How do i know if my vcd image is vcd 1.1 or 2.0

[PetterP]

I wonder if my vcd image is vcd 1.1 or 2.0, and if it is possible to convert vcd 2.0 to 1.1, and if it's neccesary.

Thanks for your answers if you have any. PetterP

[slowpok]

i use windvd-it will tell you what format like svcd-vcd 1.1 and so fouth.

[adam]

VCD 2.0 was just an updated version of 1.1.

The most notable upgrade was that it added support for PAL encoded content, including the ability to mix PAL and NTSC content on one disk.

Other additions included:

1) Support for segment items (audio only streams, still pictures, etc..)
2) PBC (playback control ie: next, previous, ff, rw etc..)
3) Added scan point index (scandata.dat)
4) Support for closed captions
5) Addtional audio encoding options (bitrate and encoding modes) but ONLY for segment items.

My guess is that the authoring program tags the VCD in some way to designate which format you are making, depending on the content and features you used. So basically if you want to "convert" from 1.1 to 2.0 than just add any one of these features to your project, and if you want to "convert" from 2.0 to 1.1 just remove all of these functions from your project.

VCD 2.0 came out in 95, so if your VCD compatible player was made after this then it supports 2.0. Basically there is no reason to use 1.1 unless your very old hardware doesn't support 2.0. Basically, this isn't something you really need to be concerned with.

[slowpok]

Adam
got a question for-when we took a svcd file and used TMPGEnc to multiplex it and it converted it into vcd 2.0 now and burned it with
nero as vcd it would now play on my dvd player,but no picture just
sound.would it make any difference if you changed it to vcd 1.1 so
it would play.see i have been trying to use the header trick for my
Toshiba,but no luck yet.

[adam]

I doubt it, but you could always give it a try. VCDEasy lets you specify either 1.1 or 2.0 output, though I'm not sure its totally compliant with 1.1 because it still allows for PBC. Anyway I guess its worth a try but honestly, you are making an extremely non-standard hybrid format. You really can't be suprised if it doesnt play well, or at all.

[vitualis]

If you have the VCD as a CUE/BIN image, then use VCDDEBUG on it and it will tell you whether it is a VCD1.1 / VCD2.0 / SVCD1.0 (among many other things). You can use GNU VCDImager Tools GUI as a GUI to VCDDEBUG.

Alternatively, you can use lkVCDxRIP on the actual VCD -- this will tell you what the disc is (and also rip its contents -- you can just close the program if you don't want to actually rip it).

VCD1.1 has no PBC. I personally don't use VCDEasy much, but since it uses VCDImager as a backend, if you may VCD1.1 discs with it, they will be VCD1.1 (i.e., PBC-less).

If you are making XVCDs, moving from VCD2.0 to VCD1.1 is not going to making it more likely to work.

As for converting VCD2.0 to VCD1.1, I personally don't see any point of doing so but if you really wanted to then:
(1) Either convert your VCD to a CUE/BIN image with CDRWin and then rip it with VCDXRIP (GNU VCDImager Tools GUI)

OR

Rip directly from the VCD with lkVCDxRIP (GNU VCDImager Tools GUI -- but it requires you to have the Adapatec ASPI layer installed).

(2) Open up the generated XML file with a text editor like Notepad.
(3) Delete everything between the <selection-items> and </selection-items> tags
(4) Delete everything between the <pbc> and </pbc> tags.
(5) Go to the top of the XML file to the <videocd> tag and change:

class="vcd" version="2.0"

to

class="vcd" version="1.1"

Then, use VCDXBUILD to rebuild a new CUE/BIN image and burn it.

Regards.