine tuning video, tracking, and fine tuning audio.


1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Newsgroups 4. Encoding a. uu b. mime c. yEnc 5. Archives a. .rar/.r##/.part##.rar b. RAR recovery c. .ace/.c## d. .### e. .zip 6. Support Files a. .sfv b. .par/.p## c. .rev d. .idx/.sub/.ifo e. .smi/.ssa/.srt f. .nfo/.txt/.md5 7. Newsreaders 8. Posting a. Bad Requests 9. Auto-Posters 10. Hentai 11. Formats/codecs a. avi/ogm b. mpeg4 c. mpg d. rm e. audio f. linux 12. News servers 13. Software 14. Appendices a. About the FAQ b. Mirroring the FAQ				The new home of the FAQ is http://animeusenet.org/wiki/. This site exists only for historical/archival purposes. . OBSOLETE INFORMATION: [Gorunova] Lately there has been an increase in the popularity of VCD posts. People post episodes in .DAT or .BIN/.CUE format that some CD burning software can write directly as a VideoCD. VCD posts are okay because the picture quality is great, and people who don't want VCD can convert to other formats using VCDgear and VirtualDub etc. However, VCDs are big (650+ megabytes) and so they should be spaced out over about 4-5 days in order to avoid drowning the newsgroups and pushing off everyone else's posts. Please have some consideration for the people on short-retention servers. .dat files are just mpg converted to vcd formats, any players that plays mpg1 should be able to play them. bin/cue is a cd image format, you will need programs such as cdrwin, fireburner to burn these. Nero also supports bin/cue, but not very well. It is possible to extract files out of a bin/cue image file with isobuster or vcdgear (http://www.vcdgear.net) if neither cdrwin or fireburner supports your cd burner. Go to http://cdrsoft.net for all the cd burning programs mentioned in this section. VCDs and Macs Need mpg extension on Quicktime for Macs. Not all files with the .mpg extension can be viewed with Quicktime. When people pull .dat files off of VCDs they usually just change the file extension to .mpg, but they're still .dat files. Quicktime cannot play them directly. Mac users must use a dat2mpg program called VCDGear from http://www.vcdgear.com/ Mac users can go to http://www.versiontracker.com for software. WMP is fairly buggy on Macs. Sound rarely syncs in full screen mode. [Yugo Nada] Just for accuracy, QuickTime can play (most) .dat files directly under MacOS, but how well it does so appears to depend on the hardware. Perhaps the video card or cpu speed: it won't play well on my older Mac but the same dats played fine on 2 G3 class machines I tried them on. [xo] Not all AVI codecs are available for the Mac. Indeo(R) Video 3, Indeo(R) Video 4, and Indeo(R) Video 5 are available on the Mac. Many of the more obscure codecs are not available on the Mac Linux For Linux, check http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/research/mpeg/mpeg_encode.html for Berkeley MPEG Tools. Encodes and Plays. Many other utlities out there. Check freshmeat.net. [TheMan] Also, see mpegTV - http://www.mpegtv.com/download.html Unfortunately it requires a $10 for the "full-featured" version, although a free version is available. The free version includes a time-limited demo of the "full-featured" version (mtv), AND includes a unlimited command line version (mtvp). It can play in regular size, zoomed, and FULL screen. It even plays the Tylor movie mpeg that many where unable to play, and VCD (/dev/cdrom, or set by environment variable). Biggest difference in the 2 versions is the availability of a GUI interface to the registered version, fine tuning video, tracking, and fine tuning audio.



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