XML : entry and still

[alb1n0]

I´m playing around with XML and VCDImager.Right now ,I have
two questions :
1)How to get a Still MPG ?
2)Look this code :
....
<sequence-items>
<sequence-item src="avseq00.mpg" id="sequence-00">
<entry id="entry-001">90.320000</entry>
<entry id="entry-002">708.080000</entry>
<entry id="entry-003">1761.200000</entry>
<entry id="entry-004">3050.960000</entry>
</sequence-item>
</sequence-items>
....

I wonder that using this , I can use only one mpg file and
can select the point of starting viewing , defined by time
in seconds (e.g. 708.0 but don´t.

When I put my burned VCD using this example , I can´t select
a new starting point or new chapter just pressing "Next Chapter" in my DVD player, simply none occours.

So , for what is the "entry" in XML or how to put it to work
like DVD , where I can jump directly to new starting point?

Waiting for VCD XML Genius ....

[hvr]

regarding 2)

not all (S)VCD player allow those entry points by themselves to used for chapter jumping... (although it written in the specs...)

but well, you can always reference those entry points as jump-in point targets in a selection menu...

[CornelisJ]

alb1n0,

Jumping between entry points will probably work, if you add a playback control section as follows:

<pbc>
<playlist id="playlist-00">
<next ref="lid-end"/>
<return ref="lid-end"/>
<wait>5</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="sequence-00"/>
<play-item ref="entry-001"/>
<play-item ref="entry-002"/>
<play-item ref="entry-003"/>
<play-item ref="entry-004"/>
</playlist>
<endlist id="lid-end" rejected="true"/>
</pbc>

I can confirm that this works with WinDVD as well as with a standalone Philips DVD player.

Concerning the MPEG still image, the method that is described in this posting works for me, although I have been told that the MPG file that is produced this way is not a real MPG still according to the "norm".

[alb1n0]

CornelisJ
Thanx , the code works !

[Truman]

CornelisJ, I followed you too and added that pbc section. So I could jump from entry to entry forwards, but not back. I guess the reason is <return ref="lid-end"/>. Or am I completly wrong and this is simply a disadvantage of Video-CD?

[Truman]

btw, the same problem I had with videopack 4.0 and I-Author. I made VCD 2.0 with all that tools, but never could jump back to an entrypoint, only forwards.

[Truman]

Fixed! VCDImager rules!

[ya_jai]

I just dare to try Vcdimager 0.76 today and I've got these a lot of warning. What do they mean??
After warning of "Unstable"
++ WARN: aps pts seems out of order (actual pts 263.202678, last seen pts 263.236044) -- ignoring this aps
++ WARN: aps pts seems out of order (actual pts 693.432467, last seen pts 693.465833) -- ignoring this aps
and so on..........
Next
INFO: writing track 1 (ISO9660)...
INFO: writing track 2, MPEG1, NTSC (352x240/30fps), 1 audio strem... finished ok, imgae created with 116859 sector [25:58.19]
After I burn this bin/cue file with CDRWIN. The VCD play perfectly on my DVD player(APEX 660), but entry points do not work at all. What did I do wrong? Can anyone give me any suggestion or how to make this entry points work?
Thanks

[Truman]

I made a VCD 2.0 with VCDImager 0.7.7.
It is one mpeg with entrypoints, no menu.
...
<sequence-items>
<sequence-item scr="D:\test\test.mpg" id="sequence-00">
<entry id="entry-0">0.00</entry>
<entry id="entry-1">60.00</entry>
<entry id="entry-2">120.00</entry>
<entry id="entry-3">180.00</entry>
</sequence-item>
</sequence-items>
<pbc>
<playlist id="playlist-0">
<prev ref="end/>
<next ref="playlist-1"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-0"/>
</playlist>
<playlist id="playlist-1">
<prev ref="playlist-0"/>
<next ref="playlist-2"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-1"/>
</playlist>
<playlist id="playlist-2">
<prev ref="playlist-1"/>
<next ref="playlist-3"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-2"/>
</playlist>
<playlist id="playlist-3">
<prev ref="playlist-2"/>
<next ref="end"/>
<wait>0</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-3"/>
</playlist>
<endlist id="end"/>
</pbc>
</videocd>