CDRTOOLS (Update/bugfix of OpenVMS Release 13-Nov-2003)

[Eberhard Heuser-Hofmann]

Konstanz, 27.Nov.2003

Hi,

I've posted an info about the port of Joerg Schilling CDRTOOLS
for OpenVMS.

Due to the response of people who downloaded this version and
due to my own tests I want to post an update of the package.

This is what has been changed:

1. Now the compile/link step runs without warning messages.

2. A bug in the VMS-specific part of mkisofs did prevent the production
of a clean video disk structure. This has been solved. In other words:
I wrote a DVD, put it into a PC/MAC/Standalone DVD-Player and the
menu and video comes up. Here are the command lines I have used:

$ MKISOFS -omit-version-number -dvd-video -o dka100:[000000]t.iso
dka100:[0]
$ LD connect dka100:[000000]t.iso lda1:
$ mount/foreign lda1:
$ DVDwrite/write lda1: dqa0:

=> A DVD-Video disc is ready for use!
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This is the directory structure

$ dir dka100:[0...]

Directory DKA100:[0]

AUDIO_TS.DIR;1 VIDEO_TS.DIR;1

Total of 2 files.

Directory DKA100:[0.VIDEO_TS]

VIDEO_TS.BUP;1 VIDEO_TS.IFO;1 VTS_01_0.BUP;1 VTS_01_0.IFO;1
VTS_01_0.VOB;1 VTS_01_1.VOB;1

Total of 6 files.

Grand total of 2 directories, 8 files.
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Now this is what still is needed for OpenVMS:
1. A recording software that records video frames (avi/mpeg2/?).
2. A authoring software that produces the files (*.bup,*.ifo,*.vob).
3. A media player.
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You'll find the program here:

ftp://v36.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/cdrecord_vms/cdrtools_2_01a19_vms.zip

To generate the programs from the source execute "@BUILD_ALL.COM"
in the [.CDRTOOLS-2_01] directory.

regards
Eberhard