Can't play VCD on Computer

[CrazyCowPie]

Hello,

I encoded an .AVI file using Panasonic MPEG1 encoder and burned with Nero5.5+

When I put my VCD in my computer CD-ROM (or DVD ROM), it does not autoplay...do I need to set any special settings on my computer to play this VCD?

TIA!

[Mirror_Image]

http://www.vcdhelp.com/play.htm

[johnl]

If you burned it as a vcd with Nero, then on the cd itself it created 5 folders. Use windows media player, and open the folder called 'mpegav' and double click on the only file there. It will end with a '.dat' extension (i.e., yacketyyak.dat and it will play.

[vitualis]

Windows doesn't "know" what a VCD is so not surprisingly, it isn't going to autoplay.

Apart from the options given by other people here, there are programs that you can get that run in the background and have a more extended knowledge of the types of CDs that exist, including VCDs. You can then set it up so that when a VCD is detected, a proper VCD playing program will load up (e.g., a software DVD player like PowerDVD). An example of such a program came with the battery of utilities that came with my Creative Soundblaster Live card.

There may be others. Have a look at Tucows or other software repositories.

Regards.

[karris56]

newbie-On same subject I made a vcd using NERO and have 5 folders.I can open dat file in mpegav folder and play in windows.I dont have dvd drive or dvd player and would like to know how to test it.A couple of curious things- When I put vcd in cd-rom and check size it says 2.16 mb.When I open and go to asveqo1 file it has 650 mb (?)Also the segment folder is empty. Is it supposed to be?