QuickTime Player (QuickTime X) and QuickTime Player 7 both support VCD playback.

Note that DVD Player supports neither VCD nor SVCD formats. VideoHelp also provides a searchable database of reader reports on DVD players compatible with VCD and SVCD formats. This information is usually found in the manual for the home DVD player. Accordingly, if you are going to burn VCDs for yourself or a friend, its important to know precisely what VCD formats the target home DVD player supports. If you have problems playing VCDs in your home DVD player, the discs may actually be SVCDs. Some home DVD players do not support SVCDs. Using VCDs and SVCDs with home DVD players Occasionally, popular Mac-oriented magazines will publish articles on creating VCDs and SVCDs. In addition to the guides and tutorials available on VideoHelp, Matti Haveris SVCD on a Macintosh site offers excellent advice on creating SVCDs and related video formats, with numerous links to tools and related sites. You can create VCDs and SVCDs with Mac OS X using Roxio® Toast® or a plethora of open source tools. SVCDs employ MPEG-2 encoding.Īdditional information about VCD and SVCD formats can be found on the VideoHelp Web site. The original VCD specifications Versions 1, 1.1, and 2 use MPEG-1 encoding. The term VCD is frequently used generically to refer to both VCDs and SVCDs. VCD is a relatively low-resolution format, roughly equivalent to videotape, whereas SVCD is considered to offer near-DVD quality. VCD and SVCD are video formats that can be burned to inexpensive CD media.

This FAQ, derived from the corresponding chapter in our book, Troubleshooting Mac OS X, discusses players for these formats and provides related links to additional information. It is possible to play Video Compact Discs (VCDs) and Super VCDs (SVCDs) in Mac® OS X.

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