video cd copy problem
 

hi everybody
i have been using redhat linux but i have not been able to figure how to copy video cds on linux.
i can do that on windows but not on linux.
it gives an error message
"cannot copy -----"
cancel,skip,etc.
i can copy other stuff from cds while using linux but not video CDS please help anyone

What kind of video cd's are we talking about? Like vcd files on a burned cd or the such? What command are you specifically using to copy them over, etc?

Re: video cd copy problem
 

You can't copy video cd's using Linux because of the way the OS handles cdrom's.
From the mplayer documentation:

About .DAT files. The ~600 MB file visible on the first track of the mounted VCD is not a real file! It is a so called ISO gateway, created to allow Windows to handle such tracks (Windows does not allow raw device access to applications at all). Under Linux you cannot copy or play such files (they contain garbage). Under Windows it is possible as its iso9660 driver emulates the raw reading of tracks in this file. To play a .DAT file you need the kernel driver which can be found in the Linux version of PowerDVD. It has a modified iso9660 filesystem (vcdfs/isofs-2.4.X.o) driver, which is able to emulate the raw tracks through this shadow .DAT file. If you mount the disc using their driver, you can copy and even play .DAT files with MPlayer. But it will not work with the standard iso9660 driver of the Linux kernel! Use vcd:// instead. Alternatives for VCD copying are the new cdfs kernel driver (not part of the official kernel) that shows CD sessions as image files and cdrdao, a bit-by-bit CD grabbing/copying application.

So you still can copy a vcd in Linux. The easiest way is to use mplayer, I did it once, can't remember the exact command, something like:

mplayer -vcd 1 -ovc copy -oac copy -of mpeg -o output.mpg

thanx for reply
where could i find kernel driver for CDFS?
VCD files that i am talking about are like movie CDs which can be run on a CD player