man vcdmplex (Commandes) - Multiplex MPEG audio/video streams into one MPEG system stream

NAME

vcdmplex - Multiplex MPEG audio/video streams into one MPEG system stream

SYNOPSIS

vcdmplex video_stream audio_stream system_stream

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the vcdmplex command.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

vcdmplex is a program that multiplexes seperate MPEG audio and video streams into one MPEG system stream, suitable for use with mkvcdfs.

OPTIONS

video_stream
Filename of the input MPEG video stream
audio_stream
Filename of the input MPEG audio stream
system_stream
Filename to output the MPEG system stream to

NOTES

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vcdmplex should be able to multiplex any MPEG video and audio streams, not just VCD compliant streams. It can be used even for MPEG-2 video streams, I don't know if the output adheres to any standard, however.
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Messages in the form: "Inserted padding sector ..." are normal when multiplexing VCD compliant streams, they just tell you that your actual bitrate is slightly below VCD bitrate.
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Messages: "***** BUFFER underrun - output may not play correctly *****" are more severe, they come if the actual bitrate of your MPEG stream is higher than the one specified in the header. The resulting system stream might be unplayable!
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If video and audio stream bitrates comply exactly with the VCD specification (1152 KBit/s or 224 KBit/s respectivly), exactly 75 sectors/second are generated and the system stream is stuffed with padding sectors as needed. Otherwise no padding sectors are created.

SEE ALSO

mkvcdfs (1), cdrdao (1).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Chris Butler <chrisb@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).