On Sun, 09 Apr 2006, Baishampayan Ghose wrote:
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The so-called DAT file can never be copy-pasted directly in GNU/Linux as that file is _not_ a real file. A VCD doesn't contain a file system, it contains raw data.
What about vcdfs ?
But as Winblows can't access raw data directly from a device those DAT files are provided which act as gateways to the raw data. GNU/Linux won't copy those files as they don't exist, while in Winblows the actual RAW data pointed to by those DAT files will be encoded to MPEG format and copied on-the-fly. Just copy the file on Winblows and then do a `file` on that on GNU/Linux and you will know. So the only way to copy a VCD on GNU/Linux is to either `dd` it or use some VCD ripping program like vcdimager. Hope that helps ... Regards, BG
I don't know about linux not seeing the the dat files. vcd's _can_ be successfully copied with cdrdao. Been there, done that. Do try it and let us know.
besides, ------------------------------------------------
[test@carbon ~]$ ls -R /media/cdrecorder/ /media/cdrecorder/: cdi ext mpegav segment vcd
/media/cdrecorder/cdi: cdi_all.rtf cdi_bum.dat cdi_font.fnt cdi_vcd.app
/media/cdrecorder/ext: lot_x.vcd psd_x.vcd
/media/cdrecorder/mpegav: avseq01.dat avseq02.dat avseq03.dat
/media/cdrecorder/segment: item0001.dat item0002.dat item0003.dat
/media/cdrecorder/vcd: entries.vcd info.vcd lot.vcd psd.vcd
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Sharukh.
Baishampayan Ghose b.ghose@ubuntu.com