How to Play an SVCD or XSVCD
on your computer or DVD Player

Mac Computer (Macintosh)

Mac OS X

To play a SVCD on Mac OS X, you can use

• Mireth Technology’s MacVCD X + Apple Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback component
  
  
• Apple Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback component available from Apple’s Web Site
  

Whether an XSVCD will play on Mac OS X depends on the XSVCD. If it doesn't play, try another player. To play a XSVCD on an Mac OS X, you can use

• Apple's Quicktime Player + Apple Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback component
  (note: Quicktime Player doesn't play XSVCD on all versions of OS X)
  
  
• Mireth Technology’s MacVCD X + Apple Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback component
  
  
• Apple Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback component available, from Apple’s Web Site
  

To find other Mac OS X video player software, try www.versiontracker.com

Mac Computer (Macintosh)

Mac OS 8 & 9

There is no software that we know of that will play a SVCD or an XSVCD on Mac OS 8 or 9.

Windows Computer

To play a SVCD on Windows, you can use

• Windows Media Player + MPEG-2 Decoder
  To play SVCD and DVD videos on your PC, you need to install a MPEG-2 Decoder. There's a Free MPEG-2 Decoder, which you can download from http://www.deskshare.com/download/mpeg2decoder.exe
  
  

To find other video player software, try www.download.com
For more information, try www.videohelp.com

DVD Player

To Play an SVCD or an XSVCD in a DVD player, treat it just like you would a DVD.

Although most new DVD players play VCD, fewer support SVCD and XSVCD. You can check a player's compatibility with these formats at

VideoHelp.com - DVD Player Compatiblity List