All About VCD (Video VCD) on Mac
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All About Video
on Mac

Table of Contents
All about AVI
All about SVCD
All about VCD
All about XSVCD
All about XVCD
Other Video Resources

All about Video
on Mac

Index
AVI
How to Play AVI
How to Convert AVI
SVCD
How to Play SVCD
How to Burn SVCD
VCD
How to Play VCD on Mac
How to Play VCD on a Windows Computer
How to Play VCD in a DVD Player
How to Burn VCD
XSVCD
How to Play XSVCD on Mac
How to Burn XSVCD
XVCD
How to Play XVCD on Mac
How to Burn XVCD
Other Video Resources

Mireth Multimedia Software

iVCD
DVD, VCD, SVCD Converter/Burner
MacVCD X
VCD/Video Player
for Mac OS X
MacVCD
VCD/Video Player
for Mac OS 9, Mac OS 8
Music Man
MP3/WAV/Ogg Ripper/ Converter/Burner/Player

All About VCD on Mac

What is a VCD?

A Video CD (VCD) is a video format that uses ordinary recordable CD media to store movies instead of using a DVD or a VHS tape. VCDs use the MPEG-1 file format, so you get about 60 minutes of video on a CD, with about the same quality of playback as a VHS tape.



How to Play VCD on Mac

VCDs can be played in almost anything, including:

  • both Windows and Macintosh computers, with VCD Player software
  • VCD player hardware
  • a DVD player
  • many video game machines (consult your owner's manual)

VCDs are fairly platform-independent and easily played by most people with their existing hardware.

When we first developed our player, MacVCD X, we were the only player that supported the VCD format on Mac OS X. In the past 5 years, many other players have been introduced that play VCD on Mac. When looking for a player, find one that supports automatic file chaining. VCD content is frequently stored on a number of smaller files. If your player doesn't automatically find, load and play them for you in sequence, you'll have to find each file yourself and press play - very annoying, especially in the middle of an exciting action sequence.

How to Convert video to VCD on Mac

To make a VCD, you need to

  • Convert the video files from their current format to VCD
  • Create the disk image
  • Burn the disc.

When looking for software, make sure you get both converter software and burner software.

VCD for Mac Resources

 
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