GUI VCDIMAGER1.02

GUI VCDIMAGER is a small-sized and portable tool that enables you to create BIN images from MPEG videos with multiplexed streams, as well as to burn them to CDs. It contains several advanced options that address experienced users.

Portability benefits

Since there's no installation involved, you can copy the files to a custom location on the disk or to a removable flash drive in order to directly run the program on any computer with minimum effort and no previous installers. It doesn't modify the Windows registry configuration or create files on the HDD without asking for your approval.Clear-cut GUI for creating and burning BIN imagesThe plain and simple interface makes it easy to find and add an MPEG file, as well as to specify the saving directory and name of the new BIN image. The app doesn't implement options for merging multiple MPEGs into a single BIN or for converting multiple files at once.

Configure output settings

It's possible to pick the video format between VCD 1.1 and 2.0 along with SVCD and HQVCD, edit the label, use 2336-byte sectors for the output, as well as update the scan data offsets in the MPEG2 stream (broken SVCD mode).If you're interested in burning the new BIN image, you can select the burning device from a drop-down menu and allow GUI VCDIMAGER to overburn the disc if necessary. Moreover, you can erase rewritable CDs.

Evaluation and conclusion

It worked well in our tests, without hanging, crashing or displaying error messages. CPU and RAM usage was minimal, so it didn't hamper system performance. Too bad that it hasn't received updates for a long time, and the interface needs some improvements in the graphical department.Otherwise, GUI VCDIMAGER offers a simple solution for putting together BIN images from MPEG videos and burning them to discs.