Playing SVCD On My Computer

[Tarkus]

Can I play an SVCD on my computer and if so, what do I need? I don't have a DVD player on my computer. Thanks.

[thxkid]

A DVD software player only and a regular CD-Rom drive something like

PowerDVD or WINDVD2000, encard has a free one also.

[The Real Asmodeus]

How to play a SVCD, MPEG2

in Windows
To play a SVCD you need a software DVD Player, insert the SVCD in your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM and open the .mpg file in the MPEG2 or MPEGAV folder with any player like PowerDVD or WinDVD. Or if you wanna access SVCD menus and still pictures use WinDVD or PowerDVD and insert the SVCD in your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM and hit Play.
To play MPEG2/SVCD with Windows Media Player you need a software DVD Player installed or a MPEG2 Codec. But note that playing a SVCD directly from a CD usually don't work well with Windows Media Player and Media Player can also cause audio sync problems and wrong aspect ratios(it depends on what kind of mpeg2 codec or dvd player you have installed).

in Mac
Play SVCDs with Videolan. For MacOS X checkout Videolan.

in Linux
Play SVCDs with Videolan.




also If you have a Creative Soundcard, like an SoundBlaster live or and Audigy, the creative playcenter will play all VCD formats. Same goes for ATI's Radeon line of video cards, if you installed the MultiMedia Center Software.

not sure about others, but seeing how industry is so competitive, I don't see any reason why most big name video cards wouldn't bundle software to play VCD, SVCD, XVCD, etc.