Copy VCD movie from cd back to your hard drive

[aussie8964]

Hi there, I have some vcd movies that I have burned to cd but now would like to put them on my daughters hard drive so she can play them. I know the cds can play on the computer but it would be easier for her if they were already on the hard drive. Can this be done or do I have to go thru the process of ripping and encoding all over again.

[presto]

Here's one way:

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[ZippyP.]

Easiest way is to just copy the .dat file or rip it to mpeg with isobuster

[gmatov]

Why don't you just copythe disk to the drive?

MS MP9 will play them, full screen, as will Win DVD.

They were originally on your drive as a couple MPEG files to be burnt. Just put them back..

Most VCDs are less than 2 gig, a 160 would holdd 80 + movies.

Cheers,

George

[jimmalenko]

VCDGear is good for extracting back into MPEG.

[theDruid]

I'd use VCDGear to convert the disc back to an mpg file.

I think ISO buster can do the same thing - but I'm not sure.

cheers,
mcdruid.

[nasdravi]

Yeap, isobuster works great.

[ricky1756]

for playing on your cumputer akll you have to do is rename it as a mpg

[theDruid]

You can just rename the file, and it will probably be okay - but the headers etc.. in the file won't be right.

As I say, it will probably work fine, but it may cause problems with some players.

I'd use VCDGear or VCDEasy's MPEG tools:



cheers,
mcdruid.

[ricky1756]

i dont think the headers will be a problem, unless you try to author the files to a vcd, dvd etc.

[duhmez]

Use isobuster .
right click the dat file>"extract bur filter only m2f2 frames"
This will leaveyou with proper ,mpeg