My goal is to convert MPEG2 video from a RePlay4000 unit and write it to the standard vcd format. I use the dvarchive tool version 1.1a from http://dvarchive.sourceforge.net/ to download the mpeg2 from the RePlay to my PC. I then use ffmpeg from http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ to transcode the MPEG2 file into a VCD compliant MPEG1 file. Here is the command line I use with ffmpeg (cvs version after October 2002): ffmpeg -i 1034481597.mpg -s 352x240 -vcodec mpeg1video -ab 224 -ar 44100 -ac 2 -hq -b 1150 -f vcd 1034481597_ff.mpg Earlier versions of ffmpeg used a command line like this: ffmpeg -i 1026619197.mpg -s 352x240 -vcodec mpeg1video -vcd -ab 224 -ar 44100 -ac 2 -hq -b 1150 1026619197_ff.mpg I'm a slacker and have not setup cd writing in linux with my latest kernel, so I have been using the windows software that came with my cdr to actually burn the vcd. I just drag and drop the new MPEG1 files on the vcd template and go! Check out http://www.satlug.org/~bigjnsa/vcd-linux.htm if you actually want to write the cd in linux. Philip