1. How to look at VCD on computer 3/2000

2. VCD player and play a VCD on computer l Both ways could play the VCD l Inside a VCD player, you put in the disk and it will play by itself l On a computer, if a VCD player software has been installed. After inserting the VCD into a CD-ROM drive, it could also start playing

3. VCD file compression l VCD files are in MPEG-1 format while DVD files are in MPEG-2 format. l Data inside both of them are compressed, providing a feasible way of accommodation of huge amount of video data into a disk. l This is done by “throwing” away sight- insensitive details of the video files.

4. VCD file structure l Usually in a normal VCD disk, there are some directories: l Mpegav l Cdi l Vcd

5. Video files in VCD l Inside the VCD file structure, the ones that matter the video playing on computer are the DAT files inside the Mpegav directory l They are in Mpeg-1 video compression.

6. VCD player l There are a lot of VCD player software available in market. The most popular one is the “Xing MPEG player”.

7. Playing VCD on computer when no VCD player installed l If we don’t have VCD player installed on computer, it is still very easy to view a VCD - use the “Window Media Player” which automatically comes with the Windows system.

8. How to use the Windows Media Player? l Press “ 開始 ”, “ 程式集 ”, “ 附屬應用程式 ”, “ 多謀體 ”, “Windows Media Player”.

9. How to use the Windows Media Player? l Then open the file “Avseq01.dat” inside the Mpegav directory of the VCD disk and play.