VCD on DVD-R a theory

[isamudaison]

I know that DVDs can only hold 48KHz audio, thus the crux of VCD-> DVD-R transfer. However, am I naieve to believe that a DVD-R is merely a medium that holds data, thus you can make the 'VCD' directories on one and simply put AVSEQXX.DAT in the MPEGAV dir? Has anyone tried this yet?

[jkl]

the "data" in specicific video formats can not simply be "cut and paste" on to a media. the veiw in the folder is not the way the data is ran when in a vcd, svcd, or dvd.

[vitualis]

However, am I naieve to believe that a DVD-R is merely a medium that holds data, thus you can make the 'VCD' directories on one and simply put AVSEQXX.DAT in the MPEGAV dir? Has anyone tried this yet?

The simple answer to part one is "yes" and the answer to part two is "yes".

A VCD is not a data disc. The filesystem representation of the disc is just that. A filesystem representation. It is the physical layout of the VCD that is important (e.g., this particular bit of info starts at sector xxx, etc.). You could make a VCD with no filesystem at all and it will still work!

As for part 2 of your question, that happens quite regularly. The occasional member will complain that when they "copied" over the files on a VCD to another CD (as a CD-ROM) it doesn't work. The reason it doesn't work is above.

For more info, I suggest you have a quick perusal of the VCDImager manual that describes the physical layout of a VCD is a bit more detail.

BTW, as you can't structure a DVD in the same way as CDs (in terms of burning modes and tracks), you can't burn a "VCD" onto DVD-R.

Regards.