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Playing VCDs on Ubuntu

What can I play VCDs with? I tried MPlayer, but it ran the intro scene for a few seconds and exited (I've to choose from the menu in that scene). Does Totem/Movie Player support VCD and stuff? Update I was able to to get tracks using mplayer vcd://…
Oxwivi
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Cannot Play VCD

I am using ubuntu 10.10 64bit. The problem is that no VCD's can be played. I tried Totem, mplayer,vlc etc etc. None of the players can render the file and show either show I/O error or parse error. I even tried copying the .dat files but it shows me…
tinhed
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How to play vcd?

Possible Duplicate: Playing VCDs on Ubuntu For playing vcd in UBUNTU somebody proposed to use gxine. However gxine doesn't start. When trying to start it from terminal, the response is: /usr/bin/gxine.real: error while loading shared libraries:…
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Burning MKV to VCD

I am trying to use Brasero, to burn a mkv file of 300mb size to a blank CD and it nags that cd has not enough disk, I used mkvmerge to break it to 4 100 mb files it still nags that it cant burn it due to size, anyone knows how may I do it?
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ubuntu 12.10 Cannot Play VCD

I cannot play VCDs in Ubuntu 12.10. But I can play DVDs. I have done a lot research and found a ton of question and regarding this but none of the solutions worked for me. Here is what i have tried so far As i said i can play DVD but not any VCDs.…
Optimus Prime
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How to open a dat files from a vcd?

I am trying to open .dat files from a vcd but can not open them. Help please?
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K3b is missing vcdxbuild vcdxminfo and vcdxrip, how can I install it?

I can't install this programs using apt-get, I think I have to add the package. By the way, how can I find the packages for new softwares when I have only the software name? Google is not helping much on this (I did a search for vcdxbuild, and found…
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Can't play VCD and DVD in Ubuntu release 12.04 (Precise) 64-bit

I have tried playing VCDs and DVDs but I always get this type of error: File reading failed: VLC could not read the file (Input/output error).
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I/O error while reading a certain VCDs that plays well in windows in the same system

This is an annoying problem in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10/13.04 that I can't play a certain VCDs. This is not a missing codec or encrypted content issue - It raises an I/O error. Well, I suspected the VCD might have physical damages. But no, it is actually…
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How can we read a VCD disk into Ubuntu?

A friend of mine asked me to rescue some familiar videos he has into a CD-R disk. But, the disk was written with Roxio VCD format (not the standard video disk format). So... When I try to read it into Ubuntu, there is no files menu, or any Table of…
Juan
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How to copy A VCD

I am trying to copy a CD containing mpeg, .dat videos. now I want to transfer it to my notebook through pendrive as there is no CD-rom there.And normally copying the files isnt working,. so how do I do that? I am thinking of creating ab ISO of the…
Tamim Addari
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DVD and VCD to Mp3

Is there any package that allows me to rip the DVD and VCD to MP3. I have few DVD and VCDs that I would like to put into MP3 Disc. Recording in software like Audacity is not an option for me. Commandline or GUI that does not matter as long as it…
Stefano Mtangoo
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