Svcd PlayBack On Pc

[eminemfan20]

I have windows media player i downloaded ''Darkness Falls'' 1cd's svcd
And for some reason it works fine,But then i downloaded another svcd but this time 2 cd's ''28 days later'' was the film to be precise...
Any it works fine before burned but after i cant play it from cd,even though i can play darkness falls,Can anyone help please dont say download another player,I really cant (parents comp) i am limited to a few things i can do on the comp,But anything else you can tell me
i would be greatfull for any help
Thanks

[mats.hogberg]

If you're just going to watch it on the computer, why bother doing an SVCD at all?

/Mats

[Syndrome]

If you want to play SVCD's on your comp, you will need to download the codecs and/or a SVCD player. There are a few of them in the tools section (trials of course) that will play SVCD's.

I personally got WinDVD i believe, and it supported SVCD. You will have to buy it though, as the trial only supports 5 minutes of play back.

Syndrome

[K2]

For a FREE DVD and SVCD player I recommend VideoLan, look under tools section for link.

Most DVDrom drives come with the needed software.

The reason MSplayer will not work is not so simple. If the file is a MPEG2 it will play but if has sync information as in a real DVD or SVCD it will not play. I found that if you play a real SVCD it looks for the codec (never comes back). If I extract with ISObuster (F2M2 mode I think), It plays fine. Microsoft want you to pay $50 for the codec to play a DVD.

There are a few codecs you can try but I found VideoLan played smoother.
Note: do Not rest your mouse over the videolan console window.