VCD/SVCD Player for old Computer

[Ensign]

Does anyone know of a VCD/SVCD software player that works on a IBM laptop using a Pentium 150MHz (no MMX) 48MB memory and 2mb video?

I know that media player will play the files, but, I am looking for one that will play a VCD/SVCD with menus and chapters.

None that I have found will work with a computer so out of date as what I have.

Ensign

[Freshman]

I doubt that SVCD playback will work on a 150MHz machine, but you might be OK with VCD.

I don't know a software VCD-player that recognises entrypoints, but as far as menus are concerned, you might want to try VCD_PLAY.exe, which is a neat little VCD-player that WinOnCD puts on the VCDs created with it.

Freshman

[Greg12]

I've seen hardware MPEG 2 decoders for PCMCIA slots.


To play SVCDs your definatly gonna need to find one.

[MaDmiZe]

I've spent all day looking for players that would not enable the macrovision on my ATIradeon card ....so I've downloaded about 10 today.
I-on Video CD player is perty good, 1.2mb instal size so the file fits on a disc. And requirements out of manual:
System Requirements
CPU: Pentium 133 MHz or higher
HDD: 5MB free space
OS : Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT

I dont remember where I got it....but manual says its avail at
www.i-on.net/download

[Ensign]

I like to thank the group for their answers. I'll be trying them to see if they work.

BTW: I wish to take care of some mistakes in your post:

1: The link to I-on Video CD by MaDmiZe no longer works. However, I did find it at www.raabtaoline.net/multi.htm

2: Win_play.exe can be found at www.phikappamu.com

3: (I don't know a software VCD-player that recognises entrypoints)
But, If you have the requirements, I found that InterVideo Win DVD plays VCD/SVCD much better that any software DVD player. It has played everything I have ask of it with no problems. THe same can't be said of Power DVD. My friend has it and it can't even tell if there is a disk in the DVD player or not (and yes - the autorun command is on)!

[Freshman]

2: Win_play.exe can be found at www.phikappamu.com

In case you're referring to my post, VCD_PLAY.exe is NOT the same as Winplay (which is an mp3-player as far as I know). The website you quoted is that of a fraternity, and I didn't see any download links there, so that left me a little bit confused.

I found that InterVideo Win DVD plays VCD/SVCD much better that any software DVD player.

But as far as I know it doesn't allow you to access VCD-entrypoints either, and besides it may be too resource hungry for your P150 (which your question was about). Having said that, I prefer WinDVD over PowerDVD as well.

[liquid217]

hey guys, im in a similar situation. I just picked up an old laptop very cheap and was looking for a descent vcd player (other than wmp) so far, the best luck i have had is sthsvcd

http://dvdarea.free.fr/studio/lecteurs/sthsvcd_55.exe

note: i can allmost play a svcd on it also, but i have to drop the quality down pretty far because is being software rendered. Only annoying thing about the program is that it displays a counter in the top right side of the screen, and i can't seem to figure out how to remove it. Other than that, its a sweet little app.

[liquid217]

btw, its a ibm thinkpad 760xd