The machine does not meet the system requirements. The machine must be a PowerPC, running OS 8.5 or later To verify that this is not the problem, go to the finder and select the "About this Computer" from the Apple Menu To verify that QuickTime is not the problem, try running the VCD using Quicktime. If it plays, Quicktime is not the problem.

You can use MacVCD X to play Karaoke VCD from your hard drive, from an external disk/hard drive, or from a VCD. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the MacVCD X Read me in the documentation folder that comes with MacVCD X or download the MacVCD X Read me (pdf) now

You can use MacVCD X to play VCD (Video CD) or XVCD or VCD files from your hard drive or from an external disk/hard drive. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the MacVCD X Read me in the documentation folder that comes with MacVCD X or download the MacVCD X Read me (pdf) now

The system volume level is set too low. In order to hear sound, both the system volume level and the MacVCD volume level must be set sufficiently high. To determine whether the system volume is set too low, see whether you get sound playing something else. Go to http://www.apple.com/trailers and play one of the movie trailers featured there. If you get sound, then the problem is not with your system volume. The MacVCD volume is set too low.

This is a known problem with OS X 10.0. Since this version did not support VCDs, the disks gets stuck in the CD drive, since it does not appear on the desktop. There are two ways to get it out:

Sometimes this problem is caused by media incompatibility issues. If a DVD/CD does not play or work after you have burned the medium, choose another medium type or brand and repeat the burning process. Eventually, you may have to lower the burning speed. Many writers are not compatible with cheap or old media (blanks). The quality of some blanks is actually so bad, that the specified maximum speed cannot be reached in most cases. Find a combination of writer, disc and player that work together.

MacVCD is a Video CD (VCD) player, not a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) player. There are two types of drives found in Macintosh computers, There is no software that will allow you to play a DVD in a CD-ROM drive. To play DVD movies on your Macintosh, you need a DVD-ROM drive, so if you don't have one, you may want to consider upgrading your hardware. However, DVDs are not the only way to play movies on your computer. You can also use your Macintosh to play VCD movies.

VCD stands for 'Video Compact Disc' and basically it is a CD that contains moving pictures and sound. If you're familiar with regular audio/music CDs, then you will know what a VCD looks like. A VCD has the capacity to hold up to 74/80 minutes on 650MB/700MB CDs respectively of full-motion video along with quality stereo sound. VCDs use a compression standard called MPEG to store the video and audio.

Yes. You can play your VCD from the comfort of your desktop computer or notebook computer on the go as long as you have a Pentium 133 and above computer with CD Rom installed. All you have to do is download a MPEG player (software) to play it. If you are having a Windows based computer, you may want to check out Windows Media Player or XingMPEG.

You can use MacVCD X to play WMV from your hard drive, from an external disk/hard drive, or from a CD. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the MacVCD X Read me in the documentation folder that comes with MacVCD X or download the MacVCD X Read me (pdf) now

First make sure your CD-ROM/DVD can recognize the VCD format. You can copy a small file on your VCD to your hard disk. If it is not OK, your CD-ROM has trouble to recognize the VCD. Second make sure your VCD disk is fine.

For VCD/SVCD, you'll want to work with CD-R rather than CD-RW because you can't play CD-RW discs in normal VCD/SVCD players.

You can use MacVCD X to play SVCD (Super Video CD) or SXVCD or VCD files from your hard drive or from an external disk/hard drive. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the MacVCD X Read me in the documentation folder that comes with MacVCD X or download the MacVCD X Read me (pdf) now

For Step-by-step instructions on how to play a VCD on Mac or Windows computer or on a DVD player, refer to our help page:

Now, go take a look of your DVD player. At the front side of your DVD player it often indicates what formats of discs it can play. If it can play CD-RW or CD-R formats disc, then it can play all Video CD. If you are still not sure whether the VCD will play in your DVD player or not, here is the sure way. We offer one free VCD for our shopper to try on their DVD player. Which VCD is totally up to your choice. Simply you can pick any one VCD from our collection for free.

VCD: Insert the disc into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive and play the VCD in your favorite program (WinDVD or Windows Media Player is recommended). In WinDVD, wait for the menu to appear, then use the "next/previous chapter" functions to move between episodes. In Windows Media Player, browse the disc and open the folder named "MPEGAV." The *.DAT files in this folder are the episodes. Right click on the file of your choice and select "Open With..

It dependents on DVD drive. There are VCD on published CD, on CDR, and on CDRW. If you plan to play VCD in the CDR media, PIONEER DVD drive is a good selection. APEX and RAITE DVD drives can recognize CDR, CDRW, and VCD. SONY and PANASONIC DVD drives can not read the VCD that stored in the CDR media. However they can read VCD on the CDRW media. And they can read audio-only VCD.