vcdimager ☆

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Description:
(Super) video CD authoring solution

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: video-cd multimedia authoring cli gnu

Install: brew install vcdimager

About:
Vcdimager is a command-line tool for creating Video CD (VCD) and Super Video CD (SVCD) images from various media sources. It provides robust authoring capabilities, allowing users to structure video content according to CD-ROM specifications. The tool also includes utilities for extracting streams and verifying the integrity of existing VCD images.

Key Features:

Authoring of VCD 1.1, 2.0, and SVCD compliant images
Support for extracting audio and video streams from existing discs
Comprehensive verification and analysis tools for image integrity
Command-line interface suitable for scripting and automation

Use Cases:

Creating playable VCDs from digital video files for legacy hardware
Archiving and analyzing existing Video CD media collections
Integrating VCD creation into automated media processing pipelines

Alternatives:

ffmpeg – FFmpeg is a broader multimedia framework that can encode video but lacks specialized VCD authoring structure generation.
cdrecord – cdrecord focuses on burning discs but does not handle the specific authoring and image creation for VCD formats.

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