Can I watch KVCD on my comp?

[Usil]

I have a kvcd movie, and was wondering if I can watch it straight off my computer, or do I have to encode it to something else? What program do I need in order to watch it?

[vitualis]

Being an MPEG stream, you should be able to watch it with Windows Media Player on your computer.

Regards.

[Usil]

I tried that, didn't work. I downloaded the file which came as 40 some files in a .rar file. After extracting them, it came out as one file with a kvcd extension, and one with a .cue file. Do you know if I have to do anything to it before it will work, or should it work just like that?

[poopyhead]

@Usil,

kVCD extension...??? there's no such thing...kVCD extension is regular .mpg

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do you mean you have bin/cue files?

[Usil]

Well, yes and no. One cue extension, and one kvcd. I actually tried to turn it into an iso extension file, and I do get folders out of it. But I can't find anything within those folders that resembles a movie.

[poopyhead]

errr....there's no such thing as kVCD extension...

what's the actual three letter extension of the file????

[Usil]

You took away any self confidence I had
I was almost sure that the extension is .kvcd, but now I'll have to recheck when I get home, and post in a few hours.
Thanks!

[Usil]

Hi, I'm home, and checked out the file. It is indeed mld-ns.kvcd. Two files were unrar'ed from the original 40 files, the one mentioned and mld-ns.cue. Now, what can I do with these files?

[vandakeg]

try renaming that .kvcd file to .bin, then open the .cue file in your favorite burning program.... see if it works.

otherwise you could try extracting the .mpg w/o burning using 'vcdgear'.. it's in the tools section.

[thor300]

I wouldnt rename the .kvcd file. The cue file contains information on where to find the binary file it, just open cue file in notepad and you will most likely see that it points to the .kvcd file. If it is a binary file it can have any extension as long as it is the same as specified in the cue file. The first line of your cue file should look something like this:
FILE "mld-ns.kvcd" BINARY

[vandakeg]

well there you go... so DON'T rename it and then burn it w/ your program of choice... or, like I said earlier, try to get the raw .mpg using vcdgear

[funkguy4]

To watch without burning, just load your CUe file (or CUE-Sheet) into Daemon Tools (completely free) and then open in in M4 Media PLayer.

[Usil]

Well, firstly, thanks for all the answers. Here is an update. I tried using vcdgear. Good news is, it worked. Bad news is, I got like 1 frame/m (yes minute!) The movies just stayed on one frame, while the minutes kept on running. Could be that I don't know how to use the program properly. Maybe someone has any suggestions as to how I can imrpove the framerate?

[poopyhead]

@Usil,

maybe you should try the other suggestions that other peeps have posted...

why don't u burn the .cue/kvcd (bin) file??

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fireburner does it..

www.fireburner.com

[Usil]

Poopyhead, having tried burning vcd files over 700 MB with nero without success, I was skeptical. I will try it with fireburner and let you know if it worked.

[poopyhead]

Poopyhead, having tried burning vcd files over 700 MB with nero without success

did you burn those VCD MPEG-1 files using nero's VCD template or simply as DATA CDs???

nero's (S)VCD templates burns in mode 2...allowing you to fit 800 MB on a 80-min CD-R. you need to use nero's (S)VCD template to author your .mpg files.

mode 1 DATA/AUDIO only fits 700 MB on a 80-min CD-R.

[Usil]

Well, as far as I can remember, nero started encoding the file, and in the end, still could not burn. I don't remember the exact circumstances, but I will try what you said.

[Usil]

Poopyhead, one problem. They are not mpg files. They are avi's? Now what?

[funkguy4]

OMFG, damnit, load it into Daemon Tools and convert the file like I said before. Someone already told you to listen to other suggestions.........

[poopyhead]

@Usil,

what i said about nero burning is referring to your comment about burning VCDs...but i'm NOT referring to this particular case...

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plz get fireburner at www.fireburner.com

don't change the name of the cue/kvcd files...keep them together...

just load the cue file into fireburner and let it burn

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do NOT use nero in this case.

[Heavensent]

rename the file to bin,
after you do that , you can convert the bin into iso using winiso.
after you converted it to iso, extract the movie file from the folder inside the iso.

a bit long but it should work.

you can burn the mpeg later to vcd/svcd (depending on the file), using nero.

[funkguy4]

Daemon Tools will load the CUE sheet straight up and allow you to access it like it's a CD...........just reiterating............again.

[Usil]

funkguy, relax dude. I am listening to all suggestions, and trying everything. One at a time. Last night I tried poopyheads suggestion of loading the cuefile into fireburner and burning, but it didn't work. It gave me an error at the beginning of the burning process. My next attempt is your suggestion funkguy. Although it might work, and I can watch the movie, I would also like to burn afterwards, so it only solves part of the problem.
Poopyhead, I don't remember the exact error I got, but when I get home, I will try again, write the error and would be happy if you could help me from there.
Poopyhead wrote:

what i said about nero burning is referring to your comment about burning VCDs...but i'm NOT referring to this particular case...

Yes, about that case, I did try burning them both as vcd and svcd, and neither worked. If you got any suggestions about that as well, i'd appreciate it.
Thanks guys.
Heavensent wrote:

rename the file to bin,

It was established earlier in this thread that renaming the file to .bin was not recommended as the binary of the cue file bla bla bla Scroll up to see what the bla bla bla refers to.

[thor300]

Usil, in this case you can rename it to .bin as Heavensent said. The reason is that winIso and Isobuster and many other apps are not dependent on the .cue file, they can open the .bin file directly. .cue files contain some track info, but many apps can bypass this info.

[funkguy4]

@Usil

OK, sry.

And, after you load the file into Daemon Tools, you can treat it like a regular CD (i.e.: YOU CAN COPY IT). Just start up Nero or CloneCD or what not and hit the Copy CD button.

[Usil]

I started toying a bit with daemon yesterday, not having much time to do it. I loaded the cue sheet, but didn't manage to understand something. Can it let me watch the movie without burning it, or do I have to burn in order to watch. From what I understood from your previous post, I can watch without burning. Correct me if I am wrong. Anyway I will read the How To of daemon, and I'll get back to you.

[funkguy4]

I started toying a bit with daemon yesterday, not having much time to do it. I loaded the cue sheet, but didn't manage to understand something. Can it let me watch the movie without burning it, or do I have to burn in order to watch. From what I understood from your previous post, I can watch without burning. Correct me if I am wrong. Anyway I will read the How To of daemon, and I'll get back to you.

Again, treat it like a regular CD. Anything you can do to a CD, you can do to the loaded CUE sheet. If you canwatch from CD, you can watch from Virtual Ddrive. You don't have to burn it to watch it. I thought CDs were random access read-only...............

[Usil]

Alright, that is cool funkyguy. It worked! Thanks a lot for the help!

[funkguy4]

Alright, that is cool funkyguy. It worked! Thanks a lot for the help!

Glad to hear it. NP