CD VIDEO

[malcolm grant]

ok folks here goes, i have a gold disc the same size as a standard cd which has 3 audio tracks and a 4th track video. Across the top of the disc it says CD VIDEO. when i put it in my pc or DVD player it only plays the 3 audio tracks and it doesn't even recognize that there is another track on the disc. My Question is how do i playback the video?
regards
Malcs

[jarvizo]

I'm not sure if any dedicated players were made for this format, but they will play in any laserdisc player. (it's essentially a hybrid cd with an audio cd section and a video section. - unfortunately the video section is not in a dvd compatible format.) If it's the same disc I have, that music video is available on her first video collection on DVD.

[malcolm grant]

there were many released in the 80s i believe, the ones i have are by Dire Straits & Spear of Destiny (remember them?) i have the videos for these tracks but it would be nice just to be able to play these old discs properly. Would an old CD-i player play this?
regards
Malcs

[jarvizo]

Not sure about cd-i players. I think any machine that has the cd-video logo would work. My disc is a madonna one by the way - didn't know there were so many others released. Lucky for me I already had a laserdisc player to play it on. good luck on getting them to play.
are you looking to get these converted to dvd or just looking to play them? you could try some pawn shops or thrift stores for a laserdisc player.
they are a rather clunky player though for those little discs.

[monzie]

When you put the cd into the pc's cd drive have you tried turning off autoplay and browsing to the video file? When located try playing it with tye media player of your choice.

If that doesn't work EXTRACT the M2f2 mpeg data with ISObuster (from extract options).

[Cornucopia]

monzie, it doesn't work that way...

CDVideo is a hybrid format, similar to- but pre-dating (Multisession) Enhanced AudioCD's. Those have a 1st session full of Red book tracks, and a 2nd session that's a CD-XA ISO9660 track with files in it.

The difference here is that CDVideo has what amounts to just 1 session--the Red book tracks. Then there is a gap of a certain length. Then there is the information for the video portion. This video portion is structured just like a Laserdisc (in fact, it is the Laserdisc spec). That means, there are a lot of differences:

• Rotation speed
  Track pitch
  Analog recording (hills and valleys, not lands and pits)
  Video is recorded as RF/FM signal, much like broadcast analog
  Includes all original lines and sync pulses
  Audio is recorded as subcarrier of the main signal

As you can see, there's nothing digital or "file-like" for a PC (or DVD/VCD/CDi player) to decode.

The ONLY way to view this is with a Laserdisc player (one that's new enough to support CDVideo--which is most of them).
If there's no version available digitally, you can always cap the video output.

Scott

[monzie]

Cornucopia, thanx for the info... i just thought CD-VIDEO was mpeg, but I stand corrected.

Anyway this DVD standalone says it plays CD-Video and divX/Xvid and just about everything else........honest it looks that good I might just HAVE to buy one...and its only £80


http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000B0A4H/202-2148415-6335037

hth

PS. Yes, I remember Spear of Destiny

[Cornucopia]

Yeah, there's a lot of confusion about that format, mainly now because people mistake it for VideoCD. Heck, even that ad you mentioned says "plays S-Video", when further on down in the info it becomes clear that it plays SVCD.
Still, that's a good little player, esp. if it can do MPG4/DivX.

Scott