Trivia and Specs of Video CD 2.0: |
Video CD disc type: |
CD-ROM XA Bridge
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Max Disc capacity: |
CD-R: 74 minutes, 730 Meg Pressed: 82 minutes, 800 Meg |
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Track Arrangement: | Track 1 = VCD data in ISO9660 layout (menus, scan lists, still pictures, CD-i app, caption text, non-track events...) Track 2- 99 = MPEG A/V or CD-DA Note: CD-DA tracks are located AFTER any MPEG tracks | |
Directories: | CDI - CD-i app and other stuff for playing on CD-i players VCD - stuff specific for playing on VCD and CD-i players MPEGAV - MPEG A/V clips that are assigned to tracks KARAOKE - language and text specific to Karaoke SEGMENT - MPEG A/V events and sequences NOT in tracks EXT - specific stuff for playing events and sequences CDDA - CD-DA clips that are assigned to tracks | |
CD-i Application: |
MUST have a CD-i app in CDI directory |
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Max combined Length of Non-Track A/V: |
69 minutes (about 690 Meg) |
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Max number of sequences per disc: |
600 to 32,000 14,000; for a disc with 100 menus, 10 hotspots each, and every sequence containing 10 events. Note: the number of menus, number of hotspots per menu and number of events per sequence effects Max number of sequences per disc. All these items take space in the PSD file, which has a max size of 512 kbytes. |
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Max number of events per disc: |
1981 |
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Max number of events per sequence: |
256 |
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Max pause time between events: |
33 minutes |
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Maximum number of menus: |
100 |
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Maximum number of hotspots/numeric selections per menu screen: |
104 (99 numeric plus Previous, Next, Return, Default, Timeout) |
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MPEG moving picture size: | 352 x 240 (NTSC), 352 x 288 (PAL) | |
MPEG still picture size: |
Low Res CD-i and VCD: 352 x 240 (NTSC), 352 x 288 (PAL) High Res VCD only: 704 x 480 (NTSC), 704 x 576 (PAL) |
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MPEG video stream bit rate, max: | 1.151929 Mbits/sec | |
MPEG Audio, trackable: | 44.1 KHz sampling, Stereo, 224 Kbits/sec |