I made bin/cue image of VCD , how can I add some files ?

[apalace]

Hi Everyone !
I made an image bin / cue of vcd , and before I burn it I want to add a file , this file is to play the vcd in the PC when anybody clicks this file twice . It called VCD_PLAY.EXE , it reads automatically the CD when it is inside the CD Rom ... I wanna just add this file in the bin image before burning it , I used WinIso and added this file , but after burning it the film does not work in the PC , only in DVD , before i add this file to it or adding any other files the film was working in PC using Media Player or any other Player , but ever after adding any file like this VCD_PLAY.EXE because there is some space in the CD , the Film does not work in any player except player for DVD and the VCD musst be in a DVD Rom or DVD standalone ... So musst I add any lines to the cue file before I burn it ? I do not know why the film does not work after adding some files ..

Thank you !

[Wills]

Hi

I am no expert, and this is just a guess, but does it work if you recreate the bin/cue?

If all files are on your hard drive and you have more than one hard drive, it shouldn't take too long to extract the mpg and recreate the bin/cue.

Just a thought.

will

[apalace]

Thanks Wills for your answer ...

But I dont want to extract the dat file to mpg , all what I need to know how to add that exe file in the bin image and then be watched using media player in any PC , because the movie can be watched when I create bin / cue withought adding any file in it , but after adding by using WinIso the movie does not work in PC , only in DVD

Any Idea ?

[Wills]

Sorry - no idea.

Surely you could get it to work by playing around with Nero, and VCDEasy ?

And personally I hate MS Media Player and use BSPlayer (free, tiny, and superb) for avi and mpg, and a player like PowerDVD or WinDVD for any DVD / SVCDs.

I don't have any idea how to add a file to a bin though.
There may well be a way to do it, but instinct tells me that since it's really used as an 'image', that implies a certain one way nature - a bit like Adobe Acrobat - you can't easily go back to a Word document from a PDF doc created from it.

But of course I may be wrong - still a newbie myself.

w

[Corkey]

apalace,

If you add to the .cue file, which you probably could with ISOBuster or similar, that would not change anything you had originally inclded in the structure of the VCD. This would mean that menus etc would not point to the file you had added and the TOC embedded in the .cue may be wrong (not sure if ISOBuster automatically fixes this, or not).

I guess it depends on what you are trying to do - if you just want to store a file on the disk, that could work BUT if you want to be able to interact with that file, I think you are stuffed.

What you could do is use VCDEasy to convert the .cue/bin combination back to an XML file, edit that to include your file, then use the XML to rebuild the VCD structure ready for burning.

Hope that helps

[apalace]

apalace,
What you could do is use VCDEasy to convert the .cue/bin combination back to an XML file, edit that to include your file, then use the XML to rebuild the VCD structure ready for burning.

Thank you Crokey for your answer ..
I made that bin Image , and used WinIso to add just a file in this bin image , and then burn this bin / cue with nero , then the Video will not start except with WinDVD and in a DVD Rom only , but withought adding any files to this image the Video CD works perfect ..

About what you said , how can I edit the XML file to add this additional file in the bin image ? and how can I use the XML to rebuild the VCD ?
PS : I use VCDImagerGUI programm to create bin/cue of VCDs .

Thanks for any help !

[Cornucopia]

apalace:

When you use VCDImager/VCDEasy/TSCV/etc. with a GUI, you are usually primarily making a VCD/SVCD layout structure in XML form. From this, you use the same tools to convert that to BIN/CUE form. From this, you use the same tools (or additional ones) to burn to disc.
Even when using the default setup in VCDEasy--where it goes right to the BIN/CUE stage--you are still passing through the XML stage. This means that you still have an XML file on your computer that is a representation of the VCD layout structure.
What I believe most here are saying is that it's best to go back to the layout and re-create the structure with the VCDplayer app inserted into the ISO track--before reconverting to BIN/CUE. For a number of reasons, there is a high probability of your disc NOT working if you add it to the disc image (i.e. BIN/CUE stage). Therefore,...
Since VCDEasy doesn't have the capability of saving it's layout structure YET (pretty please ), you have to add this at the XML stage. XML is just strictly formatted text, so you can open this up with any straight text editor (Notepad, Editpad, etc). Read up on the VCDImager site on how the XML structure is used so that you may insert a couple of lines of text in the ISO/Filesystem section, whereby you can reconvert to a new set of BIN/CUEs. Make sure you EXACTLY follow the rules of XML, or you won't have a usable file.

An Example of the lines you need would look something like this:

• <filesystem>
  <file src=C:\EXAMPLES\AUTORUN.INF>
  <name>AUTORUN.INF</name>
  <folder>
  <name>AUTORUN</name>
  <file src=C:\EXAMPLES\VCD_PLAY.EXE>
  <name>VCD_PLAY.EXE</name>
  <file src=C:\EXAMPLES\MYICON.ICO>
  <name>MYICON.ICO</name>
  </folder>
  </filesystem>
  

*Note:If you DON'T have the original XML, you can reconstruct it by disassembling the VCD image.
Use DaemonTools to mount the image. Then use VCDImagerToolsGUI or VCDEasy to disassemble the discimage into its component MPEG's & files and XML. Don't move or change anything except adding the appropriate lines in the XML. Then continue as previously mentioned.

Check out some of my past posts on these matters for some more info.

HTH,
Scott

[apalace]

Great you , Cornucopia ...

hank you very much for this Helpfull answer ... I made it successfull

Thanks alot Sir !

Best Wishes !