How to extract images from VCD ???

[pavandude]

That's my question, i burnt images on a vcd to make it viewable on a player, but the problem is i want to get back those images which is in a segment folder and is named item0001.dat & so on, i've searched hell hard to find a software which extracts them to *.jpg or any readable format but unfortunately.......plzz help !!!!!

[Bodyslide]

Try this sticky

[pavandude]

Thnxx for the sticky, but what i was lookin for was not extracting images from a video but *.jpg's which were converted to *.dat to be viewed in a tv-vcd player reversed, i.e., item0001.dat files to .jpg or any other..............i just want my images back on my pc..........

[Noahtuck]

The only way i know of is, and i may be wrong, is to use a screen capture program, or use something like windvd or powerdvd and play them and use the frame/video capture feature.....

[pavandude]

Has it never been done before ??????????

[mats.hogberg]

If I understand you correctly, you started with a bunch of jpg (or other format) pictures and made a "slide show" as VCD, and want those original images back from the VCD? Then - forget it. They have been reencoded to mpg and resized - there's not a trace of the originals left, if you haven't stored them anywhere else. The best way to "get it back" has already been suggested - play the VCD with PowerDVD and use the snapshot feature. That's it.

/Mats

[sanjayk]

Did you try just copying the *.dat files to your hdd and viewing them ??

[pavandude]

Have tried it but gives an error msg !!!!

But are u guys sure it can't be restored, i dont understand, if the player has the ability to view 'em why not a pc (i.e., with the right software)

[mats.hogberg]

Again: The originals are gone - But what's on the CD can be copied as still images using PowerDVD (among other VCD players).

/Mats

[pavandude]

Thnxxx man, but again i feel somethin can be done to restore it, if not someone better get started with it...............

[mats.hogberg]

You could have stored the originals on the VCD too, but if that's not the case - sorry.
And it's not something someone can get started with - I don't know what the originals where, but let's say from a digital camera. They are hig res (like 3 megapixel). When creating a VCD, this image is resized down to 352x288 (if PAL, even lesser if NTSC). That's around 0.1 megapixel. 1/30th of the original. To add insult to injury, these are even compressed using mpeg compression. The information simply isn't there any more, to reconstruct the original.

/Mats

[pavandude]

Thnxx for the help mats.hogberg.....
Though my problem cud not be solved.....

[Hyper Shinchan]

[When creating a VCD, this image is resized down to 352x288 (if PAL, even lesser if NTSC).[/quote]
Doesn't VCD store the images at 704x576 (and at 352x288)? Anyway my player refuse to play the high resolution and play only the low resolution, but with MPC I can change between the two resolutions.

[Marty2003]

He never said he wanted the "originals" back, all he said is he wanted to convert the images in VCD format into JPEG files so he can easily view them on his computer.

I would suggest loading the dat into virtualdub-MPEG2 and then save as image sequence. I'm not sure if this would actually work, but it's worth a try, If it doesn't work you can always try the PowerDVD+screenshot route as mentioned earlier.