[VCDImager] SVCDs not being created correctly

[Jeremy Doolin]

A friend and I have been learning the ins and outs of ripping DVDs and 
encoding/burning SVCDs in Linux.  We are using the following software:

dvdrtools, dvd::rip, transcode 6.3, vcdimager 0.7.12, cdrdao.

We had a friend who is savvy with ripping and transcoding help us with 
dvd:rip.

We then use vcdimager to encode an SVCD using .bin and .cue files using 
the following command:

vcdimager -t svcd --cue-file=video.cue --bin-file=video.bin 
video_clip1.mpg

and burn with:

cdrdao write --device 1,0,0 --driver generic-mmc-raw --speed 8 video.cue

The resulting SVCD will play fine in Linux with xine, on his home DVD 
player (although he said it's a little choppy) but it will not play in 
Windows with PowerDVD.

Upon investigating the resulting .bin and .cue files by creating and 
ISO and mounting it, we found that there were files and directories 
missing that were on an SVCD that a friend made. The files are the 
following:

/SEGMENT
/SVCD/LOT.SVD
/SVCD/PSD.SVD

I was wondering if there is something that we are not doing correctly 
to create the SVCD such that these files are not created.  I personally 
suspect that it's PowerDVD being stupid and not wanting to play because 
of the missing files, but I could be wrong.

I'm also aware that 0.7.12 is the UNSTABLE version of vcdimager, but 
0.6.2 crapped out when we tried to encode SVCD.   I found something in 
a mailing list archive that suggested using 0.7.12 and that solved the 
problem.

Any help with this problem would be really appreciated.  Basically he 
just wants to be able to play the SVCD in Windows using PowerDVD (if 
possible).

Jeremy Doolin