CD-DVD Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.23, by Dr. Herong Yang
File Directory Structure on an Example Movie VCD
This section provides an example of the file directory structure of a real movie VCD.
A VCD (Video CD) 2.0 has a well-defined file directory tree structure. Here is a good example that I got from one of my VCD collection:
1. Insert the VCD into the CD drive. The CD is recognized by the Windows system as drive "D:".
2. Run the following commands in a command window:
C:\>dir /s d:
Volume in drive D has no label.
Volume Serial Number is AEFA-1F4A
Directory of D:\
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> CDDA
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> CDI
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> EXT
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> KARAOKE
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> MPEGAV
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> SEGMENT
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> VCD
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\CDDA
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> .
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\CDI
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> .
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> ..
03/04/1996 01:18 AM 80,702 CDI_APPL.VCD
07/18/1995 09:43 AM 92,572 VCD_BACK.DYV
07/18/1995 09:43 AM 93,719 VCD_BTN.C8
3 File(s) 266,993 bytes
Directory of D:\EXT
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> .
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> ..
07/23/1996 12:34 AM 65,536 LOT_X.VCD
07/23/1996 12:34 AM 1,104 PSD_X.VCD
07/23/1996 12:34 AM 17,205 SCANDATA.DAT
3 File(s) 83,845 bytes
Directory of D:\KARAOKE
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> .
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\MPEGAV
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> .
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> ..
07/22/1996 11:49 PM 36,166,748 MUSIC01.DAT
07/22/1996 11:50 PM 34,315,724 MUSIC02.DAT
07/22/1996 11:52 PM 35,103,644 MUSIC03.DAT
07/22/1996 11:53 PM 31,213,436 MUSIC04.DAT
07/22/1996 11:55 PM 39,024,428 MUSIC05.DAT
07/22/1996 11:57 PM 35,536,412 MUSIC06.DAT
07/22/1996 11:59 PM 32,692,844 MUSIC07.DAT
07/23/1996 12:00 AM 24,968,876 MUSIC08.DAT
07/23/1996 12:01 AM 28,186,412 MUSIC09.DAT
07/23/1996 12:02 AM 14,417,804 MUSIC10.DAT
07/23/1996 12:03 AM 28,560,380 MUSIC11.DAT
07/23/1996 12:05 AM 36,526,604 MUSIC12.DAT
07/23/1996 12:06 AM 32,706,956 MUSIC13.DAT
07/23/1996 12:08 AM 35,061,308 MUSIC14.DAT
07/23/1996 12:10 AM 47,954,972 MUSIC15.DAT
15 File(s) 492,436,548 bytes
Directory of D:\SEGMENT
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> .
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> ..
07/12/1996 11:10 PM 112,940 ITEM0001.DAT
07/12/1996 11:11 PM 122,348 ITEM0002.DAT
2 File(s) 235,288 bytes
Directory of D:\VCD
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> .
07/23/1996 12:34 AM <DIR> ..
07/23/1996 12:34 AM 2,048 ENTRIES.VCD
07/23/1996 12:34 AM 2,048 INFO.VCD
07/23/1996 12:34 AM 65,536 LOT.VCD
07/23/1996 12:34 AM 960 PSD.VCD
4 File(s) 70,592 bytes
Total Files Listed:
27 File(s) 493,093,266 bytes
21 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
Cool. It tells that I have two SCSI buses with a DVD recorder and hard disk connected to them.
Table of Contents
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Format
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Players
Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) Rip Music
MP3, MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, Encoding Format
Movie VCD File Directory Structure
►File Directory Structure on an Example Movie VCD
Playing Movie VCD with Windows Media Player
Playing DAT Files with Windows Media Player
DVD (Digital Video Disc) Standard Format
TOC (Table Of Contents) on CDs
IsoBuster - A Nice CD GUI Tool
vStrip - Rip and Manipulate DVD VOB Files
mpgtx - Manipulating MPEG Files