Commit d451cb0c authored by Rocky Bernstein's avatar Rocky Bernstein

More clarification of the LID/PSD/PBC thing especially with respect

to vlc's plugin. A couple of typographical mistakes corrected.
parent c14327c1
This file documents the ``Extended'' VLC Video CD Plugin
Copyright (C) 2003 Rocky Bernstein (rocky@panix.com)
Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Rocky Bernstein (rocky@panix.com)
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
......@@ -154,18 +154,21 @@ as a time gaps when hardware players go between tracks - something
that doesn't have to happen switching between entries because there in
fact is no gap.
Another unit we use is a called a "segment." These are used in menus
an still frames. A menu doesn't have to have a still-frame associated
with it; A menu might be implimented as a short looped movie clip.
However Video CD specifications allow still frames to have higher
resolution than motion clips. And several segments can reside in track
0.
A "playback list item" (also called a "list id or LID) combines
"entries" and "segments" and "tracks" together with some navigation
logic. "Playback Control" is simply starting playback at a particular
playback list item, and unless otherwise specified you'd start with
the first playback item which we call P1.
Another unit we use is a called a "segment." These are just the
playable units in track 0. Segments come in fixed-length units so
several may be combined to form a single logical playable unit. Still
frames for menus are segments. A menu doesn't have to have a
still-frame associated with it; a menu might be implemented as a short
looped movie clip. But all still frames are segments. Also, Video CD
specifications allow still frames to have higher resolution than
motion clips. All segments reside in track 0.
A "list ID" (also called a LID and and is one greater than a Play
Sequence descripter or "PSD" number) combines "entries" and "segments"
and "tracks" together with some navigation logic. "Playback Control"
(acronym PBC) is simply starting playback at a particular LID, and
unless otherwise specified you'd start with the first playback item
which we call P1.
Below we will refer to an "item" as combination of a unit name (track,
entry, segment, playback) and a whole number.
......@@ -242,9 +245,9 @@ vcdx:///dev/cdrom2@T1 - Play Track 1 from /dev/cdrom2
vcdx:///dev/cdrom@S1 - Play segment 1 from /dev/cdrom. This
assumes there *is* a segment 1. Check
the MRL list to see if that is the case.
vcdx://@P1 - Play Playlist item 1 from default device
vcdx://@P1 - Play LID item 1 from default device
If there is no playback control, MRL will
get converted into vcdx:/:E0. Again
get converted into vcdx://@E0. Again
check the MRL list to see if there is a P1.
vcdx://@P1* - probably same as above.
vcdx:///dev/cdrom@E1 - Play Entry id 1 from default device
......@@ -472,4 +475,4 @@ http://www.vcdhelp.com/
http://www.vcdimager.org/
http://www.vcdimager.org/guides/#guides
$Id: intf-vcd.txt,v 1.2 2003/12/01 04:05:42 rocky Exp $
$Id: intf-vcd.txt,v 1.3 2004/01/25 14:18:40 rocky Exp $
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