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problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by bo333 »

Hello,

I'm trying to rip my vcd discs because mplayer only plays part of them.
(mpv no longer supports vcd according to the boffins on the mpv forum)
and vlc just hangs.

My file manager only shows empty folders on the disc, when there should be 4 'tracks'
K3b shows the right size but again no 'tracks'.

When I rip with mencoder using ( mencoder vcd://2 -o x.mpeg -oac copy -ovc copy ) in terminal
it only does the first track
when there are 4 on the disc.

Any idea why I can't 'see' the other 3 tracks or get them?



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Mute Ant

Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by Mute Ant »

I think the '2' in your command is telling mencoder you want title 2. Try other numbers...
mplayer vcd://1
mplayer vcd://2
mplayer vcd://3
mplayer vcd://4
mplayer vcd://5
...
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Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by bo333 »

Thanks mute ant but,

When I put in mplayer vcd://1
I get the list below.
There should be 4 'tracks'.
And only the rip command with 2 does anything and oddly it's track 1 that it rips!
Other numbers don't do anything.

mplayer vcd://1
MPlayer2 2.0-701-gd4c5b7f-2ubuntu2 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
Cannot open file '/home/bo/.mplayer/input.conf': No such file or directory
Failed to open /home/bo/.mplayer/input.conf.
Cannot open file '/etc/mplayer/input.conf': No such file or directory
Failed to open /etc/mplayer/input.conf.

Playing vcd://1.
track 01: adr=1 ctrl=6 format=2 00:02:00 mode: 1
track 02: adr=1 ctrl=6 format=2 00:12:00 mode: 1
Failed to recognize file format.
DrHu

Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by DrHu »

Have a look at ARCH info on subject, see if that can help ..
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MEncoder

I also spot this program
http://tencoder.sourceforge.net/
--unfortunately is a WINE based app
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Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by bo333 »

Thanks drHu,

It's a useful mencoder site but it does not help my problem
Mute Ant

Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by Mute Ant »

So far there's no sign of these other tracks...is there any method at all that has let you confirm they exist?

Will you rip a copy of the whole disk to your home folder...

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ddrescue /dev/sr0 vcd.img vcd.log
...and see what's really there. Same commands you have been using, pointed at the disk image...

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### Try to play the whole thing...
    mplayer vcd.img
### Try to play one track...
    mplayer vcd://1 vcd.img
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Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by bo333 »

Thanks M A,

I'll give all that a shot.
The thing that confirms they exist is that I used to play them on a windows system,
so they are there!
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Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by phd21 »

Hi "bo333",

There are recent posts on this in this forum, if you search for them, including your other post? "Gmerlin" (and its recommend programs) supposedly can read and rip them. "VLC" should also be able to play them.

Recent post on this
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=218667&hilit=vcd+disc

Do you have "Ubuntu-restricted-extras", mencoder, melt, FFMpeg, "udftools","mkudfiso", and "growisofs". installed? If not, install them, and restart your computer, and retry. When installing the last 3 programs, if it asks to remove anything, say no, and let me know what the message(s) are.

To install a current version of "FFmpeg" using the PPA method would certainly be a good idea, open a console terminal, type in, or copy & paste, each line below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg


"VCD" is such an outdated, and limited (size, etc...) video format, I am surprised to see these recent posts on this. Can I ask what kind of videos are on them? In the many years I have been using computers, I have never really encountered or needed to use this video format.

You can "rip" discs, including "VCD" discs, to ".iso" video files, using various programs like "K3b" (select "Copy Disk" and only to file options), xfburn, etc... Console terminal program commands like "dd", etc... If you have some generic disc that is not too personal, and rip it to an ".iso" file and provide a download link to it, perhaps I, or someone else, can test one and help you get your system to work with these. There are a few really great Linux Multi-Media players that can easily play video files, like video ".iso" files, including "VLC", and "Kaffeine", etc...


Hope this helps ...
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Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by bo333 »

Thanks,

i'll try all this. Most of the programs I have installed.

I tried to rip the iso and it said the whole disc was faulty and replaced it with zeroes.

They are just old christina model dancing videos - soft but cute.

I'll try a bit more but think I will just go onto a windows system, rip and convert them there and port them
back to linux.

Pity mpv stopped supporting vcd, old as it may be, such a good media player.
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Re: problem ripping vcd disc with mencoder

Post by phd21 »

Hi "bo333",

You are welcome.

If you are going to do that, try "ripping" one of the VCD discs to an ".iso" file in MS Windows, then providing a link to that. Ashampoo Burning Studio Free, or Paid for, is an excellent MS Windows DVD/CD application, if you do not already have one. You can use one of the "cloud" services to upload and provide a link to the file, like the excellent "pCloud", or "Google Drive, or "Mega", DropBox, etc...

Yes, I like "MPV" as well, and I have that installed too.
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