SVCD 100 minute limit !!!

[scissors]

I've been happily using vcdimager for the last few months with different xml source depending on how much disc space i have.
My simplest is a single menu displaying the film title which pressing play,next of 1 causes the film to play. Pressing the next and previous keys gives entrypoint skipping.

Great - until this week when i successfully managed a 2 hr film onto one disc!

The menu loads - but the key presses don't do anything.
If I change the first playlist to sequence-01 it works, if i have the first playlist as an entrypoint(ie 0000) then it doesn't, although it did in the past.

Also I cannot use timesearch on my dvd player.

The curious thing about this is my source was originally ripped from an I-Author produced disc. This allows timesearch.

Anyway below is my bog standard xml. FYI i don't use selection on each chapter because my alba dvd flashes "SELECT" up on my menus - which wouldn't be too good during the film.

Anyway i have gone back to vcdimager classic because i can time search to 99 mins, then the clock resets to 00:00.

ALL vcdimagers give a warning about the 100 mins btw - so i think it's a svcd spec that 99mins is the max.

Anyway - any ideas, anyone?

-----source follows ----

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE videocd PUBLIC "-//GNU//DTD VideoCD//EN" "http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/videocd.dtd">

<videocd xmlns="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/1.0/" class="svcd" version="1.0">
<info>
<album-id>SVCD</album-id>
<volume-count>1</volume-count>
<volume-number>1</volume-number>
<restriction>0</restriction>
</info>
<pvd>
<volume-id>MERMAID_2</volume-id>
<system-id>CD-RTOS CD-BRIDGE</system-id>
<application-id>IAUTHOR</application-id>
<preparer-id>GNU VCDIMAGER 0.7.8 CYGWIN/I686</preparer-id>
<publisher-id></publisher-id>
</pvd>

<filesystem>
<folder>
<name>VMP</name>
<folder>
<name>SVCDJ</name>
</folder>
</folder>
<folder>
<name>DATA</name>
<folder>
<name>SVCDDATA</name>
</folder>
</folder>
<folder>
<name>AUTORUN</name>
</folder>
<file src="_back.jpg">
<name>BACK.JPG</name>
</file>
<file src="_front.jpg">
<name>FRONT.JPG</name>
</file>
</filesystem>

<segment-items>
<segment-item src="blank.mpg" id="blank"/>
<segment-item src="main_menu.mpg" id="main_menu"/>
<segment-item src="chapters.mpg" id="chapters"/>
</segment-items>

<sequence-items>
<sequence-item src="avseq01.mpg" id="sequence-00">
<entry id="entry-001">514.160000</entry>
<entry id="entry-002">894.160000</entry>
<entry id="entry-003">1303.160000</entry>
<entry id="entry-004">1632.160000</entry>
</sequence-item>
</sequence-items>

<pbc>
<playlist id="playlist-01">
<next ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="blank"/>
</playlist>

<selection id="selection-01">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="playlist-01" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<next ref="selection-02" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<return ref="selection-01" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<default ref="selection-01" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<timeout ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="main_menu"/>
<select ref="playlist-02" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<select ref="selection-02" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
</selection>

<selection id="selection-02">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="selection-01" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<next ref="selection-02" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<return ref="selection-02" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<default ref="selection-02" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<timeout ref="selection-02"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="chapters"/>
<select ref="playlist-02" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<select ref="playlist-03" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<select ref="playlist-04" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<select ref="playlist-05" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<select ref="playlist-06" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
<select ref="selection-01" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="0"/>
</selection>

<playlist id="playlist-02">
<prev ref="playlist-02"/>
<next ref="playlist-03"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="sequence-00"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-03">
<prev ref="playlist-02"/>
<next ref="playlist-04"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-001"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-04">
<prev ref="playlist-03"/>
<next ref="playlist-05"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-002"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-05">
<prev ref="playlist-04"/>
<next ref="playlist-06"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-003"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-06">
<prev ref="playlist-05"/>
<next ref="selection-01"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-004"/>
</playlist>

</pbc>
</videocd>

[scissors]

forgot to mention - the film plays to the end - just the entrys limitted to 99mins

[vitualis]

Firstly, unless I read it incorrectly, your entrypoints in the posted XML goes nowhere even close to 100 min??

Note too sure on the 100 limit thing with SVCD specs though. I would have thought that as long as the sector addresses are < 80 minutes (if you burn with CDRDAO, you don't even have to worry about this) it should be OK. There may be a further limit with SVCDs though.

Regards.

[scissors]

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On 2001-12-27 02:24:48, vitualis wrote:
Firstly, unless I read it incorrectly, your entrypoints in the posted XML goes nowhere even close to 100 min??

Note too sure on the 100 limit thing with SVCD specs though. I would have thought that as long as the sector addresses are < 80 minutes (if you burn with CDRDAO, you don't even have to worry about this) it should be OK. There may be a further limit with SVCDs though.

Regards.


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Sorry - i posted the wrong xml. The real one is below - it's a stripped down version of the last - the only real difference is the entrypoint settings...

I actually set the last entry as 99 minutes hoping this might cure it. It didn't. /I think/ if i set <play-item ref="entry-001"/> to "sequence-00" this might be an answer.

I think the 99 min is possible an official svcd spec - stupid one. What i can't understand is why the selections have always worked before - and have stopped just because the sequence is >99 mins.

Cheers for the feedback
Dave




<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE videocd PUBLIC "-//GNU//DTD VideoCD//EN" "http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/videocd.dtd">

<videocd xmlns="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/1.0/" class="svcd" version="1.0">
<info>
<album-id>SVCD</album-id>
<volume-count>1</volume-count>
<volume-number>1</volume-number>
<restriction>0</restriction>
</info>
<pvd>
<volume-id>PLANET_OF_THE_APES</volume-id>
<system-id>CD-RTOS CD-BRIDGE</system-id>
<application-id>VCDIMAGER_AVISYNTH_VIRTUAL_DUB_TMPEG</application-id>
<preparer-id>GNU VCDIMAGER 0.7.8 CYGWIN/I686</preparer-id>
<publisher-id>DAVEA</publisher-id>
</pvd>

<filesystem>
<folder>
<name>VMP</name>
<folder>
<name>SVCDJ</name>
</folder>
</folder>
<folder>
<name>DATA</name>
<folder>
<name>SVCDDATA</name>
</folder>
</folder>
<folder>
<name>AUTORUN</name>
</folder>
<folder>
<name>COVERS</name>
<file src="d:\ape\back.jpg">
<name>BACK.JPG</name>
</file>
<file src="d:\ape\front.jpg">
<name>FRONT.JPG</name>
</file>
</folder>

</filesystem>

<segment-items>
<segment-item src="d:\ape\menu.mpg" id="main_menu"/>

</segment-items>


<sequence-items>
<sequence-item src="d:\film.mpg" id="sequence-00">
<entry id="entry-001">000</entry>
<entry id="entry-002">600</entry>
<entry id="entry-003">1200</entry>
<entry id="entry-004">1800</entry>
<entry id="entry-005">2400</entry>
<entry id="entry-006">3000</entry>
<entry id="entry-007">3600</entry>
<entry id="entry-008">4200</entry>
<entry id="entry-009">4800</entry>
<entry id="entry-010">5200</entry>
<entry id="entry-011">5940</entry>


</sequence-item>
</sequence-items>


<pbc>

<selection id="selection-01">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="selection-01" />
<next ref="playlist-01" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-01" />
<timeout ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="main_menu"/>

<select ref="playlist-01"/>

</selection>

<playlist id="playlist-01">
<prev ref="playlist-01"/>
<next ref="playlist-02"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-001"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-02">
<prev ref="playlist-01"/>
<next ref="playlist-03"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-002"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-03">
<prev ref="playlist-02"/>
<next ref="playlist-04"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-003"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-04">
<prev ref="playlist-03"/>
<next ref="playlist-05"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-004"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-05">
<prev ref="playlist-04"/>
<next ref="playlist-06"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-005"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-06">
<prev ref="playlist-05"/>
<next ref="playlist-07"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-006"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-07">
<prev ref="playlist-06"/>
<next ref="playlist-08"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-007"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-08">
<prev ref="playlist-07"/>
<next ref="playlist-09"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-008"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-09">
<prev ref="playlist-08"/>
<next ref="playlist-10"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-009"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-10">
<prev ref="playlist-09"/>
<next ref="playlist-11"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-010"/>
</playlist>


<playlist id="playlist-11">
<prev ref="playlist-10"/>
<next ref="playlist-11"/>
<return ref="playlist-01"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-011"/>
</playlist>



</pbc>
</videocd>