[ubuntu-uk] jpeg from vcd

[norman]

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> A PhotoCD (which some people on here are thinking of) is a Kodak think 
> that holds digitised photos normally from analogue file, which some DVD 
> players can play.
> 
> The confusion is further enhanced because a while back a video editing 
> software company came up with a neat idea that photo slideshows could be 
> put onto cheap VCDs, to add more functionality to their software. This 
> is basically a kludge, as the JPEG photos are actually converted to a 
> few seconds off (still) MPEG1 video (there are no JPEGs on the disc) 
> with nice fades in between.
> 
> More confusion is then added, because a lot of cheap DVD players now 
> 'understand' CDs that are packed with JPEGs and display them as slide 
> shows... confusing a lot people (but we'll leave my parents out of 
> this:)....
> 
> A lot of people don't get the difference between all these different 
> formats... unsurprisingly...

This is very interesting and I think I understand what you are saying.
Thus, the CD I have is a collection of images that have been transferred
to a CD in a format that plays on a DVD player. However, this does not
help me in finding a process which will enable me to extract the images
in a form I can process. Perhaps, if there is no way to do this with
Ubuntu I must look to Windows.

Norman