copy of VCD ?

[obiwanmoondog]

how do you copy a VCD ? Can I just make a straight CD to CD copy of it, or do I have to rip from the VCD I just made then burn the files on a new CD?

The reason I ask is, I would like to delete the large mpg files off my harddrive, but maybe some in the future might ask me for a copy of the VCD I just made?

Any help would help a heap.
Thanks.

[Shabubu]

A direct disc copy will work, as will extracting the MPEG and reburning. So delete away

[obiwanmoondog]

Thanks a heap. I shall delete away.

[tendtend]

Hold on! keeping your original mpg file is the best choice.

Disc copy can not always make an identical copy, especially from a cd-r(w) (s)VCD disc. data cd has data corrections, so that some slight scratch on the disc does not affect the correctness of the data, however, a (s)VCD does not have the data correction, so any scratch on the disc will permanently damage the data - no way to get it back.

I guess the people making audio and video standard do not want people to copy the cds, so no data correction was introduced (but for home-made video, we do need that for future copies, that's too bad).

I always copy the important mpg file as data cd for the future use. If you want to use the vcd for future copy, make sure your disc is well protected.