In order to play any of these formats, you must have a player that will play that format. Many computers now come with DVD drives in which case you could play DVD. If your player is not DVD compatible, it will not play DVD.

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.

There is software to play audio CD's (cdp), VCD's (MpegTV, US$10 shareware), and a free MP3 player (X11amp).

If you have this kind of compatibility issue, please do not assume that all the movies you have received are bad. This is really not bad at all. There are times that some VCD's may not be compatible with your DVD player. As you know every manufacturer wants to be unique with their product. Thus, it makes the DVD and VCD providers life a little difficult. Again this is nothing more than a compatibility issue.

The reason why some burned CD or DVD discs cannot be played on your DVD/VCD player is due to the "Read" ability of your DVD/VCD player. Please try to play your burned CD or DVD disc with this DVD player software on your computer. You may download the free DVD player software from the following links: If the burned CD or DVD disc plays well, there is probably a compatibility problem with your current DVD player. Please try to play the burned CD or DVD disc on another DVD player.

VCD: If your DVD player supports VCD playback, simply insert the disc and wait for the menu to come up. Press the corresponding number on your remote for the selection you would like to view, or use the "next/previous chapter" functions to move between episodes. DVD-R: If your DVD player supports DVD-R playback, simply insert the disc, wait for the menu to come up, use the arrow keys to highlight your selection, then select it to view.

The reason why some burned CDs cannot be played on your DVD/VCD player is due to the "Read" ability of your DVD/VCD player. Please make sure your DVD/VCD player supports VCD 2.0 format. Even so, according to our test, some models of DVD/VCD player (normally, old models) do not support some particular brand names of burned CD-R or CD-RW disc (especially for CD-RW disc). If this is your case, please turn to another brand name of blank CD-R disc (not CD-RW disc) to have a try.

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.

A VCD is basically the for-runner to DVD but uses a standard CD. Fortunately most DVD players will support VCDs. There are two types of VCD, the original (which uses mpeg1 compression) and SVCD (which uses mpeg2 compression). However, VCDs are more widely supported. Virtual Edit cannot directly output mpeg1 data, however, you could render a high quality AVI and then use a VCD burning tool that supports AVI video data (for example Sonic - MyDVD) to burn the VCD data onto CD.

No. This is because the pits of a DVD are far smaller than those on a CD and require a laser of smaller wavelength than the CD uses.

A DVD-Video player cannot play CD-i discs, since it does not include all of the CD-i logics such as the required operating system in ROM, the CPU and the appropriate audio and video decoding ICs. Most DVD-Video players however can play Video-CDs, but they use an internal playback application instead of the CD-i application that is stored on every Video-CD disc. Hence, CD-i specific additions such as menu screens or subtitles will not be shown.

If you do not want to author dvd or burn vcd/svcd/dvd format to disc ,please click setting button(in general you need not do this settings) After converting ,showing the vcd/dvd burner dialog .Just select CD/DVD writer and instert blank disc into CD/DVD Rom and click start burn button to burn VCD/VCD/DVD

For Video CD, your DVD player must be capable of playing VideoCD 2.0 discs. Check the specifications page in the instructions included with your DVD player to see if the VCD format is supported. Your DVD player must be compatible with the type of DVD or CD disc used to record your title. Many DVD players are not compatible with some brands of -R, -RW, +R or +RW discs. Your DVD player must support the speed at which you burned your media.

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.

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..

You only need to insert the a disc into DVD-ROM not matter it is DVD, VCD or SVCD, DVD X Player will launch automatically and play the contents for you as long as your DVD-ROM support standard read and write formats. It is just insert and play. You don’t need to bother which type of format to choose for the disc to play. If you find that the inserted disc cannot play correctly, it may be due to the non-standard format of the disc being playing.

No, you must import a CD to a Kaleidescape Server before you can play it. You can import a CD with the Movie Player 2, the Music Player, or the now-discontinued Reader.

Yes, CDG music will play in any CD player, DVD player, or personal computer. However, the lyrics will not be displayed on your TV screen or computer monitor screen.

Kaleidescape Movie Players and Music Players provide reference-quality audio and video output that is comparable to the very best CD and DVD players that are available today.

No. Well actually yes, but not correctly. A CD+G disc will generally play the music on a DVD karaoke player, but no words will be displayed. This is because the '+G' part of a CD+G is the graphics layer which only works on dedicated karaoke CD+G players. Some karaoke players are also combination CD+G and DVD karaoke players. These types of players will play both discs but they will be clearly marked on the karaoke player that they can play both formats.