Re: [VCDImager Bugs/Devel] Real time recording of VCDs

[Jorgensen, Jens]

I think this would only be possible with fixed-rate compression. Even then I 
have my doubts this will be pretty tough.

Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I am working on a way to record (S)VCDs in real time on a linux system
> as part of my bachelor's thesis and have a few questions.
> My plan is to first reserve a track on a CD-R, then write data coming
> in from mp1e (or possibly other sources through a pipe, maybe gstreamer)
> with a simple recording tool I am writing for the linux 2.4 CD packet
> interface. As a final step I want to use libvcd to generate the iso fs
> for the reserved track and stream that to the CD as well.
> mp1e already creates system streams that I can play back fine with my
> Yamakawa DVD player after creating a CD the normal way with vcdimager
> and cdrdao.
>
> Is there anything I am missing that will prevent this from working, e.g.
> do I need to know the definite file size before starting to write an
> MPEG track?
> Has anyone (successfully) tried to use variable size packet writing
> instead of track-at-once or disk-at-once for MPEG tracks? That might
> make buffer handling a lot less critical.
> What do you prefer me to do with the changes on libvcd? Should I fork
> a specialized version for this or rather contribute to vcdimager?
> If you accept my additions to libvcd, should my (linux-specific)
> front end also be a part of the package?
>
> Arnd <><
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