How to add data files to a VCD slideshow?

[anhinga]

I created a VCD Slideshow using Ulead DVD Picture Show. I would like to add some data to the CD, consisting mostly of .jpg and .htm files. The Ulead software does not support this. Is there any way to take the slideshow off of the completed VCD, add a data directory, and then burn a new VCD? The Ulead software also outputs an image file with the .ixa suffix, is there any software that would allow me to work with the .ixa file to add the data files?

[vitualis]

Unfortunately, I think that you are screwed as I'm pretty sure that ".ixa" is some sort of proprietary Ulead disc format.

You could burn the silly thing to a CD-RW disc and then extract it with CDRWin to CUE/BIN. Then, you can decompile it to all the source files with an XML descriptor with the VCDXRIP tool in VCDImager.

By editing your XML file, you can put additional source files on your VCD and once done, you can build another VCD disc image with the VCDXBUILD tool.

I believe that this is the only way you can add files AND maintain the integrity of the original menu structure created by Ulead.

For more info on how to use VCDImager: http://www.geocities.com/medinotes/vcd or the mirror http://www.vcdimager.org/guides

Regards.

[anhinga]

Michael,

Thanks to you, I am not screwed after all. Following your suggestion, I was able to accomplish what I needed to do.

If anybody wants to know, this is what I did. I downloaded and installed VCDEasy, which included VCDImager and the associated utilities, along with CDRDAO, which I used instead of CDRWin.

Starting with my original VCD from Ulead PictureShow, I extracted it to CUE/BIN using CDRDAO. I then created the XML file by running VCDxRip over the extracted BIN. Under the ISO files tab of VCDEasy, I dragged in the files and folders I wanted to add to my VCD, and then saved to another XML. I went into the new XML, copied the generated code, and pasted it into the XML that was extracted from the original VCD. Then ran VCDxBuild over the XML to create a new BIN/CUE, and used CDRDAO to burn that to a new VCD.

I did have a problem with some sort of file conflict error when I was dragging a folder into the ISO files, and this did cause my finished VCD to not include those files, so it wasn't perfect. I will post another question in this forum to see if I can find out what that is about.

Thanks!

[vitualis]

VCDImager still has ISO Level 1 restrictions on file names so this could be the problem... (i.e., 8.3 filenames only, restricted character set, 8 level directory limit, total directory + filename length limit of 32 -- remember MS DOS? ).

Regards.