macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vcdimagerlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install vcdimagerMacPorts ports tree · multimedia/vcdimager/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install vcdimager with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
(Super) video CD authoring solution. Version 2.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add vcdimagerAlpine Linux edge package indexes · vcdimager · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libvcdinfo-devDebian stable package indexes · libvcdinfo-dev · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install vcdimagerFedora Rawhide package metadata · vcdimager · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#vcdimagernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/vc/vcdimager/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S vcdimagerArch Linux sync databases · vcdimager · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libvcdinfo0openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libvcdinfo0 · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
(Super) video CD authoring solution
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cdxa2mpeg
- vcd-info
- vcdimager
- vcdxbuild
- vcdxgen
- vcdxminfo
- vcdxrip
history
Project history and usage
GNU VCDImager is the GNU project's command-line suite for authoring, extracting, and analyzing Video CD and Super Video CD media. It belongs to the early-2000s optical-media toolchain era, when MPEG streams, BIN/CUE images, ISO9660 data tracks, and playback-control metadata were common userland media-packaging problems.
Project history
The GNU project page describes VCDImager as a full-featured mastering suite for Video CDs and Super Video CDs, with support for Video CD 1.1 and 2.0, Super Video CD 1.0, playback control, segment play items, MPEG padding, 99-minute CD-R media, extraction, Unix and Win32 operation, and XML descriptions of Video CDs.
The project authors are Herbert Valerio Riedel and Rocky Bernstein. GNU's project page lists Rocky Bernstein as maintainer, while the repository NEWS file shows a long 0.7.x development line in the early 2000s followed by a 2018 2.0.x rerelease and modernization.
Adoption history
VCDImager became a standard free-software component for people who needed scriptable Video CD authoring rather than a GUI-only workflow. The README explains that the simple `vcdimager` tool is enough for playback-control-free discs, while advanced menus, playlists, entry points, and auto-pause points require the XML-based tools.
Its package-manager survival is mostly archival but still useful: Video CD is no longer a mainstream distribution medium, yet the suite remains valuable for recovering, inspecting, reproducing, or generating legacy VCD/SVCD images in preservation and retro-media workflows.
How it is used
The suite includes tools for building BIN/CUE-style images from MPEG streams, generating XML descriptions, building discs from XML, extracting disc contents, inspecting VCD metadata, and converting CD-XA data back to MPEG.
A typical command-line workflow is to prepare compliant MPEG assets, describe the Video CD structure directly or through the XML format, build an image, and then burn or inspect the resulting disc image with other optical-media tools.
Why package nerds care
GNU VCDImager is a good example of packaging as preservation. Homebrew and other Unix package managers keep a complete free-software VCD authoring suite available long after the consumer format stopped being fashionable.
It also exposes a precise media format through composable commands instead of a single opaque GUI. That matters for reproducible media images, regression tests, and preservation work where the XML description and CLI output are easier to review than a project file in an abandoned authoring application.
Timeline
- 2000: GNU VCDImager web materials and copyright notices appear under the GNU project.
- 2001-2005: The 0.7.x series adds tools such as cdxa2mpeg, vcd-info, vcdxrip, libvcdinfo, tests, Cygwin/Darwin fixes, and documentation updates.
- 2011-03-17: Version 0.7.24 is released with C++ compatibility, documentation, and safety fixes.
- 2018-01-07: Version 2.0.0 moves the repository from CVS to Git, updates autotools, and adopts the libcdio 2.0.0 API.
- 2018-01-07: Version 2.0.1 is rereleased under a different version.
Related projects
- libcdio is closely related; VCDImager's NEWS file records migration of CD reading, control, ISO9660, and generic list functionality into libcdio over time.
- cdrtools is referenced in the 0.7.20 NEWS entry as the source of a GPL Reed-Solomon encoding replacement.
- Classic optical-image tools that understand BIN/CUE and CD-XA formats are natural companions to VCDImager workflows.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:video,image
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cdxa2mpeg | cli | global executable | |
vcd-info | cli | global executable | |
vcdimager | cli | global executable | |
vcdxbuild | cli | global executable | |
vcdxgen | cli | global executable | |
vcdxminfo | cli | global executable | |
vcdxrip | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.0.1
manager updated2026-06-19
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vcdimager |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vcdimager |
| Homepage | https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/ |
| Repository | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/vcdimager.git |
| Upstream docs | http://www.vcdimager.org/ |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/vcdimager/vcdimager-2.0.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-19T12:33:04-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | libcdio, popt |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | vcdimager |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 2 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
libvcdinfo-dev 2.0.1+dfsg-6+b5
library to extract information from VideoCD (development files)
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apt install libvcdinfo-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
Debian apt95%
libvcdinfo0 2.0.1+dfsg-6+b5
library to extract information from VideoCD
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apt install libvcdinfo0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
Debian apt95%
vcdimager 2.0.1+dfsg-6+b5
VideoCD (VCD) image mastering and ripping tool
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apt install vcdimager- Section: otherosfs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
Nix95%
vcdimager
nix profile install nixpkgs#vcdimager- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
Ubuntu apt95%
libvcdinfo-dev 2.0.1+dfsg-6build3
library to extract information from VideoCD (development files)
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apt install libvcdinfo-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
Ubuntu apt95%
libvcdinfo0 2.0.1+dfsg-6build3
library to extract information from VideoCD
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apt install libvcdinfo0- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
Ubuntu apt95%
vcdimager 2.0.1+dfsg-6build3
VideoCD (VCD) image mastering and ripping tool
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apt install vcdimager- Section: universe/otherosfs
- Architecture: amd64
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
apk95%
vcdimager 2.0.1-r5
Mastering suite for authoring disassembling and analyzing Video CD's and Super Video CD's
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apk add vcdimager- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
apk95%
vcdimager-dev 2.0.1-r5
Mastering suite for authoring disassembling and analyzing Video CD's and Super Video CD's (development files)
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apk add vcdimager-dev- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
apk95%
vcdimager-doc 2.0.1-r5
Mastering suite for authoring disassembling and analyzing Video CD's and Super Video CD's (documentation)
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo apk add vcdimager-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
dnf95%
vcdimager 2.0.1-24.fc44
VideoCD (pre-)mastering and ripping tool
http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo dnf install vcdimager- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 9 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
dnf95%
vcdimager-devel 2.0.1-24.fc44
Header files and library for VCDImager
http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo dnf install vcdimager-devel- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 5 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
dnf95%
vcdimager-libs 2.0.1-24.fc44
Libraries for vcdimager
http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo dnf install vcdimager-libs- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 5 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
pacman95%
vcdimager 2.0.1-7
A full-featured mastering suite for authoring disassembling and analyzing Video CD's and Super Video CD's
https://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/
sudo pacman -S vcdimager- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
zypper95%
libvcdinfo0 2.0.1-4.3
Video CD (VCD) authoring software
sudo zypper install libvcdinfo0- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 5 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
zypper95%
vcdimager 2.0.1-4.3
Video CD (VCD) authoring software
sudo zypper install vcdimager- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Productivity/Multimedia/CD/Record
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vcdimager
- 8 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vcdimager
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