Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: can't read vcd

Sometime yesterday, Abhir Joshi wrote:

I had a same problem when reading three VCDs. 'plaympeg' said it cant find mpeg data. 'gtv' was unable to play it. 'cp' reported

Can't find beginning of mpeg data, yes. GTV fails quietly.

an I/O error.

Yup. Me too.

I tried to view it from Windows and it worked !

Yes, works. And in my case, I can even copy the dat file w/o any errors (and then view it in linux). Just that I erased windows from my system.

Well, my guess... Since Windows could read *almost* the whole file (actually i think the whole file), it seems that there is some bit in the

Got to check out vcdgear. Yes, I think there's more info than just the mpeg data. Must figure out.

Manish